Oil reserves - Country rankings

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Oil reserves, billion barrels, 2021:

The average for 2021 based on 53 countries was 2.29 billion barrels. The highest value was in Libya: 48.36 billion barrels and the lowest value was in Botswana: 0 billion barrels. The indicator is available from 1980 to 2021. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: billion barrels; Source: The U.S. Energy Information Administration
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Countries Oil reserves, 2021 Global rank Available data
Libya 48.36 1 1980 - 2021
Nigeria 36.89 2 1980 - 2021
Algeria 12.2 3 1980 - 2021
Angola 7.78 4 1980 - 2021
Egypt 3.3 5 1980 - 2021
R. of Congo 2.88 6 1980 - 2021
Uganda 2.5 7 1980 - 2021
Gabon 2 8 1980 - 2021
Chad 1.5 9 2006 - 2021
Sudan 1.25 10 1982 - 2021
Eq. Guinea 1.1 11 1993 - 2021
Ghana 0.66 12 1980 - 2021
Tunisia 0.43 13 1980 - 2021
Cameroon 0.2 14 1980 - 2021
DR Congo 0.18 15 1980 - 2021
Niger 0.15 16 1980 - 2021
Ivory Coast 0.1 17 1981 - 2021
Mauritania 0.02 18 2007 - 2021
South Africa 0.02 19 1983 - 2021
Benin 0.01 20 1984 - 2021
Botswana 0 21 1980 - 2021
Burkina Faso 0 22 1980 - 2021
Burundi 0 23 1980 - 2021
Cape Verde 0 24 1980 - 2021
C.A. Republic 0 25 1980 - 2021
Comoros 0 26 1980 - 2021
Djibouti 0 27 1980 - 2021
Eritrea 0 28 1994 - 2021
Ethiopia 0 29 1997 - 2021
Gambia 0 30 1980 - 2021
Guinea 0 31 1980 - 2021
G.-Bissau 0 32 1980 - 2021
Kenya 0 33 1980 - 2021
Lesotho 0 34 1980 - 2021
Liberia 0 35 1980 - 2021
Madagascar 0 36 1980 - 2021
Malawi 0 37 1980 - 2021
Mali 0 38 1980 - 2021
Mauritius 0 39 1980 - 2021
Morocco 0 40 1980 - 2021
Mozambique 0 41 1980 - 2021
Namibia 0 42 1990 - 2021
Rwanda 0 43 1980 - 2021
S.T.&Principe 0 44 1980 - 2021
Senegal 0 45 1980 - 2021
Seychelles 0 46 1980 - 2021
Sierra Leone 0 47 1980 - 2021
Somalia 0 48 1980 - 2021
Swaziland 0 49 1980 - 2021
Tanzania 0 50 1980 - 2021
Togo 0 51 1980 - 2021
Zambia 0 52 1980 - 2021
Zimbabwe 0 53 1980 - 2021


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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.

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1. Libya
2. Nigeria
3. Algeria
4. Angola
5. Egypt
6. R. of Congo
7. Uganda
8. Gabon
9. Chad
10. Sudan
11. Eq. Guinea
12. Ghana
13. Tunisia
14. Cameroon
15. DR Congo
16. Niger
17. Ivory Coast
18. Mauritania
19. South Africa
20. Benin
21. Botswana
22. Burkina Faso
23. Burundi
24. Cape Verde
25. C.A. Republic
26. Comoros
27. Djibouti
28. Eritrea
29. Ethiopia
30. Gambia
31. Guinea
32. G.-Bissau
33. Kenya
34. Lesotho
35. Liberia
36. Madagascar
37. Malawi
38. Mali
39. Mauritius
40. Morocco
41. Mozambique
42. Namibia
43. Rwanda
44. S.T.&Principe
45. Senegal
46. Seychelles
47. Sierra Leone
48. Somalia
49. Swaziland
50. Tanzania
51. Togo
52. Zambia
53. Zimbabwe
48.36
36.89
12.20
7.78
3.30
2.88
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1.50
1.25
1.10
0.66
0.43
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0.18
0.15
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0.02
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24.2
36.3
48.36


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