United States Department of Transportation

Transportation Energy Use by Mode 2021

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Pie chart showing transportation energy use by mode in 2021. Total energy use is 24.8 quadrillion British thermal units (Btus). Energy use by mode is as follows: light-duty (short wheel base (WB)) is 40.3 percent, light-duty (long WB) is 18.5 percent, truck tractor-trailer is 15.9 percent, truck single unit is 8.5 percent, air is 6.5 percent, pipeline is 5.1 percent, water is 3.0 percent, rail freight is 1.7 percent, transit is 0.5 percent, and rail passenger is 0.03 percent.

Dataset Excel:

F6-2-Transportation-Energy-Use-by-Mode2021.xlsx (82.36 KB)

Description:

This table is from the 2023 Transportation Statistics Annual Report.

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