Fact #839: September 22, 2014 World Petroleum Consumption Continues to Rise despite Declines from the United States and Europe

From 1980 to 2013, overall world petroleum consumption has increased from 63 to 90 million barrels per day. Overall consumption is the total of the individual countries/regions shown below. Although petroleum consumption in the U.S. and Europe has declined since 2007, this is offset by increasing consumption from the rest of the world. China has seen a rapid increase in petroleum consumption over the last decade while India has experienced a gradual rise in petroleum consumption. Not including the U.S., Europe, China, and India, petroleum consumption by the rest of the world has increased by 12.4% from 2008 to 2013.

Petroleum Consumption for Selected Countries/Regions, 1980-2013

Fact #839 Dataset

Supporting Information

Petroleum Consumption for Selected Countries/Regions, 1980-2013
Year	(Million barrels per day)
Year	United States	Europe	China	India	Rest of World	World Total
1980	17.06	16.06	1.77	0.64	27.60	63.12
1981	16.06	14.80	1.71	0.73	27.66	60.95
1982	15.30	14.29	1.66	0.74	27.57	59.55
1983	15.23	13.93	1.73	0.77	27.12	58.78
1984	15.73	13.82	1.74	0.82	27.69	59.80
1985	15.73	13.79	1.89	0.89	27.79	60.08
1986	16.28	14.19	2.00	0.95	28.40	61.82
1987	16.67	14.33	2.12	0.99	29.00	63.11
1988	17.28	14.52	2.27	1.08	29.82	64.98
1989	17.33	14.56	2.38	1.15	30.68	66.09
1990	16.99	14.69	2.30	1.17	31.40	66.55
1991	16.71	14.80	2.50	1.19	32.01	67.21
1992	17.03	14.97	2.66	1.27	31.45	67.38
1993	17.24	14.93	2.96	1.31	31.15	67.59
1994	17.72	15.04	3.16	1.41	31.59	68.93
1995	17.72	15.39	3.36	1.57	32.08	70.13
1996	18.31	15.69	3.61	1.68	32.42	71.71
1997	18.62	15.85	3.92	1.77	33.31	73.46
1998	18.92	16.15	4.11	1.84	33.10	74.12
1999	19.52	16.02	4.36	2.03	33.94	75.88
2000	19.70	15.92	4.80	2.13	34.24	76.79
2001	19.65	16.10	4.92	2.18	34.63	77.48
2002	19.76	16.06	5.16	2.26	34.97	78.22
2003	20.03	16.16	5.58	2.35	35.70	79.81
2004	20.73	16.28	6.44	2.43	36.79	82.67
2005	20.80	16.40	6.70	2.51	37.74	84.15
2006	20.69	16.42	7.26	2.69	38.21	85.27
2007	20.68	16.24	7.53	2.80	38.83	86.09
2008	19.50	16.15	7.47	2.86	38.72	84.70
2009	18.77	15.38	8.54	3.11	39.12	84.92
2010	19.18	15.34	9.33	3.26	40.42	87.53
2011	18.88	14.93	9.50	3.28	41.89	88.49
2012	18.49	14.42	9.87	3.45	42.93	89.16
2013	18.89	14.30	10.12	3.51	43.52	90.33
Source: Energy Information Administration, International Energy Statistics, accessed August 2014.

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