Any guess who the largest gas guzzler is in the world?
According to the World Resources Institute, here are the world’s top consumers of motor gasoline per capita broken down by region.
All units are in liters per person.
Asia (excluding Middle East):
Brunei Darussalam – 717.7
Japan – 452.1
Malaysia – 364.9
Central America & Caribbean:
Netherlands Antilles – 884.5
Trinidad and Tobago – 339.2
Mexico – 312.5
Europe (excluding Luxembourg and Gibraltar)
Switzerland – 656.2
Iceland – 651
Sweden – 593.9
Middle East and North Africa
Qatar – 1,030
United Arab Emirates – 998.6
Kuwait – 967.2
North America
United States – 1,635.2
Canada – 1,203.7
South America
Venezuela – 508.7
Ecuador – 177.4
Chile – 169.4
All data is based on 2003 country profiles, check out the World Research Institute’s research database here.
