Which country exported the most oil through Hormuz in 2025?
Saudi Arabia ranked first in the IEA table at 6.23 million barrels per day, combining crude and condensates with oil products.
IEA country-level source data
Which Countries Export the Most Oil Through the Strait of Hormuz?
Compare 2025 crude, condensate, and oil-product exports through Hormuz by exporter using the IEA table, while keeping transit volume separate from route dependence.
IEA February 2026 factsheet · reviewed 2026-07-31
Direct answer
Saudi Arabia shipped the most; route dependence is a different measure
The IEA published a 2025 total of 19.87 million barrels per day through Hormuz. By transit volume, Saudi Arabia led with 6.23 million b/d, followed by Iraq at 3.63 million b/d and the UAE at 3.24 million b/d. Saudi Arabia and the UAE have operational bypass pipelines. Separately, the IEA says Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar, and Bahrain rely on the Strait for the vast majority of their oil exports.
Volume shipped through Hormuz is not the share of an exporter’s total exports, and it is not an importer’s share of consumption. Mixing these three measures produces a false country ranking.
IEA published total flow
19.87 million b/d
Crude and condensates
14.95
million b/d
Oil products
4.93
million b/d
Oil exports through Hormuz by exporter
Daily averages published by the IEA using Kpler data. Bar length compares each published country total.
Coverage: Full year 2025
#1
Saudi Arabia
Published total
6.23
million b/d
- Crude & condensates
- 5.43
- Oil products
- 0.80
Route status
Operational bypass pipeline
The IEA identifies the Strait as a primary route, while Saudi Arabia also has an operational crude pipeline to the Red Sea.
#2
Iraq
Published total
3.63
million b/d
- Crude & condensates
- 3.32
- Oil products
- 0.31
Route status
Vast majority relies on Hormuz
The IEA says Iraq relies on the Strait to deliver the vast majority of its oil exports.
#3
United Arab Emirates
Published total
3.24
million b/d
- Crude & condensates
- 2.02
- Oil products
- 1.22
Route status
Operational bypass pipeline
The IEA identifies the Strait as a primary route, while the UAE also has an operational crude pipeline to Fujairah.
#4
Iran
Published total
2.41
million b/d
- Crude & condensates
- 1.69
- Oil products
- 0.72
Route status
Vast majority relies on Hormuz
The IEA says Iran relies on the Strait for the vast majority of its oil exports and does not treat Jask as a viable crude export option.
#5
Kuwait
Published total
2.37
million b/d
- Crude & condensates
- 1.40
- Oil products
- 0.97
Route status
Vast majority relies on Hormuz
The IEA says Kuwait relies on the Strait to deliver the vast majority of its oil exports.
#6
Qatar
Published total
1.43
million b/d
- Crude & condensates
- 0.73
- Oil products
- 0.69
Route status
Vast majority relies on Hormuz
The IEA says Qatar relies on the Strait to deliver the vast majority of its oil exports.
#7
Saudi-Kuwaiti Neutral Zone
Published total
0.35
million b/d
- Crude & condensates
- 0.35
- Oil products
- 0.00
Route status
No separate reliance label
The IEA table reports the Neutral Zone separately but does not assign it a separate country-level reliance label.
#8
Bahrain
Published total
0.21
million b/d
- Crude & condensates
- 0.00
- Oil products
- 0.21
Route status
Vast majority relies on Hormuz
The IEA says Bahrain relies on the Strait to deliver the vast majority of its oil exports.
Why can the displayed components differ from a total by 0.01?
The IEA displays each component to two decimal places. Adding rounded components can differ by 0.01 from the published total, as with Qatar and the overall total. This dataset preserves the IEA total instead of silently recalculating it.
Which importing country depends on Hormuz the most?
This exporter table cannot produce an importer-dependence ranking. The IEA says 80% of all oil flows went to Asia and China plus India received 44% of the crude flow. It also describes Japan and Korea as particularly reliant, but this table does not publish comparable national dependence percentages with a common denominator.
- 80%
- of all oil flows destined for Asia
- 44%
- of crude flows received by China and India
- 29%
- of crude flows imported by IEA countries
- 4%
- of regional crude flows routed to Europe
Keep LNG separate from the oil table
The IEA says about 93% of Qatar’s and 96% of the UAE’s LNG exports transit Hormuz, together representing 19% of global LNG trade. Those LNG volumes have no alternative route to market. They use different units and must not be added to the oil table.
How to read the data
- ✓Ranking is by published 2025 oil volume transiting the Strait.
- ✓Crude includes condensates; oil products are reported separately.
- ✓Route status is an IEA narrative label, not a calculated percentage.
- ✓A Saudi or UAE bypass pipeline does not mean all Hormuz volume can be replaced.
- ✓Country rows and overall totals preserve the IEA’s published values.
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Frequently asked questions
Which oil exporters depend most on the Strait of Hormuz?
The IEA says Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar, and Bahrain rely on the Strait for the vast majority of their oil exports. It does not publish a precise percentage ranking for those countries here.
What percentage of Korea’s crude imports passes through Hormuz?
The IEA describes Japan and Korea as particularly reliant, but this table does not provide Korea’s total crude imports as a denominator. An exact national percentage cannot be derived from exporter volumes alone.
Why do rounded country figures not always add to the IEA total?
The displayed components are rounded to two decimal places. This page uses the IEA’s published totals rather than recalculating them from rounded values.