Energy intensity is compared among different countries by dividing their energy use by their gross domestic product (GDP) in dollar terms. CDP (US$), being a varying monetary value, will have different meaning in different countries because of the varying means of converting it into dollars. Therefore distorted results of energy intensity are obtained. The newly devised concept of presenting GDP in terms of purchasing power parity in dollars (US$ PPP) goes a long way to solving this distortion. It also allows the energy intensity of developing countries to be presented in a more favourable way.