Petroleum consumption as a share of worldwide consumption rose 5.00% to 3.46% in Saudi Arabia in 2015, according to EIA.
Historically, petroleum consumption as a share of worldwide consumption in Saudi Arabia reached an all time high of 3.46% in 2015 and an all time low of 0.966% in 1980. When compared to Saudi Arabia's main peers, petroleum consumption as a share of worldwide consumption in Iraq amounted to 0.826%, 0.142% in Jordan, 0.890% in United Arab Emirates and 0.105% in Yemen in 2015.
Saudi Arabia has been ranked 6th 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 |
| Bahrain | % | 0.056% | 0.051% | 0.051% | 0.054% | 0.055% | ||||||||||||||||
| Djibouti | % | 0.009% | 0.009% | 0.009% | 0.009% | 0.009% | ||||||||||||||||
| Eritrea | % | 0.004% | 0.005% | 0.004% | 0.004% | 0.004% | ||||||||||||||||
| Iran | % | 2.31% | 2.05% | 2.00% | 2.06% | 2.07% | ||||||||||||||||
| Iraq | % | 0.734% | 0.727% | 0.750% | 0.812% | 0.822% | ||||||||||||||||
| Israel | % | 0.274% | 0.285% | 0.278% | 0.310% | 0.261% | ||||||||||||||||
| Jordan | % | 0.115% | 0.121% | 0.143% | 0.152% | 0.147% | ||||||||||||||||
| Kuwait | % | 0.437% | 0.451% | 0.484% | 0.504% | 0.512% | ||||||||||||||||
| Oman | % | 0.128% | 0.170% | 0.183% | 0.206% | 0.189% | ||||||||||||||||
| Qatar | % | 0.198% | 0.226% | 0.225% | 0.250% | 0.252% | ||||||||||||||||
| Saudi Arabia | % | 2.87% | 2.93% | 3.10% | 3.19% | 3.25% | ||||||||||||||||
| Syria | % | 0.393% | 0.350% | 0.330% | 0.245% | 0.246% | ||||||||||||||||
| United Arab Emirates | % | 0.689% | 0.698% | 0.730% | 0.752% | 0.761% | ||||||||||||||||
| Yemen | % | 0.154% | 0.183% | 0.152% | 0.144% | 0.147% |
Helgi Library 
