• Across the entire U.S. economy, total primary energy consumption ticked up 1.2% in 2025 but was outpaced by growth in the gross domestic product (GDP) of 2%. This equals a 0.8% increase in energy productivity.
• Over the past decade, U.S. energy productivity has increased 24.2%.
• Energy productivity is a measure of economic output per unit of energy consumed in the United States. Its growth over the past decades is the result of investments in energy efficiency technologies, which have allowed consumers to save billions of dollars while improving U.S. economic competitiveness.