United Kingdom Energy Use

Current and historical energy use data for United Kingdom, including latest value (2,071), trend, international ranking, comparison and source notes.
COUNTRY: United Kingdom
UNIT: kg oil equivalent per capita
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
CACHE: partial
UPDATED: 2026-06-05T20:30:36+02:00
Economy Data Rating
United Kingdom · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
A
76 / 100
Strong stability
Fiscal stability 12.9 / 25
Macroeconomic stability 17 / 20
External stability 13.7 / 15
Financial robustness 13.5 / 15
Structural stability 7.6 / 10
Future capacity 9 / 10
Demographic capacity 2.7 / 5
Method: Economy Data 7-pillar stability model with structural financial robustness adjustment. This is a transparent Economy Data heuristic, not an official sovereign credit rating. Data coverage: 88% of weighted inputs available.
Time range: 1990–2024 19902024
1990 2024
Selected year: 2024 · Value: n/a 2024

United Kingdom · energy use per capita.

1990–2024
2,071 kg oil equivalent per capita
2,128 kg oil equivalent per capita
2,443 kg oil equivalent per capita
45 selected year
max 8 6 4 2 0
1990 1997 2004 2011 2018 2024
energy use rate reference line

Countries by energy use

full ranking
Country Rate Class
Qatar 16,343 high
Iceland 15,997 high
Bahrain 10,512 high
United Arab Emirates 9,140 high
Kuwait 8,952 high
Canada 7,156 medium
Saudi Arabia 7,149 medium
United States 6,359 medium

Interpretation

short note

This indicator helps assess the energy or environmental dimension of economic development.

Values should be interpreted together with country context, time range, source coverage and related macroeconomic indicators.

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Comparison

latest
Germany 2,825
France 3,185
Italy 2,231
China 2,851

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Source layer

planned

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Provider: worldbank · Indicator code: EG.USE.PCAP.KG.OE

Cache: partial · Updated: 2026-06-05T20:30:36+02:00

United Kingdom Snapshot

country profile
Population 69.23 m
GDP 3686.03 bn
Debt/GDP 131.07%
Inflation 3.27%
Unemployment 4.75%
Currency n/a
Region Europe
Income group High income

United Kingdom Energy Use: data context and use

This page is part of the Economy Data indicator system. It provides structured country-level economic data, historical series, rankings and comparison views for researchers, students, journalists and decision makers. The page combines indicator metadata, country context, latest available values, ranking information and source notes.

The selected indicator is Energy Use for United Kingdom. The data are designed for quick comparison across countries and for deeper interpretation together with related macroeconomic indicators such as GDP growth, government debt, unemployment, current account balance, exports, imports, population and inequality.

Keyphrase synonyms: united kingdom energy use rate, energy use data united kingdom, united kingdom energy use statistics, united kingdom kg oil equivalent per capita.