League Table of Most Oil-Efficient Economies

At least for those countries that BP had oil consumption data for.

A few surprises here. Bangladesh would not usually be thought of as best positioned to do well in an era of oil scarcity! And look at the famously dense and bike-friendly Netherlands down there below the United States. Perhaps no surprise that the bottom of the rankings are dominated by oil exporting nations.

Rank	Country	GDP/Barrel
1	Bangladesh	$5,990
2	Colombia	$4,280
3	Peru	$3,621
4	Slovakia	$3,390
5	Turkey	$3,351
6	United Kingdom	$3,303
7	Czech Republic	$3,155
8	Poland	$3,096
9	Switzerland	$3,094
10	Norway	$3,088
11	Romania	$3,013
12	Austria	$3,008
13	Germany	$2,943
14	Hungary	$2,930
15	India	$2,890
16	Sweden	$2,863
17	Argentina	$2,845
18	Philippines	$2,789
19	France	$2,788
20	Pakistan	$2,746
21	Denmark	$2,736
22	Italy	$2,714
23	Azerbaijan	$2,680
24	Hong Kong	$2,640
25	Ukraine	$2,610
26	China	$2,503
27	Lithuania	$2,496
28	Ireland	$2,476
29	Qatar	$2,292
30	Japan	$2,271
31	Spain	$2,239
32	South Africa	$2,232
33	Australia	$2,156
34	Finland	$2,152
35	Portugal	$2,081
36	Russian Federation	$2,045
37	Malaysia	$2,044
38	Bulgaria	$1,976
39	Greece	$1,971
40	Kazakhstan	$1,957
41	Mexico	$1,920
42	Algeria	$1,896
43	Belarus	$1,896
44	Indonesia	$1,888
45	United States	$1,878
46	New Zealand	$1,856
47	Netherlands	$1,742
48	Thailand	$1,732
49	Chile	$1,715
50	Taiwan	$1,675
51	Iceland	$1,664
52	Egypt	$1,617
53	Uzbekistan	$1,603
54	South Korea	$1,482
55	Canada	$1,431
56	Ecuador	$1,341
57	Belgium and Luxembourg	$1,298
58	Venezuela	$1,262
59	Iran	$1,176
60	Kuwait	$1,158
61	United Arab Emirates	$1,002
62	Saudi Arabia	$673
63	Singapore	$630
64	Turkmenistan	$622
65	Brazil	$547

For sources and methods, see Monday's post.  The table is based on the 2008 figures.