Alternative Fuels Data Center: U.S. Crude Oil Imports by Country of Origin

U.S. Crude Oil Imports by Country of Origin

	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Saudi Arabia	485.748	461.255	714.614	1229.773	1380.386	1143.899	1355.677	1260.56	1129.296	551.953	337.235	324.832	167.629	684.907	751.279	1073.385	1224.312	1339.227	1801.556	1720.077	1413.723	1402.496	1343.8	1362.65	1407.378	1491.236	1478.252	1571.787	1662.337	1552.088	1774.427	1557.751	1536.501	1463.405	1484.896	1529.372	1004.397	1096.238	1194.575	1365.014	1328.586	1166.49	1058.918	1106.352	955.126	900.647	529.745	522.09	430	559	477
Venezuela	1134.912	979.096	702.468	700.09	690.359	645.501	690.09	481.243	406.058	411.824	422.018	548.001	604.84	793.065	804.289	794.093	872.726	1024.627	1034.899	1169.784	1300.403	1333.721	1480.263	1675.984	1772.863	1718.948	1492.597	1546.079	1553.414	1398.252	1376.241	1554.492	1529.197	1419.033	1360.778	1188.604	1062.619	987.742	950.655	959.617	806.189	789.389	827.367	796.342	673.918	585.89	92.03	0	0	0	125
Iraq	4.189	0	2.468	26.071	73.682	62.118	87.814	28.219	0	2.67	10.296	12.443	46.271	81.126	82.797	345.478	449.375	518.096	0	0	0	0	0	1.156	89.123	335.666	725.381	619.683	794.515	459.282	481.268	656.26	531.471	553.058	484.134	626.503	450.293	415.395	459.425	475.628	340.83	368.882	229.386	423.831	604.107	521.321	340.504	177.25	157	311	344
Other OPEC Countries	1368.057	1815.974	2181.713	3109.858	4048.672	3899.945	3503.869	2530.02	1787.983	1179.188	1092.561	1163.287	1011.294	1277.454	1422.056	1306.721	1593.625	1414.195	1255.583	1201.748	1559.337	1510.778	1177.552	1171.42	1299.198	1359.448	1256.613	1465.15	1518.167	1195.554	1529.937	1932.213	1989.921	2081.224	2649.938	2609.907	2258.425	2406.957	1950.743	1470.978	1244.696	912.11	778.77	1119.038	1132.674	880.1779999999999	675.638	188.21975	374	383	587
Canada	1324.844	1069.504	846.438	599.27	516.929	466.764	537.685	454.538	447.138	482.229	547.152	629.845	770	806.611	848.086	999.372	931.367	933.858	1032.679	1069.096	1181.321	1272.101	1332.137	1423.773	1563.293	1598.433	1539.4	1806.97	1828.422	1970.778	2072.203	2138.246	2181.422	2352.984	2454.729	2492.522	2479.216	2535.419	2728.789	2946.481	3141.649	3387.559	3764.901	3780.071	4054.449	4291.781	4419.896	4123.46	4340	4365	4394
Mexico	15.663	8.477	71.419	87.153	179.427	317.814	439.049	533.068	522.495	684.856	826.471	748.161	815.895	698.603	654.707	746.911	767.036	755.052	806.841	830.153	918.584	983.929	1067.581	1244.279	1385.233	1351.137	1324.342	1372.975	1439.882	1546.567	1623.195	1664.549	1662.332	1705.227	1532.34	1301.546	1209.995	1284.466	1206.17	1034.678	918.666	841.852	757.795	669.112	682.356	719.488	650.414	749.36	711	808	918
Russia	26.036	19.501	14.474	10.527	11.523	8.151	1.26	0.71	4.832	0.745	1.328	13.377	7.806	18.419	10.677	28.76	47.603	44.962	28.964	18.142	54.748	30.214	24.852	25.276	12.945	23.789	89.345	72.082	89.816	210.11	254.003	298.227	410.085	368.893	413.901	465.202	563.082	611.973	624.038	477.082	460.34	329.712	370.54	440.672	389.071	375.37	514.959	538.2	673	147	0
Other Non-OPEC Countries	1896.697	1758.376	1522.119	1549.855	1906.271	1819.219	1840.683	1620.666	1697.872	1799.694	1814.293	1997.037	1643.408	1863.328	2103.805	2107.3	2174.502	1987.505	1666.224	1878.696	2192.307	2462.983	2408.754	2573.954	2631.53	2829.415	2946.326	3004.5250000000005	2984.783	3197.612	3153.113	3343.356	3872.881	3763.249	3087.66	2701.629	2662.685	2455.052	2321.797	1868.477	1617.822	1444.839	1660.909	1719.847	1652.519	1668.26	1870.014	1560.0740000000005	1790	1755	1855

Source: Energy Information Administration, Monthly Energy Review October 2023, Tables 3.3c and 3.3d.

Notes: OPEC: Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries

This chart breaks down U.S. oil imports by country of origin, from 1973 to 2023. Imports peaked in 2005 and declined until 2014, thanks to improvements in domestic production and reduced demand. The decline in imports was distributed across most countries. Imports from Canada, however, have been rising steadily since 1981. Most oil imports from Iraq zeroed out in 1974, 1981, and 1991-1995 as a result of the OPEC Oil Embargo, the Iran-Iraq War, and the Gulf War, respectively. From 2017 to 2022, oil imports decreased by 14.2%. The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic likely influenced a decline of 14% in 2020 from 2019. Imports increased by 10.7% from 2020 to 2023 but remain at their lowest levels since 1995.

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