Energy > Oil > Proved > Reserves per capita: Countries Compared
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. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
CONTENTS
| # | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kuwait | 34,764.24 bbl | 2010 | ||
| 2 | Qatar | 14,522.38 bbl | 2010 | ||
| 3 | United Arab Emirates | 11,585.57 bbl | 2010 | ||
| 4 | Saudi Arabia | 9,707.1 bbl | 2010 | ||
| OPEC countries average (profile) | 8,052.35 bbl | 2010 | |||
| 5 | Libya | 7,780.67 bbl | 2010 | ||
| 6 | Canada | 5,133.83 bbl | 2010 | ||
| Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile) | 4,816.66 bbl | 2010 | |||
| 7 | Iraq | 3,714.18 bbl | 2010 | ||
| 8 | Venezuela | 3,366.35 bbl | 2010 | ||
| 9 | Brunei | 2,746.09 bbl | 2010 | ||
| Muslim countries average (profile) | 2,021.21 bbl | 2010 | |||
| 10 | Oman | 1,962.35 bbl | 2010 | ||
| 11 | Iran | 1,847.91 bbl | 2010 | ||
| 12 | Kazakhstan | 1,837.87 bbl | 2010 | ||
| 13 | Equatorial Guinea | 1,580.08 bbl | 2010 | ||
| Former British colonies average (profile) | 1,407.71 bbl | 2010 | |||
| 14 | Norway | 1,366.26 bbl | 2010 | ||
| 15 | Gabon | 1,285.16 bbl | 2010 | ||
| Hot countries average (profile) | 835.24 bbl | 2010 | |||
| 16 | Azerbaijan | 773.11 bbl | 2010 | ||
| Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) | 751.06 bbl | 2010 | |||
| 17 | Angola | 690.57 bbl | 2010 | ||
| Religious countries average (profile) | 666.68 bbl | 2010 | |||
| 18 | Trinidad and Tobago | 548.38 bbl | 2010 | ||
| 19 | Russia | 522.87 bbl | 2009 | ||
| 20 | East Timor | 513.77 bbl | 2008 | ||
| Non-religious countries average (profile) | 473.09 bbl | 2010 | |||
| 21 | Ecuador | 436.1 bbl | 2010 | ||
| 22 | Algeria | 362.09 bbl | 2010 | ||
| failed states average (profile) | 295.01 bbl | 2010 | |||
| Former Spanish colonies average (profile) | 284.1 bbl | 2010 | |||
| NATO countries average (profile) | 255.12 bbl | 2010 | |||
| 23 | Nigeria | 234.8 bbl | 2010 | ||
| High income OECD countries average (profile) | 233.81 bbl | 2010 | |||
| Former Soviet republics average (profile) | 200.05 bbl | 2010 | |||
| 24 | Denmark | 191.07 bbl | 2010 | ||
| 25 | Sudan | 190.73 bbl | 2010 | ||
| Catholic countries average (profile) | 165.99 bbl | 2010 | |||
| Emerging markets average (profile) | 161.07 bbl | 2010 | |||
| Christian countries average (profile) | 160.82 bbl | 2010 | |||
| South and Central Asia average (profile) | 153.39 bbl | 2010 | |||
| 26 | Suriname | 151.63 bbl | 2010 | ||
| 27 | Australia | 150.37 bbl | 2010 | ||
| 28 | Yemen | 138.82 bbl | 2010 | ||
| Latin America and Caribbean average (profile) | 135.99 bbl | 2010 | |||
| Heavily indebted countries average (profile) | 132.34 bbl | 2010 | |||
| 29 | Chad | 127.98 bbl | 2010 | ||
| 30 | Turkmenistan | 119 bbl | 2010 | ||
| 31 | Syria | 116.1 bbl | 2010 | ||
| 32 | Mexico | 105.36 bbl | 2010 | ||
| 33 | Malaysia | 102.56 bbl | 2010 | ||
| 34 | Bahrain | 99.56 bbl | 2010 | ||
| Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile) | 88.61 bbl | 2010 | |||
| Former French colonies average (profile) | 85.01 bbl | 2010 | |||
| 35 | Brazil | 67.62 bbl | 2010 | ||
| 36 | Albania | 63.2 bbl | 2010 | ||
| 37 | United States | 61.81 bbl | 2010 | ||
| 38 | Argentina | 59.1 bbl | 2010 | ||
| 39 | Egypt | 55.07 bbl | 2010 | ||
| 40 | Vietnam | 54.06 bbl | 2010 | ||
| 41 | United Kingdom | 49.53 bbl | 2010 | ||
| 42 | Bolivia | 45.78 bbl | 2010 | ||
| 43 | Colombia | 40.91 bbl | 2010 | ||
| 44 | Tunisia | 40.29 bbl | 2010 | ||
| 45 | Romania | 27.99 bbl | 2010 | ||
| 46 | Mauritania | 27.71 bbl | 2010 | ||
| 47 | Papua New Guinea | 24.79 bbl | 2010 | ||
| 48 | Belize | 21.71 bbl | 2010 | ||
| 49 | Belarus | 20.86 bbl | 2010 | ||
| 50 | Uzbekistan | 20.8 bbl | 2010 | ||
| 51 | Indonesia | 16.83 bbl | 2010 | ||
| 52 | Croatia | 16.6 bbl | 2010 | ||
| 53 | Peru | 16.09 bbl | 2010 | ||
| 54 | Cuba | 15.86 bbl | 2010 | ||
| 55 | China | 15.21 bbl | 2010 | ||
| 56 | New Zealand | 13.74 bbl | 2010 | ||
| 57 | Cote d'Ivoire | 13.17 bbl | 2010 | ||
| European Union average (profile) | 12.29 bbl | 2010 | |||
| 58 | European Union | 10.76 bbl | 2010 | ||
| 59 | Austria | 10.61 bbl | 2010 | ||
| 60 | Cameroon | 9.7 bbl | 2010 | ||
| 61 | Chile | 8.75 bbl | 2010 | ||
| 62 | Ukraine | 8.61 bbl | 2010 | ||
| 63 | Georgia | 7.86 bbl | 2010 | ||
| 64 | Kyrgyzstan | 7.34 bbl | 2010 | ||
| 65 | Italy | 7.01 bbl | 2010 | ||
| 66 | Thailand | 6.48 bbl | 2010 | ||
| 67 | Barbados | 6.38 bbl | 2010 | ||
| 68 | Netherlands | 6.02 bbl | 2010 | ||
| 69 | Guatemala | 5.79 bbl | 2010 | ||
| 70 | India | 4.81 bbl | 2010 | ||
| 71 | Lithuania | 3.65 bbl | 2010 | ||
| 72 | Turkey | 3.63 bbl | 2010 | ||
| 73 | Germany | 3.38 bbl | 2010 | ||
| 74 | Spain | 3.26 bbl | 2010 | ||
| 75 | Morocco | 3.16 bbl | 2010 | ||
| 76 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2.89 bbl | 2010 | ||
| 77 | Hungary | 2.66 bbl | 2010 | ||
| 78 | Poland | 2.52 bbl | 2010 | ||
| 79 | Pakistan | 2.52 bbl | 2010 | ||
| Eurozone average (profile) | 2.02 bbl | 2010 | |||
| 80 | Bulgaria | 1.99 bbl | 2010 | ||
| 81 | Philippines | 1.8 bbl | 2010 | ||
| 82 | Slovakia | 1.66 bbl | 2010 | ||
| 83 | Tajikistan | 1.57 bbl | 2010 | ||
| 84 | France | 1.56 bbl | 2010 | ||
| South Asia average (profile) | 1.5 bbl | 2010 | |||
| 85 | Czech Republic | 1.43 bbl | 2010 | ||
| 86 | Burma | 0.963 bbl | 2010 | ||
| 87 | Greece | 0.884 bbl | 2010 | ||
| 88 | Benin | 0.841 bbl | 2010 | ||
| 89 | Ghana | 0.618 bbl | 2010 | ||
| 90 | Japan | 0.346 bbl | 2010 | ||
| 91 | South Africa | 0.3 bbl | 2010 | ||
| 92 | Israel | 0.254 bbl | 2010 | ||
| 93 | Bangladesh | 0.185 bbl | 2010 | ||
| 94 | Jordan | 0.165 bbl | 2010 | ||
| 95 | Ethiopia | 0.00494 bbl | 2010 | ||
| =96 | Swaziland | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =96 | Burkina Faso | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =96 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =96 | Dominica | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =96 | Liberia | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =96 | Tanzania | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =96 | Madagascar | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =96 | South Korea | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =96 | Afghanistan | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =96 | Vanuatu | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =96 | Malawi | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =96 | Dominican Republic | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =96 | Central African Republic | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =96 | Mauritius | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =96 | Portugal | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =96 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =96 | Guinea | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =96 | Panama | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =96 | Costa Rica | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =96 | Luxembourg | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =96 | American Samoa | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =96 | Ireland | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =96 | El Salvador | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =96 | Rwanda | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =96 | Hong Kong | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =96 | Sierra Leone | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =96 | Moldova | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =96 | Estonia | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =96 | Lebanon | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =96 | Fiji | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =96 | Nepal | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =96 | Maldives | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =96 | Senegal | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =96 | Zimbabwe | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =96 | Paraguay | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =96 | Botswana | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =96 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =96 | Cambodia | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =96 | The Gambia | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =96 | Aruba | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =96 | Cape Verde | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =96 | Slovenia | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =96 | The Bahamas | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =96 | Samoa | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =96 | Jamaica | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =96 | Macau | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =96 | Guam | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =96 | Lesotho | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =96 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =96 | Kenya | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =96 | Eritrea | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =96 | Solomon Islands | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =96 | Saint Lucia | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =96 | Cyprus | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =96 | Bermuda | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =96 | Somalia | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =96 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =96 | Togo | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =96 | Armenia | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =96 | Tonga | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =96 | Cayman Islands | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =96 | Sweden | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =96 | Mali | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =96 | Latvia | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =96 | Mozambique | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =96 | Uganda | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =96 | Niger | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =96 | Puerto Rico | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =96 | Belgium | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =96 | Kiribati | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =96 | Haiti | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =96 | French Polynesia | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =96 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =96 | Switzerland | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =96 | Grenada | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =96 | Seychelles | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =96 | Uruguay | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =96 | Djibouti | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =96 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =96 | Burundi | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =96 | Nicaragua | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =96 | Bhutan | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =96 | Malta | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =96 | Iceland | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =96 | Zambia | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =96 | New Caledonia | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =96 | North Korea | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =96 | Guyana | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =96 | Honduras | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =96 | Singapore | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =96 | Sri Lanka | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =96 | Namibia | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =96 | Comoros | 0.0 | 2010 |
