The line graph compares the amount of oil used in different countries from 2009 to 2030. Units are measured in millions of barrels.
Overall, what stands out from the graph is that the figures for oil in the Middle East and China increased from 2009 to 2024, while oil in the US and Japan decreased and it is predicted that they will continue rising over the future, while the opposite is true for US and Japan. Furthermore, the US ranked first at the beginning and it will maintain the highest level at the end of the timeframe.
Moving to a detailed analysis, the figures for China and Middle East stood at approximately 2 million in 2009. Over the next 15 years, the indicator of China rose gradually to reach its highest level to around 4 million, while there was a slight increase by 0,5 million in the rate of oil consumed in the Middle East. In the end of the timespan, it is estimated that the figure for Middle East will go on rising minimally to finish the period at 3,8 million, while that of oil in China will decline by 0,2 million in 2030.
With regard to the indicators of oil used by Japan and the US, the Japanese consumed 4 million of oil, while the rate of the US was higher than that by 6 million at the beginning of the timeframe. Over the following 6 years, the figure in the US remained unchanged, in contrast, the figure in Japan decrease slightly to 3 million and outstripped by other countries. The quantity of oil in the US decrease considerably to around 7 million in 2024. At this point, that of oil in the Western Europe also decrease a little by 0.5 million from 2015 to 2024. The rest of the period, 2030 will experience a noticeable decrease in the indicator of US, when the rate in Japan continued decreasing to hit a low of just below 2 million at the end of the timespan.