Top 5 Oil Importing Countries in 2023

2. China

Crude Oil Imports (barrels/day) as of 2015: 6,710,000

China has the world’s second largest economy with a nominal 2021 GDP of $17.73 trillion and the country has also been a major importer of crude oil in the past decade. In 2015, China imported over 6.7 million barrels of crude oil per day according to the CIA. In December 2021, the country imported over 10.3 million barrels per day according to CEIC Data.