Total petroleum consumption fell 1.04% to 52.0 '000 bpd in Costa Rica in 2015, according to EIA.
Historically, total petroleum consumption in Costa Rica reached an all time high of 52.5 '000 bpd in 2014 and an all time low of 13.4 '000 bpd in 1986. When compared to Costa Rica's main peers, total petroleum consumption in Guatemala amounted to 70.0 '000 bpd, 55.0 '000 bpd in Honduras, 30.0 '000 bpd in Nicaragua and 142 '000 bpd in Panama in 2015.
Costa Rica has been ranked 98th within the group of 172 countries we follow in terms of total petroleum consumption, 2 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Total Petroleum Consumption | Unit | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
| Belize | '000 bpd | 3.49 | 3.50 | 3.49 | 3.50 | 3.67 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Colombia | '000 bpd | 270 | 294 | 321 | 324 | 332 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Costa Rica | '000 bpd | 48.7 | 49.5 | 49.7 | 50.0 | 52.5 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| El Salvador | '000 bpd | 43.2 | 44.1 | 45.5 | 45.0 | 45.5 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Guatemala | '000 bpd | 68.1 | 68.8 | 70.2 | 69.0 | 75.4 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Honduras | '000 bpd | 46.0 | 47.1 | 51.2 | 49.0 | 51.7 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Mexico | '000 bpd | 2,080 | 2,113 | 2,086 | 2,044 | 2,040 | ||||||||||||||||
| Nicaragua | '000 bpd | 28.2 | 31.1 | 30.2 | 30.0 | 29.4 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Panama | '000 bpd | 117 | 125 | 133 | 134 | 139 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| USA | '000 bpd | 19,180 | 18,882 | 18,490 | 18,961 | 19,100 |
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