Fact #468: May 7, 2007
World Petroleum Use

In 1960 the World's petroleum use was a little more than 20 million barrels per day. From 1960 to 2006, the U.S. petroleum use has doubled; the other OECD countries' petroleum use is nearly five times that of 1960; and non-OECD countries' petroleum use in 2006 is more than six times that of 1960.

Supporting Information

World Petroleum Consumption, 1960-2006

Year	U.S.	Other OECD Countries	Non-OECD Countries	World Total
1960	9.80	5.98	5.56	21.34
1961	9.98	6.79	6.23	23.00
1962	10.40	7.66	6.83	24.89
1963	10.74	8.86	7.32	26.92
1964	11.02	10.03	8.03	29.08
1965	11.51	11.30	8.33	31.14
1966	12.08	12.52	8.96	33.56
1967	12.56	13.38	9.65	35.59
1968	13.39	15.17	10.40	38.96
1969	14.14	17.40	11.35	42.89
1970	14.70	19.99	12.12	46.81
1971	15.21	21.09	13.12	49.42
1972	16.37	22.58	14.14	53.09
1973	17.31	24.49	15.44	57.24
1974	16.65	23.73	16.31	56.68
1975	16.32	22.82	17.06	56.20
1976	17.46	24.26	17.95	59.67
1977	18.43	24.35	19.05	61.83
1978	18.85	25.13	20.18	64.16
1979	18.51	25.88	20.84	65.22
1980	17.06	24.70	21.35	63.11
1981	16.06	23.43	21.45	60.94
1982	15.30	22.47	21.78	59.54
1983	15.23	21.68	21.87	58.78
1984	15.73	21.96	22.12	59.82
1985	15.73	21.75	22.60	60.09
1986	16.28	22.32	23.21	61.81
1987	16.67	22.67	23.75	63.10
1988	17.28	23.37	24.31	64.97
1989	17.33	24.00	24.75	66.08
1990	16.99	24.53	25.03	66.55
1991	16.71	25.22	25.20	67.13
1992	17.03	25.92	24.41	67.36
1993	17.24	26.02	24.20	67.46
1994	17.72	26.71	24.34	68.77
1995	17.73	27.09	25.16	69.98
1996	18.31	27.59	25.64	71.54
1997	18.62	28.03	26.65	73.29
1998	18.92	27.90	27.13	73.95
1999	19.52	28.22	27.85	75.60
2000	19.70	28.14	28.78	76.62
2001	19.65	28.27	29.49	77.41
2002	19.76	28.12	30.21	78.08
2003	20.03	28.57	31.14	79.74
2004	20.73	28.62	33.08	82.43
2005	20.80	28.82	34.42	84.04
2006	20.59	28.49	35.93	85.01
Source: U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration, International Petroleum Monthly, April 2007. (Additional resources: www.eia.doe.gov)

 

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