Visual Capitalist published on 2 September 2025 a chart titled "Visualizing China's Crude Oil Imports by Country" by Dorothy Neufeld and Joyce Ma.
The chart shows China's crude oil imports by major source in 2024. African countries accounted for less than 9 percent of China's total imports. This percentage has been steadily declining over the last 15 years but has stabilized in the last couple of years at this low level.
By comparison, in 2024 China received 57 percent of its crude from the Middle East, especially Saudi Arabia, Iraq, UAE, and Iran. Another 20 percent came from Russia.
