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Dropping oil

World petroleum consumption / 2000–2024

Every reporting country drawn as an oil drop, its area measured against the largest consumer in the selected year and grouped by region. Use thousand barrels per day (kb/d) or million barrels per year (Mbbl/yr) to switch units.

2024 · kb/d · All regions · Top 15 per region · By volume

Benchmark drop / 100%

United States

20,464 kb/d

As the largest consumer, the U.S. is the benchmark (100%). Every other drop on this page is sized by area against this one. The whole world consumes 502.4% as much, about 5x this drop, at 102,810 kb/d in 2024.

North America

6 countries / 24,753

United StatesCanadaMexicoBermudaGreenlandSaint Pierre and Miquelon

South and Central America

42 countries / 6,880

BrazilArgentinaChileColombiaEcuadorPeruVenezuelaDominican RepublicPanamaGuatemalaCubaBoliviaPuerto RicoHondurasCosta RicaOther (27)

Europe and Eurasia

52 countries / 19,338

RussiaGermanyFranceUnited KingdomSpainItalyTurkiyeNetherlandsPolandBelgiumKazakhstanGreeceSwedenAustriaNorwayOther (37)

Middle East

14 countries / 9,348

Saudi ArabiaIranIraqUnited Arab EmiratesKuwaitQatarOmanIsraelSyriaLebanonYemenJordanBahrainPalestinian Territories

Africa

56 countries / 4,674

EgyptSouth AfricaNigeriaAlgeriaMoroccoLibyaAngolaKenyaEthiopiaGhanaTunisiaIvory CoastSudanTanzaniaSenegalOther (41)

Asia Pacific

46 countries / 37,817

ChinaIndiaJapanSouth KoreaIndonesiaSingaporeThailandAustraliaTaiwanMalaysiaVietnamPakistanPhilippinesBangladeshHong KongOther (31)
North AmericaSouth and Central AmericaEurope and EurasiaMiddle EastAfricaAsia PacificComparison year+4.2%Every country splits into a pair: selected year left, comparison year right, with the change above