Country Comparison > Oil - proved reserves

Rank	Country	Oil - proved reserves (bbl)
1	Venezuela	302,300,004,352
2	Saudi Arabia	266,200,006,656
3	Canada	170,499,997,696
4	Iran	157,200,007,168
5	Iraq	148,799,995,904
6	Kuwait	101,500,002,304
7	United Arab Emirates	97,800,003,584
8	Russia	80,000,000,000
9	Libya	48,360,001,536
10	Nigeria	37,449,998,336
11	Kazakhstan	30,000,001,024
12	China	25,629,999,104
13	Qatar	25,240,000,512
14	Brazil	12,629,999,616
15	Algeria	12,199,999,488
16	Angola	9,523,000,320
17	Ecuador	8,272,999,936
18	Azerbaijan	7,000,000,000
19	Mexico	6,630,000,128
20	Norway	6,376,000,000
21	Oman	5,373,000,192
22	Sudan	5,000,000,000
23	India	4,495,000,064
24	Egypt	4,400,000,000
25	Vietnam	4,400,000,000
26	South Sudan	3,750,000,128
27	Malaysia	3,600,000,000
28	Indonesia	3,310,000,128
29	Yemen	3,000,000,000
30	Uganda	2,500,000,000
31	Syria	2,500,000,000
32	Argentina	2,161,999,872
33	United Kingdom	2,068,999,936
34	Gabon	2,000,000,000
35	Australia	1,820,999,936
36	Colombia	1,664,999,936
37	Congo, Republic of the	1,600,000,000
38	Chad	1,500,000,000
39	Brunei	1,100,000,000
40	Equatorial Guinea	1,100,000,000
41	Ghana	660,000,000
42	Turkmenistan	600,000,000
43	Romania	600,000,000
44	Uzbekistan	594,000,000
45	Italy	487,800,000
46	Denmark	439,000,000
47	Peru	434,900,000
48	Tunisia	425,000,000
49	Ukraine	395,000,000
50	Thailand	349,400,000
51	Turkey	341,600,000
52	Pakistan	332,200,000
53	Trinidad and Tobago	243,000,000
54	Bolivia	211,500,000
55	Cameroon	200,000,000
56	Belarus	198,000,000
57	Papua New Guinea	183,800,000
58	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	180,000,000
59	Albania	168,300,000
60	Chile	150,000,000
61	Niger	150,000,000
62	Spain	150,000,000
63	Burma	139,000,000
64	Philippines	138,500,000
65	Germany	129,600,000
66	Poland	126,000,000
67	Bahrain	124,600,000
68	Cuba	124,000,000
69	Suriname	84,200,000
70	Guatemala	83,070,000
71	Netherlands	81,130,000
72	Serbia	77,500,000
73	Croatia	71,000,000
74	France	65,970,000
75	New Zealand	51,800,000
76	Japan	44,120,000
77	Austria	41,200,000
78	Kyrgyzstan	40,000,000
79	Georgia	35,000,000
80	Bangladesh	28,000,000
81	Hungary	24,000,000
82	Mauritania	20,000,000
83	Bulgaria	15,000,000
84	Czech Republic	15,000,000
85	South Africa	15,000,000
86	Israel	12,730,000
87	Lithuania	12,000,000
88	Tajikistan	12,000,000
89	Greece	10,000,000
90	Slovakia	9,000,000
91	Benin	8,000,000
92	Belize	6,700,000
93	Barbados	2,534,000
94	Taiwan	2,380,000
95	Jordan	1,000,000
96	Morocco	684,000
97	Ethiopia	428,000
98	Gambia, The	0
99	Finland	0
100	Fiji	0
101	Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	0
102	Micronesia, Federated States of	0
103	Faroe Islands	0
104	French Polynesia	0
105	Guam	0
106	Gibraltar	0
107	Grenada	0
108	Greenland	0
109	Cape Verde	0
110	Cook Islands	0
111	Ireland	0
112	Estonia	0
113	Eritrea	0
114	El Salvador	0
115	Comoros	0
116	Costa Rica	0
117	Central African Republic	0
118	Djibouti	0
119	Dominica	0
120	Dominican Republic	0
121	Botswana	0
122	Bermuda	0
123	Belgium	0
124	Bahamas, The	0
125	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0
126	Armenia	0
127	Andorra	0
128	American Samoa	0
129	Aruba	0
130	Antigua and Barbuda	0
131	Afghanistan	0
132	Solomon Islands	0
133	Burundi	0
134	Bhutan	0
135	Cayman Islands	0
136	Sri Lanka	0
137	Cambodia	0
138	Mauritius	0
139	Malta	0
140	Lesotho	0
141	Luxembourg	0
142	Liberia	0
143	Vanuatu	0
144	Maldives	0
145	Mozambique	0
146	New Caledonia	0
147	Niue	0
148	Marshall Islands	0
149	Guinea-Bissau	0
150	Panama	0
151	Portugal	0
152	Nepal	0
153	Nauru	0
154	Nicaragua	0
155	Paraguay	0
156	Kenya	0
157	Jamaica	0
158	Iceland	0
159	Guinea	0
160	Guyana	0
161	Gaza Strip	0
162	Haiti	0
163	Hong Kong	0
164	Honduras	0
165	Korea, North	0
166	Kiribati	0
167	Kosovo	0
168	Laos	0
169	Lebanon	0
170	Latvia	0
171	Madagascar	0
172	Macau	0
173	Moldova	0
174	Montserrat	0
175	Malawi	0
176	Montenegro	0
177	Macedonia	0
178	Mali	0
179	Tanzania	0
180	Tuvalu	0
181	East Timor	0
182	Turks and Caicos Islands	0
183	Tokelau	0
184	Tonga	0
185	Togo	0
186	Sao Tome and Principe	0
187	Switzerland	0
188	Senegal	0
189	Saint Helena	0
190	Slovenia	0
191	Sierra Leone	0
192	Singapore	0
193	Somalia	0
194	Saint Lucia	0
195	Sweden	0
196	Puerto Rico	0
197	Rwanda	0
198	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	0
199	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0
200	Seychelles	0
201	Burkina Faso	0
202	Uruguay	0
203	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0
204	British Virgin Islands	0
205	Zambia	0
206	Zimbabwe	0
207	Virgin Islands	0
208	Namibia	0
209	West Bank	0
210	Western Sahara	0
211	Samoa	0
212	Swaziland	0

Definition: 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.

Source: CIA World Factbook - Unless otherwise noted, information in this page is accurate as of January 1, 2020

See also: Oil - proved reserves map

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