List of countries by proven oil reserves
Countries
Table:
Proven reserves (millions of barrels)

U.S. EIA (start of 2017)[2]

OPEC (end of 2015)[3]

BP (end of 2015)[4]

Other

Reserves-to-production ratio

Country

Rank

Reserves

Rank

Reserves

Rank

Reserves

Source/Date

Reserves

Production (MMbbl/year, 2016)[1]

Years

Venezuela (see: Oil reserves in Venezuela)
1
300,878
1
300,878
1
300,900

831.1
362

Saudi Arabia (see: Oil reserves in Saudi Arabia)
2
266,455
2
266,455
2
266,600

3818.1
69

Canada (see: Oil reserves in Canada)
3
169,709
26
4,118[5]
3
172,200
Natural Resources Canada, end 2014[6]
171,000
1336.8
126

Iran (see: Oil reserves in Iran)

4

158,400

3

158,400

4

157,800

1452.9
109

Iraq (see: Oil reserves in Iraq)
5
142,503
4
142,503
5
143,100

1624.8
88

Kuwait (see: Oil reserves in Kuwait)
6
101,500
5
101,500
7
101,500

1067.2
27

UAE (see: Oil reserves in the United Arab Emirates)
7
97,800
6
97,800
8
97,800

1133.7
18

Russia (see: Oil reserves in Russia)
8
80,000
7
80,000
6
102,400

3851.3
21

Libya (see: Oil reserves in Libya)
9
48,000
8
74,363
9
78,400

366.1
131

Nigeria (see: Oil reserves in Nigeria)
10
37,062
9
37,062
11
37,100

730.0
51

United States (see: Oil reserves in the United States)
11
35,000
10
36,685
10
55,000
ENI, end of 2015[7]
43,629
3239.7
10

Kazakhstan
12
30,000
11
30,000
12
30,000

582.2
52

China
13
25,620
13
25,132
14
18,500

1452.9
17

Qatar
14
25,244
12
25,244
13
25,244

555.9
5

Brazil
15
12,999
14
16,184
15
13,000
ENI, end of 2015[7]
16,848
918.1
14

Algeria
16
12,200
15
12,200
17
12,200

492.1
15

Angola
17 / 18
8,273
17
9,524
16
12,700

645.9
22

Ecuador
17 / 18
8,273
18
8,273
19 / 20
8,000

200.2
41

Mexico (see: Oil reserves in Mexico)
19
7,300
16
9,711
18
10,800
PEMEX[8] Start of 2015
9.700
798.2
9

Azerbaijan
20
7,000
19
7,000
21
7,000

304.2
23

Norway
21
6,611
33
5,139
19 / 20
8,000

601.5
11

Oman
22
5,373
21
5,306
23
5,300

367.5
15

Sudan/South Sudan
23
5,000
32
5,000
24
Sudan 1,500 / S. Sudan 3,500

93.1
53

India
24
4,600
20
5,680
22
5,680
ENI, end of 2015[7]
5,692
267
17

Egypt
25 / 26
4,400
24 / 25
4,400
29
3,500

180.4
5

Vietnam
25 / 26
4,400
24 / 25
4,400
25
4,000

110.2
40

Indonesia
27 / 28
3,600
29
3,230
27 / 28
3,600
ENI, end of 2015[7]
3,497
304.2
11

Malaysia
27 / 28
3,600
28
3,750
27 / 28
3,600
ENI, end of 2015[7]
5,542
241.3
15

Yemen
29
3,000

30
3,000

United Kingdom
30
2,564
30
2,755
31
2,800
UK Oil & Gas Authority, end 2015[9]
2,618
343.1
7.5

Syria
31 / 32
2,500
31
2,500
32
2,500

Uganda
31 / 32
2,500

Argentina
33
2,185
32
2,380
33
2,400
Argentine Petroleum Institute[10]
2,330

Colombia
34
2,002
33
2,308
34
2,300

Gabon
35
2,000
34
2,000
35
2,000

Australia
36
1,821
27
3,982
26
4,000
Geoscience Australia[11] end of 2014
4,002

Congo, Republic of the (Brazzaville)
37
1,600

36
1,600

Chad
38
1,500

37
1,500

Brunei
39 / 40
1,100
35
1,100
39 / 40
1,100

Equatorial Guinea
39 / 40
1,100

39 / 40
1,100

Ghana (see: Oil reserves in Ghana)
41
660

Romania
42 / 43
600

42 / 46
600

Turkmenistan
42 / 43
600
36
600
42 / 46
600

Uzbekistan
44
594
37
594
42 / 46
600

Italy
45
557

42 / 46
600
ENI, end of 2015[7]
595

Denmark
46
491
38
511
42 / 46
600
ENI, end of 2015[7]
550

Peru
47
473

38
1,400
ENI, end of 2015[7]
1,489

Tunisia
48
425

47 / 48
400

Thailand
49
396

47 / 48
400

Ukraine
50
395
39
395

Pakistan
51
350

ENI, end of 2015[7]
236

Turkey
52
300

ENI, end of 2015[7]
284

Trinidad and Tobago
53
243

41
700
ENI, end of 2015[7]
830

Bolivia
54
211

ENI, end of 2015[7]
210

Cameroon
55
200

Belarus
56
198
40
198

Congo, Democratic Republic of the (Kinshasa)
57
180

Albania
58
168

Papua New Guinea
59
159

ENI, end of 2015[7]
158

Chile
60 / 62
150

Niger
60 / 62
150

Spain
60 / 62
150

Germany
63
145

ENI, end of 2015[7]
229

Myanmar
64
139

Philippines
65
139

Poland
66
138

ENI, end of 2015[7]
151

Bahrain
67
125

Cuba (see: Oil reserves in Cuba)
68
124

ENI, end of 2015[7]
124

Netherlands
69
113

ENI, end of 2015[7]
141

Ivory Coast
70
100

Suriname
70
83.9

Guatemala
71
83.1

France
72
72.4

Serbia
73
77.5

Croatia
74
71.0

New Zealand
75
56.9

Japan
76
44.1

Austria
77
43.0

Kyrgyzstan
78
40.0

Georgia
79
35.0

Bangladesh
80
28.0

Hungary
81
25.1

ENI, end of 2015[7]
35

Mauritania
82
20.0

Bulgaria
83 / 85
15.0

Czech Republic
83 / 85

15.0

South Africa
83 / 85

15.0

Israel
86
12.7

ENI, end of 2015[7]
12

Lithuania
87 / 88
12.0

Tajikistan
87 / 88
12.0

Greece
89
10.0

Slovakia
90
9.00

Benin
91
8.00

Belize
92
6.70

Taiwan
93
2.38

Barbados
94
2.08

Jordan
95
1.00

ENI, end of 2015[7]
1

Morocco
96
0.68

Ethiopia
97
0.43

Afghanistan

0

US Geological Survey[12]
80

World total

1,726,685

1,481,526

1,697,600

29427
59

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