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Regional oil consumption by product group - light distillates
This stacked bar chart shows world consumption of gasoline according to geographic region for years from 1984 to 2008. Gasoline consumption is measured in thousand barrels per day.

Regional oil consumption by product group - light distillates
	Units	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996
Oil: Regional consumption - by product group - Thousand barrels daily (from 1965) [5,6]	'000 barrels/day
Total North America - Oil consumption	'000 barrels/day	18,474	18,535	19,085	19,598	20,303	20,503	20,206	19,908	20,279	20,586	21,232	21,150	21,823
N. America oil consumption - Light distillates	'000 barrels/day	8,048	8,099	8,313	8,591	8,790	8,913	8,795	8,680	8,833	8,975	9,100	9,235	9,389
Total S. & Cent. America - Oil consumption	'000 barrels/day	3,319	3,281	3,476	3,608	3,696	3,761	3,773	3,850	3,943	4,027	4,214	4,382	4,560
S. & Cent. America oil consumption - Light distillates	'000 barrels/day	995	1,017	1,090	1,106	1,127	1,169	1,190	1,233	1,219	1,270	1,373	1,431	1,482
Total Europe - Oil consumption	'000 barrels/day	14,015	13,871	14,401	14,509	14,695	14,746	14,958	14,875	15,031	15,011	15,022	15,295	15,650
Europe oil consumption - Light distillates	'000 barrels/day	3,624	3,606	3,785	3,856	3,990	4,073	4,219	4,139	4,208	4,137	4,123	4,195	4,223
Total Former Soviet Union oil consumption	'000 barrels/day									7,133	5,682	4,837	4,410	3,910
Former Soviet Union oil consumption - Light distillates	'000 barrels/day									1,385	1,196	1,084	941	892
Total Middle East Oil consumption	'000 barrels/day	2,758	2,909	2,927	3,015	2,997	3,131	3,319	3,427	3,498	3,627	3,920	4,034	4,143
Middle East oil consumption - Light distillates	'000 barrels/day	471	504	504	504	498	529	554	560	616	635	708	762	789
Total Africa - Oil consumption	'000 barrels/day	1,654	1,708	1,689	1,752	1,818	1,892	1,958	1,962	2,032	2,050	2,104	2,188	2,230
Africa oil consumption - Light distillates	'000 barrels/day	385	413	411	424	436	462	481	495	510	520	533	548	546
Total Asia Pacific - Oil consumption (incl. China and Japan)	'000 barrels/day	10,488	10,490	10,905	11,257	12,163	12,990	13,837	14,464	15,406	16,171	17,124	18,150	18,931
Asia Pacific oil consumption - Light distillates	'000 barrels/day	2,132	2,246	2,376	2,456	2,615	2,930	3,065	3,269	3,548	3,752	4,034	4,375	4,657

Regional oil consumption by product group - light distillates
	Units	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Oil: Regional consumption - by product group - Thousand barrels daily (from 1965) [5,6]	'000 barrels/day
Total North America - Oil consumption	'000 barrels/day	22,276	22,674	23,286	23,548	23,571	23,665	24,050	24,898	25,023	24,904	25,030	23,753
N. America oil consumption - Light distillates	'000 barrels/day	9,560	9,849	9,998	10,106	10,211	10,523	10,675	10,979	11,020	11,131	11,205	10,857
Total S. & Cent. America - Oil consumption	'000 barrels/day	4,795	4,942	4,976	4,908	5,009	4,977	4,830	4,938	5,129	5,297	5,681	5,901
S. & Cent. America oil consumption - Light distillates	'000 barrels/day	1,539	1,553	1,668	1,540	1,517	1,506	1,496	1,452	1,551	1,637	1,746	1,801
Total Europe - Oil consumption	'000 barrels/day	15,853	16,090	16,045	15,946	16,120	16,071	16,170	16,331	16,513	16,514	16,058	16,114
Europe oil consumption - Light distillates	'000 barrels/day	4,282	4,315	4,314	4,194	4,086	4,025	3,923	3,875	3,764	3,615	3,491	3,365
Total Former Soviet Union oil consumption	'000 barrels/day	3,890	3,741	3,700	3,623	3,627	3,667	3,745	3,760	3,772	3,948	3,973	4,045
Former Soviet Union oil consumption - Light distillates	'000 barrels/day	922	893	858	797	851	882	937	918	934	993	1,053	1,096
Total Middle East Oil consumption	'000 barrels/day	4,216	4,258	4,367	4,602	4,754	4,948	5,138	5,370	5,617	5,817	6,084	6,423
Middle East oil consumption - Light distillates	'000 barrels/day	829	849	859	910	949	1,011	1,059	1,177	1,241	1,325	1,326	1,379
Total Africa - Oil consumption	'000 barrels/day	2,303	2,364	2,438	2,432	2,452	2,484	2,537	2,600	2,728	2,696	2,776	2,881
Africa oil consumption - Light distillates	'000 barrels/day	554	563	570	574	585	580	605	632	637	617	634	666
Total Asia Pacific - Oil consumption (incl. China and Japan)	'000 barrels/day	20,017	19,559	20,501	21,073	21,225	21,863	22,601	23,899	24,283	24,620	25,277	25,339
Asia Pacific oil consumption - Light distillates	'000 barrels/day	5,113	5,201	5,486	5,636	5,771	6,021	6,283	6,644	6,781	6,826	7,147	7,196

(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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