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

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   Saudi Arabia  19.8%
   Canada  13.5%
   Iran  10%
   Iraq  8.5%
   United Arab Emirates  7.4%
   Kuwait  7.3%
   Venezuela  5.7%
   Russia  5.6%
   Libya  3.2%
   Nigeria  2.7%
   Kazakhstan  2%
   Angola  1.9%
   United States  1.7%
   China  1.2%
   Qatar  1.1%
   Brazil  0.9%
   Algeria  0.8%
   Norway  0.7%
   India  0.4%
   Ecuador  0.4%


Rank   Countries  Amount  (top to bottom)   
#1   Saudi Arabia: 262,700,000,000 bbl  
#2   Canada: 178,900,000,000 bbl  
#3   Iran: 132,500,000,000 bbl  
#4   Iraq: 112,500,000,000 bbl  
#5   United Arab Emirates: 97,800,000,000 bbl  
#6   Kuwait: 96,500,000,000 bbl  
#7   Venezuela: 75,270,000,000 bbl  
#8   Russia: 74,400,000,000 bbl  
#9   Libya: 42,000,000,000 bbl  
#10   Nigeria: 36,250,000,000 bbl  
#11   Kazakhstan: 26,000,000,000 bbl  
#12   Angola: 25,000,000,000 bbl  
#13   United States: 22,450,000,000 bbl  
#14   China: 16,100,000,000 bbl  
#15   Qatar: 15,200,000,000 bbl  
#16   Mexico: 12,490,000,000 bbl  
#17   Brazil: 12,220,000,000 bbl  
#18   Algeria: 11,000,000,000 bbl  
#19   Norway: 9,859,000,000 bbl  
#20   India: 5,600,000,000 bbl  
#21   Ecuador: 5,115,000,000 bbl  
#22   Indonesia: 4,850,000,000 bbl  
#23   Oman: 4,700,000,000 bbl  
#24   United Kingdom: 4,500,000,000 bbl  
#25   Yemen: 3,720,000,000 bbl  
#26   Australia: 3,664,000,000 bbl  
#27   Malaysia: 3,100,000,000 bbl  
#28   Egypt: 2,600,000,000 bbl  
#29   Vietnam: 2,500,000,000 bbl  
#30   Syria: 2,400,000,000 bbl  
#31   Argentina: 2,116,000,000 bbl  
#32   Chad: 2,000,000,000 bbl  
#33   Gabon: 1,827,000,000 bbl  
#34   Tunisia: 1,700,000,000 bbl  
#35   Sudan: 1,600,000,000 bbl  
#36   Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 1,538,000,000 bbl  
#37   Denmark: 1,300,000,000 bbl  
#38   Colombia: 1,282,000,000 bbl  
#39   Brunei: 1,255,000,000 bbl  
#40   Mauritania: 1,000,000,000 bbl  
#41   Trinidad and Tobago: 990,000,000 bbl  
#42   Uzbekistan: 600,000,000 bbl  
#43   Azerbaijan: 589,000,000 bbl  
#44   Italy: 586,600,000 bbl  
#45   Thailand: 583,000,000 bbl  
#46   Equatorial Guinea: 563,500,000 bbl  
#47   Turkmenistan: 546,000,000 bbl  
#48   Romania: 500,000,000 bbl  
#49   Bolivia: 458,800,000 bbl  
#50   Germany: 395,800,000 bbl  
#51   Ukraine: 395,000,000 bbl  
#52   Peru: 370,000,000 bbl  
#53   Pakistan: 358,900,000 bbl  
#54   Turkey: 288,400,000 bbl  
#55   Guatemala: 263,000,000 bbl  
#56   Cuba: 259,000,000 bbl  
#57   Côte d'Ivoire: 220,000,000 bbl  
#58   Albania: 185,500,000 bbl  
#59   Papua New Guinea: 170,000,000 bbl  
#60   France: 159,000,000 bbl  
#61   Philippines: 152,000,000 bbl  
#62   Chile: 150,000,000 bbl  
#63   Suriname: 150,000,000 bbl  
#64   Poland: 142,400,000 bbl  
#65   Bahrain: 121,000,000 bbl  
#66   Hungary: 110,700,000 bbl  
#67   Morocco: 100,000,000 bbl  
#68   Croatia: 93,600,000 bbl  
#69   Congo, Republic of the: 93,500,000 bbl  
#70   Cameroon: 90,000,000 bbl  
#71   New Zealand: 89,620,000 bbl  
#72   Netherlands: 88,060,000 bbl  
#73   Austria: 80,660,000 bbl  
#74   Japan: 59,000,000 bbl  
#75   Serbia and Montenegro: 38,750,000 bbl  
#76   Bangladesh: 28,450,000 bbl  
#77   Czech Republic: 17,250,000 bbl  
#78   Bulgaria: 15,000,000 bbl  
#79   Spain: 10,500,000 bbl  
#80   Slovakia: 9,000,000 bbl  
#81   Ghana: 8,255,000 bbl  
#82   South Africa: 7,840,000 bbl  
#83   Greece: 4,500,000 bbl  
#84   Benin: 4,105,000 bbl  
#85   Taiwan: 3,000,000 bbl  
#86   Israel: 2,000,000 bbl  
#87   Barbados: 1,254,000 bbl  
#88   Jordan: 445,000 bbl  
#89   Ethiopia: 214,000 bbl  
#90   Madagascar: 0 bbl  
#91   Tanzania: 0 bbl  
#92   Rwanda: 0 bbl  
#93   Mozambique: 0 bbl  
#94   Afghanistan: 0 bbl  
#95   Somalia: 0 bbl  
#96   Ireland: 0 bbl  
#97   Namibia: 0 bbl  
Total: 1,327,658,603,000 bbl   
Weighted average: 13,687,202,092.8 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: CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007

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