The largest oil consuming countries (and EU), in millions of barrels per day for 2007. China increased use by 1 billion barrels a day, the USA and Europe decreased use by 100 million barrels a day from our post last year on Oil Consumption by Country.
Country | consumption | % of oil used | % of population | % of World GDP | % of oil used in 2006 |
USA | 20.7 | 24.3 | 4.5 | 21.0 | 25.9 |
European Union | 14.4 | 16.9 | 7.4 | 21.9 | 18.1 |
China | 7.9 | 9.2 | 19.9 | 10.8 | 8.6 |
Japan | 5.0 | 5.8 | 1.8 | 6.5 | 6.7 |
India | 2.7 | 3.1 | 17.3 | 4.5 | 3.0 |
Russia | 2.7 | 3.1 | 2.0 | 3.1 | 3.6 |
Germany | 2.5 | 2.8 | 1.2 | 4.2 | 3.3 |
Brazil | 2.4 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 2.6 |
Canada | 2.4 | 2.7 | 0.4 | 1.9 | 2.9 |
Mexico | 2.1 | 2.4 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 2.6 |
South Korea | 2.1 | 2.4 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 2.7 |
Data is from CIA World Factbook 2009 (downloaded August 2009). GDP calculated using purchasing power parity from 2008 fact book with estimated 2007 data.