List of countries by oil production - wikipedia List of countries by oil production This is a list of countries by oil production, as compiled from the U.S. Energy Information Administration database for calendar year 2016, tabulating all countries on a comparable best - estimate basis. Compared with shorter - term data, the full - year figures are less prone to distortion from periodic maintenance shutdowns and other seasonal cycles. The volumes in the table represent crude oil and lease condensate, the hydrocarbon liquids collected at or near the wellhead. The volumes in the table do not include biofuel. They also do not include the increase in liquid volumes during oil refining ( `` refinery gain '' ), or liquids separated from natural gas in gas processing plants ( natural gas liquids ). Under this definition, total world oil production in 2016 averaged 80,622,000 barrels per day. Approximately 68 % came from the top ten countries, and an overlapping 44 % came from the fourteen current OPEC members, highlighted with blue shading in the table below. For many years, the top three producers have been ( alphabetically ) Russia, Saudi Arabia, and the United States. Each of these countries experienced major production declines at different times in the past, but since 2014 all three have been producing near their peak rates of 9 to 11 million barrels per day. Top oil - producing countries ( million barrels per day, 1973 -- 2016 ) Countries producing oil 2013, bbl / day ( CIA World Factbook ) Historical worldwide production of Crude Oil and Natural Gas Plant Liquids ( IEA, 1960 -- 2009 ) OPEC oil exports and production in 2014, when Indonesia was preparing to rejoin the organization Country Oil Production ( bbl / day, 2016 ) - World Production 80,622,000 Russia 10,551,497 Saudi Arabia ( OPEC ) 10,460,710 United States 8,875,817 Iraq ( OPEC ) 4,451,516 5 Iran ( OPEC ) 3,990,956 6 China 3,980,650 7 Canada 3,662,694 8 United Arab Emirates ( OPEC ) 3,106,077 9 Kuwait ( OPEC ) 2,923,825 10 Brazil 2,515,459 11 Venezuela ( OPEC ) 2,276,967 12 Mexico 2,186,877 13 Nigeria ( OPEC ) 1,999,885 14 Angola ( OPEC ) 1,769,615 15 Norway 1,647,975 16 Kazakhstan 1,595,199 17 Qatar ( OPEC ) 1,522,902 18 Algeria ( OPEC ) 1,348,361 19 Oman 1,006,841 20 Libya ( OPEC ) 1,003,000 21 United Kingdom 939,760 22 Colombia 897,784 22 Indonesia 833,667 23 Azerbaijan 833,538 24 India 734,180 25 Malaysia 661,240 26 Ecuador ( OPEC ) 548,421 27 Argentina 510,560 28 Romania 504,000 29 Egypt 494,325 31 Congo, Republic of the 308,363 32 Vietnam 301,850 33 Australia 289,749 34 Thailand 257,525 35 Sudan and South Sudan 255,000 36 Turkmenistan 230,779 37 Equatorial Guinea ( OPEC ) 227,000 38 Gabon ( OPEC ) 210,820 39 Denmark 140,637 40 Chad 110,156 41 Brunei 109,117 42 Ghana 100,549 43 Cameroon 93,205 44 Pakistan 84,746 45 Italy 70,675 46 Timor - Leste 60,661 47 Trinidad and Tobago 60,090 48 Bolivia 58,077 49 Papua New Guinea 56,667 50 Uzbekistan 52,913 51.5 Bahrain 50,000 51.5 Cuba 50,000 53 Turkey 49,497 54 Tunisia 48,757 55 Germany 46,839 56 Peru 40,266 57 New Zealand 35,574 58 Ukraine 31,989 59.5 Ivory Coast 30,000 59.5 Syria 30,000 61 Belarus 25,000 62 Mongolia 23,426 63 Albania 22,915 64 Yemen 22,000 65 Poland 20,104 67 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 20,000 67 Philippines 20,000 67 Serbia 20,000 69 Netherlands 18,087 70 Suriname 17,000 71 France 16,418 72 Austria 15,161 73 Myanmar 15,000 74 Hungary 13,833 75 Croatia 13,582 76 Niger 13,000 77 Guatemala 8,977 78 Mauritania 5,000 79 Chile 4,423 80 Bangladesh 4,189 81 Japan 3,918 82 Greece 3,172 83 Spain 2,667 84 Czech Republic 2,333 86 Belize 2,000 86 Lithuania 2,000 86 South Africa 2,000 89 Barbados 1,000 89 Bulgaria 1,000 89 Kyrgyzstan 1,000 91 Georgia 400 92 Israel 390 93 Slovakia 200 94 Taiwan 196 95 Tajikistan 180 96 Morocco 160 97 Jordan 22 98 Slovenia 5 References ^ Jump up to : `` Production of Crude Oil including Lease Condensate 2016 '' ( CVS download ). U.S. Energy Information Administration. Retrieved 27 May 2017. ^ Jump up to : `` Monthly Energy Review '' ( PDF ). U.S. Energy Information Administration. 25 May 2017. Figure 11.1 a. Retrieved 28 May 2017. 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Question: who produces the most oil in the middle east
Answer: Saudi Arabia