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The World's Top Gas Guzzlers

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By Emily Murgatroyd
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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 byย region.

All units are in liters perย person.

Asia (excluding Middleย East):

Brunei Darussalam –ย 717.7

Japan –ย 452.1

Malaysia –ย 364.9

Central America &ย Caribbean:

Netherlands Antilles –ย 884.5

Trinidad and Tobago –ย 339.2

Mexico –ย 312.5

Europe (excluding Luxembourg and Gibraltar)

Switzerland –ย 656.2

Iceland –ย 651

Sweden –ย 593.9

Middle East and Northย Africa

Qatar –ย 1,030

United Arab Emirates –ย 998.6

Kuwait –ย 967.2

Northย America

United States –ย 1,635.2

Canada –ย 1,203.7

Southย America

Venezuela –ย 508.7

Ecuador –ย 177.4

Chile –ย 169.4

All data is based on 2003 country profiles, check out the World Research Institute’s research databaseย here.

By Emily Murgatroyd

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