This is a list of countries by proven oil reserves. 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.Several Oil Producers which are not considered to be countries (Eg the European Union, and The Arab league) are included in the list because they provide useful reference information and are included in some of the sources. These are not ranked in the charts here,

	Country
1	Venezuela (more information Oil reserves in Venezuela The proven oil reserves in Venezuela are claimed to be the largest in the world, according to an announcement in early 2011 by President Hugo Chavez and the Venezuelan government. The reported proven reserves reach , surpassing that of the previous long-term world leader, Saudi Arabia... ) (2010)	296,500,000,000
2	Saudi Arabia (more information Oil reserves in Saudi Arabia Proven oil reserves in Saudi Arabia are the second largest claimed in the world, estimated to be including 2.5 Gbbl in the Saudi-Kuwaiti neutral zone. These reserves were the largest in the world until Venezuela announced they had increased their proven reserves to 297 Gbbl in January 2011... ) (2011)	264,600,000,000
3	Canada (more information Oil reserves in Canada Oil reserves in Canada were estimated at in 2007. This figure includes oil sands reserves which are estimated by government regulators to be economically producible at current prices using current technology. According to this figure, Canada's reserves are third only to Venezuela and Saudi... ) (2008)	175,200,000,000
4	Iran (more information Oil reserves in Iran Oil reserves in Iran, according to its government, rank third largest in the world at approximately as of 2007, although it ranks second if Canadian reserves of unconventional oil are excluded. This is roughly 10% of the world's total proven petroleum reserves. Iran is the world's fourth largest... ) (2011)	151,000,000,000
5	Iraq (more information Oil reserves in Iraq Oil reserves in Iraq will be the largest in the world according to recent geological surveys and seismic data. The Iraqi government has stated that new exploration showed Iraq has the world’s largest proven oil reserves, with more than 350 billion barrels... ) (2010)	143,500,000,000
6	Kuwait (more information Oil reserves in Kuwait Oil reserves in Kuwait make up 8% of the oil reserves in the world. Kuwait is OPEC's third largest oil producer and claims to hold approximately . This includes half of the in the Saudi-Kuwaiti neutral zone which Kuwait shares with Saudi Arabia... ) (2010)	104,000,000,000
7	Brazil	50-123,000,000,000
8	United Arab Emirates (more information Oil reserves in the United Arab Emirates Oil reserves in the United Arab Emirates, according to its government, are about , almost as big as Kuwait's claimed reserves. Of the emirates, Abu Dhabi has most of the oil with while Dubai has and Sharjah has . Most of the oil is in the Zakum field which is the third largest in the Middle East... ) (2008)	97,800,000,000
9	Russia (more information Oil reserves in Russia There are several different estimates of proven oil reserves in Russia. Most estimates include only Western Siberian reserves, exploited since the 1970s and supplying two-thirds of Russian oil, and not potentially huge reserves elsewhere... ) (2009)	74,200,000,000
10	Libya (more information Oil reserves in Libya Oil reserves in Libya are the largest in Africa and the eighth largest in the world with as of 2010. Oil production was as of 2010, giving Libya 77 years of reserves at current production rates if no new reserves were to be found... ) (2010)	47,000,000,000
11	Nigeria (more information Oil reserves in Nigeria Although Libya has more reserves, there were of proven oil reserves in Nigeria as of 2007, ranking the country as the largest oil producer in Africa and the 11th largest in the world, averaging in 2006. At current rates this would be 43 years of supply if no new oil was found... ) (2007)	37,500,000,000
12	Kazakhstan (2009)	30,000,000,000
13	Qatar (2009)	25,410,000,000
14	Mainland China	20,350,000,000
15	United States (more information Oil reserves in the United States Proven oil reserves in the United States are , excluding the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. The U.S. Department of the Interior estimates the total volume of undiscovered, technically recoverable prospective resources in all areas of the United States, including the Federal Outer Continental Shelf,... )	19,120,000,000
16	Azerbaijan	14,000,000,000
17	Angola	13,500,000,000
18	Mexico (more information Oil reserves in Mexico The Oil and Gas Journal estimated that as of 2007, there were of proven oil reserves in Mexico. Mexico was the sixth-largest oil producer in the world as of 2006, producing of petroleum products, of which was crude oil. Mexican oil production has started to decline rapidly. The U.S... )	12,420,000,000
19	Algeria	12,200,000,000
20	Sudan	6,800,000,000
21	Norway	6,680,000,000
22	Ecuador	6,542,000,000
23	India	5,800,000,000
24	Oman	5,500,000,000
—	European Union	5,453,000,000
25	Ghana	5,000,000,000
26	Vietnam	4,700,000,000
27	Egypt	4,300,000,000
28	Indonesia	4,050,000,000
29	Gabon	3,700,000,000
30	Australia	1,100,000,000
31	United Kingdom	3,000,000,000
32	Yemen	3,000,000,000
33	Malaysia	2,900,000,000
34	Syria	2,500,000,000
35	Argentina	2,386,000,000
36	Colombia	1,900,000,000
37	Republic of the Congo	1,600,000,000
38	Chad	1,500,000,000
39	Brunei	1,100,000,000
40	Equatorial Guinea	1,100,000,000
41	Denmark	1,060,000,000
42	Trinidad and Tobago	728,300,000
43	Kingdom of Romania	600,000,000
44	Turkmenistan	600,000,000
45	Uzbekistan	594,000,000
46	East Timor	553,800,000
47	Peru	470,800,000
48	Bolivia	465,000,000
49	Pakistan	436,200,000
50	Thailand	430,000,000
51	Tunisia	425,000,000
52	Italy	423,700,000
53	Ukraine	395,000,000
54	Germany	276,000,000
55	Turkey	262,200,000
56	Côte d'Ivoire	250,000,000
57	Cameroon	200,000,000
58	Albania	199,100,000
59	Belarus	198,000,000
60	Democratic Republic of the Congo	180,000,000
61	Cuba (more information Oil reserves in Cuba A 2004 joint partnership between a Spanish oil company and Cuba's state oil company estimated Cuba's off-shore reserves to be able to ultimately produce between 4.6 and 9.3... )	178,900,000
62	Papua New Guinea	170,000,000
63	Philippines	168,000,000
64	Chile	150,000,000
65	Spain	150,000,000
66	Bahrain	124,600,000
67	Early Modern France	101,200,000
68	Mauritania	100,000,000
69	Netherlands	100,000,000
70	Morocco	100,000,000
71	Poland	96,380,000
72	Austria	89,000,000
73	Guatemala	83,070,000
74	Suriname	79,600,000
75	Serbia	77,500,000
76	Independent State of Croatia	73,350,000
77	New Zealand	60,000,000
78	Myanmar	50,000,000
79	Japan	44,120,000
80	Kyrgyzstan	40,000,000
81	Georgia (country)	35,000,000
82	Bangladesh	28,000,000
83	Hungary	26,570,000
84	Kingdom of Bulgaria	15,000,000
85	South Africa	15,000,000
86	Czech Republic	15,000,000
87	Lithuania	12,000,000
88	Tajikistan	12,000,000
89	Greece	10,000,000
90	Slovakia	9,000,000
91	Benin	8,000,000
92	Belize	6,700,000
93	Republic of China	2,800,000
94	Israel	1,940,000
95	Barbados	1,790,000
96	Jordan	1,000,000
97	Ethiopia	430,000
-	Total	1,392,461,050,000