List of countries by oil consumption

Last updated December 23, 2024

A map of world oil consumption in barrels a day per capita, 2007.
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This is a list of countries by oil consumption.^[1]^[2] In 2022, the International Energy Agency (IEA) announced that the total worldwide oil consumption would rise by 2%^[3] year over year compared to 2021 despite the COVID-19 pandemic.^{[ citation needed ]}

Rank	Country/Region	Oil consumption (bbl/day)	Year	%
-	World (incl biofuels)	105,000,000^[4]	2022	100
1	United States	21,000,000^[5]	2022	20
-	European Union	10,490,000^[6]	2023
2	China	16,000,000	2022	15.2
-	ASEAN	6,226,000	2019
3	Japan	5,600,000	2022	5.3
4	India	5,200,000^[7]	2022	5
5	Saudi Arabia	4,500,000	2022	4.3
6	Russia	3,600,000	2022	3.4
7	Canada	3,300,000	2022	3.1
8	South Korea	3,100,000	2022	3
9	Brazil	2,900,000	2022	2.8
10	Germany	2,500,000	2022	2.4
11	Iran	2,200,000	2022	2.1
12	Indonesia	2,000,000	2022^[8]	1.9
13	France	1,800,000	2022	1.7
14	Italy	1,700,000	2022	1.6
15	Mexico	1,600,000	2022	1.5
16	Thailand	1,500,000	2022	1.4
17	Singapore	1,400,000	2022	1.3
18	Spain	1,300,000	2022	1.2
19	United Kingdom	1,200,000	2022	1.1
20	Australia	1,100,000	2022	1
21	Taiwan	1,100,000	2022	1
22	United Arab Emirates	1,100,000	2022	1
23	Netherlands	950,000	2022	0.9
24	Turkey	900,000	2022	0.9
25	Malaysia	880,000	2022	0.8
26	Egypt	850,000	2022	0.8
27	Argentina	800,000	2022	0.8
28	Belgium	770,000	2022	0.7
29	Poland	750,000	2022	0.7
30	Iraq	720,000	2022	0.7
31	Vietnam	700,000	2022	0.7
32	Philippines	650,000	2022	0.6
33	South Africa	600,000	2022	0.6
34	Algeria	580,000	2022	0.6
35	Nigeria	560,000	2022	0.5
36	Pakistan	540,000	2022	0.5
37	Chile	520,000	2022	0.5
38	Kuwait	480,000	2022	0.5
39	Hong Kong	420,000	2022	0.4
40	Venezuela	400,000	2022
41	Sweden	360,000	2022
42	Denmark	350,000	2022
43	Finland	350,000	2022
44	Greece	340,000	2022
45	Israel	330,000	2022
46	Norway	310,000	2022
47	Austria	300,000	2022
48	Morocco	300,000	2022
49	Switzerland	300,000	2022
50	Libya	290,000	2022
51	Qatar	290,000	2022
52	Peru	290,000	2022
53	Colombia	280,000	2022
54	Portugal	250,000	2022
55	Ecuador	250,000	2022
56	Kazakhstan	244,200	2011 est.
57	Ukraine	240,000	2022
58	Romania	240,000	2022
59	Czech Republic	230,000	2022
60	Belarus	189,700	2012 est.
61	Azerbaijan	177,000	2011 est.
62	Yemen	168,000	2011 est.
63	Puerto Rico	151,600	2011 est.
64	Cuba	150,200	2011 est.
65	New Zealand	148,900	2011 est.
66	Turkmenistan	145,000	2011 est.
67	Ireland	144,000	2011 est.
68	Hungary	141,100	2011 est.
69	Syria	140,000	2022 est.
70	Uzbekistan	137,100	2011 est.
71	Sri Lanka	130,000	2022
72	Dominican Republic	122,300	2011 est.
73	Bulgaria	112,700	2011 est.
74	Bangladesh	108,900	2011 est.
75	Jordan	107,000	2011 est.
76	Lebanon	106,700	2011 est.
77	U.S. Virgin Islands	106,100	2011 est.
78	Oman	98,890	2011 est.
79	Panama	98,000	2011 est.
80	Sudan	95,450	2011 est.
81	Tunisia	88,380	2011 est.
82	Guatemala	83,910	2011 est.
83	Slovakia	80,810	2011 est.
84	Angola	79,430	2011 est.
85	Kenya	79,410	2011 est.
86	Croatia	78,520	2011 est.
87	Jamaica	74,410	2012 est.
88	Serbia	72,770	2013 est.
89	Curacao	72,000	2010 est.
90	Lithuania	70,390	2011 est.
91	Ghana	61,590	2011 est.
92	Luxembourg	61,380	2011 est.
93	Cyprus	58,430	2011 est.
94	Honduras	58,150	2011 est.
95	Bolivia	55,560	2013 est.
96	Slovenia	52,930	2011 est.
97	Bahrain	51,450	2012 est.
98	Uruguay	51,100	2011 est.
99	Costa Rica	50,200	2011 est.
100	Ethiopia	49,080	2011 est.
101	Armenia	45,300	2011 est.
102	El Salvador	44,040	2011 est.
103	Tanzania	43,310	2011 est.
104	Myanmar	40,620	2011 est.
105	Senegal	40,600	2011 est.
106	Cambodia	39,000	2015 est.
107	Trinidad and Tobago	39,000	2022
108	Albania	38,390	2011 est.
109	Papua New Guinea	36,320	2011 est.
110	Bahamas	36,300	2011 est.
111	Latvia	31,340	2011 est.
112	Nicaragua	30,690	2011 est.
113	Cameroon	29,410	2011 est.
114	West Bank	29,310	2011 est.
115	Benin	29,170	2011 est.
116	Togo	28,670	2011 est.
117	Bosnia and Herzegovina	27,540	2011 est.
118	Paraguay	26,820	2011 est.
119	Estonia	26,340	2011 est.
120	Gibraltar	24,920	2011 est.
121	Mauritius	24,710	2011 est.
122	Côte d'Ivoire	24,630	2011 est.
123	Mongolia	22,990	2011 est.
124	Namibia	21,610	2011 est.
125	Mozambique	20,090	2013 est.
126	Iceland	19,800	2016 est.
127	Tajikistan	19,580	2011 est.
128	Malta	19,520	2011 est.
129	Zambia	19,260	2011 est.
130	Zimbabwe	19,030	2011 est.
131	Nepal	18,430	2011 est.
132	Mauritania	18,120	2011 est.
133	Fiji	17,810	2011 est.
134	North Macedonia	17,490	2011 est.
135	Madagascar	17,480	2011 est.
136	Georgia	17,280	2011 est.
137	Uganda	16,930	2011 est.
138	Kyrgyzstan	16,640	2011 est.
139	Gabon	15,800	2011 est.
140	Botswana	15,420	2011 est.
141	Moldova	15,320	2012 est.
142	North Korea	15,000	2012 est.
143	Brunei	14,640	2011 est.
144	Guam	14,490	2011 est.
145	Suriname	14,100	2011 est.
146	Haiti	14,000	2011 est.
147	New Caledonia	13,640	2011 est.
148	Djibouti	12,460	2011 est.
149	Malawi	12,060	2011 est.
150	Guyana	10,910	2011 est.
151	Republic of the Congo	10,710	2011 est.
152	Democratic Republic of the Congo	10,240	2011 est.
153	Burkina Faso	9,960	2011 est.
154	Sierra Leone	8,768	2011 est.
155	Guinea	8,671	2011 est.
156	Barbados	8,339	2011 est.
157	French Polynesia	8,000	2011 est.
158	Seychelles	7,793	2011 est.
159	Macau	7,376	2013 est.
160	Belize	7,044	2011 est.
161	Maldives	6,875	2011 est.
162	Aruba	5,661	2011 est.
163	Somalia	5,659	2011 est.
164	Niger	5,629	2011 est.
165	Rwanda	5,245	2011 est.
166	American Samoa	5,115	2011 est.
167	Antigua and Barbuda	5,000	2011 est.
168	Mali	4,994	2011 est.
169	Faroe Islands	4,871	2011 est.
170	Eswatini	4,567	2011 est.
171	Eritrea	4,480	2011 est.
172	Montenegro	4,446	2011 est.
173	Afghanistan	4,229	2011 est.
174	Greenland (Denmark)	3,897	2011 est.
175	Liberia	3,533	2011 est.
176	Laos	3,500	2015 est.
177	Gambia	3,181	2011 est.
178	Central African Republic	3,175	2011 est.
179	Cayman Islands	3,141	2011 est.
180	Guinea-Bissau	2,922	2011 est.
181	Saint Lucia	2,922	2011 est.
182	Grenada	2,803	2011 est.
183	Timor-Leste	2,755	2011 est.
184	Bermuda	2,747	2012 est.
185	Cabo Verde	2,608	2011 est.
186	Burundi	2,290	2011 est.
187	Western Sahara	1,948	2011 est.
188	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1,948	2011 est.
189	Chad	1,817	2011 est.
190	Lesotho	1,777	2011 est.
191	Solomon Islands	1,728	2011 est.
192	Bhutan	1,719	2011 est.
193	Equatorial Guinea	1,588	2011 est.
194	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1,496	2011 est.
195	Turks and Caicos Islands	1,340	2015 est.
196	Tonga	1,221	2011 est.
197	British Virgin Islands	1,200	2015 est.
198	Samoa	1,100	2015 est.
199	Comoros	1,025	2011 est.
200	Vanuatu	1,000	2015 est.
201	Sao Tome and Principe	1,000	2015 est.
202	Dominica	1,000	2015 est.
203	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	630	2015 est.
204	Montserrat	570	2015 est.
205	Cook Islands	530	2015 est.
206	Nauru	400	2015 est.
207	Kiribati	400	2015 est.
208	Falkland Islands	300	2015 est.
209	Saint Helena	80	2015 est.
210	Niue	60	2015 est.

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