Greatest Oil Reserves by Country, 2006
|
Rank
|
Country
|
Proved reserves
(billion barrels)
|
|
1.
|
Saudi Arabia
|
264.3
|
|
2.
|
Canada
|
178.8
|
|
3.
|
Iran
|
132.5
|
|
4.
|
Iraq
|
115.0
|
|
5.
|
Kuwait
|
101.5
|
|
6.
|
United Arab Emirates
|
97.8
|
|
7.
|
Venezuela
|
79.7
|
|
8.
|
Russia
|
60.0
|
|
9.
|
Libya
|
39.1
|
|
10.
|
Nigeria
|
35.9
|
|
11.
|
United States
|
21.4
|
|
12.
|
China
|
18.3
|
|
13.
|
Qatar
|
15.2
|
|
14.
|
Mexico
|
12.9
|
|
15.
|
Algeria
|
11.4
|
|
16.
|
Brazil
|
11.2
|
|
17.
|
Kazakhstan
|
9.0
|
|
18.
|
Norway
|
7.7
|
|
19.
|
Azerbaijan
|
7.0
|
|
20.
|
India
|
5.8
|
|
|
|
|
|
Top 20 countries
|
1224.5 (95%)
|
|
Rest of world
|
68.1 (5%)
|
|
World total
|
1,292.6
|
NOTES: Proved reserves are estimated with reasonable certainty to be
recoverable with present technology and prices.
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