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Country Comparison :: Crude 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 World
1,532,000,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
2 Saudi Arabia
264,600,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
3 Venezuela
209,400,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
4 Canada
173,600,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
5 Iran
151,200,000,000
1 January 2013 est.
6 Iraq
143,100,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
7 Kuwait
101,500,000,000
1 January 2013 est.
8 United Arab Emirates
97,800,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
9 Russia
60,000,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
10 Libya
48,080,000,000
1 January 2013 est.
11 Nigeria
38,500,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
12 Kazakhstan
30,000,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
13 Brazil
26,000,000,000
1 January 2013 est.
14 Qatar
25,570,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
15 United States
20,680,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
16 Angola
15,000,000,000
1 January 2013 est.
17 China
14,700,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
18 Algeria
12,260,000,000
1 January 2013 est.
19 Mexico
12,170,000,000
1 January 2013 est.
20 India
8,935,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
21 Azerbaijan
7,000,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
22 Ecuador
6,573,000,000
1 January 2013 est.
23 European Union
5,337,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
24 Norway
5,320,000,000
1 January 2010 est.
25 Sudan
5,000,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
26 Oman
4,902,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
27 Vietnam
4,700,000,000
1 January 2013 est.
28 Egypt
4,450,000,000
1 January 2013 est.
29 Indonesia
4,000,000,000
1 January 2013 est.
30 Malaysia
2,900,000,000
1 January 2013 est.
31 Yemen
2,880,000,000
1 January 2013 est.
32 United Kingdom
2,827,000,000
1 January 2013 est.
33 Argentina
2,820,000,000
1 January 2013 est.
34 Colombia
2,417,000,000
1 January 2013 est.
35 Syria
2,183,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
36 Congo, Republic of the
1,600,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
37 Chad
1,500,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
38 Australia
1,426,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
39 Gabon
1,309,000,000
1 January 2013 est.
40 Equatorial Guinea
1,100,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
41 Brunei
1,100,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
42 Uganda
1,000,000,000
1 January 2010 est.
43 Denmark
900,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
44 Trinidad and Tobago
728,300,000
1 January 2012 est.
45 Ghana
660,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
46 Turkmenistan
600,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
47 Romania
600,000,000
1 January 2013 est.
48 Uzbekistan
594,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
49 Peru
586,100,000
1 January 2012 est.
50 Timor-Leste
553,800,000
1 January 2012 est.
51 Italy
523,200,000
1 January 2012 est.
52 Pakistan
480,900,000
1 January 2013 est.
53 Thailand
442,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
54 Tunisia
425,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
55 Ukraine
395,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
56 Netherlands
287,400,000
1 January 2012 est.
57 Germany
276,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
58 Turkey
270,400,000
1 January 2012 est.
59 Cote d'Ivoire
250,000,000
1 January 2013 est.
60 Bolivia
209,800,000
1 January 2012 est.
61 Cameroon
200,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
62 Albania
199,100,000
1 January 2012 est.
63 Belarus
198,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
64 Cuba
181,500,000
1 January 2013 est.
65 Congo, Democratic Republic of the
180,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
66 Papua New Guinea
170,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
67 Poland
155,000,000
1 January 2010 est.
68 Spain
150,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
69 Chile
150,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
70 Philippines
138,500,000
1 January 2013 est.
71 Bahrain
107,200,000
1 January 2013 est.
72 Morocco
100,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
73 New Zealand
96,100,000
1 January 2012 est.
74 France
90,010,000
1 January 2012 est.
75 Afghanistan
87,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
76 Guatemala
83,070,000
1 January 2012 est.
77 Serbia
77,500,000
1 January 2012 est.
78 Suriname
72,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
79 Croatia
71,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
80 Burma
50,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
81 Austria
50,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
82 Japan
44,120,000
1 January 2012 est.
83 Kyrgyzstan
40,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
84 Georgia
35,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
85 Hungary
31,720,000
1 January 2012 est.
86 Bangladesh
28,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
87 Mauritania
20,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
88 South Africa
15,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
89 Czech Republic
15,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
90 Bulgaria
15,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
91 Lithuania
12,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
92 Tajikistan
12,000,000
1 January 2013 est.
93 Israel
11,800,000
1 January 2012 est.
94 Greece
10,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
95 Slovakia
9,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
96 Benin
8,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
97 Belize
6,700,000
1 January 2012 est.
98 Taiwan
2,800,000
1 January 2013 est.
99 Barbados
2,260,000
1 January 2012 est.
100 Jordan
1,000,000
1 January 2012 est.
101 Ethiopia
430,000
1 January 2012 est.
102 Aruba
0
1 January 2012 est.
103 Antigua and Barbuda
0
1 January 2012 est.
104 Armenia
0
1 January 2012 est.
105 American Samoa
0
1 January 2012 est.
106 Botswana
0
1 January 2012 est.
107 Bermuda
0
1 January 2012 est.
108 Belgium
0
1 January 2012 est.
109 Bahamas, The
0
1 January 2012 est.
110 Bosnia and Herzegovina
0
1 January 2012 est.
111 Solomon Islands
0
1 January 2012 est.
112 Bhutan
0
1 January 2012 est.
113 Burundi
0
1 January 2012 est.
114 Cambodia
0
1 January 2012 est.
115 Curacao
0
1 January 2011 est.
116 Sri Lanka
0
1 January 2012 est.
117 Cayman Islands
0
1 January 2012 est.
118 Comoros
0
1 January 2012 est.
119 Costa Rica
0
1 January 2012 est.
120 Central African Republic
0
1 January 2012 est.
121 Cape Verde
0
1 January 2012 est.
122 Cook Islands
0
1 January 2012 est.
123 Cyprus
0
1 January 2012 est.
124 Djibouti
0
1 January 2012 est.
125 Dominica
0
1 January 2012 est.
126 Dominican Republic
0
1 January 2012 est.
127 Ireland
0
1 January 2012 est.
128 Estonia
0
1 January 2012 est.
129 Eritrea
0
1 January 2012 est.
130 El Salvador
0
1 January 2012 est.
131 Finland
0
1 January 2012 est.
132 Fiji
0
1 January 2012 est.
133 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
0
1 January 2012 est.
134 Faroe Islands
0
1 January 2012 est.
135 French Polynesia
0
1 January 2012 est.
136 Gambia, The
0
1 January 2012 est.
137 Gibraltar
0
1 January 2012 est.
138 Grenada
0
1 January 2012 est.
139 Greenland
0
1 January 2012 est.
140 Guam
0
1 January 2012 est.
141 Guinea
0
1 January 2012 est.
142 Guyana
0
1 January 2012 est.
143 Gaza Strip
0
1 January 2010 est.
144 Haiti
0
1 January 2012 est.
145 Hong Kong
0
1 January 2012 est.
146 Honduras
0
1 January 2012 est.
147 Iceland
0
1 January 2012 est.
148 Jamaica
0
1 January 2012 est.
149 Kenya
0
1 January 2012 est.
150 Korea, North
0
1 January 2012 est.
151 Kiribati
0
1 January 2012 est.
152 Laos
0
1 January 2012 est.
153 Lebanon
0
1 January 2012 est.
154 Latvia
0
1 January 2012 est.
155 Liberia
0
1 January 2012 est.
156 Lesotho
0
1 January 2012 est.
157 Luxembourg
0
1 January 2012 est.
158 Madagascar
0
1 January 2012 est.
159 Macau
0
1 January 2012 est.
160 Moldova
0
1 January 2012 est.
161 Montserrat
0
1 January 2012 est.
162 Malawi
0
1 January 2012 est.
163 Montenegro
0
1 January 2012 est.
164 Macedonia
0
1 January 2012 est.
165 Mali
0
1 January 2012 est.
166 Mauritius
0
1 January 2012 est.
167 Malta
0
1 January 2012 est.
168 Maldives
0
1 January 2012 est.
169 Mozambique
0
1 January 2013 est.
170 New Caledonia
0
1 January 2012 est.
171 Niue
0
1 January 2013 est.
172 Vanuatu
0
1 January 2012 est.
173 Nepal
0
1 January 2012 est.
174 Nauru
0
1 January 2012 est.
175 Nicaragua
0
1 January 2012 est.
176 Paraguay
0
1 January 2013 est.
177 Panama
0
1 January 2010 est.
178 Guinea-Bissau
0
1 January 2012 est.
179 Puerto Rico
0
1 January 2012 est.
180 Rwanda
0
1 January 2012 est.
181 Saint Pierre and Miquelon
0
1 January 2012 est.
182 Saint Kitts and Nevis
0
1 January 2012 est.
183 Seychelles
0
1 January 2010 est.
184 Senegal
0
1 January 2013 est.
185 Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha
0
1 January 2012 est.
186 Sierra Leone
0
1 January 2012 est.
187 Singapore
0
1 January 2012 est.
188 Somalia
0
1 January 2012 est.
189 Saint Lucia
0
1 January 2012 est.
190 Sweden
0
1 January 2012 est.
191 Switzerland
0
1 January 2012 est.
192 Turks and Caicos Islands
0
1 January 2012 est.
193 Tokelau
0
1 January 2012 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 2012 est.
198 Burkina Faso
0
1 January 2012 est.
199 Uruguay
0
1 January 2009 est.
200 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
0
1 January 2012 est.
201 British Virgin Islands
0
1 January 2012 est.
202 Virgin Islands
0
1 January 2013 est.
203 Namibia
0
1 January 2012 est.
204 West Bank
0
1 January 2009 est.
205 Western Sahara
0
1 January 2012 est.
206 Samoa
0
1 January 2012 est.
207 Swaziland
0
1 January 2010 est.
208 Zambia
0
1 January 2013 est.
209 Zimbabwe
0
1 January 2012 est.
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