Top 25 World Oil Consumers, 2009-2010 -- EIA

by Aaron and David Rachovich

Total Petroleum Consumption,* 2009-2010  

Rank	Country	Year 2010 (thousand barrels per day)	Year 2009 (thousand barrels per day)	Share of  world total, 2010
1.	United States	19,148	18,771	22.5%
2.	China**	8,746	8,678	10.3%
3.	Japan	4,422	4,367	5.2%
4.	India	3,215	3,110	3.8%
5.	Russia	2,686	2,740	3.1%
6.	Saudi Arabia	2,676	2,438	3.1%
7.	Brazil	2,599	2,522	3.0%
8.	Germany	2,489	2,456	2.9%
9.	South Korea	2,249	2,185	2.6%
10.	Canada	2,232	2,151	2.6%
11.	Mexico	2,141	2,084	2.5%
12.	Iran	1,898	1,691	2.2%
13.	France	1,814	1,828	2.1%
14.	United Kingdom	1,626	1,667	1.9%
15.	Italy	1,503	1,528	1.8%
16.	Spain	1,440	1,466	1.7%
17.	Indonesia	1,093	1,268	1.3%
18.	Netherlands	1,026	1,016	1.2%
19.	Australia	959	947	1.1%
20.	Thailand	920	940	1.1%
21.	Venezuela	918	723	1.1%
22.	Taiwan	908	971	1.1%
23.	Singapore	876	927	1.0%
24.	Iraq	740	636	0.9%
25.	Egypt	681	716	0.8%
Top 25 countries		69,005	67,826	80.9%
Rest of world		16,281	16,324	19.1%
World total		85,286	84,150	100.0%

*Total Petroleum Consumption includes internal consumption, refinery fuel and loss, and bunkering. Also included, where available, is direct combustion of crude oil.
**Including Hong Kong and Macau. Hong Kong's consumption was 358,000 b/d in 2010 and 338,000 b/d in 2009. Macau's consumption was 17,000 b/d in 2010 and 16,000 b/d in 2009.

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), International Energy Statistics, here

(Figures above may be updated at any time by EIA. Please compare the EIA data above to the BP's data, especially regarding China, "Top 21 World Oil Consumers, 2007-2010 -- BP." Please see update: "World's 22 Largest Oil Consumers, 2007-2011 -- BP." Also, please see our post "Oil Consumption by EU-Member States, 2007-2010 -- EIA," here. Moreover, please see our post "World's Top 20 Crude Oil Producers, Nov. 2010 -- EIA," here. -- D.R.)