Data · Energy & environment
Energy intensity level of primary energy (MJ/$2021 PPP GDP): Vietnam, 2000–2021
- Latest (2021)
- 3.85 MJ/USD
- Source
- World Bank
- Code
- EG.EGY.PRIM.PP.KD
- Frequency
- Yearly
Definition
Energy intensity level of primary energy is the ratio between energy supply and gross domestic product measured at purchasing power parity. Energy intensity is an indication of how much energy is used to produce one unit of economic output. Lower ratio indicates that less energy is used to produce one unit of output.
What the series shows
The series runs from 2000 to 2021 (22 years of data). It moved from 4.21 to 3.85 MJ/USD, a change of -8.6%. The highest value was 4.44 in 2010 and the lowest 3.54 in 2015. The comparison below sets Vietnam against 9 neighbouring economies on the latest available year.
Using it in a thesis
Indicators like this one are typical control or explanatory variables in macro and finance theses: merge the CSV with your other series on the year column, check for missing years before running a regression, and log-transform level variables that grow over time. If you use the series in a panel with other countries, take every country from the same source and vintage so the definitions match. Cite the original publisher, not this site, as shown below.
Values by year
| Year | Value (MJ/USD) |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 3.85 |
| 2020 | 4.03 |
| 2019 | 4.09 |
| 2018 | 3.90 |
| 2017 | 3.55 |
| 2016 | 3.65 |
| 2015 | 3.54 |
| 2014 | 4.11 |
| 2013 | 3.91 |
| 2012 | 4.01 |
| 2011 | 4.18 |
| 2010 | 4.44 |
| 2009 | 4.29 |
| 2008 | 4.14 |
| 2007 | 4.09 |
| 2006 | 4.07 |
| 2005 | 4.25 |
| 2004 | 4.31 |
| 2003 | 4.19 |
| 2002 | 4.28 |
| 2001 | 4.20 |
| 2000 | 4.21 |
Comparison with other countries
| Country | Latest year | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Vietnam | 2021 | 3.85 |
| Thailand | 2021 | 4.44 |
| Indonesia | 2021 | 3.04 |
| Malaysia | 2021 | 4.49 |
| Philippines | 2021 | 2.78 |
| Singapore | 2021 | 2.51 |
| Cambodia | 2021 | 4.96 |
| Laos | 2022 | 4.51 |
| Myanmar | 2021 | 4.17 |
| China | 2021 | 6.30 |
How to cite (APA 7)
World Bank. (2026). Energy intensity level of primary energy (MJ/$2021 PPP GDP), Vietnam [Data set]. World Development Indicators. https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/EG.EGY.PRIM.PP.KD?locations=VN
Licence: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Retrieved 2026-11-02. The CSV has one row per period
with the variable name eg_egy_prim_pp_kd, ready for Stata, R or SPSS.