Estimated reserves by country

Estimated reserves by country

See also: List of countries by proven oil reserves

Countries with largest oil reserves

Most of the world's oil reserves are in the Middle East.^[15]

Summary of Reserve Data as of 2010

Country	Reserves [16]		Production [17]		Reserve life 1
	109 bbl	109 m3	106 bbl/d	103 m3/d	years
Venezuela	298	47.4	2.7	430	201
Saudi Arabia	267	42.4	9.7	1,540	75
Canada	179	28.5	2.1	330	188
Iraq	143	22.7	3.5	560	112
Iran	138	21.9	4.0	640	95
Kuwait	104	16.5	2.6	410	110
United Arab Emirates	98	15.6	2.9	460	93
Russia	60	9.5	9.9	1,570	17
Kazakhstan	47	7.5	1.4	220	93
Libya	41	6.5	1.7	270	66
Nigeria	36	5.7	2.4	380	41
United States	21	3.3	7.5	1,190	8
China	16	2.5	3.9	620	11
Qatar	15	2.4	0.9	140	46
Algeria	12	1.9	2.2	350	15
Brazil	12	1.9	2.3	370	14
Mexico	12	1.9	3.5	560	9
Total of top seventeen reserves	1,243	197.6	63.5	10,100	54
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