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.
Country Comparison Ranking
Afghanistan
0 bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Albania
168.3 million bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Algeria
12.2 billion bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
American Samoa
0 bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Andorra
0 bbl (2016) (2016)
Angola
9.523 billion bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda
0 bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Argentina
2.162 billion bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Armenia
0 bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Aruba
0 bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Australia
1.821 billion bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Austria
41.2 million bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Azerbaijan
7 billion bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Bahamas, The
0 bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Bahrain
124.6 million bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Bangladesh
28 million bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Barbados
2.534 million bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Belarus
198 million bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Belgium
0 bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Belize
6.7 million bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Benin
8 million bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Bermuda
0 bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Bhutan
0 bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Bolivia
211.5 million bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
0 bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Botswana
0 bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Brazil
12.63 billion bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
British Virgin Islands
0 bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Brunei
1.1 billion bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Bulgaria
15 million bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Burkina Faso
0 bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Burma
139 million bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Burundi
0 bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Cabo Verde
0 bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Cambodia
0 bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Cameroon
200 million bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Canada
170.5 billion bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Cayman Islands
0 bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Central African Republic
0 bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Chad
1.5 billion bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Chile
150 million bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
China
25.63 billion bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Colombia
1.665 billion bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Comoros
0 bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
180 million bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Congo, Republic of the
1.6 billion bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Cook Islands
0 bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Costa Rica
0 bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire
100 million bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Croatia
71 million bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Cuba
124 million bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Curacao
0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Cyprus
0 bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Czechia
15 million bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Denmark
439 million bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Djibouti
0 bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Dominica
0 bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Dominican Republic
0 bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Ecuador
8.273 billion bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Egypt
4.4 billion bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
El Salvador
0 bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Equatorial Guinea
1.1 billion bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Eritrea
0 bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Estonia
0 bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Eswatini
0 bbl (1 January 2018)
Ethiopia
428,000 bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
European Union
5.1 billion bbl (2016 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
0 bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Faroe Islands
0 bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Fiji
0 bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Finland
0 bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
France
65.97 million bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
French Polynesia
0 bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Gabon
2 billion bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Gambia, The
0 bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Gaza Strip
0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Georgia
35 million bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Germany
129.6 million bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Ghana
660 million bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Gibraltar
0 bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Greece
10 million bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Greenland
0 bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Grenada
0 bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Guam
0 bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Guatemala
83.07 million bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Guinea
0 bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Guinea-Bissau
0 bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Guyana
0 bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Haiti
0 bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Honduras
0 bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Hong Kong
0 bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Hungary
24 million bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Iceland
0 bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
India
4.495 billion bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Indonesia
3.31 billion bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Iran
157.2 billion bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Iraq
148.8 billion bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Ireland
0 bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Israel
12.73 million bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Italy
487.8 million bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Jamaica
0 bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Japan
44.12 million bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Jordan
1 million bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Kazakhstan
30 billion bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Kenya
0 bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Kiribati
0 bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Korea, North
0 bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Korea, South
NA (1 January 2017 est.)
Kosovo
0 bbl NA (2017 est.)
Kuwait
101.5 billion bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Kyrgyzstan
40 million bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Laos
0 bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Latvia
0 bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Lebanon
0 bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Lesotho
0 bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Liberia
0 bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Libya
48.36 billion bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Lithuania
12 million bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Luxembourg
0 bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Macau
0 bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Madagascar
0 bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Malawi
0 bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Malaysia
3.6 billion bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Maldives
0 bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Mali
0 bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Malta
0 bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Marshall Islands
0 bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Mauritania
20 million bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Mauritius
0 bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Mexico
6.63 billion bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of
0 bbl (1 January 2014)
Moldova
0 bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Mongolia
NA bbl (1 January 2017)
Montenegro
0 bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Montserrat
0 bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Morocco
684,000 bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Mozambique
0 bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Namibia
0 bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Nauru
0 bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Nepal
0 bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Netherlands
81.13 million bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
New Caledonia
0 bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
New Zealand
51.8 million bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Nicaragua
0 bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Niger
150 million bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Nigeria
37.45 billion bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Niue
0 bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
North Macedonia
0 bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Norway
6.376 billion bbl (1 January 2018)
Oman
5.373 billion bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Pakistan
332.2 million bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Panama
0 bbl (1 January 2018)
Papua New Guinea
183.8 million bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Paraguay
0 bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Peru
434.9 million bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Philippines
138.5 million bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Poland
126 million bbl (1 January 2018)
Portugal
0 bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Puerto Rico
0 bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Qatar
25.24 billion bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Romania
600 million bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Russia
80 billion bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Rwanda
0 bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha
0 bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis
0 bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Saint Lucia
0 bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
0 bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
0 bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Samoa
0 bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Sao Tome and Principe
0 bbl (1 January 2018)
Saudi Arabia
266.2 billion bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Senegal
0 bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Serbia
77.5 million bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Seychelles
0 bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Sierra Leone
0 bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Singapore
0 bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Slovakia
9 million bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Slovenia
0 bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Solomon Islands
0 bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Somalia
0 bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
South Africa
15 million bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
South Sudan
3.75 billion bbl (1 January 2017 est.)
Spain
150 million bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Sri Lanka
0 bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Sudan
5 billion bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Suriname
84.2 million bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Sweden
0 bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Switzerland
0 bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Syria
2.5 billion bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Taiwan
2.38 million bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Tajikistan
12 million bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Tanzania
0 bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Thailand
349.4 million bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Timor-Leste
0 bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Togo
0 bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Tokelau
0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Tonga
0 bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago
243 million bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Tunisia
425 million bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Turkey
341.6 million bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Turkmenistan
600 million bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands
0 bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Tuvalu
0 bbl (2014 est.)
Uganda
2.5 billion bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Ukraine
395 million bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
United Arab Emirates
97.8 billion bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
United Kingdom
2.069 billion bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
United States
NA bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Uruguay
0 bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Uzbekistan
594 million bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Vanuatu
0 bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Venezuela
302.3 billion bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Vietnam
4.4 billion bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Virgin Islands
0 bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
West Bank
0 bbl (1 January 2018)
World
1.665 trillion bbl (1 January 2017 est.)
Yemen
3 billion bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Zambia
0 bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Zimbabwe
0 bbl (1 January 2018 est.)