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

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Regional oil consumption by product group - middle distillates from 1984 to 1997
	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 - Middle distillates	'000 barrels/day	4,842	4,933	5,089	5,211	5,444	5,527	5,498	5,369	5,449	5,600	5,895	5,934	6,193
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 - Middle distillates	'000 barrels/day	994	1,000	1,061	1,119	1,148	1,151	1,134	1,174	1,226	1,257	1,340	1,417	1,478
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 - Middle distillates	'000 barrels/day	5,181	5,266	5,499	5,554	5,595	5,551	5,633	5,771	5,809	5,880	5,890	6,050	6,371
Total Former Soviet Union oil consumption	'000 barrels/day									7,133	5,682	4,837	4,410	3,910
Former Soviet Union oil consumption - Middle distillates	'000 barrels/day									2,110	1,541	1,308	1,188	1,084
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 - Middle distillates	'000 barrels/day	1,114	1,129	1,100	1,117	1,047	1,081	1,186	1,187	1,175	1,244	1,344	1,443	1,475
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 - Middle distillates	'000 barrels/day	647	675	659	676	698	725	735	736	759	779	801	832	861
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 - Middle distillates	'000 barrels/day	3,543	3,593	3,780	4,025	4,417	4,714	5,003	5,265	5,644	6,048	6,289	6,766	7,225

Regional oil consumption by product group - middle distillates from 1997 to 2008
	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 - Middle distillates	'000 barrels/day	6,398	6,450	6,628	6,811	6,812	6,655	6,861	7,133	7,249	7,297	7,318	6,924
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 - Middle distillates	'000 barrels/day	1,565	1,641	1,625	1,617	1,657	1,653	1,655	1,776	1,833	1,873	2,040	2,126
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 - Middle distillates	'000 barrels/day	6,428	6,630	6,690	6,734	6,991	6,934	7,137	7,347	7,595	7,853	7,763	7,937
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 - Middle distillates	'000 barrels/day	1,095	1,026	1,022	1,008	1,021	1,048	1,085	1,108	1,148	1,208	1,274	1,324
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 - Middle distillates	'000 barrels/day	1,472	1,471	1,502	1,567	1,618	1,666	1,723	1,767	1,849	1,950	2,013	2,124
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 - Middle distillates	'000 barrels/day	889	926	971	999	1,013	1,039	1,066	1,070	1,119	1,137	1,181	1,232
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 - Middle distillates	'000 barrels/day	7,525	7,234	7,678	7,813	7,968	8,108	8,246	8,774	9,030	9,089	9,151	9,496

(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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