Petroleum and other liquids consumption (2024)

With 20,463.7 thousand barrels/day in 2024, United States of America leads the world in petroleum and other liquids consumption, followed by China (16,370.5 thousand barrels/day) and India (5,598.9 thousand barrels/day). The top 5 is rounded off by Russian Federation (3,791.1 thousand barrels/day) and Saudi Arabia (3,630.7 thousand barrels/day). Further down, Brazil (3,268.8 thousand barrels/day) and Japan (3,140.3 thousand barrels/day) hold the next two spots. Republic of Korea (2,514.5 thousand barrels/day), Canada (2,440.2 thousand barrels/day), and Germany (2,056.7 thousand barrels/day) round out the top ten. At the extremes, United States of America is 9.9× as high as Germany (2,056.7 thousand barrels/day). Five of the top ten are in Asia, with three from Eastern. Among these countries, Japan saw the largest year-over-year change at -4.5%.