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Entropy Analysis of Import Dependence

This dataset includes indicators of energy security for several countries in the world. Some of the meassures were developed using estimates of oil imports by country of origin for each country. Shannon entropy was used to caputre import diversity and Shannon-Wiener entropy to incorporate the political instability of import sources. Other measures capture the dependence of a country on oil.

Sources that were used to create the indices include:

The CIA Factbook

The Energy Inforation Administration

British Petroleum

The IMF

Most of the analysis uses 2008 data.

Attributes Range Median Mean Standard Deviation
Oil imports 2007 -9999.00 - 13150000.00 182000.00 777474.67 1887117.61

Oil imports in bbl per day

Imports to Consumption 0.00 - 3.29 0.90 0.85 0.68

Share of oil consumption that comes from oil imports

Coal 0.00 - 1311.41 4.72 50.17 182.51

Demand for coal in millions of tons of oil equivalent

Oil imports 2008 0.00 - 13150000.00 278600.00 898806.36 1898425.13

Oil imports in bbl per day

PPP 2008 11890000000.00 - 13860000000000.00 326400000000.00 995756229508.20 2040210596508.90

Purchasing Power 2008

Energy Diversity (pos) 0.15 - 0.56 0.45 0.43 0.09

Measure of energy diversity (shannon entropy)

ISO2 Text column (no statistics available)

ISO code

Percent Nuclear 0.00 - 0.39 0.00 0.05 0.09

Percent demand for energy from nuclear power.

Percent Coal 0.00 - 0.77 0.10 0.16 0.18

Percent demand for energy from coal.

Country Country column (no statistics available)

Name of Country

GDP 2007 20.23 - 13807.55 246.35 851.41 1921.31

GDP 2007

Import Diversity Political Instability 0.00 - 0.85 0.71 0.60 0.19

Import diversity incorporating political instability of oil import sources.

Natural Gas 0.00 - 595.66 18.45 40.87 89.86

Demand for natural gas in miilions of tons of oil equivalent.

GDP 2008 19.02 - 14334.03 300.40 965.33 2033.57

Gross Domestic Product 2008

Oil exports 2007 -9999.00 - 7920000.00 101000.00 710386.90 1470149.21

Oil exports in bbl per day 2007

Oil Consumption 2007 20560.00 - 20730000.00 400000.00 1236135.41 2808719.96

Oil consumption in bbl per day 2007

PPP 2007 11400000000.00 - 12980000000000.00 328100000000.00 991404262295.08 2144476072481.31

Purchasing Power 2007

Hydroelectricity 0.00 - 109.26 2.29 10.50 21.51

Demand for hydroelectricity in millions of tons oil equivalent

ISO Text column (no statistics available)

ISO Code

Oil Exports 2008 -9999.00 - 8554000.00 278400.00 839164.62 1517287.76

Oil exports in bbl per day

Oil Consumption 2008 18460.00 - 20800000.00 372000.00 1256046.07 2835086.50

Oil consumption in bbl per day

Oil GDP 0.03 - 0.29 0.07 0.09 0.06

Oil demand as a share of GDP

Diversity (neg) -0.56 - -0.15 -0.45 -0.43 0.09

Import diversity (neg)

Nuclear 0.00 - 192.09 0.00 10.02 28.88

Demand for nuclear energy in millions of tons of oil equivalent

Reduction in Diversity (%) -0.67 - 0.00 -0.44 -0.47 0.13

Percent difference between oil import diversity and diversity when the political instability of the oil source is considered.

1.01 - 943.11 21.64 59.05 130.02
Oil Production 2007 0.00 - 9475000.00 142000.00 1112274.52 2082658.91

Oil production in bbl per day

Energy Diversity (neg) -0.56 - -0.15 -0.45 -0.43 0.09

Shannon Entropy measure of energy diversity (neg)

Percent Oil 0.11 - 0.89 0.36 0.39 0.15

Percent of energy demand from oil.

Total Energy Demand 3.01 - 2361.36 58.31 170.62 385.03

Total Energy Demand in millions of tons of oil.

Oil Production 2008 0.00 - 11100000.00 125000.00 1178714.85 2256855.78

Oil Production in bbl per day

Oil 0.11 - 0.89 0.36 0.39 0.15

Demand for oil in millions of tons

Reduced Diversity -0.91 - 0.00 -0.57 -0.59 0.17

Reduction in import diversity when the political instability of the source is considered.

Oil Import Diversity 0.00 - 1.46 1.30 1.19 0.31

Oil Import Diversity (Shannon Entropy): Positive Values

Percent HydroElectricity 0.00 - 0.68 0.04 0.10 0.15

Percent of energy demand from HydroElectricity (millions of tons of oil equivalent)

Percent Natural Gas 0.00 - 0.83 0.25 0.30 0.21

Percent demand for natural gas out of total energy demand