World Report: February 21, 2003 Vol. 8 No. 18

Top 5 Oil Users in the World

Around the world, people use more than 76 million barrels of oil a day to power cars, trucks, airplanes, factories and more. A barrel contains 42 gallons. Here are the countries that guzzle the most oil.The U.S. uses more than the other four nations combined!

1. U.S.
2. Japan
3. China
4. Germany
5. Russia

Source: Energy Information Administration