Colombia Oil

Summary Table

Barrels Global Rank
Oil Reserves 2,308,000,000 #34 in the world
Barrels per dayGlobal Rank
Oil Production 911,892 #23 in the world
Oil Consumption 357,000 #40 in the world
Daily Surplus +554,892
Oil Imports 27,118
Oil Exports 744,525
Net Exports 717,407
(Data shown in the table is for 2016, the latest year with complete data in all categories)

Oil Reserves in Colombia

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Colombia holds 2,308,000,000 barrels of proven oil reserves in the world as of 2016, ranking #34 in the world and accounting for about 0.14% of the world’s total oil reserves of 1,650,585,140,000.

Colombia has proven reserves equivalent to 17.7 times its annual consumption levels. This means that, without Net Exports, there would be about 18 years of oil left (at current consumption levels and excluding unproven reserves).


Oil Reserves
2,308,000,000 barrels
Global Rank: #34 | Share of World: 0.14%
18 years of oil left
(at current consumption levels)

History of Oil Reserves in Colombia


Oil Consumption in Colombia

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  • Colombia consumes 357,000 barrels per day (B/d) of oil as of the year 2016.

  • Colombia ranks #40 in the world for oil consumption, accounting for about 0.37% of the world’s total consumption of 97,103,871 barrels per day.

  • Colombia consumes 0.32 gallons of oil per capita every day (based on the 2016 population of 47,437,512 people), or 115 gallons per capita per year (3 barrels). [1 barrel = 42 US Gallons]

Oil Production in Colombia

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  • Colombia produces 911,892 barrels per day of oil (as of 2016) ranking #23 in the world.

  • Colombia produces every year an amount equivalent to 14.42% of its total proven reserves (as of 2016).

Oil Exports

  • Colombia exports 79% of its oil production (717,407 barrels per day in 2016).

History of Oil Consumption and Production


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