Institute for 21st Century Energy International Index of Energy Security Risk
United States Energy Security Risk Summary: United States
U.S.A. vs. OECD: Risk Index Scores
Risk Scores:
Risk Scores Relative to OECD Average: Average Annual Difference 1980–2010 +2%
For most of the 1980 to 2010 period, U.S. energy security risks have run just slightly higher or lower (+ or – 3%) than the OECD average. The exception was the years 1996 through 2002, when U.S. risks averaged about 5% higher. In 2010, the United States
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10 20
05 20
00 20
80
U.S.A.: Risk Variance from OECD 10
USA OECD Average
5
0
10 20
20
05
-5
00
Note: It should be emphasized that the index data presented here and index data presented in the U.S. Index measure different metrics and are compared against different things. Therefore, the scores measured in two different indexes cannot be compared, even as the general trend is substantially the same. Moreover, the concern in this section is primarily with U.S. energy security risks in reference to those of the OECD average and other large energy users over time and not solely how U.S. energy security risks have fared over time, the latter being the focus of the Index of U.S. Energy Security Risk.
19
+7% (2000)
80
Worst Relative Score
19
-2% (2008)
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Percent
Best Relative Score
700
20
988 (1980)
95
Worst Energy Security Risk Score
19
746 (1994)
95
Best Energy Security Risk Score
800
19
988
90
Score in 1980
900
19
6
90
Rank in Previous Year
1,000
19
909
85
Score in Previous Year
USA OECD Average
19
7
85
2010 Large Energy User Group Rank
1,100
19
964
Risk Index Score
2010 Energy Security Risk Score
was the seventh most energy secure country in the group of large energy users. The gains the United States has made relative to the OECD have been
2012 Edition