Millilitres to Tablespoons
1 millilitre = 0.07 tablespoons
A tablespoon is 15 ml in the US, UK and Canada, so to convert millilitres to tablespoons you divide by 15. This is handy for small liquid amounts like oil, vanilla or syrup where a scale is fiddly: 15 ml is 1 tablespoon, 30 ml is 2, and 45 ml is 3. Australia is the exception, using a 20 ml tablespoon, so an Australian recipe's tablespoon is a third larger.
Millilitres to Tablespoons table
| Millilitres | Tablespoons |
|---|---|
| 0.25 millilitres | 0.02 tablespoons |
| 0.5 millilitres | 0.03 tablespoons |
| 1 millilitre | 0.07 tablespoons |
| 2 millilitres | 0.13 tablespoons |
| 3 millilitres | 0.2 tablespoons |
| 4 millilitres | 0.27 tablespoons |
| 5 millilitres | 0.33 tablespoons |
| 6 millilitres | 0.4 tablespoons |
| 8 millilitres | 0.53 tablespoons |
| 10 millilitres | 0.67 tablespoons |
| 12 millilitres | 0.8 tablespoons |
| 14 millilitres | 0.93 tablespoons |
| 16 millilitres | 1.07 tablespoons |
| 18 millilitres | 1.2 tablespoons |
| 20 millilitres | 1.33 tablespoons |
| 24 millilitres | 1.6 tablespoons |
| 32 millilitres | 2.13 tablespoons |
How to convert millilitres to tablespoons
To convert millilitres to tablespoons, multiply by 0.07. This is a volume conversion, so it applies to any liquid or dry ingredient measured by volume, water, oil, milk, flour, and more.
Common conversions: 2 millilitres = 0.13 tablespoons · 4 millilitres = 0.27 tablespoons · 8 millilitres = 0.53 tablespoons · 16 millilitres = 1.07 tablespoons.
Tip: For 5 ml or less, use a teaspoon instead — it's the accurate tool at that scale.
For ingredient-specific weight conversions (like cups to grams of flour or rice), see our ingredient converters.
Millilitres to Tablespoons: frequently asked
How many tablespoons is 30 ml?
30 ml is 2 tablespoons (using the 15 ml tablespoon).
Is a tablespoon 15 or 20 ml?
It's 15 ml in the US, UK and Canada, but 20 ml in Australia.