U.S. electricity generation from coal.
The transportation sector is the largest consumer of primary fossil fuel energy in the United States. Largely due to reliance on petroleum-based motor fuels, the transportation sector consumed over 25 quadrillion British thermal units of fossil fuel energy in 2021. By comparison, fossil fuel consumption within the electric power sector has experienced an overall declining tendency in recent years, following a decline in Consumption of primary fossil fuel energy in the United States from 1990 to 2021, by sector (in trillion British thermal units)
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Statistics on Fossil fuel consumption in the U.S.
Overview
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- Basic Statistic Global primary energy consumption 2021, by country
- Premium Statistic Global primary energy consumption 2019-2021, by fuel
- Premium Statistic Global oil consumption 2021, by country
- Premium Statistic Global coal consumption 2021, by country
- Premium Statistic Global natural gas consumption by country 2020
Total consumption
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Consumption by segment
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- Premium Statistic Fossil fuel primary consumption in the U.S. 1990-2021, by sector
- Basic Statistic Electricity generation in the U.S. 1990-2021, by fuel
- Premium Statistic Petroleum consumption in the U.S. by sector 1990-2021
- Basic Statistic Natural gas consumption in the U.S. 2005-2021, by sector
- Basic Statistic Coal consumption in the U.S. by sector 1990-2021
Prices
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- Basic Statistic Average costs of fossil fuels for electricity generation in the U.S. 2005-2021
- Premium Statistic Petroleum producer price index in the U.S. 2000-2020
- Premium Statistic Natural gas producer price index in the U.S. 2000-2021
- Premium Statistic Coal producer price index in the U.S. 2000-2021
Trade
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Companies
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Further related statistics
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- Households' fossil fuel consumption in the U.S. 1975-2021, by fuel type
- Primary energy consumption in Chile 2021, by source
- Primary energy consumption in Colombia 2021, by source
- Primary energy consumption in Ecuador 2021, by source
- Primary energy consumption change in China 2000-2021
- Primary energy consumption in Peru 2021, by source
- Share of fossil fuel energy in total energy consumption Australia 2005-2014
- Opinions about use of natural gas in Sweden 2018
- Final primary energy consumption shares in Poland 2006-2020, by sector
- Energy intensity in Poland 2013-2020, by industry
- Fossil fuel consumption subsidies as percentage of GDP in select countries 2013
- Consumption of LPG in Italy 2012-2019
- Saipem Group new contracts in 2018, by geographic area
- Primary energy consumption in Morocco 2021, by fuel type
- Primary energy consumption in Morocco 2010-2021
- Primary energy consumption per capita Philippines 2012-2021
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- Breakdown of primary energy consumption in China 2020, by energy source
- Households' fossil fuel consumption in the U.S. 1975-2021, by fuel type
- Primary energy consumption in Chile 2021, by source
- Primary energy consumption in Colombia 2021, by source
- Primary energy consumption in Ecuador 2021, by source
- Primary energy consumption change in China 2000-2021
- Primary energy consumption in Peru 2021, by source
- Share of fossil fuel energy in total energy consumption Australia 2005-2014
- Opinions about use of natural gas in Sweden 2018
- Final primary energy consumption shares in Poland 2006-2020, by sector
- Energy intensity in Poland 2013-2020, by industry
- Fossil fuel consumption subsidies as percentage of GDP in select countries 2013
- Consumption of LPG in Italy 2012-2019
- Saipem Group new contracts in 2018, by geographic area
- Primary energy consumption in Morocco 2021, by fuel type
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EIA (U.S. Energy Information Administration). (March 29, 2022). Consumption of primary fossil fuel energy in the United States from 1990 to 2021, by sector (in trillion British thermal units) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 28, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/244429/us-fossil-fuel-energy-consumption-by-sector/
EIA (U.S. Energy Information Administration). "Consumption of primary fossil fuel energy in the United States from 1990 to 2021, by sector (in trillion British thermal units)." Chart. March 29, 2022. Statista. Accessed March 28, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/244429/us-fossil-fuel-energy-consumption-by-sector/
EIA (U.S. Energy Information Administration). (2022). Consumption of primary fossil fuel energy in the United States from 1990 to 2021, by sector (in trillion British thermal units). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 28, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/244429/us-fossil-fuel-energy-consumption-by-sector/
EIA (U.S. Energy Information Administration). "Consumption of Primary Fossil Fuel Energy in The United States from 1990 to 2021, by Sector (in Trillion British Thermal Units)." Statista, Statista Inc., 29 Mar 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/244429/us-fossil-fuel-energy-consumption-by-sector/
EIA (U.S. Energy Information Administration), Consumption of primary fossil fuel energy in the United States from 1990 to 2021, by sector (in trillion British thermal units) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/244429/us-fossil-fuel-energy-consumption-by-sector/ (last visited March 28, 2023)
Consumption of primary fossil fuel energy in the United States from 1990 to 2021, by sector (in trillion British thermal units) [Graph], EIA (U.S. Energy Information Administration), March 29, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/244429/us-fossil-fuel-energy-consumption-by-sector/