Energy mix
What you should know about this indicator
Sources and processing
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How we process data at Our World in Data
All data and visualizations on Our World in Data rely on data sourced from one or several original data providers. Preparing this original data involves several processing steps. Depending on the data, this can include standardizing country names and world region definitions, converting units, calculating derived indicators such as per capita measures, as well as adding or adapting metadata such as the name or the description given to an indicator.
At the link below you can find a detailed description of the structure of our data pipeline, including links to all the code used to prepare data across Our World in Data.
Notes on our processing step for this indicator
- The total energy supply is extended to countries not covered by the Statistical Review using the U.S. Energy Information Administration's (EIA) total energy consumption. The Statistical Review is prioritized where both sources are available.
- The World series is extended back to 1800 using Vaclav Smil's historical estimates (2017), for years before the Statistical Review begins (1965). Only commercially-traded energy sources are included (traditional biomass, which Smil reports but the Statistical Review does not, is excluded so the series stays on a single basis with no step at the splice).
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Citations
How to cite this page
To cite this page overall, including any descriptions, FAQs or explanations of the data authored by Our World in Data, please use the following citation:
“Data Page: Total energy supply”, part of the following publication: Hannah Ritchie, Pablo Rosado, and Max Roser (2023) - “Energy”. Data adapted from Energy Institute, Smil, U.S. Energy Information Administration. Retrieved from https://archive.ourworldindata.org/20260807-080945/grapher/energy-mix.html [online resource] (archived on August 7, 2026).How to cite this data
In-line citationIf you have limited space (e.g. in data visualizations), you can use this abbreviated in-line citation:
Energy Institute - Statistical Review of World Energy (2026); Smil (2017); U.S. Energy Information Administration (2026) – with major processing by Our World in DataFull citation
Energy Institute - Statistical Review of World Energy (2026); Smil (2017); U.S. Energy Information Administration (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. “Total energy supply” [dataset]. Energy Institute, “Statistical Review of World Energy”; Smil, “Energy Transitions: Global and National Perspectives”; U.S. Energy Information Administration, “International Energy Data” [original data]. Retrieved August 7, 2026 from https://archive.ourworldindata.org/20260807-080945/grapher/energy-mix.html (archived on August 7, 2026).Download
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Download the data shown in this chart as a ZIP file containing a CSV file, metadata in JSON format, and a README. The CSV file can be opened in Excel, Google Sheets, and other data analysis tools.
Data API
Use these URLs to programmatically access this chart's data and configure your requests with the options below. Our documentation provides more information on how to use the API, and you can find a few code examples below.
Data URL (CSV format)
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/energy-mix.csv?v=1&csvType=full&useColumnShortNames=falseMetadata URL (JSON format)
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/energy-mix.metadata.json?v=1&csvType=full&useColumnShortNames=falseExcel / Google Sheets
=IMPORTDATA("https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/energy-mix.csv?v=1&csvType=full&useColumnShortNames=false")Python with Pandas
import pandas as pd
import requests
# Fetch the data.
df = pd.read_csv("https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/energy-mix.csv?v=1&csvType=full&useColumnShortNames=false", storage_options = {'User-Agent': 'Our World In Data data fetch/1.0'})
# Fetch the metadata
metadata = requests.get("https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/energy-mix.metadata.json?v=1&csvType=full&useColumnShortNames=false").json()R
library(jsonlite)
# Fetch the data
df <- read.csv("https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/energy-mix.csv?v=1&csvType=full&useColumnShortNames=false")
# Fetch the metadata
metadata <- fromJSON("https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/energy-mix.metadata.json?v=1&csvType=full&useColumnShortNames=false")Stata
import delimited "https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/energy-mix.csv?v=1&csvType=full&useColumnShortNames=false", encoding("utf-8") clear