282 million Btu
2025 (latest)
ENERGY CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA
million Btu/person · 1949–2025 · neither direction is "better" · U.S. Energy Information Administration, Monthly Energy Review
207 million Btu
1949
350 million Btu
high · 1978
207 million Btu
low · 1949
+36%
since 1949
┊ dashed lines mark 1979 Oil shock & inflation peak · 1987 Black Monday crash · 1991 Gulf War recession · 2001 Dot-com bust & 9/11 · 2008 Global financial crisis · 2020 COVID-19 pandemic
Method & caveats. MSN TETPRUS; publisher annual row (MER YYYY13). Original unit: Million Btu. Converted only by the declared unit scale. None known; publisher revisions may revise the full history. Breaks: none known; publisher revisions may revise the full history.
Sources
Every value on this page is read from the publisher below. Current and historical source documents:
- https://api.eia.gov/v2/total-energy/data/?frequency=annual&data%5B0%5D=value&facets%5Bmsn%5D%5B%5D=TETPRUS&length=5000&sort%5B0%5D%5Bcolumn%5D=period&sort%5B0%5D%5Bdirection%5D=asc
- https://github.com/danielmiessler/substrate/tree/main/Data/US-Energy-And-Environment
Data
| Year | Energy consumption per capita | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 282 million Btu | +1% |
| 2024 | 278 million Btu | +0% |
| 2023 | 278 million Btu | −2% |
| 2022 | 284 million Btu | +1% |
| 2021 | 281 million Btu | +5% |
| 2020 | 268 million Btu | −9% |
| 2019 | 294 million Btu | −1% |
| 2018 | 298 million Btu | +3% |
| 2017 | 289 million Btu | −1% |
| 2016 | 291 million Btu | −1% |
| 2015 | 295 million Btu | −2% |
| 2014 | 300 million Btu | +1% |
| 2013 | 298 million Btu | +2% |
| 2012 | 292 million Btu | −3% |
| 2011 | 302 million Btu | −2% |
| 2010 | 308 million Btu | +3% |
| 2009 | 299 million Btu | −6% |
| 2008 | 318 million Btu | −3% |
| 2007 | 329 million Btu | +1% |
| 2006 | 326 million Btu | −2% |
| 2005 | 332 million Btu | −1% |
| 2004 | 335 million Btu | +2% |
| 2003 | 330 million Btu | −1% |
| 2002 | 332 million Btu | +0% |
| 2001 | 331 million Btu | −3% |
| 2000 | 343 million Btu | +1% |
| 1999 | 338 million Btu | +1% |
| 1998 | 336 million Btu | −0% |
| 1997 | 337 million Btu | −1% |
| 1996 | 339 million Btu | +2% |
| 1995 | 333 million Btu | +1% |
| 1994 | 331 million Btu | +1% |
| 1993 | 328 million Btu | +0% |
| 1992 | 327 million Btu | +1% |
| 1991 | 325 million Btu | −2% |
| 1990 | 330 million Btu | −1% |
| 1989 | 335 million Btu | +1% |
| 1988 | 331 million Btu | +4% |
| 1987 | 318 million Btu | +3% |
| 1986 | 310 million Btu | −1% |
| 1985 | 312 million Btu | −1% |
| 1984 | 315 million Btu | +4% |
| 1983 | 302 million Btu | −1% |
| 1982 | 306 million Btu | −5% |
| 1981 | 323 million Btu | −4% |
| 1980 | 335 million Btu | −4% |
| 1979 | 350 million Btu | +0% |
| 1978 | 350 million Btu | +1% |
| 1977 | 347 million Btu | +2% |
| 1976 | 339 million Btu | +5% |
| 1975 | 323 million Btu | −4% |
| 1974 | 336 million Btu | −3% |
| 1973 | 348 million Btu | +3% |
| 1972 | 337 million Btu | +4% |
| 1971 | 324 million Btu | +1% |
| 1970 | 322 million Btu | +2% |
| 1969 | 315 million Btu | +4% |
| 1968 | 303 million Btu | +5% |
| 1967 | 288 million Btu | +2% |
| 1966 | 283 million Btu | +4% |
| 1965 | 271 million Btu | +3% |
| 1964 | 263 million Btu | +3% |
| 1963 | 256 million Btu | +2% |
| 1962 | 250 million Btu | +3% |
| 1961 | 243 million Btu | +0% |
| 1960 | 243 million Btu | +2% |
| 1959 | 238 million Btu | +3% |
| 1958 | 232 million Btu | −2% |
| 1957 | 237 million Btu | −2% |
| 1956 | 241 million Btu | +2% |
| 1955 | 236 million Btu | +8% |
| 1954 | 219 million Btu | −4% |
| 1953 | 228 million Btu | +1% |
| 1952 | 226 million Btu | −3% |
| 1951 | 232 million Btu | +5% |
| 1950 | 220 million Btu | +6% |
| 1949 | 207 million Btu | — |
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