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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.
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# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
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1 | Venezuela | 297.6 billion bbl | 2013 | ||
2 | Saudi Arabia | 267.9 billion bbl | 2013 | ||
3 | Canada | 173.1 billion bbl | 2013 | ||
4 | Iran | 154.6 billion bbl | 2013 | ||
5 | Iraq | 141.4 billion bbl | 2013 | ||
OPEC countries average (profile) | 108.78 billion bbl | 2013 | |||
6 | Kuwait | 104 billion bbl | 2013 | ||
7 | United Arab Emirates | 97.8 billion bbl | 2013 | ||
8 | Russia | 80 billion bbl | 2013 | ||
Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile) | 48.18 billion bbl | 2013 | |||
9 | Libya | 48.01 billion bbl | 2013 | ||
10 | Nigeria | 37.2 billion bbl | 2013 | ||
11 | Kazakhstan | 30 billion bbl | 2013 | ||
Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) | 28.26 billion bbl | 2013 | |||
12 | China | 25.58 billion bbl | 2013 | ||
13 | Qatar | 25.38 billion bbl | 2013 | ||
Religious countries average (profile) | 21.75 billion bbl | 2013 | |||
Muslim countries average (profile) | 21.71 billion bbl | 2013 | |||
14 | United States | 20.68 billion bbl | 2013 | ||
Emerging markets average (profile) | 18.67 billion bbl | 2013 | |||
Non-religious countries average (profile) | 17.68 billion bbl | 2013 | |||
Sparsely populated countries average (profile) | 17.33 billion bbl | 2013 | |||
Former Spanish colonies average (profile) | 17.03 billion bbl | 2013 | |||
15 | Brazil | 13.15 billion bbl | 2013 | ||
failed states average (profile) | 12.58 billion bbl | 2013 | |||
16 | Algeria | 12.2 billion bbl | 2013 | ||
17 | Angola | 10.47 billion bbl | 2013 | ||
18 | Mexico | 10.26 billion bbl | 2013 | ||
Former British colonies average (profile) | 10.02 billion bbl | 2013 | |||
Hot countries average (profile) | 9.91 billion bbl | 2013 | |||
Latin America and Caribbean average (profile) | 9.89 billion bbl | 2013 | |||
19 | Ecuador | 8.24 billion bbl | 2013 | ||
High income OECD countries average (profile) | 8.03 billion bbl | 2013 | |||
Former Soviet republics average (profile) | 7.93 billion bbl | 2013 | |||
NATO countries average (profile) | 7.8 billion bbl | 2013 | |||
20 | Azerbaijan | 7 billion bbl | 2013 | ||
Christian countries average (profile) | 6.07 billion bbl | 2013 | |||
21 | Oman | 5.5 billion bbl | 2013 | ||
22 | India | 5.48 billion bbl | 2013 | ||
23 | Norway | 5.37 billion bbl | 2010 | ||
Heavily indebted countries average (profile) | 5.23 billion bbl | 2013 | |||
=24 | Vietnam | 4.4 billion bbl | 2013 | ||
=24 | Egypt | 4.4 billion bbl | 2013 | ||
26 | Indonesia | 4.03 billion bbl | 2013 | ||
27 | Malaysia | 4 billion bbl | 2013 | ||
28 | South Sudan | 3.75 billion bbl | 2013 | ||
29 | United Kingdom | 3.12 billion bbl | 2013 | ||
South and Central Asia average (profile) | 3.08 billion bbl | 2013 | |||
30 | Yemen | 3 billion bbl | 2013 | ||
31 | Argentina | 2.81 billion bbl | 2013 | ||
=32 | Syria | 2.5 billion bbl | 2013 | ||
=32 | Uganda | 2.5 billion bbl | 2010 | ||
34 | Colombia | 2.2 billion bbl | 2013 | ||
35 | Gabon | 2 billion bbl | 2013 | ||
36 | Congo, Republic of the | 1.6 billion bbl | 2013 | ||
37 | Chad | 1.5 billion bbl | 2013 | ||
South Asia average (profile) | 1.44 billion bbl | 2013 | |||
38 | Australia | 1.43 billion bbl | 2013 | ||
Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile) | 1.36 billion bbl | 2013 | |||
39 | Sudan | 1.25 billion bbl | 2013 | ||
=40 | Equatorial Guinea | 1.1 billion bbl | 2013 | ||
=40 | Brunei | 1.1 billion bbl | 2013 | ||
Former French colonies average (profile) | 973.07 million bbl | 2013 | |||
42 | Denmark | 805 million bbl | 2013 | ||
43 | Trinidad and Tobago | 728.3 million bbl | 2013 | ||
44 | Ghana | 660 million bbl | 2013 | ||
=45 | Turkmenistan | 600 million bbl | 2013 | ||
=45 | Romania | 600 million bbl | 2013 | ||
47 | Uzbekistan | 594 million bbl | 2013 | ||
48 | Peru | 579.2 million bbl | 2013 | ||
49 | Italy | 521.3 million bbl | 2013 | ||
50 | Thailand | 453.3 million bbl | 2013 | ||
51 | Tunisia | 425 million bbl | 2013 | ||
52 | Ukraine | 395 million bbl | 2013 | ||
53 | Turkey | 270.4 million bbl | 2013 | ||
54 | Germany | 254.2 million bbl | 2013 | ||
European Union average (profile) | 247.54 million bbl | 2013 | |||
55 | Pakistan | 247.5 million bbl | 2013 | ||
56 | Netherlands | 243.9 million bbl | 2013 | ||
57 | Bolivia | 209.8 million bbl | 2013 | ||
58 | Cameroon | 200 million bbl | 2013 | ||
59 | Belarus | 198 million bbl | 2013 | ||
60 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 180 million bbl | 2013 | ||
61 | Albania | 172.4 million bbl | 2013 | ||
62 | Poland | 156.5 million bbl | 2010 | ||
63 | Papua New Guinea | 154.3 million bbl | 2013 | ||
=64 | Spain | 150 million bbl | 2013 | ||
=64 | Chile | 150 million bbl | 2013 | ||
66 | Philippines | 138.5 million bbl | 2013 | ||
67 | Bahrain | 124.6 million bbl | 2013 | ||
68 | Cuba | 124 million bbl | 2013 | ||
69 | Cote d'Ivoire | 100 million bbl | 2013 | ||
70 | Afghanistan | 87 million bbl | 2012 | ||
71 | France | 85.18 million bbl | 2013 | ||
72 | Austria | 85 million bbl | 2012 | ||
Eurozone average (profile) | 84.91 million bbl | 2013 | |||
73 | Guatemala | 83.07 million bbl | 2013 | ||
74 | New Zealand | 81.4 million bbl | 2013 | ||
Potential Future EU Members average (profile) | 78.14 million bbl | 2012 | |||
75 | Serbia | 77.5 million bbl | 2013 | ||
76 | Suriname | 76.8 million bbl | 2013 | ||
77 | Croatia | 71 million bbl | 2013 | ||
78 | Burma | 50 million bbl | 2013 | ||
79 | Japan | 44.12 million bbl | 2013 | ||
80 | Kyrgyzstan | 40 million bbl | 2013 | ||
81 | Georgia | 35 million bbl | 2013 | ||
82 | Bangladesh | 28 million bbl | 2013 | ||
83 | Hungary | 27.32 million bbl | 2013 | ||
84 | Mauritania | 20 million bbl | 2013 | ||
=85 | Czech Republic | 15 million bbl | 2013 | ||
=85 | Bulgaria | 15 million bbl | 2013 | ||
=85 | South Africa | 15 million bbl | 2013 | ||
=88 | Tajikistan | 12 million bbl | 2013 | ||
=88 | Lithuania | 12 million bbl | 2013 | ||
90 | Israel | 11.5 million bbl | 2013 | ||
91 | Greece | 10 million bbl | 2013 | ||
92 | Slovakia | 9 million bbl | 2013 | ||
93 | Benin | 8 million bbl | 2013 | ||
94 | Belize | 6.7 million bbl | 2013 | ||
95 | Taiwan | 2.38 million bbl | 2013 | ||
96 | Barbados | 2.26 million bbl | 2013 | ||
97 | Jordan | 1,000,000 bbl | 2013 | ||
98 | Morocco | 680,000 bbl | 2013 | ||
99 | Ethiopia | 430,000 bbl | 2013 | ||
=100 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.0 | 2013 | ||
=100 | Guinea | 0.0 | 2013 | ||
=100 | Costa Rica | 0.0 | 2013 | ||
=100 | Luxembourg | 0.0 | 2013 | ||
=100 | American Samoa | 0.0 | 2013 | ||
=100 | Gibraltar | 0.0 | 2013 | ||
=100 | Ireland | 0.0 | 2013 | ||
=100 | El Salvador | 0.0 | 2013 | ||
=100 | Rwanda | 0.0 | 2013 | ||
=100 | Hong Kong | 0.0 | 2013 | ||
=100 | Sierra Leone | 0.0 | 2013 | ||
=100 | Moldova | 0.0 | 2013 | ||
=100 | Estonia | 0.0 | 2013 | ||
=100 | Lebanon | 0.0 | 2013 | ||
=100 | Fiji | 0.0 | 2013 | ||
=100 | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | 0.0 | 2013 | ||
=100 | Nepal | 0.0 | 2013 | ||
=100 | Maldives | 0.0 | 2013 | ||
=100 | Senegal | 0.0 | 2013 | ||
=100 | Zimbabwe | 0.0 | 2013 | ||
=100 | Republic of Macedonia | 0.0 | 2013 | ||
=100 | Paraguay | 0.0 | 2013 | ||
=100 | Botswana | 0.0 | 2013 | ||
=100 | Cambodia | 0.0 | 2013 | ||
=100 | The Gambia | 0.0 | 2013 | ||
=100 | Aruba | 0.0 | 2013 | ||
=100 | Cape Verde | 0.0 | 2013 | ||
=100 | The Bahamas | 0.0 | 2013 | ||
=100 | Greenland | 0.0 | 2013 | ||
=100 | Niue | 0.0 | 2013 | ||
=100 | Samoa | 0.0 | 2013 | ||
=100 | Jamaica | 0.0 | 2013 | ||
=100 | Macau | 0.0 | 2013 | ||
=100 | Guam | 0.0 | 2013 | ||
=100 | Lesotho | 0.0 | 2013 | ||
=100 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0 | 2013 | ||
=100 | Kenya | 0.0 | 2013 | ||
=100 | Eritrea | 0.0 | 2013 | ||
=100 | Solomon Islands | 0.0 | 2013 | ||
=100 | Saint Lucia | 0.0 | 2013 | ||
=100 | Cyprus | 0.0 | 2013 | ||
=100 | Bermuda | 0.0 | 2013 | ||
=100 | Somalia | 0.0 | 2013 | ||
=100 | Laos | 0.0 | 2013 | ||
=100 | Cook Islands | 0.0 | 2013 | ||
=100 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0 | 2013 | ||
=100 | Togo | 0.0 | 2013 | ||
=100 | Armenia | 0.0 | 2013 | ||
=100 | Western Sahara | 0.0 | 2013 | ||
=100 | Cayman Islands | 0.0 | 2013 | ||
=100 | Sweden | 0.0 | 2013 | ||
=100 | British Virgin Islands | 0.0 | 2013 | ||
=100 | Mali | 0.0 | 2013 | ||
=100 | Tokelau | 0.0 | 2013 | ||
=100 | Latvia | 0.0 | 2013 | ||
=100 | Mozambique | 0.0 | 2013 | ||
=100 | Faroe Islands | 0.0 | 2013 | ||
=100 | Puerto Rico | 0.0 | 2013 | ||
=100 | Belgium | 0.0 | 2013 | ||
=100 | Kiribati | 0.0 | 2013 | ||
=100 | Haiti | 0.0 | 2013 | ||
=100 | French Polynesia | 0.0 | 2013 | ||
=100 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0 | 2013 | ||
=100 | Switzerland | 0.0 | 2013 | ||
=100 | Grenada | 0.0 | 2013 | ||
=100 | Djibouti | 0.0 | 2013 | ||
=100 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0 | 2013 | ||
=100 | Burundi | 0.0 | 2013 | ||
=100 | Nicaragua | 0.0 | 2013 | ||
=100 | Bhutan | 0.0 | 2013 | ||
=100 | Malta | 0.0 | 2013 | ||
=100 | Iceland | 0.0 | 2013 | ||
=100 | Zambia | 0.0 | 2013 | ||
=100 | Montserrat | 0.0 | 2013 | ||
=100 | New Caledonia | 0.0 | 2013 | ||
=100 | North Korea | 0.0 | 2013 | ||
=100 | Guyana | 0.0 | 2013 | ||
=100 | Honduras | 0.0 | 2013 | ||
=100 | Singapore | 0.0 | 2013 | ||
=100 | Sri Lanka | 0.0 | 2013 | ||
=100 | Namibia | 0.0 | 2013 | ||
=100 | Comoros | 0.0 | 2013 | ||
=100 | Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha | 0.0 | 2013 | ||
=100 | East Timor | 0.0 | 2013 | ||
=100 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 0.0 | 2013 | ||
=100 | Burkina Faso | 0.0 | 2013 | ||
=100 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0 | 2013 | ||
=100 | Dominica | 0.0 | 2013 | ||
=100 | Liberia | 0.0 | 2013 | ||
=100 | Tanzania | 0.0 | 2013 | ||
=100 | Madagascar | 0.0 | 2013 | ||
=100 | Vanuatu | 0.0 | 2013 | ||
=100 | Nauru | 0.0 | 2013 | ||
=100 | Malawi | 0.0 | 2013 | ||
=100 | Virgin Islands | 0.0 | 2013 | ||
=100 | Dominican Republic | 0.0 | 2013 | ||
=100 | Finland | 0.0 | 2013 | ||
=100 | Central African Republic | 0.0 | 2013 | ||
=100 | Mauritius | 0.0 | 2013 | ||
=100 | Montenegro | 0.0 | 2012 | ||
=100 | Panama | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
=100 | Seychelles | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
=100 | Gaza Strip | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
=100 | Swaziland | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
=100 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
=100 | Tonga | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
=100 | Uruguay | 0.0 | 2009 | ||
=100 | West Bank | 0.0 | 2009 |