COUNTRY / INDICATOR
Sweden Energy Use
Sweden energy use: latest available value for 2024, historical series from 2016, ranking context and source documentation.
Series overview
EG.USE.PCAP.KG.OE| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4.308,31 | 19,48 |
| 2023 | 4.288,83 | -34,83 |
| 2022 | 4.323,67 | -235,08 |
| 2021 | 4.558,74 | 273,75 |
| 2020 | 4.285,00 | -496,88 |
| 2019 | 4.781,88 | -184,39 |
| 2018 | 4.966,26 | 39,45 |
| 2017 | 4.926,81 | 67,91 |
| 2016 | 4.858,90 | — |
Source methodology
World Development IndicatorsIndicator note: 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 organization: IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA), uri: https://www.iea.org/data-and-statistics/data-tools/energy-statistics-data-browser, publisher: International Energy Agency (IEA), date accessed: 2025-03-25
Metadata fetched: 2026-08-01 01:28:52. Open original metadata response.
Country-specific interpretation
Automatically derived from the displayed seriesSweden recorded 4.308,31 kg oil equivalent per capita in 2024, the latest year available in this series.
Compared with 2023, the energy use increased by 19,48.
Across the latest five-year comparison window, the series shows an downward direction.
Across 9 observations from 2016 to 2024, the average was 4.588,71; the minimum was 4.285,00 in 2020 and the maximum was 4.966,26 in 2018.
Sweden ranks 20 out of 150 countries with a current value in the portal ranking.
The latest value is above the available average for Europe & Central Asia.
It is also above the available average for the High income group.
Energy intensity and consumption scale.