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Oil proved reserves by country. Definition, graph and map.
 

Energy Statistics > Oil > Proved reserves (most recent) by country


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Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
# 1   Saudi Arabia: 266,800,000,000 bbl  2008 Time series
# 2   Canada: 178,600,000,000 bbl  2008 Time series
# 3   Iran: 138,400,000,000 bbl  2008 Time series
# 4   Iraq: 115,000,000,000 bbl  2008 Time series
# 5   Kuwait: 104,000,000,000 bbl  2008 Time series
# 6   United Arab Emirates: 97,800,000,000 bbl  2008 Time series
# 7   Venezuela: 87,040,000,000 bbl  2008 Time series
# 8   Russia: 60,000,000,000 bbl  2008 Time series
# 9   Libya: 41,460,000,000 bbl  2008 Time series
# 10   Nigeria: 36,220,000,000 bbl  2008 Time series
# 11   Kazakhstan: 30,000,000,000 bbl  2008 Time series
# 12   United States: 20,970,000,000 bbl  2008 Time series
# 13   China: 16,000,000,000 bbl  2008 Time series
# 14   Qatar: 15,210,000,000 bbl  2008 Time series
# 15   Algeria: 12,200,000,000 bbl  2008 Time series
# 16   Brazil: 12,180,000,000 bbl  2008 Time series
# 17   Mexico: 11,650,000,000 bbl  2008 Time series
# 18   Angola: 9,035,000,000 bbl  2008 Time series
# 19   Azerbaijan: 7,000,000,000 bbl  2008 Time series
# 20   Norway: 6,865,000,000 bbl  2008 Time series
# 22   India: 5,625,000,000 bbl  2008 Time series
# 23   Oman: 5,500,000,000 bbl  2008 Time series
# 24   Sudan: 5,000,000,000 bbl  2008 Time series
# 25   Ecuador: 4,517,000,000 bbl  2008 Time series
# 26   Indonesia: 4,370,000,000 bbl  2008 Time series
# 27   Malaysia: 4,000,000,000 bbl  2008 Time series
# 28   Egypt: 3,700,000,000 bbl  2008 Time series
# 29   United Kingdom: 3,600,000,000 bbl  2008 Time series
# 30   Yemen: 3,000,000,000 bbl  2008 Time series
# 31   Argentina: 2,587,000,000 bbl  2008 Time series
# 32   Syria: 2,500,000,000 bbl  2008 Time series
# 33   Gabon: 2,000,000,000 bbl  2008 Time series
# 34   Congo, Republic of the: 1,600,000,000 bbl  2008 Time series
# 35   Colombia: 1,506,000,000 bbl  2008 Time series
= 36   Chad: 1,500,000,000 bbl  2008 Time series
= 36   Australia: 1,500,000,000 bbl  2008 Time series
# 38   Denmark: 1,188,000,000 bbl  2008 Time series
= 39   Brunei: 1,100,000,000 bbl  2008 Time series
= 39   Equatorial Guinea: 1,100,000,000 bbl  2008 Time series
# 41   Trinidad and Tobago: 728,300,000 bbl  2008 Time series
= 42   Vietnam: 600,000,000 bbl  2008 Time series
= 42   Turkmenistan: 600,000,000 bbl  2008 Time series
= 42   Romania: 600,000,000 bbl  2008 Time series
# 45   Uzbekistan: 594,000,000 bbl  2008 Time series
# 46   Bolivia: 465,000,000 bbl  2008 Time series
# 47   Thailand: 460,000,000 bbl  2008 Time series
# 48   Italy: 406,500,000 bbl  2008 Time series
# 49   Tunisia: 400,000,000 bbl  2008 Time series
# 50   Ukraine: 395,000,000 bbl  2008 Time series
# 51   Peru: 382,900,000 bbl  2008 Time series
# 52   Germany: 367,000,000 bbl  2008 Time series
# 53   Turkey: 300,000,000 bbl  2008 Time series
# 54   Pakistan: 289,200,000 bbl  2008 Time series
# 55   Cameroon: 200,000,000 bbl  2008 Time series
# 56   Albania: 199,100,000 bbl  2008 Time series
# 57   Belarus: 198,000,000 bbl  2008 Time series
# 58   Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 180,000,000 bbl  2008 Time series
= 59   Chile: 150,000,000 bbl  2008 Time series
= 59   Spain: 150,000,000 bbl  2008 Time series
# 61   Philippines: 138,500,000 bbl  2008 Time series
# 62   Bahrain: 124,600,000 bbl  2008 Time series
# 63   Cuba: 124,000,000 bbl  2008 Time series
# 64   France: 119,800,000 bbl  2008 Time series
= 65   Côte d'Ivoire: 100,000,000 bbl  2008 Time series
= 65   Netherlands: 100,000,000 bbl  2008 Time series
= 65   Mauritania: 100,000,000 bbl  2008 Time series
# 68   Poland: 96,380,000 bbl  2008 Time series
= 69   Papua New Guinea: 88,000,000 bbl  2008 Time series
= 69   Suriname: 88,000,000 bbl  2008 Time series
# 71   Guatemala: 83,070,000 bbl  2008 Time series
# 72   Croatia: 79,150,000 bbl  2008 Time series
# 73   Serbia and Montenegro: 77,500,000 bbl  2008 Time series
# 74   New Zealand: 55,000,000 bbl  2008 Time series
= 75   Burma: 50,000,000 bbl  2008 Time series
= 75   Austria: 50,000,000 bbl  2008 Time series
# 77   Japan: 44,120,000 bbl  2008 Time series
# 78   Kyrgyzstan: 40,000,000 bbl  2008 Time series
# 79   Georgia: 35,000,000 bbl  2008 Time series
# 80   Bangladesh: 28,000,000 bbl  2008 Time series
# 81   Hungary: 20,180,000 bbl  2008 Time series
= 82   Bulgaria: 15,000,000 bbl  2008 Time series
= 82   Czech Republic: 15,000,000 bbl  2008 Time series
= 82   South Africa: 15,000,000 bbl  2008 Time series
= 82   Ghana: 15,000,000 bbl  2008 Time series
= 86   Lithuania: 12,000,000 bbl  2008 Time series
= 86   Tajikistan: 12,000,000 bbl  2008 Time series
# 88   Greece: 10,000,000 bbl  2008 Time series
# 89   Slovakia: 9,000,000 bbl  2008 Time series
# 90   Benin: 8,000,000 bbl  2008 Time series
# 91   Belize: 6,700,000 bbl  2008 Time series
# 92   Taiwan: 2,380,000 bbl  2008 Time series
# 93   Barbados: 2,200,000 bbl  2008 Time series
# 94   Israel: 1,940,000 bbl  2008 Time series
# 95   Jordan: 1,000,000 bbl  2008 Time series
# 96   Morocco: 836,000 bbl  2008 Time series
# 97   Ethiopia: 428,000 bbl  2008 Time series
= 98   Macedonia, Republic of: 0 bbl  2008 Time series
= 98   Turks and Caicos Islands: 0 bbl  2006 Time series
= 98   Uganda: 0 bbl  2006 Time series
= 98   Portugal: 0 bbl  2006 Time series
= 98   Uruguay: 0 bbl  2006 Time series
= 98   Luxembourg: 0 bbl  2006 Time series
= 98   British Virgin Islands: 0 bbl  2006 Time series
= 98   Niger: 0 bbl  2006 Time series
= 98   Namibia: 0 bbl  2006 Time series
= 98   Saint Helena: 0 bbl  2006 Time series
= 98   Samoa: 0 bbl  2006 Time series
= 98   Lebanon: 0 bbl  2006 Time series
= 98   Zambia: 0 bbl  2006 Time series
= 98   Mongolia: 0 bbl  2006 Time series
= 98   Togo: 0 bbl  2006 Time series
= 98   Maldives: 0 bbl  2006 Time series
= 98   Bahamas, The: 0 bbl  2006 Time series
= 98   Netherlands Antilles: 0 bbl  2006 Time series
= 98   Bosnia and Herzegovina: 0 bbl  2006 Time series
= 98   Saint Pierre and Miquelon: 0 bbl  2006 Time series
= 98   Solomon Islands: 0 bbl  2006 Time series
= 98   Somalia: 0 bbl  2006 Time series
= 98   Bhutan: 0 bbl  2006 Time series
= 98   Korea, South: 0 bbl  2006 Time series
= 98   Burundi: 0 bbl  2006 Time series
= 98   Liberia: 0 bbl  2006 Time series
= 98   Cambodia: 0 bbl  2006 Time series
= 98   Macau: 0 bbl  2008 Time series
= 98   Sri Lanka: 0 bbl  2006 Time series
= 98   Malawi: 0 bbl  2006 Time series
= 98   Cayman Islands: 0 bbl  2006 Time series
= 98   Mauritius: 0 bbl  2006 Time series
= 98   Comoros: 0 bbl  2006 Time series
= 98   New Caledonia: 0 bbl  2006 Time series
= 98   Costa Rica: 0 bbl  2006 Time series
= 98   Nepal: 0 bbl  2006 Time series
= 98   Central African Republic: 0 bbl  2006 Time series
= 98   Paraguay: 0 bbl  2006 Time series
= 98   Cape Verde: 0 bbl  2006 Time series
= 98   Puerto Rico: 0 bbl  2006 Time series
= 98   Cook Islands: 0 bbl  2006 Time series
= 98   Seychelles: 0 bbl  2006 Time series
= 98   Djibouti: 0 bbl  2006 Time series
= 98   Sierra Leone: 0 bbl  2006 Time series
= 98   Dominica: 0 bbl  2006 Time series
= 98   Sweden: 0 bbl  2006 Time series
= 98   Dominican Republic: 0 bbl  2006 Time series
= 98   East Timor: 0 bbl  2006 Time series
= 98   Ireland: 0 bbl  2006 Time series
= 98   Laos: 0 bbl  2006 Time series
= 98   Estonia: 0 bbl  2006 Time series
= 98   Latvia: 0 bbl  2006 Time series
= 98   Eritrea: 0 bbl  2006 Time series
= 98   Lesotho: 0 bbl  2006 Time series
= 98   El Salvador: 0 bbl  2006 Time series
= 98   Madagascar: 0 bbl  2006 Time series
= 98   Finland: 0 bbl  2006 Time series
= 98   Moldova: 0 bbl  2006 Time series
= 98   Fiji: 0 bbl  2006 Time series
= 98   Montserrat: 0 bbl  2006 Time series
= 98   Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas): 0 bbl  2006 Time series
= 98   Montenegro: 0 bbl  2006 Time series
= 98   Faroe Islands: 0 bbl  2006 Time series
= 98   Mali: 0 bbl  2006 Time series
= 98   French Polynesia: 0 bbl  2006 Time series
= 98   Malta: 0 bbl  2006 Time series
= 98   Gambia, The: 0 bbl  2006 Time series
= 98   Mozambique: 0 bbl  2006 Time series
= 98   Gibraltar: 0 bbl  2006 Time series
= 98   Niue: 0 bbl  2006 Time series
= 98   Grenada: 0 bbl  2006 Time series
= 98   Vanuatu: 0 bbl  2006 Time series
= 98   Greenland: 0 bbl  2006 Time series
= 98   Nauru: 0 bbl  2006 Time series
= 98   Guam: 0 bbl  2006 Time series
= 98   Nicaragua: 0 bbl  2006 Time series
= 98   Guinea: 0 bbl  2006 Time series
= 98   Panama: 0 bbl  2006 Time series
= 98   Guyana: 0 bbl  2006 Time series
= 98   Guinea-Bissau: 0 bbl  2006 Time series
= 98   Haiti: 0 bbl  2006 Time series
= 98   Rwanda: 0 bbl  2006 Time series
= 98   Hong Kong: 0 bbl  2006 Time series
= 98   Saint Kitts and Nevis: 0 bbl  2006 Time series
= 98   Honduras: 0 bbl  2006 Time series
= 98   Senegal: 0 bbl  2006 Time series
= 98   Iceland: 0 bbl  2006 Time series
= 98   Slovenia: 0 bbl  2006 Time series
= 98   Jamaica: 0 bbl  2006 Time series
= 98   Singapore: 0 bbl  2006 Time series
= 98   Kenya: 0 bbl  2006 Time series
= 98   Saint Lucia: 0 bbl  2006 Time series
= 98   Korea, North: 0 bbl  2006 Time series
= 98   Switzerland: 0 bbl  2006 Time series
= 98   Kiribati: 0 bbl  2006 Time series
= 98   Tonga: 0 bbl  2007 Time series
= 98   Aruba: 0 bbl  2006 Time series
= 98   São Tomé and Príncipe: 0 bbl  2006 Time series
= 98   Antigua and Barbuda: 0 bbl  2006 Time series
= 98   Tanzania: 0 bbl  2006 Time series
= 98   Afghanistan: 0 bbl  2006 Time series
= 98   Burkina Faso: 0 bbl  2006 Time series
= 98   Armenia: 0 bbl  2006 Time series
= 98   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 0 bbl  2006 Time series
= 98   American Samoa: 0 bbl  2006 Time series
= 98   Virgin Islands: 0 bbl  2006 Time series
= 98   Botswana: 0 bbl  2006 Time series
= 98   Western Sahara: 0 bbl  2006 Time series
= 98   Bermuda: 0 bbl  2006 Time series
= 98   Swaziland: 0 bbl  2006 Time series
= 98   Belgium: 0 bbl  2006 Time series
= 98   Zimbabwe: 0 bbl  2006 Time series
Total: 1,331,755,784,000 bbl  
Weighted average: 6,372,037,244.0 bbl  

Historical countries, unions or other regions:
European Union 6,144,000,000 bbl  



DEFINITION: This entry is the stock of proved reserves of crude oil in barrels (bbl). Proved reserves are those quantities of petroleum which, by analysis of geological and engineering data, can be estimated with a high degree of confidence to be commercially recoverable from a given date forward, from known reservoirs and under current economic conditions.

SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 via NationMaster

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