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Release Date: October 19, 2011 
Next Update: August 2012

Table 1.5   Energy Consumption, Expenditures, and Emissions Indicators Estimates, 1949-2010



Year
Energy
Consumption		 Energy
Consumption
per Person
Energy
Expenditures 1		 Energy
Expenditures 1
per Person		 Gross
Domestic
Product (GDP)		 Energy
Expenditures 1
as Share of GDP		 Gross
Domestic
Product (GDP)		 Energy
Consumption per
Real Dollar of GDP		 Greenhouse Gas
Emissions 2 per
Real Dollar of GDP		 Carbon Dioxide
Emissions 3 per
Real Dollar of GDP
 

Quadrillion
Btu

Million
Btu
Million 
Nominal
Dollars 4

Nominal
Dollars 4
Billion
Nominal
Dollars 4


Percent
Billion
Chained
(2005) Dollars 5
Thousand Btu
per Chained
(2005) Dollar 5		 Metric Tons Carbon
Dioxide Equivalent
per Million Chained
(2005) Dollars 5		 Metric Tons
Carbon Dioxide
per Million Chained
(2005) Dollars 5
1949
 31.982 214 NA NA 267.2 NA 1,844.7 17.34 NA 1,196
1950
 34.616 227 NA NA 293.7 NA 2,006.0 17.26 NA 1,187
1951
 36.974 239 NA NA 339.3 NA 2,161.1 17.11 NA 1,169
1952
 36.748 233 NA NA 358.3 NA 2,243.9 16.38 NA 1,102
1953
 37.664 235 NA NA 379.3 NA 2,347.2 16.05 NA 1,081
1954
 36.639 225 NA NA 380.4 NA 2,332.4 15.71 NA 1,039
1955
 40.208 242 NA NA 414.7 NA 2,500.3 16.08 NA 1,074
1956
 41.754 247 NA NA 437.4 NA 2,549.7 16.38 NA 1,089
1957
 41.787 243 NA NA 461.1 NA 2,601.1 16.07 NA 1,060
1958
 41.645 238 NA NA 467.2 NA 2,577.6 16.16 NA 1,049
1959
 43.466 244 NA NA 506.6 NA 2,762.5 15.73 NA 1,016
1960
 R 45.086 250 NA NA 526.4 NA 2,830.9 15.93 NA 1,029
1961
 R 45.738 249 NA NA 544.8 NA 2,896.9 15.79 NA 1,016
1962
 R 47.826 256 NA NA 585.7 NA 3,072.4 15.57 NA 998
1963
 R 49.644 262 NA NA 617.8 NA 3,206.7 15.48 NA 993
1964
 R 51.815 270 NA NA 663.6 NA 3,392.3 15.27 NA 978
1965
 R 54.015 278 NA NA 719.1 NA 3,610.1 14.96 NA 959
1966
 R 57.014 290 NA NA 787.7 NA 3,845.3 14.83 NA 950
1967
 R 58.905 296 NA NA 832.4 NA 3,942.5 14.94 NA 951
1968
 R 62.415 311 NA NA 909.8 NA 4,133.4 15.10 NA 959
1969
 R 65.614 324 NA NA 984.4 NA 4,261.8 15.40 NA 970
1970
 R 67.838 331 R 82,860 404 1,038.3 8.0 4,269.9 15.89 NA 998
1971
 R 69.283 334 R 90,023 434 1,126.8 8.0 4,413.3 15.70 NA 977
1972
 R 72.688 346 R 98,054 467 1,237.9 7.9 4,647.7 15.64 NA 975
1973
 R 75.684 357 R 111,827 528 1,382.3 8.1 4,917.0 R 15.39 NA 963
1974
 R 73.962 346 R 153,297 717 1,499.5 10.2 4,889.9 15.13 NA 935
1975
 R 71.965 333 R 171,773 R 795 1,637.7 10.5 4,879.5 R 14.75 NA 909
1976
 R 75.975 R 348 R 193,821 889 1,824.6 10.6 5,141.3 14.78 NA 915
1977
 R 77.961 354 R 220,372 1,001 2,030.1 10.9 5,377.7 14.50 NA 901
1978
 R 79.950 359 R 239,152 R 1,074 2,293.8 10.4 5,677.6 R 14.08 NA 862
1979
 R 80.859 359 R 297,459 1,322 2,562.2 11.6 5,855.0 R 13.81 NA 848
1980
 R 78.067 344 R 374,244 1,647 2,788.1 13.4 5,839.0 R 13.37 R 1,011 817
1981
 R 76.106 332 R 427,775 R 1,864 3,126.8 13.7 5,987.2 R 12.71 R 969 775
1982
 R 73.099 316 R 426,328 R 1,840 3,253.2 13.1 5,870.9 R 12.45 R 940 751
1983
 R 72.971 312 R 417,291 1,785 3,534.6 11.8 6,136.2 R 11.89 R 891 714
1984
 R 76.632 325 R 435,034 1,845 3,930.9 11.1 6,577.1 R 11.65 R 876 701
1985
 R 76.392 321 R 438,176 1,842 4,217.5 10.4 6,849.3 R 11.15 R 843 672
1986
 R 76.647 R 319 R 383,386 1,597 4,460.1 8.6 7,086.5 R 10.82 R 813 650
1987
 R 79.054 R 326 R 396,454 R 1,636 4,736.4 8.4 7,313.3 R 10.81 R 812 651
1988
 R 82.709 R 338 R 410,380 R 1,678 5,100.4 8.0 7,613.9 R 10.86 R 810 654
1989
 R 84.786 344 R 437,521 1,773 5,482.1 8.0 7,885.9 R 10.75 R 793 643
1990
 R 84.485 R 338 R 472,444 1,893 5,800.5 8.1 8,033.9 R 10.52 R 763 R 627
1991
 R 84.438 334 R 470,435 1,860 5,992.1 7.9 8,015.1 R 10.53 R 759 R 623
1992
 R 85.783 R 334 R 475,438 R 1,853 6,342.3 7.5 8,287.1 R 10.35 R 749 R 615
1993
 R 87.424 R 336 R 490,999 R 1,889 6,667.4 7.4 8,523.4 R 10.26 R 738 R 608
1994
 R 89.091 339 R 504,073 1,916 7,085.2 7.1 8,870.7 R 10.04 R 720 R 593
1995
 R 91.029 342 R 513,947 1,930 7,414.7 6.9 9,093.7 R 10.01 R 708 R 584
1996
 R 94.022 R 349 R 559,890 R 2,078 7,838.5 7.1 9,433.9 R 9.97 R 703 R 583
1997
 R 94.602 R 347 R 566,714 2,079 8,332.4 6.8 9,854.3 R 9.60 R 677 R 566
1998
 R 95.018 R 344 R 525,515 R 1,905 8,793.5 6.0 10,283.5 R 9.24 R 652 R 547
1999
 R 96.652 R 346 R 556,392 1,994 9,353.5 5.9 10,779.8 R 8.97 R 626 R 527
2000
 R 98.815 R 350 R 685,922 R 2,431 9,951.5 6.9 11,226.0 R 8.80 R 618 R 523
2001
 R 96.168 R 337 R 694,484 2,436 10,286.2 6.8 11,347.2 R 8.48 R 600 R 508
2002
 R 97.693 340 R 662,246 R 2,301 10,642.3 6.2 11,553.0 R 8.46 R 596 R 503
2003
 R 97.978 338 R 754,708 R 2,600 11,142.1 6.8 11,840.7 R 8.27 R 586 R 495
2004
 R 100.148 342 R 870,956 R 2,973 11,867.8 7.3 12,263.8 R 8.17 R 577 R 487
2005
 R 100.277 R 339 R 1,046,843 R 3,541 12,638.4 8.3 12,638.4 R 7.93 R 563 R 474
2006
 R 99.624 334 R 1,159,485 R 3,885 13,398.9 R 8.7 12,976.2 R 7.68 R 542 R 456
2007
 R 101.363 R 336 R 1,234,240 R 4,095 R 14,061.8 8.8 R 13,228.9 7.66 R 541 R 455
2008
 R 99.268 R 326 R 1,408,685 R 4,631 R 14,369.1 R 9.8 R 13,228.8 R 7.50 R 528 R 441
2009
 R 94.475 308 R 1,061,252 R 3,461 R 14,119.0 R 7.5 R 12,880.6 R 7.33 R 510 R 421
2010P
 98.003 317 NA NA 14,660.4 NA 13,248.2 7.40 NA 425
1Expenditures include taxes where data are available. 5See "Chained Dollars" in Glossary.
2Greenhouse gas emissions from anthropogenic sources.  See Table 11.1. R=Revised.  P=Preliminary.  NA=Not available.  
3Carbon dioxide emissions from energy consumption.  See Table 11.2 Sources:  Energy Consumption:  Table 1.3.  Energy Expenditures:  Table 3.5.  Gross Domestic
Product:  Table D1.  Population Data:  Table D1.  Greenhouse Gas Emissions:  Table 11.1.  Carbon
Dioxide Emissions:  Table 11.2.  Other Columns:  Calculated by U.S. Energy Information Administration.
4See "Nominal Dollars" in Glossary.