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Oil consumption by region
This stacked area chart shows world oil consumption according to geographic region for the years from 1982 to 2007. Oil consumption is measured in thousand barrels per day.

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Oil consumption by region
	Units	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994
Oil: Consumption [5,6] - Thousand barrels daily (from 1965)	'000 barrels/day
Total North America - Oil consumption	'000 barrels/day	18,070	17,884	18,474	18,535	19,085	19,598	20,303	20,503	20,206	19,908	20,279	20,586	21,232
Total S. & Cent. America - Oil consumption	'000 barrels/day	3,376	3,308	3,318	3,281	3,477	3,608	3,694	3,761	3,773	3,849	3,941	4,027	4,212
Total Europe & Eurasia - Oil consumption	'000 barrels/day	22,773	22,344	22,429	22,406	22,970	23,118	23,167	23,217	23,540	23,019	22,163	20,691	19,857
Total Middle East - Oil consumption	'000 barrels/day	2,380	2,609	2,754	2,939	2,982	3,069	3,052	3,181	3,484	3,584	3,665	3,820	4,103
Total Africa - Oil consumption	'000 barrels/day	1,576	1,629	1,653	1,719	1,699	1,760	1,823	1,902	1,976	1,994	2,044	2,073	2,129
Total Asia Pacific - Oil consumption	'000 barrels/day	10,018	10,145	10,517	10,511	10,934	11,285	12,198	13,024	13,876	14,510	15,455	16,210	17,171

Oil consumption by region
	Units	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Oil: Consumption [5,6] - Thousand barrels daily (from 1965)	'000 barrels/day
Total North America - Oil consumption	'000 barrels/day	21,150	21,823	22,276	22,674	23,286	23,548	23,571	23,665	24,050	24,897	25,023	24,904	25,024
Total S. & Cent. America - Oil consumption	'000 barrels/day	4,380	4,557	4,790	4,936	4,968	4,907	5,006	4,974	4,826	4,944	5,147	5,225	5,493
Total Europe & Eurasia - Oil consumption	'000 barrels/day	19,703	19,555	19,738	19,826	19,742	19,564	19,743	19,736	19,922	20,111	20,274	20,477	20,100
Total Middle East - Oil consumption	'000 barrels/day	4,216	4,335	4,423	4,492	4,573	4,716	4,829	5,011	5,229	5,507	5,731	5,949	6,203
Total Africa - Oil consumption	'000 barrels/day	2,197	2,239	2,307	2,388	2,448	2,458	2,473	2,510	2,567	2,644	2,773	2,824	2,955
Total Asia Pacific - Oil consumption	'000 barrels/day	18,194	18,979	20,063	19,623	20,557	21,147	21,281	21,934	22,702	24,008	24,368	24,851	25,444

(5) When graphed, the unit of oil production and consumption in million tonnes is shown as Mtoe (million tonnes oil equivalent) to enable charting that combines different sources of primary energy.
(6) Inland demand plus international aviation and marine bunkers and refinery fuel and loss. Consumption of fuel ethanol and biodiesel is also included.

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