We all know the United States is the top consumer of oil. But I started wondering who comes next, and who’s after that? Here are the top 15 users of oil in 2010, according to the CIA World Factbook. I also added some data about oil imported each day. It’s not clear why some nations import more oil than they use.
Top users of oil worldwide - barrels per day
1 United States 19,150,000 10,270,000
2 European Union 13,730,000 8,613,000
3 China 9,189,000 4,753,000
4 Japan 4,452,000 4,394,000
5 India 3,182,000 3,060,000
6 Russia 2,937,000 42,750
7 Brazil 2,654,000 720,000
8 Saudi Arabia 2,643,000 83,150
9 Germany 2,495,000 2,671,000
10 South Korea 2,251,000 3,074,000
11 Canada 2,209,000 1,088,000
12 Mexico 2,073,000 496,000
13 France 1,861,000 2,220,000
14 Iran 1,845,000 297,100
15 United Kingdom 1,622,000 1,450,000
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