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china has a fair bit though it's also a huge consumer, but it's also using less all the time as it continues its electrification process. Most other counties are kicking that electrification can down the road.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_petroleum_reserve_%28China%29?wprov=sfla1
Australia is the largest per capita user of diesel because we've ignored the issue for decades and gone all in on oil (diesel, gasoline, avgas etc) and have a 2 week strategic reserve, stored in the USA We're fools electing idiots down under.