Countries by Oil Consumption

Can you name the 20 countries that consume the most oil?

For 2022 or latest available year. According to Wikipedia.

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First submitted	July 6, 2013
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Average score	85.7%
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bbl / day	country
21 m	United States
16 m	China
5.0 m	Japan
4.5 m	Saudi Arabia
4.0 m	India
3.5 m	Russia
3.2 m	Canada

bbl / day	country
3.0 m	South Korea
2.8 m	Brazil
2.5 m	Germany
2.2 m	Iran
2.0 m	Indonesia
1.8 m	Mexico
1.7 m	France

bbl / day	country
1.6 m	Thailand
1.5 m	Singapore
1.4 m	Italy
1.3 m	Spain
1.2 m	United Kingdom
1.1 m	Australia
1.1 m	United Arab Emirates

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103 Comments

+43

Level 81

Jul 6, 2013

Got 100% including Singapore- though it is amazing they make the list.

+21

Level 85

Aug 20, 2013

That one was surprising. Considering the population is a little over 5 million it's quite a per capita rate of consumption.

Level 36

Jan 9, 2015

The Amazing Race this past season did at least a day in Singapore. Showing all the development--skyscrapers, international airport. Reminded my of busy South American cities... It's online (youtube has a channel for TAR), just look for the episode in Singapore--it's before Philippines and the end, after all the European spots. TAR is a great chance to see places you might not otherwise, as is Survivor...a month in Vanuatu, same for Palau, Samoa.... Makes it very difficult to forget them.

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Level 87

Oct 10, 2015

Simple: largest bunker port in the world by far.

Level 83

Jun 7, 2019

Yup. I saw somewhere that 15 large cargo emit the same amount of fossil fuel as every car in the world combined. Makes since that Singapore, which is basically just a giant seaport, has such high emissions.

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Level ∞

Jul 26, 2021

@Bernard62601. What you saw was wrong by a factor of more than a thousand.

In terms of carbon emissions, ships are quite efficient. In total, international shipping only accounts for 2% of world carbon emissions.

However, for Singapore, it might be responsible for most of the emissions.

Level 66

Oct 10, 2015

It took me a while to get Singapore, but I got it.

Level 74

Nov 21, 2017

I didn't even think of it.

Level 70

Jun 7, 2019

When I was doing the globe tour in my head, I completely dismissed both Taiwan and Singapore as candidates never fathoming that countries of their size would register on a top 20 global consumption list.

Level 61

Aug 19, 2019

Have you seen all the skyscrapers in Singapore? That one should have been kinda obvious, even considering their size. The one I missed was Thailand...🤨

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Level 81

Jan 19, 2020

They have a lot of skyscrapers but what kind of gas mileage do they get?

Level 60

Mar 20, 2020

Definitely Kalbahamut!!! (:

Level 76

Oct 4, 2013

Only missed Iran.

Level 80

Apr 27, 2020

same

Level 37

Jul 9, 2022

me too

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Level 74

Oct 4, 2013

I'm guessing Singapore is on there because of all the ships that refuel there. Probably a major part of the Netherlands' oil use as well.

Level 90

Oct 25, 2019

That's exactly it, not the residents.

Level 35

Jan 22, 2014

Got Singapore, but not South Korea! *facepalm*

Level 48

Sep 18, 2021

im kinda glad? to see my country in this quiz. lol

Level 63

Feb 26, 2014

I wonder how the list would look like if the price was about the same everywhere. At least gas is pretty expensive in some of these.

Level 83

Aug 1, 2017

This is probably what keeps Turkey off the list

Level 66

Apr 30, 2014

Damn Mexico!

Level 37

May 10, 2014

I am from Singapore and I missed it out along with the Netherlands. Gosh.

Level 76

Jun 5, 2014

Must've spelled Brazil somehow wrong because I missed it and I am pretty sure I guessed it. (The only one I missed.)

Level 43

Sep 16, 2014

TOO easy. finished with 2:13 left

Level 67

Mar 11, 2015

exact same

Level 55

Nov 12, 2015

^ That's the spirit.

Level 61

Jan 30, 2015

Oof. Missed Canada. Embarrassing.

Level 80

Oct 11, 2015

This is a meaningless stat, mainly since it is not per capita.

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Level 81

Oct 11, 2015

This is a meaningless comment.

Level 80

Oct 11, 2015

Meaningless for two reasons, one that it tells us little about oil energy intensiveness of people in a given place. (Yes, there are other sources of BTUs, but this is the one that matters most.) And secondly, countries are almost by definition very capricious units of data measurement. We forget that because data are typically reported by country, but the fact remains. Imagine a population density map coded by per capita oil consumption. (Complicated yes, since you'd have to include products manufactured elsewhere but consumed locally.) Still, that would give you a far more realistic picture than this abstraction.

Level 70

Mar 1, 2017

What a croc!

Level 77

Sep 27, 2023

Excellent counter-arguments to what bocoker said (which sounds reasonable but I have no clue if it's correct, though that's beside the point), clearly you people have a solid base from which to object. -__-

Level 81

Jul 12, 2018

You fancy my plastic shoe?

Level 51

Jan 7, 2021

No, just an issue of my Canadian French-language humour magazine.

Level 70

Jun 7, 2019

The quiz isn't supposed to be "countries that are the biggest disgraces for using too much oil". Though if it was I think land area should be taken into account as well, as well as whether the products of the energy released from the burnt oil are then exported to other countries. And Singapore would almost certainly be on it.

Level 61

Aug 19, 2019

I decided to go get an oil change after reading this

Level 68

Sep 21, 2021

Pad those numbers a bit.

Level 58

Oct 12, 2015

*considers Singapore*

Nah, won't be

*rejects it without trying*

Level 55

Nov 12, 2015

It has been my experience on this site to pretty much ALWAYS try Singapore, because they seem to make their way on to many quizzes that, at first glance, look like they could never have Singapore as one of the answers. It's tiny, but apparently very influential/impact-ful. "Clearly, you've never been to Singapore.."

Level 40

Sep 6, 2016

Totally didn't think of Singapore

Level 43

Mar 1, 2017

I missed Japan. *facepalm*

Level 64

Mar 1, 2017

Too easy! 2:50 left.

Level 32

Mar 2, 2017

Forgot Canada😁

Level 29

Mar 2, 2017

Wow no Venezuela.

Level 68

Jun 6, 2017

So I take it that oil production does not equal oil consumption?

Level 72

Jan 30, 2019

Why would it, that would ve made the cow the biggest milk consumer haha

Level 61

Aug 19, 2019

Beautiful analogy! Lol

Level 52

Jun 15, 2017

I thought about putting Singapore, but I thought nah cause its so small. Woops. South Korea beat me though.

Level 75

Jul 27, 2017

Pretty close to the G20

Level 70

Jul 28, 2017

Something to think about, USA uses the equivalent amount of oil daily that would fill 1,234 Olympic Swimming Pools.

Level 50

Jul 28, 2017

im surprised singapore uses more than australia

Level 58

Nov 21, 2017

Blimey, what does Canada do with their oil? Half the population of the UK or France, and yet consumes more oil.

Level 81

Nov 21, 2017

Higher heating (colder) and transportation (more spread out) costs.

Level 58

Nov 21, 2017

Good points - thanks

Level 72

Jan 30, 2019

Snowscooters?

Level 81

Jun 14, 2019

Moose warmers

Level 72

Jan 22, 2020

Hah, that conjures up all kind of weird images! (Like moose with gloves on their antlers, but a lot of other stuff, moose warmers haha)

Level 68

Sep 28, 2020

Snowmobiles and running the Tim Hortons coffee machines

Level 68

Sep 21, 2021

Not freeze to death.

Level 58

Jun 18, 2024

We burn a lot of oil drilling for more oil....

Level 81

Nov 21, 2017

There are several island nations that I'm very surprised are on this list, especially compared to other countries with large cities that are spread out and with vast highway systems in between. Crazy.

Level 78

Nov 21, 2017

Struggling to find the last one. *opens comments to look if anyone else saw that there were 21 countries* Oh look. Singapore, first comment.

Level 80

Nov 23, 2017

Everything except Taiwan

Level 15

Nov 24, 2017

UNITED KINGDOM! I CANT BELIEVE I FORGOT THE UNITED KINGDOM!

Level 43

Feb 5, 2018

Of course no surprise with no 1. USA have to stop being ignorant and start building normal engines, those crappy 6 litre V8s are like 70 years behind Europe and Japan

Level 73

May 24, 2018

It's getting exceedingly rare to even have V8s as an option anymore on most American vehicles. Most cars and even trucks are base 4's and 6's, and for sportier models/options, many go with turbos rather than going up to 8 cylinders.

Engines have gotten pretty amazing, Mercedes has a 375-hp, 2-liter turbo 4. It straight blows my mind after decades of slow but incremental horsepower gains since the start of the Malaise Era in American motoring 45 years ago, how power and efficiency gains have really taken off in the last 10 years.

With all that said, you still can't beat the sound of a big rumbling, gurgling, naturally-aspirated V8. I guess it'll always be a part of history.

Level 81

Jul 12, 2018

Crappy? I'd take my Viper's 8 liter V10 over your 1.6 liter go-kart engine any day.

Level 72

Nov 15, 2018

I thought you said that your Viper had been stolen in Serbia. Glad you got it back.

Level 81

Feb 9, 2019

I didn't get it back. :-/ I still consider it mine but it's probably rusting in some Serbian impound yard right now. I'm actually hoping some fat bureaucrat there who approved of the theft took it out for a drive and found out immediately why they are notorious death traps. (because it's got way more power than most people know what to do with)

Level 83

Aug 4, 2021

"USA have to stop being ignorant".... This says more about you than it does about the USA.

Level 48

May 12, 2019

What does Saudi Arabia do with their oil? It is strange given their size of economy. I thought they just export oil.

Level 60

Jun 7, 2019

Most of it goes here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvtmtHpApWI

Level 81

Jun 7, 2019

Saudis all drive as if they wish to deplete their oil reserves as quickly as possible, rapidly accelerating, braking hard, then accelerating again. On the highways you will routinely see Hyundai Accents and Toyota Hiluxes (not sports cars!) blasting along at 220 kph+. They also love big gas-guzzling cars, even more than Americans do. Saudi subsidies have kept gasoline prices extremely low. I remember filling up my Viper's gas tank with premium there cost 30 riyals ($8).

Because oil is their most abundant resource other than sand (which they also use to make concrete), far less precious than water, they use it in a lot of things. Most of their electricity come from oil-burning plants. They also have a large petrochemical sector of their economy. Look up petrochemical products you might be surprised at all the stuff they can make out of petroleum.

Level 64

Jun 7, 2019

I forgot Russia😂

Level 83

Jun 7, 2019

Another reason to not like Saudi Arabia...

Level 51

Jan 7, 2021

Why is this is a reason? Because they pollute?

Level 67

Sep 18, 2021

Probaply

Level 60

Jun 7, 2019

Thailand is the one that got me.

Level 70

Nov 5, 2019

Damn Canada

Level 51

Jan 7, 2021

That's the first time I've seen someone misspell "o" so badly.

Level 47

Feb 21, 2021

didnt think my small little country of singapore would make the list lol. just yolo-ed it as a random guess for the last country

Level 59

Apr 28, 2021

I missed thailand, but not singapore!

Level 75

Jun 22, 2021

And I always thought that the Corleone family members are the only ones who drink oil.

Level 69

Sep 18, 2021

TIL that 'bbl' is somehow the abbreviation for 'barrel' - when I googled it after the quiz was done. Would have been nice if this were clear; either written out (only 3 characters more) or mentioned in the caveats. It may have helped with my guesses, instead of wondering if it were a per capita thing or pro rated volume or who the Hell knew what.

Level 63

Sep 18, 2021

I missed UAE. I've been deployed there several times...a little embarrassing I missed it

Level 32

Sep 19, 2021

How does Singapore use more oil then the UK, Italy, Spain, or Australia?

Level 61

Sep 20, 2021

oh my god I only had 1 missing and I typed Singapore at the last second lol

Level 32

Nov 19, 2021

No venezeula? Surprising.