Proved Crude Oil Reserves - world statistics and charts as map, diagram and table
Reserves of crude oil by the countries of the world
Rank (total) | Country | Total (million barrels) | per Capita (barrels) | per km² (barrels) | Date |
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1 | Venezuela | 300,000.0 | 9,668.5 | 340,117 | January 2016 est. |
2 | Saudi Arabia | 269,000.0 | 8,341.6 | 125,134 | January 2016 est. |
3 | Canada | 171,000.0 | 4,712.5 | 18,805 | January 2016 est. |
4 | Iran | 157,800.0 | 1,980.3 | 103,030 | January 2016 est. |
5 | Iraq | 143,000.0 | 3,748.8 | 326,957 | January 2016 est. |
6 | Kuwait | 104,000.0 | 24,016.8 | 5,836,794 | January 2016 est. |
7 | United Arab Emirates | 98,000.0 | 11,011.2 | 1,172,249 | January 2016 est. |
8 | Russia | 80,000.0 | 554.2 | 4,885 | January 2016 est. |
9 | Libya | 48,360.0 | 7,392.3 | 27,484 | January 2016 est. |
10 | Nigeria | 37,000.0 | 198.9 | 40,625 | January 2016 est. |
11 | United States of America | 36,520.0 | 113.0 | 3,992 | January 2016 est. |
12 | Kazakhstan | 30,000.0 | 1,685.6 | 11,112 | January 2016 est. |
13 | China | 25,000.0 | 18.1 | 2,681 | January 2016 est. |
13 | Qatar | 25,000.0 | 10,092.4 | 2,157,777 | January 2016 est. |
15 | Brazil | 16,000.0 | 77.6 | 1,914 | January 2016 est. |
16 | Algeria | 12,000.0 | 297.0 | 5,038 | January 2016 est. |
17 | Mexico | 9,700.0 | 80.2 | 4,990 | January 2016 est. |
18 | Ecuador | 8,832.0 | 534.3 | 31,903 | January 2016 est. |
19 | Angola | 8,400.0 | 308.7 | 6,738 | January 2016 est. |
20 | Azerbaijan | 7,000.0 | 717.1 | 84,716 | January 2016 est. |
21 | India | 5,675.0 | 4.5 | 1,909 | January 2016 est. |
22 | Oman | 5,300.0 | 1,200.7 | 17,124 | January 2016 est. |
23 | Norway | 5,100.0 | 1,090.6 | 16,761 | January 2010 est. |
24 | Sudan | 5,000.0 | 126.3 | 2,686 | January 2016 est. |
25 | Egypt | 4,400.0 | 48.3 | 4,420 | January 2016 est. |
25 | Vietnam | 4,400.0 | 47.5 | 14,190 | January 2016 est. |
27 | South Sudan | 3,750.0 | 299.3 | 5,820 | January 2016 est. |
28 | Indonesia | 3,693.0 | 14.3 | 2,039 | January 2016 est. |
29 | Malaysia | 3,600.0 | 113.7 | 10,954 | January 2016 est. |
30 | Yemen | 3,000.0 | 109.5 | 5,682 | January 2016 est. |
31 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 2,800.0 | 42.7 | 11,574 | January 2016 est. |
32 | Syria | 2,500.0 | 145.5 | 13,614 | January 2016 est. |
32 | Uganda | 2,500.0 | 69.9 | 12,684 | July 2015 |
34 | Argentina | 2,400.0 | 55.1 | 877 | January 2016 est. |
35 | Colombia | 2,300.0 | 47.2 | 2,214 | January 2016 est. |
36 | Gabon | 2,000.0 | 1,043.1 | 7,762 | January 2016 est. |
37 | Congo (Republic) | 1,600.0 | 329.7 | 4,685 | January 2016 est. |
38 | Chad | 1,500.0 | 126.6 | 1,191 | January 2016 est. |
39 | Australia | 1,200.0 | 49.7 | 156 | January 2016 est. |
40 | Brunei | 1,100.0 | 2,603.6 | 208,927 | January 2016 est. |
40 | Equatorial Guinea | 1,100.0 | 878.1 | 39,214 | January 2016 est. |
42 | Peru | 700.0 | 22.2 | 547 | January 2016 est. |
42 | Trinidad and Tobago | 700.0 | 517.0 | 136,505 | January 2016 est. |
44 | Ghana | 660.0 | 23.3 | 2,901 | January 2016 est. |
45 | Denmark | 611.0 | 106.6 | 14,399 | January 2016 est. |
46 | Romania | 600.0 | 30.4 | 2,610 | January 2016 est. |
46 | Turkmenistan | 600.0 | 113.4 | 1,277 | January 2016 est. |
46 | Uzbekistan | 600.0 | 18.8 | 1,410 | January 2016 est. |
49 | Italy | 544.5 | 9.0 | 1,851 | January 2016 est. |
50 | Japan | 541.6 | 4.3 | 1,486 | March 2015 est. |
51 | Pakistan | 400.0 | 2.0 | 519 | January 2016 est. |
51 | Thailand | 400.0 | 5.9 | 783 | January 2016 est. |
51 | Tunisia | 400.0 | 35.4 | 2,575 | January 2016 est. |
51 | Ukraine | 400.0 | 8.9 | 690 | January 2016 est. |
55 | Turkey | 300.0 | 3.8 | 390 | January 2016 est. |
56 | Bolivia | 209.8 | 19.1 | 194 | January 2016 est. |
57 | Albania | 200.0 | 69.4 | 7,300 | January 2016 est. |
57 | Belarus | 200.0 | 21.0 | 986 | January 2016 est. |
57 | Cameroon | 200.0 | 8.8 | 423 | January 2016 est. |
57 | Papua New Guinea | 200.0 | 24.1 | 442 | January 2016 est. |
61 | Congo (Democratic Republic) | 180.0 | 2.2 | 79 | January 2016 est. |
62 | Chile | 150.0 | 8.2 | 202 | January 2016 est. |
62 | Niger | 150.0 | 7.6 | 118 | January 2016 est. |
62 | Spain | 150.0 | 3.2 | 301 | January 2016 est. |
65 | Netherlands | 144.7 | 8.5 | 4,269 | January 2016 est. |
66 | Cuba | 124.0 | 11.0 | 1,129 | January 2016 est. |
67 | Bahrain | 100.0 | 70.3 | 131,579 | January 2016 est. |
67 | Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) | 100.0 | 4.2 | 314 | January 2016 est. |
67 | Germany | 100.0 | 1.2 | 287 | January 2016 est. |
67 | Philippines | 100.0 | 1.0 | 335 | January 2016 est. |
67 | Poland | 100.0 | 2.6 | 329 | January 2010 est. |
67 | Serbia | 100.0 | 14.2 | 1,291 | January 2016 est. |
73 | Suriname | 89.0 | 157.9 | 570 | January 2016 est. |
74 | France | 84.1 | 1.3 | 153 | January 2016 est. |
75 | Guatemala | 83.1 | 5.0 | 775 | January 2016 est. |
76 | Croatia | 71.0 | 17.0 | 1,268 | January 2016 est. |
77 | New Zealand | 67.2 | 14.3 | 254 | January 2016 est. |
78 | Myanmar (Burma) | 50.0 | 1.0 | 77 | January 2016 est. |
79 | Austria | 47.5 | 5.4 | 576 | January 2016 est. |
80 | Kyrgyzstan | 40.0 | 6.6 | 209 | January 2016 est. |
81 | Georgia | 35.0 | 8.7 | 502 | January 2016 est. |
82 | Bangladesh | 28.0 | 0.2 | 215 | January 2016 est. |
83 | Hungary | 27.2 | 2.8 | 303 | January 2016 est. |
84 | Mauritania | 20.0 | 5.3 | 19 | January 2016 est. |
85 | Bulgaria | 15.0 | 2.1 | 138 | January 2016 est. |
85 | Czech Republic | 15.0 | 1.4 | 194 | January 2016 est. |
85 | South Africa | 15.0 | 0.3 | 12 | January 2016 est. |
88 | Israel | 14.0 | 1.6 | 686 | January 2016 est. |
89 | Lithuania | 12.0 | 4.2 | 191 | January 2016 est. |
89 | Tajikistan | 12.0 | 1.4 | 85 | January 2016 est. |
91 | Taiwan | 10.1 | 0.4 | 312 | January 2016 est. |
92 | Greece | 10.0 | 0.9 | 77 | January 2016 est. |
93 | Slovakia | 9.0 | 1.7 | 187 | January 2016 est. |
94 | Benin | 8.0 | 0.7 | 72 | January 2016 est. |
95 | Belize | 6.7 | 17.7 | 294 | January 2016 est. |
96 | Barbados | 2.5 | 8.9 | 5,884 | January 2016 est. |
97 | Jordan | 1.0 | 0.1 | 11 | January 2016 est. |
98 | Morocco | 0.7 | 0.0 | 2 | January 2016 est. |
99 | Ethiopia | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2016 est. |
100 | Afghanistan | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2016 est. |
100 | American Samoa | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2016 est. |
100 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2016 est. |
100 | Armenia | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2016 est. |
100 | Aruba | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2016 est. |
100 | Bahamas | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2016 est. |
100 | Belgium | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2016 est. |
100 | Bermuda | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2016 est. |
100 | Bhutan | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2016 est. |
100 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2016 est. |
100 | Botswana | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2016 est. |
100 | British Virgin Islands | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2016 est. |
100 | Burkina Faso | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2016 est. |
100 | Burundi | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2016 est. |
100 | Cambodia | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2016 est. |
100 | Cape Verde | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2016 est. |
100 | Cayman Islands | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2016 est. |
100 | Central African Republic | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2016 est. |
100 | Comoros | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2016 est. |
100 | Cook Islands | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2016 est. |
100 | Costa Rica | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2016 est. |
100 | Curacao | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2011 est. |
100 | Cyprus | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2016 est. |
100 | Djibouti | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2016 est. |
100 | Dominica | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2016 est. |
100 | Dominican Republic | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2016 est. |
100 | East Timor | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2016 est. |
100 | El Salvador | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2016 est. |
100 | Eritrea | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2016 est. |
100 | Estonia | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2016 est. |
100 | Falkland Islands | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2016 est. |
100 | Faroe Islands | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2016 est. |
100 | Fiji | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2016 est. |
100 | Finland | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2016 est. |
100 | French Polynesia | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2016 est. |
100 | Gambia | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2016 est. |
100 | Gibraltar | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2016 est. |
100 | Greenland | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2016 est. |
100 | Grenada | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2016 est. |
100 | Guam | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2016 est. |
100 | Guinea | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2016 est. |
100 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2016 est. |
100 | Guyana | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2016 est. |
100 | Haiti | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2016 est. |
100 | Honduras | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2016 est. |
100 | Hong Kong | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2016 est. |
100 | Iceland | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2016 est. |
100 | Ireland | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2016 est. |
100 | Jamaica | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2016 est. |
100 | Kenya | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2016 est. |
100 | Kiribati | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2016 est. |
100 | Korea (North) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2016 est. |
100 | Korea (South) | 0.0 | ... | 0 | |
100 | Laos | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2016 est. |
100 | Latvia | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2016 est. |
100 | Lebanon | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2016 est. |
100 | Lesotho | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2016 est. |
100 | Liberia | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2016 est. |
100 | Luxembourg | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2016 est. |
100 | Macau | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2016 est. |
100 | Macedonia | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2016 est. |
100 | Madagascar | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2016 est. |
100 | Malawi | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2016 est. |
100 | Maldives | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2016 est. |
100 | Mali | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2016 est. |
100 | Malta | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2016 est. |
100 | Marshall Islands | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2016 est. |
100 | Mauritius | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2016 est. |
100 | Micronesia | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2014 |
100 | Moldova | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2016 est. |
100 | Montenegro | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2016 est. |
100 | Montserrat | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2016 est. |
100 | Mozambique | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2016 est. |
100 | Namibia | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2016 est. |
100 | Nauru | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2016 est. |
100 | Nepal | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2016 est. |
100 | New Caledonia | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2016 est. |
100 | Nicaragua | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2016 est. |
100 | Niue | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2016 est. |
100 | Palestinian Territories | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2009 est. |
100 | Panama | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2010 est. |
100 | Paraguay | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2016 est. |
100 | Portugal | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2016 est. |
100 | Puerto Rico | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2016 est. |
100 | Rwanda | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2016 est. |
100 | Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2016 est. |
100 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2016 est. |
100 | Saint Lucia | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2016 est. |
100 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2016 est. |
100 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2016 est. |
100 | Samoa | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2016 est. |
100 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2010 est. |
100 | Senegal | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2016 est. |
100 | Seychelles | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2016 est. |
100 | Sierra Leone | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2016 est. |
100 | Singapore | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2016 est. |
100 | Slovenia | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2016 est. |
100 | Solomon Islands | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2016 est. |
100 | Somalia | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2016 est. |
100 | Sri Lanka | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2016 est. |
100 | Swaziland | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2010 est. |
100 | Sweden | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2016 est. |
100 | Switzerland | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2016 est. |
100 | Tanzania | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2016 est. |
100 | Togo | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2016 est. |
100 | Tokelau | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2016 est. |
100 | Tonga | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2010 est. |
100 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2016 est. |
100 | Tuvalu | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2016 est. |
100 | Uruguay | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2014 est. |
100 | Vanuatu | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2016 est. |
100 | Virgin Islands of the U.S. | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2016 est. |
100 | Western Sahara | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2016 est. |
100 | Zambia | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2016 est. |
100 | Zimbabwe | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2016 est. |
World | 1,662,000.0 | 227.0 | 11,159 | January 2016 est. |
No information is available for non-listed countries.
Proved reserves of crude oil 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. 1 US barrel corresponds to 158.9873 liters and 0.136 tons of oil.
Source: CIA World Factbook (2017-01-17)