Highway gasoline consumption by motor vehicles in the United States generally rose between 1992 and 2020. In 2020 U.S. highway gasoline consumption increased to approximately 117 billion gallons, a decrease of close to 14 percent compared with the previous year.
U.S. highway gasoline consumption by motor vehicles from 1992 to 2020
(in million gasoline-equivalent gallons)
Characteristic
Consumption in million gasoline-equivalent gallons
The figures for 1992 through 2019 are taken from the National Transportation Statistics (table 4-7) report, released in 2017 by the U.S. Department of Energy.
Figures have been rounded accordingly.
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US Department of Transportation. (October 1, 2021). U.S. highway gasoline consumption by motor vehicles from 1992 to 2020 (in million gasoline-equivalent gallons) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/189424/us-alternative-and-traditional-fuel-consumption-of-highway-vehicles-since-1992/
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U.S. highway gasoline consumption by motor vehicles from 1992 to 2020 (in million gasoline-equivalent gallons) [Graph], US Department of Transportation, October 1, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/189424/us-alternative-and-traditional-fuel-consumption-of-highway-vehicles-since-1992/
