Congo Oil

Summary Table

Barrels Global Rank
Oil Reserves 1,600,000,000 #36 in the world
Barrels per dayGlobal Rank
Oil Production 204,735 #37 in the world
Oil Consumption 17,000 #147 in the world
Daily Surplus +187,735
Oil Imports 3
Oil Exports 194,693
Net Exports 194,690
(Data shown in the table is for 2016, the latest year with complete data in all categories)

Oil Reserves in Congo

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Congo holds 1,600,000,000 barrels of proven oil reserves in the world as of 2016, ranking #36 in the world and accounting for about 0.097% of the world’s total oil reserves of 1,650,585,140,000.

Congo has proven reserves equivalent to 257.9 times its annual consumption levels. This means that, without Net Exports, there would be about 258 years of oil left (at current consumption levels and excluding unproven reserves).


Oil Reserves
1,600,000,000 barrels
Global Rank: #36 | Share of World: 0.097%
258 years of oil left
(at current consumption levels)

History of Oil Reserves in Congo


Oil Consumption in Congo

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  • Congo consumes 17,000 barrels per day (B/d) of oil as of the year 2016.

  • Congo ranks #147 in the world for oil consumption, accounting for about 0.018% of the world’s total consumption of 97,103,871 barrels per day.

  • Congo consumes 0.14 gallons of oil per capita every day (based on the 2016 population of 5,222,536 people), or 50 gallons per capita per year (1 barrels). [1 barrel = 42 US Gallons]

Oil Production in Congo

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  • Congo produces 204,735 barrels per day of oil (as of 2016) ranking #37 in the world.

  • Congo produces every year an amount equivalent to 4.67% of its total proven reserves (as of 2016).

Oil Exports

  • Congo exports 95% of its oil production (194,690 barrels per day in 2016).

History of Oil Consumption and Production


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