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Canada vs United States: Oil consumption per person

Canada
30,453 kilowatt-hours per person
in 2025
United States
29,135 kilowatt-hours per person
in 2025
Canada rank
28th
United States rank
31st

Oil consumption per person over time

  • Canada
  • United States
010.0k20.0k30.0k40.0k50.0k196519952025

How they compare

Canada currently reports 30,453 kilowatt-hours per person against 29,135 kilowatt-hours per person in United States, a difference of 1,318 kilowatt-hours per person.

The two have swapped places 11 times across 61 shared years of data; in 1965 it was United States ahead.

Canada ranks 28th and United States ranks 31st of 218 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Oil consumption per person
Unit
kilowatt-hours per person
Source
Energy Institute - Statistical Review of World Energy (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
219 places, 10,532 data points, 1965–2025
Last refreshed

Measured in kilowatt-hours per person. Includes refined petroleum products and other liquid fuels.