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Country Comparison :: Oil - proved reserves
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.
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country (bbl) Date of Information
1 Saudi Arabia
264,600,000,000
1 January 2010 est.
2 Canada
175,200,000,000
1 January 2010 est.
3 Iran
137,600,000,000
1 January 2010 est.
4 Iraq
115,000,000,000
1 January 2010 est.
5 Kuwait
104,000,000,000
1 January 2010 est.
6 United Arab Emirates
97,800,000,000
1 January 2010 est.
7 Venezuela
97,770,000,000
1 January 2010 est.
8 Russia
74,200,000,000
1 January 2009 est.
9 Libya
47,000,000,000
1 January 2010 est.
10 Nigeria
37,500,000,000
1 January 2010 est.
11 Kazakhstan
30,000,000,000
1 January 2010 est.
12 Qatar
25,410,000,000
1 January 2010 est.
13 China
20,350,000,000
1 January 2010 est.
14 United States
19,120,000,000
1 January 2010 est.
15 Angola
13,500,000,000
1 January 2010 est.
16 Algeria
13,420,000,000
1 January 2010 est.
17 Brazil
13,200,000,000
1 January 2010 est.
18 Mexico
12,420,000,000
1 January 2010 est.
19 Azerbaijan
7,000,000,000
1 January 2010 est.
20 Sudan
6,800,000,000
1 January 2010 est.
21 Norway
6,680,000,000
1 January 2010 est.
22 Ecuador
6,542,000,000
1 January 2010 est.
23 India
5,800,000,000
1 January 2010 est.
24 Oman
5,500,000,000
1 January 2010 est.
25 European Union
5,453,000,000
1 January 2010 est.
26 Vietnam
4,700,000,000
1 January 2010 est.
27 Egypt
4,300,000,000
1 January 2010 est.
28 Indonesia
4,050,000,000
1 January 2010 est.
29 Australia
3,318,000,000
1 January 2010 est.
30 Yemen
3,160,000,000
1 January 2010 est.
31 United Kingdom
3,084,000,000
1 January 2010 est.
32 Malaysia
2,900,000,000
1 January 2010 est.
33 Syria
2,500,000,000
1 January 2010 est.
34 Argentina
2,386,000,000
1 January 2010 est.
35 Gabon
2,000,000,000
1 January 2010 est.
36 Colombia
1,900,000,000
1 January 2010 est.
37 Congo, Republic of the
1,600,000,000
1 January 2010 est.
38 Uganda
1,500,000,000
1 January 2010 est.
39 Chad
1,500,000,000
1 January 2010 est.
40 Peru
1,163,000,000
1 January 2010 est.
41 Equatorial Guinea
1,100,000,000
1 January 2010 est.
42 Brunei
1,100,000,000
1 January 2010 est.
43 Denmark
1,060,000,000
1 January 2010 est.
44 Trinidad and Tobago
728,300,000
1 January 2010 est.
45 Turkmenistan
600,000,000
1 January 2010 est.
46 Romania
600,000,000
1 January 2010 est.
47 Uzbekistan
594,000,000
1 January 2010 est.
48 Timor-Leste
553,800,000
1 January 2008
49 Bolivia
465,000,000
1 January 2010 est.
50 Pakistan
436,200,000
1 January 2010 est.
51 Thailand
430,000,000
1 January 2010 est.
52 Tunisia
425,000,000
1 January 2010 est.
53 Italy
423,700,000
1 January 2010 est.
54 Ukraine
395,000,000
1 January 2010 est.
55 Germany
276,000,000
1 January 2010 est.
56 Turkey
262,200,000
1 January 2010 est.
57 Cote d'Ivoire
250,000,000
1 January 2010 est.
58 Cameroon
200,000,000
1 January 2010 est.
59 Albania
199,100,000
1 January 2010 est.
60 Belarus
198,000,000
1 January 2010 est.
61 Congo, Democratic Republic of the
180,000,000
1 January 2010 est.
62 Cuba
178,900,000
1 January 2010 est.
63 Papua New Guinea
170,000,000
1 January 2010 est.
64 Philippines
168,000,000
1 January 2010 est.
65 Chile
150,000,000
1 January 2010 est.
66 Spain
150,000,000
1 January 2010 est.
67 Bahrain
124,600,000
1 January 2010 est.
68 France
101,200,000
1 January 2010 est.
69 Morocco
100,000,000
1 January 2010 est.
70 Mauritania
100,000,000
1 January 2010 est.
71 Netherlands
100,000,000
1 January 2010 est.
72 Poland
96,380,000
1 January 2010 est.
73 Austria
89,000,000
1 January 2010 est.
74 Guatemala
83,070,000
1 January 2010 est.
75 Suriname
79,600,000
1 January 2010 est.
76 Serbia
77,500,000
1 January 2010 est.
77 Croatia
73,350,000
1 January 2010 est.
78 New Zealand
60,000,000
1 January 2010 est.
79 Burma
50,000,000
1 January 2010 est.
80 Japan
44,120,000
1 January 2010 est.
81 Kyrgyzstan
40,000,000
1 January 2010 est.
82 Georgia
35,000,000
1 January 2010 est.
83 Bangladesh
28,000,000
1 January 2010 est.
84 Hungary
26,570,000
1 January 2010 est.
85 Czech Republic
15,000,000
1 January 2010 est.
86 Bulgaria
15,000,000
1 January 2010 est.
87 South Africa
15,000,000
1 January 2010 est.
88 Ghana
15,000,000
1 January 2010 est.
89 Tajikistan
12,000,000
1 January 2010 est.
90 Lithuania
12,000,000
1 January 2010 est.
91 Greece
10,000,000
1 January 2010 est.
92 Slovakia
9,000,000
1 January 2010 est.
93 Benin
8,000,000
1 January 2010 est.
94 Belize
6,700,000
1 January 2010 est.
95 Taiwan
2,800,000
1 January 2010 est.
96 Israel
1,940,000
1 January 2010 est.
97 Barbados
1,790,000
1 January 2010 est.
98 Jordan
1,000,000
1 January 2010 est.
99 Ethiopia
430,000
1 January 2010 est.
100 Aruba
0
1 January 2010 est.
101 Antigua and Barbuda
0
1 January 2010 est.
102 Afghanistan
0
1 January 2010 est.
103 Armenia
0
1 January 2010 est.
104 American Samoa
0
1 January 2010 est.
105 Botswana
0
1 January 2010 est.
106 Bermuda
0
1 January 2010 est.
107 Belgium
0
1 January 2010 est.
108 Bahamas, The
0
1 January 2010 est.
109 Bosnia and Herzegovina
0
1 January 2010 est.
110 Solomon Islands
0
1 January 2010 est.
111 Bhutan
0
1 January 2010 est.
112 Burundi
0
1 January 2010 est.
113 Cambodia
0
1 January 2010 est.
114 Sri Lanka
0
1 January 2010 est.
115 Cayman Islands
0
1 January 2010 est.
116 Comoros
0
1 January 2010 est.
117 Costa Rica
0
1 January 2010 est.
118 Central African Republic
0
1 January 2010 est.
119 Cape Verde
0
1 January 2010 est.
120 Cook Islands
0
1 January 2010 est.
121 Cyprus
0
1 January 2010 est.
122 Djibouti
0
1 January 2010 est.
123 Dominica
0
1 January 2010 est.
124 Dominican Republic
0
1 January 2010 est.
125 Ireland
0
1 January 2010
126 Estonia
0
1 January 2010 est.
127 Eritrea
0
1 January 2010 est.
128 El Salvador
0
1 January 2010 est.
129 Finland
0
1 January 2010 est.
130 Fiji
0
1 January 2010 est.
131 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
0
1 January 2010 est.
132 Faroe Islands
0
1 January 2010 est.
133 French Polynesia
0
1 January 2010 est.
134 Gambia, The
0
1 January 2010 est.
135 Gibraltar
0
1 January 2010 est.
136 Grenada
0
1 January 2010 est.
137 Greenland
0
1 January 2010 est.
138 Guinea
0
1 January 2010 est.
139 Guyana
0
1 January 2010 est.
140 Gaza Strip
0
NA
141 Haiti
0
1 January 2010 est.
142 Hong Kong
0
1 January 2011 est.
143 Honduras
0
1 January 2010 est.
144 Iceland
0
1 January 2010 est.
145 Jamaica
0
1 January 2010 est.
146 Kenya
0
1 January 2010 est.
147 Korea, North
0
1 January 2010 est.
148 Kiribati
0
1 January 2010 est.
149 Korea, South
0
1 January 2010 est.
150 Laos
0
NA
151 Lebanon
0
1 January 2010 est.
152 Latvia
0
1 January 2010 est.
153 Liberia
0
1 January 2010 est.
154 Lesotho
0
1 January 2010 est.
155 Luxembourg
0
1 January 2010 est.
156 Madagascar
0
1 January 2010 est.
157 Macau
0
1 January 2011 est.
158 Moldova
0
1 January 2010 est.
159 Montserrat
0
1 January 2010 est.
160 Malawi
0
1 January 2010 est.
161 Montenegro
0
1 January 2010 est.
162 Macedonia
0
1 January 2011 est.
163 Mali
0
1 January 2010 est.
164 Mauritius
0
1 January 2010 est.
165 Malta
0
1 January 2010 est.
166 Maldives
0
1 January 2010 est.
167 Mozambique
0
1 January 2010 est.
168 New Caledonia
0
1 January 2010 est.
169 Niue
0
1 January 2010 est.
170 Niger
0
1 January 2010 est.
171 Vanuatu
0
1 January 2010 est.
172 Nepal
0
1 January 2010 est.
173 Nauru
0
1 January 2010 est.
174 Nicaragua
0
1 January 2010 est.
175 Paraguay
0
1 January 2010 est.
176 Panama
0
1 January 2010 est.
177 Portugal
0
1 January 2010 est.
178 Guinea-Bissau
0
1 January 2010 est.
179 Puerto Rico
0
1 January 2010 est.
180 Rwanda
0
1 January 2010 est.
181 Saint Pierre and Miquelon
0
1 January 2010 est.
182 Saint Kitts and Nevis
0
1 January 2010 est.
183 Seychelles
0
1 January 2010 est.
184 Senegal
0
1 January 2010 est.
185 Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha
0
1 January 2010 est.
186 Slovenia
0
1 January 2010 est.
187 Sierra Leone
0
1 January 2010 est.
188 Singapore
0
1 January 2010 est.
189 Somalia
0
1 January 2010 est.
190 Saint Lucia
0
1 January 2010 est.
191 Sweden
0
1 January 2010 est.
192 Switzerland
0
1 January 2010 est.
193 Turks and Caicos Islands
0
1 January 2010 est.
194 Tonga
0
1 January 2010 est.
195 Togo
0
1 January 2010 est.
196 Sao Tome and Principe
0
1 January 2010 est.
197 Tanzania
0
1 January 2010 est.
198 Burkina Faso
0
1 January 2010 est.
199 Uruguay
0
1 January 2010 est.
200 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
0
1 January 2010 est.
201 British Virgin Islands
0
1 January 2010 est.
202 Virgin Islands
0
1 January 2010 est.
203 Namibia
0
1 January 2010 est.
204 West Bank
0
1 January 2009 est.
205 Western Sahara
0
1 January 2010 est.
206 Samoa
0
1 January 2010 est.
207 Swaziland
0
1 January 2010 est.
208 Zambia
0
1 January 2010 est.
209 Zimbabwe
0
1 January 2010 est.
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