Oil consumption by region terawatt hours twh by country

Countries reporting
79
Highest
10,118
United States
Lowest
11.68
Iceland
Median
189.47
Years covered
61
1965–2025
Data points
4,680

What the numbers show

Oil consumption by region terawatt hours twh is currently reported for 79 countries. The highest value is 10,118 in United States; the lowest is 11.68 in Iceland.

The median across all reporting countries is 189.47, and the mean is 725.2.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 866.

Over the past decade 49 countries rose and 30 fell. The largest increase was in Bangladesh (up 82.4%), and the largest decrease in Venezuela (down 55.2%).

Oil consumption by region terawatt hours twh: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 United States 10,118 2025 up 2.3% rising
2 China 9,401 2025 up 42.2% volatile
2 USSR 4,936 1984 up 25.1% rising
3 India 3,026 2025 up 31.8% volatile
4 Russia 1,994 2025 up 10.0% falling
5 Saudi Arabia 1,981 2025 down 4.0% volatile
6 Japan 1,808 2025 down 23.9% falling
7 South Korea 1,506 2025 up 8.0% volatile
8 Brazil 1,441 2025 down 1.0% rising
9 Canada 1,222 2025 down 4.5% rising
10 Germany 1,166 2025 down 10.0% falling
11 Iran 1,075 2025 up 24.3% volatile
12 Mexico 963.24 2025 down 10.6% rising
13 Indonesia 910.41 2025 up 10.7% volatile
14 Singapore 882.4 2025 up 8.8% volatile
15 France 768.6 2025 down 14.8% falling
16 United Kingdom 753.14 2025 down 11.8% falling
17 Spain 737.17 2025 up 5.1% rising
18 Turkey 685.73 2025 up 37.5% volatile
19 Italy 674.09 2025 down 5.9% falling
20 Thailand 644.22 2025 up 6.6% volatile
21 Australia 621.83 2025 up 9.0% rising
22 United Arab Emirates 585.89 2025 up 19.6% volatile
23 Malaysia 514.21 2025 up 29.0% volatile
24 Iraq 511.83 2025 up 27.5% volatile
25 Taiwan 464.67 2025 down 16.1% volatile
26 Netherlands 460.2 2025 down 9.1% rising
27 Egypt 436.97 2025 down 5.7% rising
28 Poland 404.88 2025 up 38.2% rising
29 Vietnam 379.79 2025 up 71.3% volatile
30 Belgium 327.18 2025 down 6.1% rising
31 Argentina 326.23 2025 down 10.7% rising
32 Philippines 278.64 2025 up 29.4% rising
34 Kuwait 266.21 2025 up 1.1% volatile
35 Algeria 254.94 2025 up 8.0% volatile
36 Colombia 246.39 2025 up 23.1% rising
37 Pakistan 242.45 2025 down 17.5% volatile
38 Chile 221.63 2025 up 16.5% volatile
39 Kazakhstan 217.19 2025 up 40.6% falling
40 Hong Kong 189.47 2025 down 12.9% volatile
41 Qatar 178.66 2025 up 12.1% volatile
42 Venezuela 176.87 2025 down 55.2% rising
43 Morocco 176.47 2025 up 21.3% volatile
44 Greece 176.05 2025 up 3.4% rising
45 Bangladesh 169.1 2025 up 82.4% volatile
46 Ecuador 162.97 2025 up 14.0% volatile
47 Peru 159.06 2025 up 29.9% rising
48 Ukraine 154.21 2025 up 29.1% volatile
49 Oman 145.34 2025 up 37.2% volatile
50 Sweden 144.34 2025 down 5.0% falling
51 Romania 133.6 2025 up 27.6% falling
52 Austria 129.08 2025 down 9.6% rising
53 Portugal 123.48 2025 down 6.6% rising
54 Czechia 118.07 2025 up 11.6% rising
55 Israel 114.63 2025 down 1.5% rising
56 Switzerland 106.84 2025 down 17.5% falling
57 Norway 104.15 2025 down 8.1% rising
58 Hungary 92.39 2025 up 10.0% falling
59 Finland 90.79 2025 down 18.5% falling
60 Belarus 90.13 2025 up 15.0% volatile
61 New Zealand 89.87 2025 down 1.6% rising
62 Ireland 84.07 2025 up 2.7% rising
63 Turkmenistan 81.13 2025 up 4.3% rising
64 Denmark 76.63 2025 down 15.3% falling
65 Uzbekistan 73.25 2025 up 47.2% falling
66 Sri Lanka 72.77 2025 up 22.2% volatile
67 Azerbaijan 71.04 2025 up 27.8% falling
68 Bulgaria 62.41 2025 up 17.1% falling
69 Croatia 48.56 2025 up 24.1% falling
70 Slovakia 46.52 2025 up 10.2% falling
71 Lithuania 33.79 2025 up 4.2% falling
72 Cyprus 30.26 2025 up 8.3% rising
73 Slovenia 28.99 2025 up 4.2% rising
74 Luxembourg 24.43 2025 down 22.1% rising
75 Trinidad and Tobago 19.38 2025 down 24.2% falling
76 Latvia 17.93 2025 down 13.2% falling
77 Estonia 14.67 2025 down 13.9% falling
78 North Macedonia 14.28 2025 up 25.2% rising
79 Iceland 11.68 2025 up 19.2% rising

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Oil consumption by region terawatt hours twh
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
82 places, 4,680 data points, 1965–2025
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