Energy Information Administration Releases International Energy Consumption Data Set Sorted by Fuel and End-Use Sector

     The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) just released a new data set that sorts international energy consumption by fuel and end-use sector. The data is through 2023. The end-use sectors are subdivided into 34 end-use sub-sectors. The data includes most countries in the world. End-use consumption by region, country, fuel, sector, and sub-sector in which the energy is consumed is included. Below, they explain the reason for the data and its organization:

“Our new end-use data fulfill the requirement under Section 40416 of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, to provide “detail on energy consumption by fuel, economic sector, and end use within countries for which data are available.” We will update this new international end-use dataset annually.”

“We designed the end-use dataset to align with the World Energy Projection System (WEPS). In our end-use data, we assigned energy sources into one of six groups (petroleum, coking coal, natural gas, other energy for power and heat, steam coal, and electricity) to align with design of the WEPS demand modules as shown in the figure below. Electricity is distinct from the other categories because it is created as a secondary energy source in one of the power plant sub-sectors, after which it flows to final consumption in other end-use sectors.”

     As can be seen below, they differentiated types of consumption into three categories: direct, heat and power, or non-energy. Then they differentiated it into sectors and sub-sectors.

     In its announcement, EIA provided two example graphs. The first is of fuels used in European chemical manufacturing from 2010 through 2023, as seen in the first graph below, and the second is Europe’s annual petroleum consumption by sector and sub-sector for 2023, as seen in the second graph below.

 

   

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EIA releases new international consumption data sorted by end-use sector and fuel. EIA. March 24, 2026. EIA releases new international consumption data sorted by end-use sector and fuel - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)