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.