Total petroleum consumption rose 1.02% to 46.0 '000 bpd in El Salvador in 2015, according to EIA.
Historically, total petroleum consumption in El Salvador reached an all time high of 46.0 '000 bpd in 2015 and an all time low of 11.7 '000 bpd in 1982. When compared to El Salvador's main peers, total petroleum consumption in Costa Rica amounted to 52.0 '000 bpd, 70.0 '000 bpd in Guatemala, 55.0 '000 bpd in Honduras and 30.0 '000 bpd in Nicaragua in 2015.
El Salvador has been ranked 101st within the group of 172 countries we follow in terms of total petroleum consumption, 7 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 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| 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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