Country Comparison > Oil - imports

RankCountryOil - imports (bbl/day)
1United States10,270,000
2China5,080,000
3Japan4,394,000
4India3,060,000
5Germany2,671,000
6Netherlands2,577,000
7Korea, South2,500,000
8France2,220,000
9Singapore2,052,000
10Italy1,800,000
11Spain1,584,000
12United Kingdom1,450,000
13Canada1,088,000
14Belgium1,007,000
15Taiwan876,300
16Thailand807,100
17Indonesia767,400
18Australia731,400
19Turkey581,000
20Sweden546,500
21Poland531,300
22South Africa521,400
23Greece496,600
24Mexico496,000
25Belarus471,400
26Virgin Islands442,000
27Hong Kong375,000
28Malaysia355,300
29Pakistan346,400
30Philippines338,400
31Finland318,100
32Chile305,100
33Ukraine301,900
34Iran297,100
35Portugal294,600
36Israel282,200
37Austria282,200
38Switzerland272,700
39Brazil255,800
40United Arab Emirates235,300
41Aruba234,000
42Iraq231,200
43Vietnam227,000
44Morocco221,000
45Bahrain213,000
46Czech Republic208,800
47Bulgaria201,400
48Nigeria187,700
49Lithuania183,100
50Denmark177,700
51Egypt177,200
52Hungary171,600
53Ireland166,000
54Puerto Rico164,000
55Romania163,000
56Slovakia139,200
57New Zealand138,000
58Norway118,200
59Jordan111,700
60Cuba109,500
61Dominican Republic107,300
62Ecuador102,500
63Trinidad and Tobago95,240
64Kazakhstan94,430
65Jamaica90,520
66Peru88,080
67Cote d'Ivoire85,190
68Sri Lanka84,730
69Saudi Arabia83,150
70Kenya80,160
71Lebanon78,760
72Guatemala78,550
73Tunisia78,460
74Panama77,910
75Bangladesh77,340
76Bahamas, The70,990
77Ghana68,830
78Croatia67,660
79Yemen64,610
80Slovenia60,270
81Syria55,280
82Honduras53,630
83Luxembourg51,930
84Uruguay47,260
85Armenia46,680
86Cameroon46,490
87El Salvador45,060
88Costa Rica44,110
89Russia42,750
90Tajikistan39,400
91Bosnia and Herzegovina38,890
92Angola38,280
93Senegal36,290
94Latvia33,730
95Ethiopia33,480
96Benin33,410
97Cambodia33,200
98Nicaragua30,290
99Tanzania30,040
100Estonia28,520
101Oman27,970
102Serbia27,330
103Gibraltar26,400
104Paraguay23,810
105Albania22,880
106West Bank22,110
107Macedonia21,530
108Mauritius20,750
109Namibia19,890
110Burma19,700
111Argentina19,380
112Fiji18,850
113Georgia18,500
114Malta18,420
115Algeria18,180
116Mauritania17,750
117Zambia17,570
118Bolivia17,330
119Madagascar16,390
120Kyrgyzstan15,940
121Togo15,900
122Korea, North15,810
123Mongolia15,730
124Botswana15,590
125Iceland15,530
126Macau15,400
127Papua New Guinea14,770
128Moldova14,730
129Mozambique14,540
130New Caledonia14,330
131Uganda13,770
132Nepal13,740
133Haiti13,480
134Zimbabwe13,140
135Congo, Democratic Republic of the13,100
136Guam12,710
137Sudan11,820
138Djibouti11,230
139Guyana10,480
140Uzbekistan9,013
141Barbados8,684
142Burkina Faso8,560
143Guinea8,559
144Belize7,326
145Malawi7,124
146French Polynesia6,611
147Seychelles6,203
148Maldives6,088
149Colombia6,045
150Suriname5,668
151Niger5,443
152Rwanda5,105
153Sierra Leone4,945
154Gabon4,822
155Bermuda4,804
156Faroe Islands4,776
157Liberia4,552
158Antigua and Barbuda4,548
159Afghanistan4,512
160Mali4,507
161Swaziland4,464
162American Samoa4,440
163Greenland4,330
164Qatar4,108
165Eritrea3,864
166Somalia3,827
167Cayman Islands3,700
168Montenegro3,149
169Congo, Republic of the2,832
170Gambia, The2,807
171Saint Lucia2,692
172Guinea-Bissau2,565
173Burundi2,450
174Central African Republic2,418
175Cape Verde2,336
176Laos1,918
177Grenada1,913
178Chad1,837
179Western Sahara1,802
180Equatorial Guinea1,729
181Saint Kitts and Nevis1,699
182Lesotho1,690
183Bhutan1,549
184Solomon Islands1,485
185Azerbaijan1,439
186Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1,252
187Tonga1,202
188Samoa1,125
189Nauru1,044
190Comoros966.8
191Sao Tome and Principe889
192Dominica858.6
193Vanuatu761.1
194British Virgin Islands751.9
195Saint Pierre and Miquelon584
196Libya575.3
197Montserrat564.4
198Turks and Caicos Islands470.1
199Cook Islands464.3
200Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)312.5
201Kiribati284.1
202Brunei138
203Saint Helena84.68
204Niue32.7
205Kuwait0
206Turkmenistan0
207Venezuela0

Definition: This entry is the total oil imported in barrels per day (bbl/day), including both crude oil and oil products.

Source: CIA World Factbook - Unless otherwise noted, information in this page is accurate as of January 1, 2012

See also: Oil - imports map

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