Cameroon: Oil reserves

* indicates monthly or quarterly data series
 Cameroon

Oil reserves, billion barrels

 Latest value 0.20
 Year 2021
 Measure billion barrels
 Data availability 1980 - 2021
 Average 0.34
 Min - Max 0.14 - 0.56
 Source The U.S. Energy Information Administration
The latest value from 2021 is 0.2 billion barrels, unchanged from 0.2 billion barrels in 2020. In comparison, the world average is 9.09 billion barrels, based on data from 187 countries. Historically, the average for Cameroon from 1980 to 2021 is 0.34 billion barrels. The minimum value, 0.14 billion barrels, was reached in 1980 while the maximum of 0.56 billion barrels was recorded in 1986. See the global rankings for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.
Select indicator
* indicates monthly or quarterly data series


Recent data
Cameroon - Oil reserves - Recent values chart

Historical series
Cameroon - Oil reserves - historical chart - 1980-2021




Definition: Proved reserves of crude oil are the estimated quantities of all liquids defined as crude oil, which geological and engineering data demonstrate with reasonable certainty to be recoverable in future years from reservoirs under existing economic and operating conditions.

Selected articles from our guide:

What factors determine the exchange rates

International lending and sovereign debt

All articles



 Related indicators Latest Reference Measure
 Oil reserves 0.20 2021 billion barrels
 Oil production 54.00 2023 thousand Barrels Per Day
 Oil consumption 43.00 2014 thousand barrels per day
 Diesel and heating oil consumption 16.25 2022 thousand barrels per day
 Gasoline production 7.31 2014 thousand barrels per day
 Gasoline consumption 12.69 2022 thousand barrels per day
 LPG production 0.56 2014 thousand barrels per day
 LPG consumption 4.06 2022 thousand barrels per day
 Jet fuel production 5.91 2014 thousand barrels per day
 Jet fuel consumption 0.23 2022 thousand barrels per day
 Coal reserves 0.00 2022 million short tons
 Coal production 0.00 2022 thousand short tons
 Coal consumption 0.00 2022 thousand short tons
 Coal imports 0.10 2022 thousand short tons
 Coal exports 0.00 2022 thousand short tons
 Electricity production capacity 1.76 2022 million kilowatts
 Electricity production 8.12 2022 billion kilowatthours
 Electricity consumption 6.31 2022 billion kilowatthours
 Electricity imports 0.00 2022 billion kilowatthours
 Electricity exports 0.00 2022 billion kilowatthours
 Renewable power capacity 0.84 2022 million kilowatts
 Renewable power generation 5.07 2022 billion kilowatthours
This site uses cookies.
Learn more here


OK