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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
262,600,000,000
1 January 2011 est.
2 Venezuela
211,200,000,000
1 January 2011 est.
3 Canada
175,200,000,000
1 January 2011 est.
4 Iran
137,000,000,000
1 January 2011 est.
5 Iraq
115,000,000,000
1 January 2011 est.
6 Kuwait
104,000,000,000
1 January 2011 est.
7 United Arab Emirates
97,800,000,000
1 January 2011 est.
8 Russia
60,000,000,000
1 January 2011 est.
9 Libya
46,420,000,000
1 January 2011 est.
10 Nigeria
37,200,000,000
1 January 2011 est.
11 Kazakhstan
30,000,000,000
1 January 2011 est.
12 Qatar
25,380,000,000
1 January 2011 est.
13 United States
20,680,000,000
1 January 2011 est.
14 China
20,350,000,000
1 January 2011 est.
15 Brazil
12,860,000,000
1 January 2011 est.
16 Algeria
12,200,000,000
1 January 2011 est.
17 Mexico
10,420,000,000
1 January 2011 est.
18 Angola
9,500,000,000
1 January 2011 est.
19 Azerbaijan
7,000,000,000
1 January 2011 est.
20 Ecuador
6,510,000,000
1 January 2011 est.
21 India
5,682,000,000
1 January 2011 est.
22 Norway
5,670,000,000
1 January 2010 est.
23 Oman
5,500,000,000
1 January 2011 est.
24 European Union
5,193,000,000
1 January 2011 est.
25 Sudan
5,000,000,000
1 January 2011 est.
26 Egypt
4,400,000,000
1 January 2011 est.
27 Malaysia
4,000,000,000
1 January 2011 est.
28 Indonesia
3,990,000,000
1 January 2011 est.
29 Australia
3,318,000,000
1 January 2011 est.
30 Yemen
3,000,000,000
1 January 2011 est.
31 United Kingdom
2,858,000,000
1 January 2011 est.
32 Argentina
2,505,000,000
1 January 2011 est.
33 Syria
2,500,000,000
1 January 2011 est.
34 Gabon
2,000,000,000
1 January 2011 est.
35 Colombia
1,900,000,000
1 January 2011 est.
36 Congo, Republic of the
1,600,000,000
1 January 2011 est.
37 Chad
1,500,000,000
1 January 2011 est.
38 Brunei
1,100,000,000
1 January 2011 est.
39 Equatorial Guinea
1,100,000,000
1 January 2011 est.
40 Uganda
1,000,000,000
1 January 2010 est.
41 Denmark
812,000,000
1 January 2011 est.
42 Trinidad and Tobago
728,300,000
1 January 2011 est.
43 Ghana
660,000,000
1 January 2011 est.
44 Turkmenistan
600,000,000
1 January 2011 est.
45 Romania
600,000,000
1 January 2011 est.
46 Vietnam
600,000,000
1 January 2011 est.
47 Uzbekistan
594,000,000
1 January 2011 est.
48 Timor-Leste
553,800,000
1 January 2011 est.
49 Peru
532,700,000
1 January 2011 est.
50 Italy
476,500,000
1 January 2011 est.
51 Bolivia
465,000,000
1 January 2011 est.
52 Thailand
435,000,000
1 January 2011 est.
53 Tunisia
425,000,000
1 January 2011 est.
54 Ukraine
395,000,000
1 January 2011 est.
55 Pakistan
313,000,000
1 January 2011 est.
56 Netherlands
310,000,000
1 January 2011 est.
57 Germany
276,000,000
1 January 2011 est.
58 Turkey
270,400,000
1 January 2011 est.
59 Cameroon
200,000,000
1 January 2011 est.
60 Albania
199,100,000
1 January 2011 est.
61 Belarus
198,000,000
1 January 2011 est.
62 Congo, Democratic Republic of the
180,000,000
1 January 2011 est.
63 Spain
150,000,000
1 January 2011 est.
64 Chile
150,000,000
1 January 2011 est.
65 Philippines
138,500,000
1 January 2011 est.
66 Bahrain
124,600,000
1 January 2011 est.
67 Cuba
124,000,000
1 January 2011 est.
68 New Zealand
112,500,000
1 January 2011 est.
69 Mauritania
100,000,000
1 January 2011 est.
70 Cote d'Ivoire
100,000,000
1 January 2011 est.
71 Poland
96,380,000
1 January 2010 est.
72 France
91,630,000
1 January 2011 est.
73 Papua New Guinea
88,000,000
1 January 2011 est.
74 Guatemala
83,070,000
1 January 2011 est.
75 Suriname
78,900,000
1 January 2011 est.
76 Serbia
77,500,000
1 January 2011 est.
77 Croatia
71,000,000
1 January 2011 est.
78 Austria
50,000,000
1 January 2011 est.
79 Burma
50,000,000
1 January 2011 est.
80 Japan
44,120,000
1 January 2011 est.
81 Kyrgyzstan
40,000,000
1 January 2011 est.
82 Georgia
35,000,000
1 January 2011 est.
83 Bangladesh
28,000,000
1 January 2011 est.
84 Hungary
26,570,000
1 January 2011 est.
85 Czech Republic
15,000,000
1 January 2011 est.
86 Bulgaria
15,000,000
1 January 2011 est.
87 South Africa
15,000,000
1 January 2011 est.
88 Tajikistan
12,000,000
1 January 2011 est.
89 Lithuania
12,000,000
1 January 2011 est.
90 Greece
10,000,000
1 January 2011 est.
91 Slovakia
9,000,000
1 January 2011 est.
92 Benin
8,000,000
1 January 2011 est.
93 Belize
6,700,000
1 January 2011 est.
94 Taiwan
2,380,000
1 January 2011 est.
95 Israel
1,940,000
1 January 2011 est.
96 Barbados
1,790,000
1 January 2011 est.
97 Jordan
1,000,000
1 January 2011 est.
98 Morocco
680,000
1 January 2011 est.
99 Ethiopia
430,000
1 January 2011 est.
100 Aruba
0
1 January 2011 est.
101 Antigua and Barbuda
0
1 January 2011 est.
102 Afghanistan
0
1 January 2011 est.
103 Armenia
0
1 January 2011 est.
104 American Samoa
0
1 January 2011 est.
105 Botswana
0
1 January 2011 est.
106 Bermuda
0
1 January 2011 est.
107 Belgium
0
1 January 2011 est.
108 Bahamas, The
0
1 January 2011 est.
109 Bosnia and Herzegovina
0
1 January 2011 est.
110 Solomon Islands
0
1 January 2011 est.
111 Bhutan
0
1 January 2011 est.
112 Burundi
0
1 January 2011 est.
113 Cambodia
0
1 January 2011 est.
114 Curacao
0
1 January 2011 est.
115 Sri Lanka
0
1 January 2011 est.
116 Cayman Islands
0
1 January 2011 est.
117 Comoros
0
1 January 2011 est.
118 Costa Rica
0
1 January 2011 est.
119 Central African Republic
0
1 January 2011 est.
120 Cape Verde
0
1 January 2011 est.
121 Cook Islands
0
1 January 2011 est.
122 Cyprus
0
1 January 2011 est.
123 Djibouti
0
1 January 2011 est.
124 Dominica
0
1 January 2011 est.
125 Dominican Republic
0
1 January 2011 est.
126 Ireland
0
1 January 2011 est.
127 Estonia
0
1 January 2011 est.
128 Eritrea
0
1 January 2011 est.
129 El Salvador
0
1 January 2011 est.
130 Finland
0
1 January 2011 est.
131 Fiji
0
1 January 2011 est.
132 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
0
1 January 2011 est.
133 Faroe Islands
0
1 January 2011 est.
134 French Polynesia
0
1 January 2011 est.
135 Gambia, The
0
1 January 2011 est.
136 Gibraltar
0
1 January 2011 est.
137 Grenada
0
1 January 2011 est.
138 Greenland
0
1 January 2011 est.
139 Guinea
0
1 January 2011 est.
140 Guyana
0
1 January 2011 est.
141 Gaza Strip
0
1 January 2010 est.
142 Haiti
0
1 January 2011 est.
143 Hong Kong
0
1 January 2011 est.
144 Honduras
0
1 January 2011 est.
145 Iceland
0
1 January 2011 est.
146 Jamaica
0
1 January 2011 est.
147 Kenya
0
1 January 2011 est.
148 Korea, North
0
1 January 2011 est.
149 Kiribati
0
1 January 2011 est.
150 Korea, South
0
1 January 2011 est.
151 Laos
0
1 January 2011 est.
152 Lebanon
0
1 January 2011 est.
153 Latvia
0
1 January 2011 est.
154 Liberia
0
1 January 2011 est.
155 Lesotho
0
1 January 2011 est.
156 Luxembourg
0
1 January 2011 est.
157 Madagascar
0
1 January 2011 est.
158 Macau
0
1 January 2011 est.
159 Moldova
0
1 January 2011 est.
160 Mongolia
0
1 January 2010 est.
161 Montserrat
0
1 January 2011 est.
162 Malawi
0
1 January 2011 est.
163 Montenegro
0
1 January 2011 est.
164 Macedonia
0
1 January 2011 est.
165 Mali
0
1 January 2011 est.
166 Mauritius
0
1 January 2011 est.
167 Malta
0
1 January 2011 est.
168 Maldives
0
1 January 2011 est.
169 Mozambique
0
1 January 2011 est.
170 New Caledonia
0
1 January 2011 est.
171 Niue
0
1 January 2011 est.
172 Niger
0
1 January 2011 est.
173 Vanuatu
0
1 January 2011 est.
174 Nepal
0
1 January 2011 est.
175 Nauru
0
1 January 2011 est.
176 Nicaragua
0
1 January 2011 est.
177 Paraguay
0
1 January 2011 est.
178 Panama
0
1 January 2010 est.
179 Portugal
0
1 January 2011 est.
180 Guinea-Bissau
0
1 January 2011 est.
181 Puerto Rico
0
1 January 2011 est.
182 Rwanda
0
1 January 2011 est.
183 Saint Pierre and Miquelon
0
1 January 2011 est.
184 Saint Kitts and Nevis
0
1 January 2011 est.
185 Seychelles
0
1 January 2010 est.
186 Senegal
0
1 January 2011 est.
187 Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha
0
1 January 2011 est.
188 Slovenia
0
1 January 2011 est.
189 Sierra Leone
0
1 January 2011 est.
190 Singapore
0
1 January 2011 est.
191 Somalia
0
1 January 2011 est.
192 Saint Lucia
0
1 January 2011 est.
193 Sweden
0
1 January 2011 est.
194 Switzerland
0
1 January 2011 est.
195 Turks and Caicos Islands
0
1 January 2011 est.
196 Tokelau
0
1 January 2011 est.
197 Tonga
0
1 January 2010 est.
198 Togo
0
1 January 2010 est.
199 Sao Tome and Principe
0
1 January 2010 est.
200 Tanzania
0
1 January 2011 est.
201 Burkina Faso
0
1 January 2011 est.
202 Uruguay
0
1 January 2009 est.
203 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
0
1 January 2011 est.
204 British Virgin Islands
0
1 January 2011 est.
205 Virgin Islands
0
1 January 2011 est.
206 Namibia
0
1 January 2011 est.
207 West Bank
0
1 January 2009 est.
208 Western Sahara
0
1 January 2011 est.
209 Samoa
0
1 January 2011 est.
210 Swaziland
0
1 January 2010 est.
211 Zambia
0
1 January 2011 est.
212 Zimbabwe
0
1 January 2011 est.
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