Where The US Gets Its Oil: Top 10 Oil Exporters To The US (1996-2015)

Last week we visualized 20 years of US oil imports between 1996 and 2015. Today we narrow the data down to the top 10 exporters of oil to the US for the same period.

In a moment we will take a look at trends showing how imports from each country have changed over the years, however, first, let’s take a look at the top 10 countries by total of all oil exports to the US (data from EIA).

The chart below shows the supply percentage of total US oil imports for each country.

Now let’s take a look at how oil exports to the US have changed from each country. We’ll start by looking at the percentage of the US’s total oil imports supplied for each year. To focus on a specific country, hover over it in the legend below the graph.

As we can see, US oil imports from Canada started to increase in the mid-late 2000s and rose sharply from 2010 onwards. Indeed, Canada now provides almost 40% of the US’s imported oil.

Imports from Russia have also increased, while imports from Saudi Arabia, Mexico, and Venezuela have declined.

Finally, we’ll take a look at the actual export figures (in thousands of barrels) for each country. Hover over a point on the chart to view figures for the year, or over a country in the legend to highlight that country.

Thanks to Randal Olson for excellent feedback and advice on charting this data.