−2.80M b/d
2025 (latest)
PETROLEUM NET IMPORTS
thousand barrels/day · 1949–2025 · neither direction is "better" · U.S. Energy Information Administration, Monthly Energy Review
0.32M b/d
1949
12.55M b/d
high · 2005
−2.80M b/d
low · 2025
−3116 thousand b/d
since 1949
┊ dashed lines mark 1979 Oil shock & inflation peak · 1987 Black Monday crash · 1991 Gulf War recession · 2001 Dot-com bust & 9/11 · 2008 Global financial crisis · 2020 COVID-19 pandemic
Method & caveats. MSN PANIPUS; publisher annual row (MER YYYY13). Original unit: Thousand Barrels per Day. Converted only by the declared unit scale. Negative values mean net exports; net exporter since 2020. Breaks: Negative values mean net exports; net exporter since 2020.
Sources
Every value on this page is read from the publisher below. Current and historical source documents:
- https://api.eia.gov/v2/total-energy/data/?frequency=annual&data%5B0%5D=value&facets%5Bmsn%5D%5B%5D=PANIPUS&length=5000&sort%5B0%5D%5Bcolumn%5D=period&sort%5B0%5D%5Bdirection%5D=asc
- https://github.com/danielmiessler/substrate/tree/main/Data/US-Energy-And-Environment
Data
| Year | Petroleum net imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | −2.80M b/d | −527 thousand b/d |
| 2024 | −2.27M b/d | −562 thousand b/d |
| 2023 | −1.71M b/d | −518 thousand b/d |
| 2022 | −1.19M b/d | −1129 thousand b/d |
| 2021 | −0.06M b/d | +573 thousand b/d |
| 2020 | −0.63M b/d | −1305 thousand b/d |
| 2019 | 0.67M b/d | −1672 thousand b/d |
| 2018 | 2.34M b/d | −1427 thousand b/d |
| 2017 | 3.77M b/d | −1026 thousand b/d |
| 2016 | 4.79M b/d | +84 thousand b/d |
| 2015 | 4.71M b/d | −354 thousand b/d |
| 2014 | 5.07M b/d | −1172 thousand b/d |
| 2013 | 6.24M b/d | −1156 thousand b/d |
| 2012 | 7.39M b/d | −1057 thousand b/d |
| 2011 | 8.45M b/d | −990 thousand b/d |
| 2010 | 9.44M b/d | −226 thousand b/d |
| 2009 | 9.67M b/d | −1447 thousand b/d |
| 2008 | 11.11M b/d | −922 thousand b/d |
| 2007 | 12.04M b/d | −355 thousand b/d |
| 2006 | 12.39M b/d | −158 thousand b/d |
| 2005 | 12.55M b/d | +452 thousand b/d |
| 2004 | 12.10M b/d | +859 thousand b/d |
| 2003 | 11.24M b/d | +691 thousand b/d |
| 2002 | 10.55M b/d | −354 thousand b/d |
| 2001 | 10.90M b/d | +481 thousand b/d |
| 2000 | 10.42M b/d | +507 thousand b/d |
| 1999 | 9.91M b/d | +149 thousand b/d |
| 1998 | 9.76M b/d | +605 thousand b/d |
| 1997 | 9.16M b/d | +660 thousand b/d |
| 1996 | 8.50M b/d | +612 thousand b/d |
| 1995 | 7.89M b/d | −168 thousand b/d |
| 1994 | 8.05M b/d | +436 thousand b/d |
| 1993 | 7.62M b/d | +680 thousand b/d |
| 1992 | 6.94M b/d | +312 thousand b/d |
| 1991 | 6.63M b/d | −535 thousand b/d |
| 1990 | 7.16M b/d | −41 thousand b/d |
| 1989 | 7.20M b/d | +615 thousand b/d |
| 1988 | 6.59M b/d | +672 thousand b/d |
| 1987 | 5.91M b/d | +475 thousand b/d |
| 1986 | 5.44M b/d | +1153 thousand b/d |
| 1985 | 4.29M b/d | −429 thousand b/d |
| 1984 | 4.72M b/d | +403 thousand b/d |
| 1983 | 4.31M b/d | +14 thousand b/d |
| 1982 | 4.30M b/d | −1103 thousand b/d |
| 1981 | 5.40M b/d | −964 thousand b/d |
| 1980 | 6.36M b/d | −1621 thousand b/d |
| 1979 | 7.99M b/d | −16 thousand b/d |
| 1978 | 8.00M b/d | −563 thousand b/d |
| 1977 | 8.56M b/d | +1475 thousand b/d |
| 1976 | 7.09M b/d | +1243 thousand b/d |
| 1975 | 5.85M b/d | −45 thousand b/d |
| 1974 | 5.89M b/d | −133 thousand b/d |
| 1973 | 6.02M b/d | +1506 thousand b/d |
| 1972 | 4.52M b/d | +817 thousand b/d |
| 1971 | 3.70M b/d | +541 thousand b/d |
| 1970 | 3.16M b/d | +227 thousand b/d |
| 1969 | 2.93M b/d | +325 thousand b/d |
| 1968 | 2.61M b/d | +379 thousand b/d |
| 1967 | 2.23M b/d | −145 thousand b/d |
| 1966 | 2.37M b/d | +94 thousand b/d |
| 1965 | 2.28M b/d | +224 thousand b/d |
| 1964 | 2.06M b/d | +142 thousand b/d |
| 1963 | 1.91M b/d | +1 thousand b/d |
| 1962 | 1.91M b/d | +171 thousand b/d |
| 1961 | 1.74M b/d | +130 thousand b/d |
| 1960 | 1.61M b/d | +44 thousand b/d |
| 1959 | 1.57M b/d | +144 thousand b/d |
| 1958 | 1.42M b/d | +418 thousand b/d |
| 1957 | 1.01M b/d | +1 thousand b/d |
| 1956 | 1.01M b/d | +126 thousand b/d |
| 1955 | 0.88M b/d | +184 thousand b/d |
| 1954 | 0.70M b/d | +64 thousand b/d |
| 1953 | 0.63M b/d | +113 thousand b/d |
| 1952 | 0.52M b/d | +98 thousand b/d |
| 1951 | 0.42M b/d | −123 thousand b/d |
| 1950 | 0.55M b/d | +227 thousand b/d |
| 1949 | 0.32M b/d | — |
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