Key Takeaways
- China receives 37.7% of all oil exports that pass through the Strait of Hormuz, the most of any country.
- Asian countries are most affected by a closure of the strait, receiving 89.2% of the Strait’s crude oil and condensate flows.
The Strait of Hormuz is one of the world’s most critical energy chokepoints, with both exporters and importers of crude oil heavily reliant on flows through the Strait.
This visualization maps which countries export crude oil and condensate through the Strait of Hormuz—and, more importantly, which countries import those flows. The data is from the U.S. Energy Information Administration and is for Q1 2025.
Source: Visual Capitalist