Dem. Rep. Korea - Energy use

Energy use (kt of oil equivalent)

The value for Energy use (kt of oil equivalent) in Dem. Rep. Korea was 19,268 as of 2009. As the graph below shows, over the past 38 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 35,999 in 1985 and a minimum value of 17,186 in 1998.

Definition: Energy use refers to use of primary energy before transformation to other end-use fuels, which is equal to indigenous production plus imports and stock changes, minus exports and fuels supplied to ships and aircraft engaged in international transport.

Source: International Energy Agency (IEA Statistics © OECD/IEA, http://www.iea.org/stats/index.asp).

See also:

Year Value
1971 19,414
1972 20,153
1973 20,590
1974 21,515
1975 22,259
1976 23,635
1977 24,908
1978 26,751
1979 28,621
1980 30,363
1981 31,178
1982 32,574
1983 33,780
1984 34,607
1985 35,999
1986 35,411
1987 34,108
1988 34,734
1989 34,602
1990 33,222
1991 31,704
1992 27,713
1993 25,489
1994 23,309
1995 21,985
1996 19,331
1997 18,415
1998 17,186
1999 18,488
2000 19,785
2001 20,483
2002 19,671
2003 20,132
2004 20,600
2005 21,442
2006 21,656
2007 18,387
2008 20,261
2009 19,268

Energy use (kg of oil equivalent per capita)

The value for Energy use (kg of oil equivalent per capita) in Dem. Rep. Korea was 794.96 as of 2009. As the graph below shows, over the past 38 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,922.94 in 1985 and a minimum value of 763.98 in 1998.

Definition: Energy use refers to use of primary energy before transformation to other end-use fuels, which is equal to indigenous production plus imports and stock changes, minus exports and fuels supplied to ships and aircraft engaged in international transport.

Source: International Energy Agency (IEA Statistics © OECD/IEA, http://www.iea.org/stats/index.asp).

See also:

Year Value
1971 1,325.81
1972 1,340.46
1973 1,336.04
1974 1,365.16
1975 1,384.95
1976 1,446.30
1977 1,502.94
1978 1,593.85
1979 1,683.56
1980 1,761.25
1981 1,780.72
1982 1,829.79
1983 1,865.10
1984 1,878.64
1985 1,922.94
1986 1,863.12
1987 1,768.86
1988 1,776.06
1989 1,743.95
1990 1,649.29
1991 1,549.08
1992 1,332.08
1993 1,205.43
1994 1,085.57
1995 1,009.83
1996 877.12
1997 826.57
1998 763.98
1999 814.50
2000 864.19
2001 887.33
2002 845.54
2003 859.01
2004 872.98
2005 902.95
2006 906.77
2007 765.85
2008 839.78
2009 794.96

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Energy production & use