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 | 302,300.0 | 9,497.9 | 342,724 | January 2018 est. |
2 | Saudi Arabia | 266,200.0 | 7,966.8 | 123,832 | January 2018 est. |
3 | Canada | 170,500.0 | 4,600.8 | 18,750 | January 2018 est. |
4 | Iran | 157,200.0 | 1,915.1 | 102,638 | January 2018 est. |
5 | Iraq | 148,800.0 | 3,903.0 | 340,218 | January 2018 est. |
6 | Kuwait | 101,500.0 | 23,476.3 | 5,696,487 | January 2018 est. |
7 | United Arab Emirates | 97,800.0 | 10,441.1 | 1,169,856 | January 2018 est. |
8 | Russia | 80,000.0 | 553.7 | 4,885 | January 2018 est. |
9 | Libya | 48,360.0 | 7,159.7 | 27,484 | January 2018 est. |
10 | Nigeria | 37,450.0 | 184.1 | 41,119 | January 2018 est. |
11 | Kazakhstan | 30,000.0 | 1,641.5 | 11,112 | January 2018 est. |
12 | China | 25,630.0 | 18.4 | 2,748 | January 2018 est. |
13 | Qatar | 25,240.0 | 9,144.4 | 2,178,491 | January 2018 est. |
14 | Brazil | 12,630.0 | 60.6 | 1,511 | January 2018 est. |
15 | Algeria | 12,200.0 | 286.5 | 5,122 | January 2018 est. |
16 | Angola | 9,523.0 | 325.6 | 7,639 | January 2018 est. |
17 | Ecuador | 8,273.0 | 486.0 | 29,884 | January 2018 est. |
18 | Azerbaijan | 7,000.0 | 704.2 | 84,716 | January 2018 est. |
19 | Mexico | 6,630.0 | 52.9 | 3,411 | January 2018 est. |
20 | Norway | 6,376.0 | 1,200.3 | 20,954 | January 2018 |
21 | Oman | 5,373.0 | 1,169.9 | 17,360 | January 2018 est. |
22 | Sudan | 5,000.0 | 127.3 | 2,887 | January 2018 est. |
23 | India | 4,495.0 | 3.5 | 1,512 | January 2018 est. |
24 | Egypt | 4,400.0 | 45.3 | 4,420 | January 2018 est. |
24 | Vietnam | 4,400.0 | 46.2 | 14,190 | January 2018 est. |
26 | South Sudan | 3,750.0 | 287.9 | 5,820 | January 2017 est. |
27 | Malaysia | 3,600.0 | 111.2 | 10,954 | January 2018 est. |
28 | Indonesia | 3,310.0 | 12.5 | 1,827 | January 2018 est. |
29 | Yemen | 3,000.0 | 104.6 | 5,682 | January 2018 est. |
30 | Syria | 2,500.0 | 128.5 | 13,449 | January 2018 est. |
30 | Uganda | 2,500.0 | 64.0 | 12,684 | January 2018 est. |
32 | Argentina | 2,162.0 | 48.6 | 790 | January 2018 est. |
33 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 2,069.0 | 31.1 | 8,552 | January 2018 est. |
34 | Gabon | 2,000.0 | 967.6 | 7,762 | January 2018 est. |
35 | Australia | 1,821.0 | 72.9 | 237 | January 2018 est. |
36 | Colombia | 1,665.0 | 34.5 | 1,603 | January 2018 est. |
37 | Congo (Republic) | 1,600.0 | 316.1 | 4,685 | January 2018 est. |
38 | Chad | 1,500.0 | 98.9 | 1,191 | January 2018 est. |
39 | Brunei | 1,100.0 | 2,486.4 | 208,927 | January 2018 est. |
39 | Equatorial Guinea | 1,100.0 | 809.9 | 39,214 | January 2018 est. |
41 | Ghana | 660.0 | 22.3 | 2,901 | January 2018 est. |
42 | Romania | 600.0 | 30.8 | 2,610 | January 2018 est. |
42 | Turkmenistan | 600.0 | 110.9 | 1,277 | January 2018 est. |
44 | Uzbekistan | 594.0 | 18.0 | 1,396 | January 2018 est. |
45 | Italy | 487.8 | 8.1 | 1,658 | January 2018 est. |
46 | Denmark | 439.0 | 75.7 | 10,345 | January 2018 est. |
47 | Peru | 434.9 | 13.8 | 340 | January 2018 est. |
48 | Tunisia | 425.0 | 36.7 | 2,736 | January 2018 est. |
49 | Ukraine | 395.0 | 8.9 | 682 | January 2018 est. |
50 | Thailand | 349.4 | 5.2 | 684 | January 2018 est. |
51 | Turkey | 341.6 | 4.2 | 444 | January 2018 est. |
52 | Pakistan | 332.2 | 1.5 | 431 | January 2018 est. |
53 | Trinidad and Tobago | 243.0 | 178.8 | 47,387 | January 2018 est. |
54 | Bolivia | 211.5 | 18.7 | 195 | January 2018 est. |
55 | Cameroon | 200.0 | 8.4 | 423 | January 2018 est. |
56 | Belarus | 198.0 | 20.9 | 976 | January 2018 est. |
57 | Papua New Guinea | 183.8 | 21.5 | 406 | January 2018 est. |
58 | Congo (Democratic Republic) | 180.0 | 2.1 | 79 | January 2018 est. |
59 | Albania | 168.3 | 58.7 | 6,143 | January 2018 est. |
60 | Chile | 150.0 | 8.0 | 202 | January 2018 est. |
60 | Niger | 150.0 | 7.0 | 118 | January 2018 est. |
60 | Spain | 150.0 | 3.2 | 301 | January 2018 est. |
63 | Myanmar (Burma) | 139.0 | 2.6 | 213 | January 2018 est. |
64 | Philippines | 138.5 | 1.3 | 465 | January 2018 est. |
65 | Germany | 129.6 | 1.6 | 372 | January 2018 est. |
66 | Poland | 126.0 | 3.3 | 414 | January 2018 |
67 | Bahrain | 124.6 | 82.9 | 163,947 | January 2018 est. |
68 | Cuba | 124.0 | 11.1 | 1,129 | January 2018 est. |
69 | Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) | 100.0 | 4.0 | 314 | January 2018 est. |
70 | Suriname | 84.2 | 142.7 | 540 | January 2018 est. |
71 | Guatemala | 83.1 | 5.1 | 775 | January 2018 est. |
72 | Netherlands | 81.1 | 4.7 | 2,394 | January 2018 est. |
73 | Serbia | 77.5 | 11.1 | 1,000 | January 2018 est. |
74 | Croatia | 71.0 | 17.4 | 1,268 | January 2018 est. |
75 | France | 66.0 | 1.0 | 120 | January 2018 est. |
76 | New Zealand | 51.8 | 10.6 | 196 | January 2018 est. |
77 | Japan | 44.1 | 0.3 | 121 | January 2018 est. |
78 | Austria | 41.2 | 4.7 | 500 | January 2018 est. |
79 | Kyrgyzstan | 40.0 | 6.3 | 209 | January 2018 est. |
80 | Georgia | 35.0 | 8.7 | 502 | January 2018 est. |
81 | Bangladesh | 28.0 | 0.2 | 215 | January 2018 est. |
82 | Hungary | 24.0 | 2.5 | 268 | January 2018 est. |
83 | Mauritania | 20.0 | 5.0 | 19 | January 2018 est. |
84 | Bulgaria | 15.0 | 2.1 | 138 | January 2018 est. |
84 | Czech Republic | 15.0 | 1.4 | 194 | January 2018 est. |
84 | South Africa | 15.0 | 0.3 | 12 | January 2018 est. |
87 | Israel | 12.7 | 1.4 | 592 | January 2018 est. |
88 | Lithuania | 12.0 | 4.3 | 191 | January 2018 est. |
88 | Tajikistan | 12.0 | 1.3 | 85 | January 2018 est. |
90 | Greece | 10.0 | 0.9 | 77 | January 2018 est. |
91 | Slovakia | 9.0 | 1.7 | 187 | January 2018 est. |
92 | Benin | 8.0 | 0.7 | 72 | January 2018 est. |
93 | Belize | 6.7 | 16.8 | 294 | January 2018 est. |
94 | Barbados | 2.5 | 8.9 | 5,893 | January 2018 est. |
95 | Taiwan | 2.4 | 0.1 | 74 | January 2018 est. |
96 | Jordan | 1.0 | 0.1 | 11 | January 2018 est. |
97 | Morocco | 0.7 | 0.0 | 2 | January 2018 est. |
98 | Ethiopia | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2018 est. |
99 | Afghanistan | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2018 est. |
99 | American Samoa | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2018 est. |
99 | Andorra | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2016 |
99 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2018 est. |
99 | Armenia | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2018 est. |
99 | Aruba | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2018 est. |
99 | Bahamas | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2018 est. |
99 | Belgium | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2018 est. |
99 | Bermuda | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2018 est. |
99 | Bhutan | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2018 est. |
99 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2018 est. |
99 | Botswana | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2018 est. |
99 | British Virgin Islands | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2018 est. |
99 | Burkina Faso | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2018 est. |
99 | Burundi | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2018 est. |
99 | Cambodia | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2018 est. |
99 | Cape Verde | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2018 est. |
99 | Cayman Islands | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2018 est. |
99 | Central African Republic | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2018 est. |
99 | Comoros | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2018 est. |
99 | Cook Islands | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2018 est. |
99 | Costa Rica | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2018 est. |
99 | Curacao | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2011 est. |
99 | Cyprus | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2018 est. |
99 | Djibouti | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2018 est. |
99 | Dominica | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2018 est. |
99 | Dominican Republic | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2018 est. |
99 | East Timor | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2018 est. |
99 | El Salvador | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2018 est. |
99 | Eritrea | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2018 est. |
99 | Estonia | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2018 est. |
99 | Eswatini | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2018 |
99 | Falkland Islands | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2018 est. |
99 | Faroe Islands | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2018 est. |
99 | Fiji | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2018 est. |
99 | Finland | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2018 est. |
99 | French Polynesia | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2018 est. |
99 | Gambia | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2018 est. |
99 | Gibraltar | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2018 est. |
99 | Greenland | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2018 est. |
99 | Grenada | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2018 est. |
99 | Guam | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2018 est. |
99 | Guinea | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2018 est. |
99 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2018 est. |
99 | Guyana | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2018 est. |
99 | Haiti | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2018 est. |
99 | Honduras | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2018 est. |
99 | Hong Kong | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2018 est. |
99 | Iceland | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2018 est. |
99 | Ireland | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2018 est. |
99 | Jamaica | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2018 est. |
99 | Kenya | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2018 est. |
99 | Kiribati | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2018 est. |
99 | Korea (North) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2018 est. |
99 | Kosovo | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2017 est. |
99 | Laos | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2018 est. |
99 | Latvia | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2018 est. |
99 | Lebanon | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2018 est. |
99 | Lesotho | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2018 est. |
99 | Liberia | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2018 est. |
99 | Luxembourg | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2018 est. |
99 | Macau | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2018 est. |
99 | Madagascar | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2018 est. |
99 | Malawi | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2018 est. |
99 | Maldives | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2018 est. |
99 | Mali | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2018 est. |
99 | Malta | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2018 est. |
99 | Marshall Islands | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2018 est. |
99 | Mauritius | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2018 est. |
99 | Micronesia | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2014 |
99 | Moldova | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2018 est. |
99 | Montenegro | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2018 est. |
99 | Montserrat | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2018 est. |
99 | Mozambique | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2018 est. |
99 | Namibia | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2018 est. |
99 | Nauru | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2018 est. |
99 | Nepal | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2018 est. |
99 | New Caledonia | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2018 est. |
99 | Nicaragua | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2018 est. |
99 | Niue | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2018 est. |
99 | North Macedonia | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2018 est. |
99 | Palestinian Territories | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2018 |
99 | Panama | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2018 |
99 | Paraguay | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2018 est. |
99 | Portugal | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2018 est. |
99 | Puerto Rico | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2018 est. |
99 | Rwanda | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2018 est. |
99 | Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2018 est. |
99 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2018 est. |
99 | Saint Lucia | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2018 est. |
99 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2018 est. |
99 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2018 est. |
99 | Samoa | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2018 est. |
99 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2018 |
99 | Senegal | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2018 est. |
99 | Seychelles | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2018 est. |
99 | Sierra Leone | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2018 est. |
99 | Singapore | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2018 est. |
99 | Slovenia | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2018 est. |
99 | Solomon Islands | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2018 est. |
99 | Somalia | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2018 est. |
99 | Sri Lanka | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2018 est. |
99 | Sweden | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2018 est. |
99 | Switzerland | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2018 est. |
99 | Tanzania | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2018 est. |
99 | Togo | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2018 est. |
99 | Tokelau | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2010 est. |
99 | Tonga | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2018 est. |
99 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2018 est. |
99 | Tuvalu | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2014 est. |
99 | Uruguay | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2018 est. |
99 | Vanuatu | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2018 est. |
99 | Virgin Islands of the U.S. | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2018 est. |
99 | Western Sahara | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2018 est. |
99 | Zambia | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2018 est. |
99 | Zimbabwe | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | January 2018 est. |
World | 1,665,000.0 | 224.8 | 11,179 | January 2017 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 (2020-05-23)