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Oil reserves, billion barrels, 2021:

The average for 2021 based on 11 countries was 1.52 billion barrels. The highest value was in India: 4.6 billion barrels and the lowest value was in Cambodia: 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
India 4.6 1 1980 - 2021
Vietnam 4.4 2 1991 - 2021
Malaysia 3.6 3 1980 - 2021
Indonesia 2.48 4 1980 - 2021
Brunei 1.1 5 1980 - 2021
Thailand 0.25 6 1980 - 2021
Burma 0.14 7 1980 - 2021
Philippines 0.14 8 1980 - 2021
Cambodia 0 9 1980 - 2021
Laos 0 10 1980 - 2021
Singapore 0 11 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.

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