Petroleum consumption as a share of worldwide consumption fell 4.17% to 0.005% in Lesotho in 2015, according to EIA.
Historically, petroleum consumption as a share of worldwide consumption in Lesotho reached an all time high of 0.005% in 2014 and an all time low of 0.001% in 1988. When compared to Lesotho's main peers, petroleum consumption as a share of worldwide consumption in Botswana amounted to 0.024%, 0.694% in South Africa, 0.005% in Swaziland and 0.027% in Zimbabwe in 2015.
Lesotho has been ranked 161st within the group of 172 countries we follow in terms of petroleum consumption as a share of worldwide consumption, 6 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Petroleum Consumption (As % of Worldwide Consumption) | Unit | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| Botswana | % | 0.022% | 0.022% | 0.021% | 0.020% | 0.020% | ||||||||||||||||
| Lesotho | % | 0.002% | 0.004% | 0.002% | 0.002% | 0.002% | ||||||||||||||||
| Mozambique | % | 0.018% | 0.018% | 0.020% | 0.019% | 0.019% | ||||||||||||||||
| Namibia | % | 0.026% | 0.024% | 0.025% | 0.024% | 0.024% | ||||||||||||||||
| South Africa | % | 0.644% | 0.662% | 0.692% | 0.707% | 0.671% | ||||||||||||||||
| Swaziland | % | 0.006% | 0.005% | 0.005% | 0.005% | 0.005% | ||||||||||||||||
| Zambia | % | 0.015% | 0.015% | 0.018% | 0.021% | 0.020% | ||||||||||||||||
| Zimbabwe | % | 0.015% | 0.015% | 0.016% | 0.016% | 0.015% |
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