Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy

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Nebraska Energy Statistics

Nebraska's Petroleum Fuel and Oil Expenditures
in the
Agricultural Sector

Expenditures on fuel and oil jumped to $910.0 million in 2022, which was a 17.5–percent increase from 2021 expenditures of $774.4 million.

A record high was set in 2012 at $948.0 million. The annual expenditures for fuel and oil in the agricultural sector in Nebraska are listed in the data table and graphed in Figure 1 below. The expenditures are in nominal dollars to provide a better comparison.

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line chart showing Nebraska's Fuel and Oil Expenditures in the Agricultural Sector.

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Nebraska's
Fuel and Oil Expenditures in the
Agricultural Sector
1949 – 2022

(Million Nominal Dollars)

Year . . . . . . Expense Year . . . . . . Expense Year . . . . . . Expense
2010 . . . . . . $623.1 2020 . . . . . . $491.6 2030 . . . . . . NA
2011 . . . . . . $801.9 2021 . . . . . . $774.4 2031 . . . . . . NA
2012 . . . . . . $948.0 2022 . . . . . . $910.0 2032 . . . . . . NA
2013 . . . . . . $856.7 2023 . . . . . . NA 2033 . . . . . . NA
2014 . . . . . . $851.0 2024 . . . . . . NA 2034 . . . . . . NA
2015 . . . . . . $569.7 2025 . . . . . . NA 2035 . . . . . . NA
2016 . . . . . . $596.9 2026 . . . . . . NA 2036 . . . . . . NA
2017 . . . . . . $599.0 2027 . . . . . . NA 2037 . . . . . . NA
2018 . . . . . . $646.9 2028 . . . . . . NA 2038 . . . . . . NA
2019 . . . . . . $541.8 2029 . . . . . . NA 2039 . . . . . . NA

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Year . . . . . . Expense Year . . . . . . Expense Year . . . . . . Expense
1980 . . . . . . $378.7 1990 . . . . . . $272.4 2000 . . . . . . $374.2
1981 . . . . . . $416.7 1991 . . . . . . $256.6 2001 . . . . . . $365.0
1982 . . . . . . $377.4 1992 . . . . . . $244.6 2002 . . . . . . $338.9
1983 . . . . . . $354.6 1993 . . . . . . $233.1 2003 . . . . . . $354.6
1984 . . . . . . $362.5 1994 . . . . . . $237.6 2004 . . . . . . $392.5
1985 . . . . . . $324.7 1995 . . . . . . $249.0 2005 . . . . . . $527.7
1986 . . . . . . $270.7 1996 . . . . . . $288.8 2006 . . . . . . $576.1
1987 . . . . . . $256.8 1997 . . . . . . $298.8 2007 . . . . . . $616.2
1988 . . . . . . $238.2 1998 . . . . . . $271.5 2008 . . . . . . $735.9
1989 . . . . . . $230.8 1999 . . . . . . $265.3 2009 . . . . . . $595.6

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Year . . . . . . Expense Year . . . . . . Expense Year . . . . . . Expense
1950 . . . . . . $49.6 1960 . . . . . . $61.4 1970 . . . . . . $69.4
1951 . . . . . . $51.7 1961 . . . . . . $61.9 1971 . . . . . . $70.2
1952 . . . . . . $52.9 1962 . . . . . . $62.1 1972 . . . . . . $68.7
1953 . . . . . . $54.6 1963 . . . . . . $62.4 1973 . . . . . . $78.5
1954 . . . . . . $55.4 1964 . . . . . . $62.6 1974 . . . . . . $108.5
1955 . . . . . . $57.0 1965 . . . . . . $64.1 1975 . . . . . . $155.8
1956 . . . . . . $58.6 1966 . . . . . . $65.2 1976 . . . . . . $185.7
1957 . . . . . . $60.5 1967 . . . . . . $67.1 1977 . . . . . . $203.5
1958 . . . . . . $59.7 1968 . . . . . . $68.0 1978 . . . . . . $213.6
1959 . . . . . . $60.3 1969 . . . . . . $70.9 1979 . . . . . . $264.9

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Year . . . . . . Expense
1949 . . . . . . $47.5

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Sources: United States Department of Agriculture. Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy, Lincoln, NE.

The table and graph were updated on January 29, 2024.
Typically, there is one year between updates.

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