Global energy consumption by region 2050

OECD Americas was the largest energy consumer in 1990, with a consumption of 110.7 quadrillion British thermal units. By 2020, non-OECD Asia was the largest consumer region worldwide and is expected to remain the leading consumer region by 2050, with a consumption of roughly 230 and 403 quadrillion British thermal units, respectively.

Energy consumption worldwide from 1990 to 2020, with a forecast until 2050, by region* (in quadrillion British thermal units)

Characteristic	OECD Americas	OECD Europe	OECD Asia	Non-OECD Europe and Eurasia	Non-OECD Asia	Middle East	Africa	Non-OECD Americas
2050*	145.2	94.1	42	66	402.8	48.3	46	42
2045*	139.7	90.7	41.5	64.1	378.5	47.6	41.1	39.5
2040*	134.6	88	41.2	61.9	349.4	46.1	37	37.2
2035*	130.9	85.9	41	59.5	320.8	43.3	33.2	35
2030*	127.5	83.3	40.5	56.9	292.8	41.7	29.6	32.9
2025*	126	82.1	39.9	54.8	267.2	40.3	26.6	30.8
2020	118.2	77.6	37.2	52.6	230.3	35.2	22.9	27.6
2018	125.2	83.3	40.9	49.1	227.4	37.3	24.5	32.3
2015	121.9	79.8	38.3	47.7	200.1	33.9	22.7	31.1
2012	118.1	81.4	39	50.7	175.9	31.7	21.5	31
2011	120.6	82	39.4	49.9	168.2	29.9	20.1	30.5
2010	120.2	82.5	39.6	47.2	159	27.8	18.9	28.7
2005	122.4	82.4	39	50.4	112.6	22.8	17.2	26
1990	100.7	70	27	67.3	47.4	11.2	9.5	14.5

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Release date

October 2021

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Worldwide

Survey time period

2021

Supplementary notes

* Projections in the EIA reference case, a business-as-usual trend estimate, given known technology and technological and demographic trends.
This statistic was assembled using several editions of the report.

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