10 Largest Oil Consuming Countries

Oil Consuming Countries

The following list contains the top oil consuming countries in the world. Although industries are interested in using green and sustainable energies, the fact remains that we are still very much dependent in oil, and the oil consumption in the world is still growing. There’s also a correlation between the largest oil consuming countries and the largest oil producing countries

1. United States – 18.84 million oil barrels / day 

United states is the largest oil consumer in the world, but is also the third largest oil producer, with a production of  8.45 million barrels a day

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Largest Oil Consuming Countries: The United States

2. China – 9.8 million oil barrels / day 

While China has the largest population in the world with over 1.3 billion residents, it comes second when it comes to oil consumption. China consumes just over half the consumption of the United States. China is also 5th when it comes to oil production

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Largest Oil Consuming Countries: China

 

3. Japan – 4.46 million oil barrels / day 

Japan’s consumption is less than half of China, but Japan almost doesn’t produce oil at all

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Largest Oil Consuming Countries: Japan

 

4. India – 3.3 million oil barrels / day 

The second largest population in the world is the 4th largest consumer of oil

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Largest Oil Consuming Countries: India

 

5. Russia – 3.2 million oil barrels / day 

Russia is the largest oil producer in the world with a production of 10.9 million oil barrels every day. This means that Russia is the first country in this list that produces more oil than it uses

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Largest Oil Consuming Countries: Russia

 

6. Saudi Arabia – 2.81 million oil barrels / day 

Saudi Arabia is the 6th largest oil consumer, but is also the second largest oil producer with almost 10 million barrels produces a day

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Largest Oil Consuming Countries: Saudi Arabia

 

7. Brazil – 2.6 million oil barrels / day

Brazil has the 5th largest population in the world which in a way correlates with it being the 7th largest oil consumer

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Largest Oil Consuming Countries: Brazil

 

8. Germany – 2.4 million oil barrels / day

The only Western European country among the top oil consumers

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Largest Oil Consuming Countries: Germany

 

9. South Korea – 2.3 million oil barrels / day

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Largest Oil Consuming Countries: South Korea

 

10. Canada – 2.26 million oil barrels / day

Canada closes the list with a consumption of 2.26 million barrels a day. Canada is also the 6th largest oil producer with a production that exceeds its consumption: 3.59 million barrels a day

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Largest Oil Consuming Countries: Canada

   

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