Oil's share of primary energy production by region 1965-2023

In 1965, approximately 42 percent of the world's energy demand was met by energy sourced from oil; however, this figure had fallen to almost 30 percent by 2023. While the annual volume of oil produced and consumed has risen by a significant amount since the 1960s, its share of energy production has dropped in virtually all areas - a large part of this is due to rising consumption of natural gas, which is viewed as a cleaner and more efficient fossil fuel, as well as nuclear energy, and the more recent transition to renewable energy sources.

Annual share of primary energy produced by oil per global region from 1965 to 2023

Characteristic	World	Middle East	South and Central America	Africa	North America	Europe	Asia Pacific	CIS
1965	41.54	91.21	74.66	47.76	44.88	40	37.1	28.84
1966	42.48	89.92	74.38	49.38	44.58	42.63	39.56	29.04
1967	43.83	88.81	73.7	48.71	44.85	44.96	43.47	30.11
1968	44.8	86.63	74.22	48.76	45.14	46.36	45.84	30.94
1969	45.52	85.09	73.85	48.4	44.98	48.16	47.36	31.44
1970	46.66	84.62	72.95	48.71	45.31	50.14	48.67	32.97
1971	47.31	84.32	73.12	49.76	45.85	51.26	48.99	33.32
1972	48.38	83.3	73.14	50.68	46.88	52.38	50.28	34.39
1973	49.33	82	72.78	50.37	47.54	53.08	52.64	35.17
1974	48.32	81.89	71.59	49.72	46.89	50.65	50.92	36.61
1975	47.64	78.87	70.39	49.21	47.1	49.37	49.47	36.57
1976	48.15	79.82	68.95	49.48	47.86	49.94	50.27	36.17
1977	48.01	79.58	67.82	49.96	48.82	48.62	49.72	36
1978	48.19	79.03	66.89	50.68	48.94	49.25	49.07	36.62
1979	47.24	76.38	65.72	48.98	47.54	48.56	47.75	36.27
1980	45.59	75.45	63.76	48.35	45.79	46.41	44.6	37.18
1981	44.16	75.8	63.2	46.63	44.12	44.4	42.98	36.72
1982	43.05	75.09	60.64	45.79	43.44	43.04	41.55	35.57
1983	42.11	76.69	57.84	46.3	43.13	41.47	40.44	34.33
1984	40.94	74.03	55.14	45.71	42.26	40.64	38.48	33.08
1985	39.94	73.66	53.09	45.06	42.1	38.04	36.64	32.69
1986	40.27	69.99	52.63	43.15	43.61	38.57	36.36	32.37
1987	39.76	68.97	52.01	44.1	43.2	37.95	35.9	31.51
1988	39.53	67.68	51.35	42.92	43.04	37.73	36.21	30.69
1989	39.4	65.93	50.63	44.27	42.37	37.75	36.34	30.88
1990	39.36	65.29	50.25	43.56	41.54	37.92	36.83	31.45
1991	39.13	65.26	49.28	43.83	40.68	38.19	36.88	30.9
1992	39.42	63.37	49.73	44.03	40.85	38.49	37.65	29.99
1993	38.94	66.02	48.45	44.36	40.33	38.26	37.34	26.74
1994	39.29	65.28	48.71	44.3	40.62	38.92	37.41	25.4
1995	39.02	62.98	48.46	44.05	39.66	38.9	37.98	23.83
1996	38.79	62.42	47.57	43.89	39.7	38.4	38.14	21.66
1997	39.44	62.44	48.12	44.33	40.07	38.76	38.82	22.67
1998	39.37	60.51	47.98	44.69	40.62	39.15	38.06	21.69
1999	39.34	59.23	48.05	44.95	40.82	38.85	38.26	21.35
2000	38.95	59.02	47.75	44.07	40.4	37.97	38.04	21.22
2001	38.91	58.48	48.64	43	41.35	38.02	37.1	20.84
2002	38.35	56.62	47.83	43.46	40.6	38.05	36.24	20.42
2003	37.84	56.22	46.16	42.72	41.21	37.53	34.87	20.66
2004	37.47	55.3	45.83	41.64	41.89	37.33	33.68	20.31
2005	36.73	55.12	45.55	43.36	41.83	37.38	31.52	20.24
2006	36.1	54.85	44.86	42.94	41.55	37.09	30.42	20.58
2007	35.44	53.36	45.12	42.95	40.94	36.71	29.56	20.24
2008	34.73	53.08	45.29	42.57	39.46	36.44	28.66	20.79
2009	34.51	52.69	45.2	43.36	39.35	36.73	28.2	20.6
2010	33.97	51.35	44.87	43.82	38.74	35.14	28.25	20.36
2011	33.45	51	44.65	42.77	38.17	34.94	27.57	21.16
2012	33.5	50.94	45.11	43.76	38.38	33.85	27.87	22.01
2013	33.26	51.14	45.21	44.15	37.79	33.59	27.52	22.07
2014	33.14	50.33	45.15	43.41	37.5	34.29	27.2	22.87
2015	33.53	48.62	43.91	43.66	38.34	34.86	27.96	22.41
2016	33.89	48.1	43.41	42.84	38.66	35.13	28.73	22.63
2017	33.69	47.96	42.6	42.27	38.61	35.59	28.51	22.11
2018	33.14	47.4	41.57	41.87	38.12	35.35	28.01	21.88
2019	32.83	45.65	41.37	40.91	38.19	35.73	27.58	22.27
2020	30.92	43.06	38.92	38.65	36	33.31	26.18	22.15
2021	31.09	44.57	40.44	38.9	37.42	33.34	25.53	22.55
2022	31.55	45.43	41.44	40.57	37.18	35.93	25.54	22.34
2023	31.7	45.19	41.6	40.69	37.75	36.4	25.74	22.5