| Energy Production and Consumption | United States | North America | World | |
| (in thousand metric tons of oil equivalent) {a} | ||||
| Total Energy Production, 2000 | 1675770 | 2050633 | 10077984 | |
| % change since 1980 | 8 % | 16 % | 37 % | |
| Energy Imports, 1997 | 614662 | 673759 | 9521506 | |
| Energy Exports, 1997 | 105118 | 285889 | 3419104 | |
| Total Energy Consumption {b}, 1999 | 2269985 | 2511765 | 9702786 | |
| Electricity consumption, 1999 | 286999 | 327018 | 1040770 | |
| Energy consumption per capita, 1997 | 8 | 8 | 2 | |
| % change since 1990 | 5 % | 5 % | 0 % | |
| Energy Consumption per GDP {c}, 1999: | 264 | 268 | 244 | |
| % change since 1990 | -10 % | -10 % | -13 % | |
| Energy Consumption by Source, 1999 (in thousand metric tons oil equivalent) | ||||
| Total Fossil Fuels | 1942807 | 2127336 | 7689047 | |
| Coal and coal products | 539448 | 567286 | 2278524 | |
| Crude oil and natural gas liquids | 868485 | 962164 | 3563084 | |
| Natural Gas | 521987 | 592290 | 2012559 | |
| Nuclear | 202722 | 221874 | 661901 | |
| Hydroelectric | 24813 | 54524 | 222223 | |
| Renewables, excluding hydroelectric: | 83372 | 94243 | 1097889 | |
| Primary solid biomass (includes fuelwood) | 63894 | 74745 | 1035139 | |
| Biogas and liquid biomass | 4065 | 4065 | 14931 | |
| Geothermal | 14948 | 14948 | 43802 | |
| Solar | 75 | 75 | 2217 | |
| Wind | 390 | 407 | 1748 | |
| Tide, wave, and ocean | 0 | 3 | 53 | |
| Energy Consumption by Sector, 1999 | ||||
| (in thousand metric tons of oil equivalent) | ||||
| Industry | 357829 | 424856 | 2140474 | |
| Transportation | 601275 | 655368 | 1755505 | |
| Agriculture | 13473 | 17664 | 166287 | |
| Commercial & public services | 182774 | 207713 | 511555 | |
| Residential | 254209 | 283730 | 1845475 | |
| Non-energy Uses | 65944 | 72307 | 333981 | |
| Total Final Energy Consumption {d} | 1475504 | 1661639 | 6753276 | |
| Resource Consumption | ||||
| Passenger Cars per 1000 people, 1998 | X | X | 109 | |
| Annual Motor Gasoline Consumption, 2000 | ||||
| (liters per person) | 1679 | 1634 | 179 | |
| Annual Meat Consumption, 1998 | ||||
| (kg per person) | 122 | 120 | 38 | |
| Annual Paper Consumption, 2000 | ||||
| (kg per person) | 331 | 324 | 53 | |
| Annual Coffee Consumption, 2001 | ||||
| (kg per person) | 4 | 4 | X | |
| Footnotes: | ||||
| a. One metric ton of oil equivalent (toe) is defined as 10 Exp. 7 kilocalories or 41.868 gigajoules, equal to the amount of energy contained in 1 metric ton of crude oil. | ||||
| b. In metric tons of oil equivalent per million constant 1995 international dollars. | ||||
| TPES = Energy Production + Imports - Exports - Stock Changes - Consumption by International Marine Bunkers | ||||
| c. In metric tons of oil equivalent per million constant 1995 international dollars. | ||||
| d. In this profile, "total final consumption" is calculated as the sum of energy consumption by sectors. Values may differ slightly from those reported by the International | ||||
| Energy Agency (IEA). | ||||
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