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Release Date: September 27, 2012

Table 1.5 Energy Consumption, Expenditures, and Emissions Indicators Estimates, 1949-2011
Table 1.5  Energy Consumption, Expenditures, and Emissions Indicators Estimates, 1949-2011








Year


Energy
Consumption

Energy
Consumption
per Capita


Energy
Expenditures 1

Energy
Expenditures 1
per Capita


Gross
Output 3
Energy
Expenditures 1
as Share of
Gross Output 3

Gross
Domestic
Product (GDP)

Energy
Expenditures 1
as Share of GDP 

Gross
Domestic
Product (GDP)

Energy
Consumption per
Real Dollar of GDP

Carbon Dioxide
Emissions 2 per
Real Dollar of GDP


Quadrillion
Btu


Million
Btu

Million 
Nominal
Dollars 4


Nominal
Dollars 4

Billion
Nominal
Dollars 4



Percent

Billion
Nominal
Dollars 4



Percent

Billion
Real
(2005) Dollars 5

Thousand Btu
per Real
(2005) Dollar 5
Metric Tons
Carbon Dioxide
per Million Real
(2005) Dollars 5
1949 31.982 214 NA NA NA NA 267.2 NA R 1,843.1 R 17.35 R 1,197
1950 34.616 227 NA NA NA NA 293.7 NA R 2,004.2 R 17.27 R 1,189
1951 36.974 239 NA NA NA NA 339.3 NA R 2,159.3 R 17.12 R 1,170
1952 36.748 233 NA NA NA NA 358.3 NA R 2,242.0 R 16.39 R 1,103
1953 37.664 235 NA NA NA NA 379.3 NA R 2,345.2 R 16.06 R 1,082
1954 36.639 225 NA NA NA NA 380.4 NA R 2,330.4 R 15.72 1,039
1955 40.208 242 NA NA NA NA 414.7 NA R 2,498.2 R 16.09 R 1,075
1956 41.754 247 NA NA NA NA 437.4 NA R 2,547.6 R 16.39 R 1,090
1957 41.787 243 NA NA NA NA 461.1 NA R 2,598.8 R 16.08 R 1,061
1958 41.645 238 NA NA NA NA 467.2 NA R 2,575.4 R 16.17 R 1,050
1959 43.466 244 NA NA NA NA 506.6 NA R 2,760.1 R 15.75 R 1,017
1960 45.086 250 NA NA NA NA 526.4 NA R 2,828.5 R 15.94 R 1,030
1961 45.738 249 NA NA NA NA 544.8 NA R 2,894.4 R 15.80 R 1,017
1962 47.826 256 NA NA NA NA 585.7 NA R 3,069.8 R 15.58 998
1963 49.644 262 NA NA NA NA 617.8 NA R 3,204.0 R 15.49 R 994
1964 51.815 270 NA NA NA NA 663.6 NA R 3,389.4 R 15.29 R 979
1965 54.015 278 NA NA NA NA 719.1 NA R 3,607.0 R 14.98 R 960
1966 57.014 290 NA NA NA NA 787.7 NA R 3,842.1 R 14.84 R 951
1967 58.905 296 NA NA NA NA 832.4 NA R 3,939.2 R 14.95 R 952
1968 62.415 311 NA NA NA NA 909.8 NA R 4,129.9 R 15.11 R 960
1969 65.614 324 NA NA NA NA 984.4 NA R 4,258.2 R 15.41 R 971
1970 67.838 331 82,860 404 NA NA 1,038.3 8.0 R 4,266.3 R 15.90 R 999
1971 69.283 334 90,023 434 NA NA 1,126.8 8.0 R 4,409.5 R 15.71 R 978
1972 72.688 346 98,054 467 NA NA 1,237.9 7.9 R 4,643.8 R 15.65 R 976
1973 75.684 357 R 111,875 528 NA NA 1,382.3 8.1 R 4,912.8 R 15.41 963
1974 73.962 346 R 153,351 717 NA NA 1,499.5 10.2 R 4,885.7 R 15.14 R 936
1975 71.965 333 R 171,837 R 796 NA NA 1,637.7 10.5 R 4,875.4 R 14.76 R 910
1976 75.975 348 R 193,896 889 NA NA 1,824.6 10.6 R 5,136.9 R 14.79 R 916
1977 77.961 354 R 220,476 1,001 NA NA 2,030.1 10.9 R 5,373.1 R 14.51 R 902
1978 79.950 359 R 239,255 R 1,075 NA NA 2,293.8 10.4 R 5,672.8 R 14.09 R 863
1979 80.859 359 R 297,549 1,322 NA NA 2,562.2 11.6 R 5,850.1 R 13.82 R 849
1980 78.067 344 R 374,347 1,647 NA NA 2,788.1 13.4 R 5,834.0 R 13.38 R 818
1981 76.106 332 R 427,898 R 1,865 NA NA 3,126.8 13.7 R 5,982.1 R 12.72 R 776
1982 73.099 316 R 426,479 R 1,841 NA NA 3,253.2 13.1 R 5,865.9 R 12.46 751
1983 72.971 312 R 417,476 R 1,786 NA NA 3,534.6 11.8 R 6,130.9 R 11.90 R 715
1984 76.632 325 R 435,195 1,845 NA NA 3,930.9 11.1 R 6,571.5 R 11.66 R 702
1985 76.392 321 R 438,347 1,842 NA NA 4,217.5 10.4 R 6,843.4 R 11.16 672
1986 76.647 319 R 383,518 1,597 NA NA 4,460.1 8.6 R 7,080.5 R 10.83 R 651
1987 79.054 326 R 396,587 R 1,637 8,639.9 4.6 4,736.4 8.4 R 7,307.0 R 10.82 R 652
1988 82.709 338 R 410,515 R 1,679 9,359.5 4.4 5,100.4 8.0 R 7,607.4 R 10.87 R 655
1989 84.786 344 R 437,679 1,773 9,969.6 4.4 5,482.1 8.0 R 7,879.2 R 10.76 643
1990 84.485 338 R 472,653 1,893 10,511.1 4.5 5,800.5 8.1 R 8,027.1 10.52 R 628
1991 84.438 334 R 470,668 1,860 10,676.5 4.4 5,992.1 7.9 R 8,008.3 R 10.54 R 624
1992 85.783 334 R 475,644 R 1,854 11,242.4 4.2 6,342.3 7.5 R 8,280.0 R 10.36 615
1993 87.424 336 R 491,231 R 1,890 11,857.6 4.1 6,667.4 7.4 R 8,516.2 R 10.27 R 609
1994 89.091 339 504,073 1,916 12,647.2 4.0 7,085.2 7.1 R 8,863.1 R 10.05 593
1995 91.029 342 513,947 1,930 13,451.6 3.8 7,414.7 6.9 R 9,086.0 R 10.02 R 585
1996 94.022 349 559,890 2,078 14,259.9 3.9 7,838.5 7.1 R 9,425.8 9.97 R 584
1997 94.602 347 566,714 2,079 15,160.5 3.7 8,332.4 6.8 R 9,845.9 R 9.61 566
1998 95.018 344 525,515 1,905 15,987.4 3.3 8,793.5 6.0 R 10,274.7 R 9.25 547
1999 96.652 346 R 556,379 1,994 17,017.4 3.3 9,353.5 5.9 R 10,770.7 8.97 R 528
2000 R 98.814 350 R 685,902 2,431 18,305.7 3.7 9,951.5 6.9 R 11,216.4 R 8.81 523
2001 96.168 337 694,484 R 2,437 18,576.5 3.7 10,286.2 6.8 R 11,337.5 8.48 508
2002 R 97.645 R 339 R 662,414 R 2,303 18,874.2 3.5 10,642.3 6.2 R 11,543.1 8.46 503
2003 97.978 338 754,708 R 2,601 19,832.3 3.8 R 11,142.2 6.8 R 11,836.4 R 8.28 495
2004 R 100.162 342 R 871,097 R 2,975 21,267.7 4.1 R 11,853.3 7.3 R 12,246.9 R 8.18 R 488
2005 R 100.282 339 R 1,046,897 R 3,543 23,046.9 4.5 R 12,623.0 8.3 R 12,623.0 R 7.94 R 475
2006 R 99.629 334 R 1,159,687 R 3,887 24,477.0 4.7 R 13,377.2 8.7 R 12,958.5 R 7.69 R 457
2007 R 101.296 336 R 1,234,282 R 4,097 25,819.7 4.8 R 14,028.7 8.8 R 13,206.4 R 7.67 R 456
2008 R 99.275 326 R 1,408,845 R 4,633 26,561.9 5.3 R 14,291.5 R 9.9 R 13,161.9 R 7.54 R 444
2009 R 94.559 308 R 1,061,220 R 3,459 24,568.6 4.3 R 13,939.0 R 7.6 R 12,703.1 R 7.44 R 427
2010 R 97.722 R 316 R 1,204,827 R 3,895 25,811.4 4.7 R 14,526.5 R 8.3 R 13,088.0 R 7.47 R 429
2011P 97.301 312 NA NA NA NA 15,094.0 NA 13,315.1 7.31 412
1Expenditures include taxes where data are available. 5In chained (2005) dollars.  See "Chained Dollars" in Glossary.
2Carbon dioxide emissions from energy consumption.  See Table 11.1. R=Revised.  P=Preliminary.  NA=Not available.  
3Gross output is the value of GDP plus the value of intermediate inputs used to produce GDP. Sources:  Energy Consumption:  Table 1.3.  Energy Expenditures:  Table 3.5.  Gross Domestic
Product:  Table D1.  Population Data:  Table D1.  Gross Output:  U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau
of Economic Analysis, Gross Domestic Product by Industry Data, Gross Output, All Industries.  Carbon
Dioxide Emissions:  Table 11.1.  Other Columns:  Calculated by U.S. Energy Information Administration.
4See "Nominal Dollars" in Glossary.  
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