Fact #75: February 2, 1999
World Oil Consumption: 1950 and 1996

Notes: ROW = "Rest of the World" and MBPD = "millions of barrels per day."

Supporting Information

World Oil Consumption: 1950 and 1996
	Consumption of Oil (Millions of Barrels Per Day)
Consumer and Use	1950	1966
United States
Light Vehicles	2	7
Other Transporation	1	4
Other Sectors	3	7
Rest of the World
Light Vehicles	.5	13
Other Transporation	.5	15
Other Sectors	1	27
Sources: Darmstadter, Joel, Energy in the World Economy, Resources for the Future, 1971 (world oil consumption in 1950) Davis, Stacy C., Transportation Energy Data Book, ORNL-6941, September 1998 (number of vehicles in the world in 1950 — used to estimate light vehicle oil use in 1950) EIA, Annual Energy Review 1997, DOE/EIA-0384(97), July 1998, (U.S. oil consumption by sector in 1950; world oil consumption in 1996) EIA, Annual Energy Outlook 1998, DOE/EIA-0383(98), January 1998 (U.S. oil consumption within the transportation sector in 1996) International Energy Agency website, www.iea.org (percentage share of transportation and non-transportation oil consumption in 1996)