Year kg per kg of oil equivalent energy use 1971 5.450566745976288 1972 5.743945663967129 1973 5.7835956800155905 1974 5.4777791576870065 1975 4.930003072268249 1976 5.221439691068371 1977 4.979915240166427 1978 4.779071694891905 1979 4.243068446370576 1980 3.9310972814619785 1981 3.3421256336102267 1982 2.987072718305042 1983 3.1245197946917562 1984 3.1757813227356415 1985 3.1682020471998267 1986 3.238818348171272 1987 3.0595455028662535 1988 3.041863776283194 1989 2.919473875826796 1990 2.8014304953422275 1991 2.8727082974602154 1992 2.735692337548791 1993 2.687444645105419 1994 2.6927970689951737 1995 2.7023811705383873 1996 2.734251904610354 1997 2.665349914407699 1998 2.6419872003794156 1999 2.643604872051391 2000 2.7028722658294733 2001 2.6363996363281124 2002 2.642015883969571 2003 2.6750658433977406 2004 2.6516552931604687 2005 2.6724147571003334 2006 2.6628873083303177 2007 2.667732403372569 2008 2.630108377469511 2009 2.65072913365304 2010 2.6390470448245873 2011 2.6702197648587283 2012 2.6305984951413657 2013 2.6760202991904736 2014 2.6445776535078953 2015 2.84120283658062