Year kg per kg of oil equivalent energy use 1971 2.239832226111364 1972 2.245414416918337 1973 2.2828571872213703 1974 2.2858700119230067 1975 2.2540711539423524 1976 2.2583120738906493 1977 2.2372043995882165 1978 2.2789363216913507 1979 2.3127228057170353 1980 2.2929390784788435 1981 2.25936978738913 1982 2.2763156412124723 1983 2.1852082935926873 1984 2.116922919829362 1985 2.129401485015271 1986 2.162700152348058 1987 2.1831761866453614 1988 2.197944424818871 1989 2.270945594445222 1990 1.9211794912719762 1991 1.9238725640055798 1992 1.9127326061758843 1993 1.9665764569220507 1994 1.9617747076620384 1995 1.9894674260691279 1996 2.053502975350096 1997 2.096665182475635 1998 2.1073628083785194 1999 2.059680780399732 2000 2.104512563065843 2001 2.083404619685198 2002 2.0595502403580186 2003 2.0333486505453866 2004 2.040552328488766 2005 2.046307746973179 2006 2.006537651921894 2007 2.054890976370974 2008 2.0622794070299695 2009 2.0193229243032245 2010 2.033192960287318 2011 2.0699436862459524 2012 2.0528295387494238 2013 2.0702409449754944 2014 1.990359099048896 2015 2.4827364174964117