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What is the economy’s energy productivity?

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Values among 41 countries

Indicator metadata and score calculation

Definition:	Energy productivity level of primary energy (constant 2017 purchasing power parity GDP per megajoule)
Year:	2019
Unit:	PPP constant 2017 int. USD GDP / MJ
Direction:	High values translate into high scores
Source 1:	SDG Indicators Database
Data for:	AUS, AUT, BEL, BGR, CAN, CHL, HRV, CYP, CZE, DNK, EST, FIN, FRA, DEU, GRC, HUN, ISL, IRL, ISR, ITA, JPN, KOR, LVA, LTU, LUX, MLT, MEX, NLD, NZL, NOR, POL, PRT, ROU, SVK, SVN, ESP, SWE, CHE, TUR, GBR, USA
Annotation:	Sustainable Development Goals Indicators Database Indicator 7.3.1, Series: Energy intensity level of primary energy (megajoules per constant 2011 purchasing power parity GDP) [EG_EGY_PRIM] URL: https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/… extracted June 10th, 2022

Calculation:	Long-term data series were used to set appropriate minimum and maximum values.
Maximum:	0.51125
Minimum:	0.00125
/	Above/Below IQR boundary value. See FAQ for further information.
Distance:	Distance=(value for calculation-minimum)/(maximum-minimum)
Score:	Score=1+relative distance*9
Annotat.:	Indicator calculated by Margit Kraus (Calculus Consult)

Top group

Score

Energy Productivity

Ireland

10.0

0.76

Malta

10.0

0.73

Switzerland

10.0

0.60

Denmark

9.8

0.50

Upper middle group

Luxembourg

8.6

0.43

8.6

0.43

Romania

8.4

0.42

Italy

8.2

0.41

Israel

8.0

0.40

Portugal

7.9

0.39

Spain

7.7

0.38

Turkey

7.7

0.38

Cyprus

7.5

0.37

Germany

7.3

0.36

Austria

7.2

0.35

Greece

7.0

0.34

Croatia

6.8

0.33

Mexico

6.8

0.33

Netherlands

6.8

0.33

Lithuania

6.6

0.32

Latvia

6.4

0.31

France

6.3

0.30

Japan

6.3

0.30

Norway

6.3

0.30

Poland

6.1

0.29

Slovenia

6.1

0.29

Lower middle group

Hungary

5.9

0.28

Chile

5.7

0.27

Belgium

5.6

0.26

Sweden

5.6

0.26

New Zealand

5.4

0.25

Czechia

5.2

0.24

Slovakia

5.2

0.24

Australia

5.0

0.23

Estonia

4.9

0.22

USA

4.9

0.22

Bulgaria

4.7

0.21

Finland

4.3

0.19

South Korea

4.3

0.19

Canada

3.4

0.14

Bottom group

Iceland

2.4

0.08

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