Grams to Tablespoons: Oil

One US tablespoon of oil weighs 13.6 grams, so 20 g is 1.47 tablespoons and 100 g is 7.34 tablespoons. Every figure on this page is derived from a published density, linked below.

Oil Converter

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Grams

Ingredient

1.47 tablespoons of vegetable oil ≈ 1½ tbsp · 4.40 tsp

Tablespoon

1 tablespoon vegetable oil = 13.6 g · USDA FoodData Central SR Legacy, "Oil, vegetable, soybean, refined" (fdcId 172370)

JavaScript is off, so the spoon and measuring-method buttons above are inactive and the converter shows its preset of 20 g. The full table below gives every ingredient at this amount, and the tablespoon sections cover US, metric and Australian spoons.

Oil Conversion Chart (1 g – 250 g)

Thirty common amounts, with the decimal and the nearest practical spoon. Below a quarter teaspoon the fraction is dropped, because rounding would be larger than the quantity.

Oil from 1 g to 250 g. One tablespoon weighs 13.6 g, so every row is that figure divided into the amount.
Grams	Tablespoons	Nearest spoon	Teaspoons
1 g	0.07 tbsp	¼ tsp	0.22 tsp
2 g	0.15 tbsp	½ tsp	0.44 tsp
3 g	0.22 tbsp	⅔ tsp	0.66 tsp
4 g	0.29 tbsp	1 tsp	0.88 tsp
5 g	0.37 tbsp	1⅛ tsp	1.10 tsp
6 g	0.44 tbsp	1⅓ tsp	1.32 tsp
7 g	0.51 tbsp	1½ tsp	1.54 tsp
8 g	0.59 tbsp	1¾ tsp	1.76 tsp
9 g	0.66 tbsp	2 tsp	1.98 tsp
10 g	0.73 tbsp	2¼ tsp	2.20 tsp
12 g	0.88 tbsp	2⅔ tsp	2.64 tsp
15 g	1.10 tbsp	1⅛ tbsp	3.30 tsp
20 g	1.47 tbsp	1½ tbsp	4.40 tsp
25 g	1.83 tbsp	1¾ tbsp	5.50 tsp
30 g	2.20 tbsp	2¼ tbsp	6.61 tsp
40 g	2.94 tbsp	3 tbsp	8.81 tsp
50 g	3.67 tbsp	3⅔ tbsp	11.0 tsp
60 g	4.40 tbsp	4⅓ tbsp	13.2 tsp
70 g	5.14 tbsp	5⅛ tbsp	15.4 tsp
75 g	5.50 tbsp	5½ tbsp	16.5 tsp
80 g	5.87 tbsp	5¾ tbsp	17.6 tsp
90 g	6.61 tbsp	6⅔ tbsp	19.8 tsp
100 g	7.34 tbsp	7⅓ tbsp	22.0 tsp
110 g	8.07 tbsp	8⅛ tbsp	24.2 tsp
125 g	9.17 tbsp	9⅛ tbsp	27.5 tsp
150 g	11.0 tbsp	11 tbsp	33.0 tsp
175 g	12.8 tbsp	12¾ tbsp	38.5 tsp
200 g	14.7 tbsp	14⅔ tbsp	44.0 tsp
225 g	16.5 tbsp	16½ tbsp	49.5 tsp
250 g	18.3 tbsp	18⅓ tbsp	55.0 tsp

Oil Types Compared

Not every oil weighs the same per spoon. Vegetable Oil is the heaviest at 13.6 g per tablespoon and Olive Oil the lightest at 13.5 g — a difference of 1%.

One US tablespoon of each type, derived from its own density.
Type	Density	1 tbsp	20 g =	Source
Vegetable Oil	0.9214	13.6 g	1.47 tbsp	USDA
Olive Oil	0.9130	13.5 g	1.48 tbsp	USDA

The Oil Measuring Pitfall

Oils are where published charts visibly go wrong. King Arthur's figure for vegetable oil implies a density of 0.84 g/ml — lighter than any culinary oil actually is — so this site uses the USDA figure instead. If a conversion chart tells you oil is much lighter than water, it is wrong: cooking oils sit just under water, at roughly 0.91 to 0.92 g/ml.

Vegetable oil and olive oil differ by about one percent per tablespoon, so for any normal recipe amount the choice between them makes no measurable difference to the conversion. Oil is the rare case where you can stop worrying about which one the chart meant.

Oil in US, Metric and Australian Tablespoons

One tablespoon of oil weighs 13.6 g in a US spoon, 13.8 g in a metric spoon and 18.4 g in an Australian one. An Australian tablespoon holds 35.3% more volume than a US one, so the same weight needs 26.1% fewer of them.

Oil FAQ

How many grams is 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil?

One US tablespoon of vegetable oil weighs 13.6 g. A 15 ml metric tablespoon holds 13.8 g and a 20 ml Australian tablespoon holds 18.4 g of it.

Why does vegetable oil convert differently from other ingredients?

Because its density is 0.9214 g per ml. Density is the whole conversion: multiply it by the spoon volume to get the weight of one spoonful, then divide your grams by that.

Do different types of vegetable oil weigh the same?

Not always. The comparison table above lists each variety we hold a sourced density for. Where two varieties differ, use the one your recipe names rather than the general figure.

Where does your vegetable oil density come from?

From USDA FoodData Central SR Legacy, "Oil, vegetable, soybean, refined" (fdcId 172370): 1 cup = 218 g, 1 tbsp = 13.6 g. We publish the source URL for every ingredient and record the published spread on our methodology page rather than averaging sources silently.

Should I measure vegetable oil by weight instead?

Where you can, yes. NIST's own guidance for the metric kitchen is that mass is the reliable measure, because how you fill a spoon changes what a spoonful weighs. Volume conversions like this one are for when a scale is not to hand.

What if I need less than a tablespoon of vegetable oil?

Results under one tablespoon are shown in teaspoons, since 1 tablespoon is 3 teaspoons in all three conventions. Below a quarter teaspoon we stop offering a fraction and recommend a scale — at that size two very different weights would round to the same marking.

Common Oil Amounts

The amounts most often converted for this ingredient.