Overall, the dollar cost of crude oil bought by all importing countries increased by 10.5% since five years earlier in 2021 when globally imported crude oil purchases were valued at $1.063 trillion.
Year over year, total spending on crude oil imports retreated by -12.9% from $1.348 trillion during 2024.
The top 5 importers of this fossil-fuel commodity are mainland China, United States of America, India, South Korea and Japan. Collectively, that quintet of major crude oil imports paid for over three-fifths (61.4%) of the world’s total spending on imported crude petroleum purchased on international markets in 2025.
From a continent perspective, Asian countries bought the highest dollar worth of imported crude oil during 2025 with purchases costing $690.7 billion or 58.8% of the worldwide total. In second place were European nations at 24.8% while another 13.6% worth of crude oil imports was delivered to customers in North America.
Smaller percentages of crude petroleum oils were sold to Latin America (1.5%) excluding Mexico but including the Caribbean, Africa (0.9%), then Oceania (0.4%) mostly Australia.
For research purposes, the 4-digit Harmonized Tariff System code prefix for crude oil is 2709.
Crude Oil Imports by Country
Below are the 15 countries that imported the highest dollar value worth of crude oil during 2025.
- mainland China: US$295.4 billion (25.2% of imported crude oil)
- United States: $146.8 billion (12.5%)
- India: $138.8 billion (11.8%)
- South Korea: $75.3 billion (6.4%)
- Japan: $64.3 billion (5.5%)
- Germany: $40.7 billion (3.5%)
- Netherlands: $40.1 billion (3.4%)
- Spain: $32.7 billion (2.8%)
- Thailand: $29.1 billion (2.5%)
- France: $27.8 billion (2.4%)
- Singapore: $25.7 billion (2.2%)
- United Kingdom: $25.7 billion (2.2%)
- Italy: $25.2 billion (2.1%)
- Taiwan: $21.7 billion (1.8%)
- Belgium: $20.1 billion (1.7%)
Based on total cost, the listed 15 countries purchased 85.9% of all crude oil imported in 2025.
Among the above countries, the leading buyers that posted declines in their imported crude oil purchases were led by: Italy (down -22.5% from 2024), Netherlands (down -18.3%), United Kingdom (down -17.2%), Belgium (down -16.6%), Germany (down -16%), United States of America (down -15.8%), Thailand (down -13.9%) and South Korea (down -11.9%).
Searchable List of Crude Oil Importing Countries in 2025
The 100 key buyers in the automated database below bought virtually all (99.999995%) of crude petroleum oil imported during 2025.
| Rank | Importer | Import Spending (US$) | 2024-5 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mainland China | $295,446,865,000 | -9% |
| 2 | United States | $146,846,995,000 | -15.8% |
| 3 | India | $138,760,179,000 | -5.7% |
| 4 | South Korea | $75,255,811,000 | -11.9% |
| 5 | Japan | $64,343,782,000 | -10.5% |
| 6 | Germany | $40,680,278,000 | -16% |
| 7 | Netherlands | $40,051,014,000 | -18.3% |
| 8 | Spain | $32,727,581,000 | -10.6% |
| 9 | Thailand | $29,095,224,000 | -13.9% |
| 10 | France | $27,810,846,000 | -6.3% |
| 11 | Singapore | $25,716,674,000 | -5.6% |
| 12 | United Kingdom | $25,663,840,000 | -17.2% |
| 13 | Italy | $25,199,259,000 | -22.5% |
| 14 | Taiwan | $21,703,032,000 | -9.1% |
| 15 | Belgium | $20,070,279,000 | -16.6% |
| 16 | Poland | $13,578,205,000 | -10.6% |
| 17 | Canada | $12,759,618,000 | -8.9% |
| 18 | Malaysia | $12,642,980,000 | -9.1% |
| 19 | Greece | $9,467,301,000 | -36% |
| 20 | Indonesia | $9,309,693,000 | -10.1% |
| 21 | Sweden | $9,026,430,000 | -21.4% |
| 22 | Brazil | $6,611,867,000 | -23.9% |
| 23 | Finland | $5,836,529,000 | +10.6% |
| 24 | Israel | $5,775,735,000 | -17.9% |
| 25 | Pakistan | $5,736,594,000 | +2.2% |
| 26 | Lithuania | $5,148,319,000 | -5.8% |
| 27 | Australia | $4,768,576,000 | -8.4% |
| 28 | Portugal | $4,745,088,000 | -26% |
| 29 | Romania | $4,652,766,000 | -6.4% |
| 30 | Austria | $4,523,067,000 | -6.2% |
| 31 | Chile | $4,421,460,000 | -13.7% |
| 32 | South Africa | $4,051,560,000 | -21.7% |
| 33 | Philippines | $3,755,392,000 | +1.2% |
| 34 | Czech Republic | $3,754,072,000 | -6.8% |
| 35 | Peru | $3,439,753,000 | -12.2% |
| 36 | Denmark | $3,106,086,000 | +9.4% |
| 37 | Nigeria | $3,027,697,000 | 0% |
| 38 | Slovakia | $2,770,282,000 | +9.6% |
| 39 | Bulgaria | $2,520,920,000 | -37.5% |
| 40 | Hungary | $2,125,189,000 | -27.4% |
| 41 | Croatia | $1,947,742,000 | +13.3% |
| 42 | Ireland | $1,749,468,000 | +40.3% |
| 43 | Ivory Coast | $1,724,034,000 | -29% |
| 44 | Switzerland | $1,660,576,000 | +5.7% |
| 45 | Egypt | $1,504,210,000 | +82.3% |
| 46 | Serbia | $1,255,023,000 | -22.4% |
| 47 | Brunei Darussalam | $1,201,656,000 | -70.9% |
| 48 | Uruguay | $1,044,099,000 | +13.6% |
| 49 | Azerbaijan | $772,955,000 | -24.2% |
| 50 | Norway | $772,112,000 | +11.7% |
| 51 | Dominican Republic | $584,746,000 | -27.1% |
| 52 | Nicaragua | $556,203,000 | +7.1% |
| 53 | United Arab Emirates | $526,818,000 | -84.8% |
| 54 | Bahamas | $322,094,000 | +4601243% |
| 55 | Bangladesh | $242,655,000 | +522.5% |
| 56 | Tunisia | $227,896,000 | -63.8% |
| 57 | Eswatini | $226,233,000 | +1508120% |
| 58 | Gibraltar | $194,314,000 | -58.9% |
| 59 | Myanmar | $163,379,000 | 0% |
| 60 | Jamaica | $139,943,000 | -72.6% |
| 61 | Colombia | $134,056,000 | -70.9% |
| 62 | Ghana | $102,106,000 | -56.2% |
| 63 | Vietnam | $99,431,000 | -98.8% |
| 64 | Georgia | $97,678,000 | +1571% |
| 65 | Saint Lucia | $60,279,000 | -72.8% |
| 66 | Curaçao | $36,852,000 | +111573% |
| 67 | Oman | $30,200,000 | -99.3% |
| 68 | Uzbekistan | $23,672,000 | -93.5% |
| 69 | Kyrgyzstan | $12,657,000 | +7525% |
| 70 | Russia | $12,567,000 | +73.4% |
| 71 | Bolivia | $8,500,000 | -92% |
| 72 | Qatar | $6,789,000 | -99.6% |
| 73 | Cyprus | $3,359,000 | +167850% |
| 74 | Afghanistan | $1,475,000 | 0% |
| 75 | Ukraine | $783,000 | +5120% |
| 76 | Guatemala | $340,000 | -19.6% |
| 77 | Zimbabwe | $276,000 | -65% |
| 78 | Zambia | $192,000 | -71.6% |
| 79 | Latvia | $139,000 | +6850% |
| 80 | New Zealand | $113,000 | +32.9% |
| 81 | Costa Rica | $111,000 | +126.5% |
| 82 | Mozambique | $102,000 | -26.1% |
| 83 | Estonia | $99,000 | 0% |
| 84 | Kazakhstan | $97,000 | +2325% |
| 85 | Democratic Republic Congo | $95,000 | -57.6% |
| 86 | Botswana | $81,000 | -44.9% |
| 87 | Liberia | $52,000 | -78.9% |
| 88 | Fiji | $46,000 | -24.6% |
| 89 | Namibia | $37,000 | +236.4% |
| 90 | Belize | $33,000 | -86.3% |
| 91 | El Salvador | $30,000 | -33.3% |
| 92 | Moldova | $30,000 | +328.6% |
| 93 | Lesotho | $30,000 | +57.9% |
| 94 | Malawi | $28,000 | +833.3% |
| 95 | Rwanda | $26,000 | +160% |
| 96 | Mauritania | $18,000 | 0% |
| 97 | Paraguay | $16,000 | 0% |
| 98 | Ecuador | $16,000 | +100% |
| 99 | Honduras | $12,000 | 0% |
| 100 | Luxembourg | $11,000 | -21.4% |
Expanding the scope to the 100 largest importers of crude petroleum, the fastest-increasing spenders included the Bahamas (up 4,601,243% from 2024), Eswatini (up 1,508,120%), Cyprus (up 167,850%), Curaçao (up 111,573%), Kyrgyzstan (up 7,525%), Latvia (up 6,850%) then Ukraine (up 5,120%).
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Note that an entry of 0% in the table’s right-most column means 2024 data was unavailable.
Crude Oil Imports into China
Based on statistics from the International Trade Centre, approaching half (47.5%) of mainland China’s overall crude oil imports came from member countries of the Organization for Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). That percentage exceeds the 46.8% for the prior year.
China’s top 3 suppliers of crude oil are the Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia and Iraq. Combined, those key providers generated 42.6% of total Chinese imports of crude petroleum.
Below are the top 15 suppliers from which China imported the highest dollar value worth of crude oil during 2025. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplier from 2024 to 2025.
- Russia: US$49 billion (down -21.3% from 2024)
- Saudi Arabia: $43.4 billion (down -9.4%)
- Iraq: $33.3 billion (down -9.8%)
- Malaysia: $31 billion (down -19%)
- Brazil: $24 billion (up 9.9%)
- United Arab Emirates: $20.8 billion (down -5.4%)
- Oman: $19.5 billion (down -22.3%)
- Angola: $15.6 billion (down -9.4%)
- Kuwait: $10.1 billion (up 4.7%)
- Canada: $7.4 billion (up 55.9%)
- Indonesia: $6.7 billion (up 7219.9%)
- Congo: $4.7 billion (up 20.2%)
- Qatar: $4 billion (down -35.2%)
- Ecuador: $3.8 billion (up 28.3%)
- Colombia: $3.7 billion (down -13.5%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 93.8% of all Chinese crude oil imported in 2025.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of crude oil to China from 2024 to 2025 were: Indonesia (up 7,220%), Canada (up 55.9%), Ecuador (up 28.3%) and Congo (up 20.2%).
Countries that experienced declines in the value of their crude oil supplied to Chinese importers included: Qatar (down -35.2%), Oman (down -22.3%), Russia (down -21.3%) and Malaysia (down -19%).
Overall, the value of Chinese crude oil imports went down by an average -9% from all supplying countries since 2024 when crude oil purchases were valued at $324.6 billion.
Crude Oil Imports into the United States
Just 17.5% of America’s overall crude oil imports came from member countries of the Organization for Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). That percentage surpasses the 19.3% for 2024.
America’s top 3 suppliers of crude oil are Canada, Mexico and Saudi Arabia. Combined, those key providers generated over two-thirds (72.3%) of total US imports of crude petroleum.
Below are the top 15 suppliers from which the US imported the highest dollar value worth of crude oil during 2025. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2024 to 2025.
- Canada: US$90.2 billion (down -12.7% from 2024)
- Mexico: $9 billion (down -27.9%)
- Saudi Arabia: $7.1 billion (down -15.5%)
- Brazil: $5.3 billion (down -20.6%)
- Guyana: $5.1 billion (down -4.8%)
- Colombia: $4.9 billion (down -17.5%)
- Iraq: $4.8 billion (down -17.6%)
- Nigeria: $3.7 billion (down -16%)
- Venezuela: $3.4 billion (down -42.4%)
- Ecuador: $2.74 billion (down -25.3%)
- Argentina: $2.67 billion (up 79.7%)
- United Kingdom: $1.37 billion (down -10.5%)
- Libya: $1.37 billion (down -8.3%)
- Trinidad/Tobago: $895.9 million (down -32.5%)
- Kazakhstan: $793.3 million (down -33.6%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 97.5% of all American crude oil imported in 2025.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of crude oil to the United States of America from 2024 to 2025 were: Argentina (up 79.7%), Guyana (up -4.8%), Libya (up -8.3%) and United Kingdom (up -10.5%).
Countries that experienced declines in the value of their crude oil supplied to American importers included: Venezuela (down -42.4%), Kazakhstan (down -33.6%), Trinidad/Tobago (down -32.5%) and Mexico (down -27.9%).
Overall, the value of American crude oil imports fell by an average -15.8% from all supplying countries since 2024 when crude oil purchases were valued at $174.4 billion.
Crude Oil Imports into India
Over half (54.9%) of India’s overall crude oil imports came from member countries of the Organization for Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). That percentage exceeds the 53.4% for 2024.
India’s top 3 suppliers of crude oil are the Russian Federation, Iraq and Saudi Arabia. Combined, those key providers generated over two-thirds (63.9%) of total Indian imports of crude petroleum.
Below are the top 15 suppliers from which India imported the highest dollar value worth of crude oil during 2025. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2024 to 2025.
- Russia: US$43.4 billion (down -16.8% from 2024)
- Iraq: $25.3 billion (down -12.4%)
- Saudi Arabia: $19.9 billion (down -1.2%)
- United Arab Emirates: $15 billion (up 4.8%)
- United States: $9.8 billion (up 81.8%)
- Kuwait: $4.6 billion (up 27.1%)
- Nigeria: $3.9 billion (down -2.9%)
- Angola: $3.4 billion (down -6.5%)
- Brazil: $1.81 billion (up 80.3%)
- Egypt: $1.76 billion (up 448.4%)
- Colombia: $1.54 billion (down -16.7%)
- Qatar: $1.52 billion (up 56.5%)
- Oman: $1 billion (down -23.2%)
- Mexico: $651.2 million (down -61.7%)
- Venezuela: $639.1 million (down -64.8%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 96.8% of all Indian crude oil imported in 2025.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of crude oil to India from 2024 to 2025 were: Egypt (up 448.4%), United States of America (up 81.8%), Brazil (up 80.3%) and Qatar (up 56.5%).
Countries that experienced declines in the value of their crude oil supplied to Indian importers included: Venezuela (down -64.8%), Mexico (down -61.7%), Oman (down -23.2%) and Russia (down -16.8%).
Overall, the value of Indian crude oil imports slipped by an average -5.7% from all supplying countries since 2024 when crude oil purchases were valued at $147.2 billion.
Crude Oil Imports into South Korea
Approaching three-quarters (70.8%) of South Korea’s overall crude oil imports came from member countries of the Organization for Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). That percentage trails the 72.6% from the prior year.
South Korea’s top 3 suppliers of crude oil are Saudi Arabia, United States of America and the United Arab Emirates. Combined, those key providers furnished nearly two-thirds (62.9%) of total South Korean imports of crude petroleum.
Below are the top 15 suppliers from which South Korea imported the highest dollar value worth of crude oil during 2025. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2024 to 2025.
- Saudi Arabia: US$25.7 billion (down -12.9% from 2024)
- United States: $12.9 billion (down -9.7%)
- United Arab Emirates: $8.8 billion (down -26.7%)
- Iraq: $7.7 billion (down -0.2%)
- Kuwait: $6.3 billion (down -3.6%)
- Qatar: $3.3 billion (down -28.7%)
- Brazil: $2.3 billion (up 15.2%)
- Mexico: $1.76 billion (down -13.4%)
- Australia: $1.7 billion (down -21.4%)
- Kazakhstan: $1.11 billion (up 14.5%)
- Algeria: $1.07 billion (down -5.8%)
- Malaysia: $365 million (up 1231.9%)
- Oman: $354.9 million (down -32.4%)
- Norway: $328.9 million (up 86.4%)
- Canada: $291.7 million (up 173.9%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 98.2% of all South Korean crude oil imported in 2025.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of crude oil to South Korea from 2024 to 2025 were: Malaysia (up 1,232%), Canada (up 173.9%), Norway (up 86.4%) and Brazil (up 15.2%).
Countries that experienced declines in the value of their crude oil supplied to South Korean importers included: Oman (down -32.4%), Qatar (down -28.7%), United Arab Emirates (down -26.7%) and Australia (down -21.4%).
Overall, the value of South Korean crude oil imports slowed by an average -11.9% from all supplying countries since 2024 when crude oil purchases were valued at $85.4 billion.
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