Cameroon Oil

Summary Table

Barrels Global Rank
Oil Reserves 200,000,000 #55 in the world
Barrels per dayGlobal Rank
Oil Production 92,469 #52 in the world
Oil Consumption 40,000 #110 in the world
Daily Surplus +52,469
Oil Imports 40,950
Oil Exports 81,166
Net Exports 40,216
(Data shown in the table is for 2016, the latest year with complete data in all categories)

Oil Reserves in Cameroon

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Cameroon holds 200,000,000 barrels of proven oil reserves in the world as of 2016, ranking #55 in the world and accounting for about 0.012% of the world’s total oil reserves of 1,650,585,140,000.

Cameroon has proven reserves equivalent to 13.7 times its annual consumption levels. This means that, without Net Exports, there would be about 14 years of oil left (at current consumption levels and excluding unproven reserves).


Oil Reserves
200,000,000 barrels
Global Rank: #55 | Share of World: 0.012%
14 years of oil left
(at current consumption levels)

History of Oil Reserves in Cameroon


Oil Consumption in Cameroon

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  • Cameroon consumes 40,000 barrels per day (B/d) of oil as of the year 2016.

  • Cameroon ranks #110 in the world for oil consumption, accounting for about 0.041% of the world’s total consumption of 97,103,871 barrels per day.

  • Cameroon consumes 0.07 gallons of oil per capita every day (based on the 2016 population of 23,454,161 people), or 26 gallons per capita per year (1 barrels). [1 barrel = 42 US Gallons]

Oil Production in Cameroon

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  • Cameroon produces 92,469 barrels per day of oil (as of 2016) ranking #52 in the world.

  • Cameroon produces every year an amount equivalent to 16.88% of its total proven reserves (as of 2016).

Oil Exports

  • Cameroon exports 43% of its oil production (40,216 barrels per day in 2016).

History of Oil Consumption and Production


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