These figures come from the World Bank Little Green Book. The measurements are for 1998.
For the World |
Commercial energy use per capita (kg oil equiv) |
1,659 kg |
Electric power consumption per capita (kWh) |
2,084.7 kWh |
For the United States |
Commercial energy use per capita (kg oil equiv) |
7,937 kg |
Electric power consumption per capita (kWh) |
11,832.4 kWh |
Totals |
World |
U.S. |
U.S./World |
Energy use |
10,375 B kg |
2,285 B kg |
22% |
Electric |
13,037 B kWh |
3,407 B kWh |
26% |
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