DR Congo Oil

Summary Table

Barrels Global Rank
Oil Reserves 180,000,000 #58 in the world
Barrels per dayGlobal Rank
Oil Production 20,000 #80 in the world
Oil Consumption 21,000 #132 in the world
Daily Deficit −1,000
Oil Imports 0
Oil Exports 16,263
Net Exports 16,263
(Data shown in the table is for 2016, the latest year with complete data in all categories)

Oil Reserves in the DR Congo

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the DR Congo holds 180,000,000 barrels of proven oil reserves in the world as of 2016, ranking #58 in the world and accounting for about 0.011% of the world’s total oil reserves of 1,650,585,140,000.

the DR Congo has proven reserves equivalent to 23.5 times its annual consumption levels. This means that, without Net Exports, there would be about 23 years of oil left (at current consumption levels and excluding unproven reserves).


Oil Reserves
180,000,000 barrels
Global Rank: #58 | Share of World: 0.011%
23 years of oil left
(at current consumption levels)

History of Oil Reserves in the DR Congo


Oil Consumption in the DR Congo

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  • the DR Congo consumes 21,000 barrels per day (B/d) of oil as of the year 2016.

  • the DR Congo ranks #132 in the world for oil consumption, accounting for about 0.022% of the world’s total consumption of 97,103,871 barrels per day.

  • the DR Congo consumes 0.01 gallons of oil per capita every day (based on the 2016 population of 83,956,415 people), or 4 gallons per capita per year (0 barrels). [1 barrel = 42 US Gallons]

Oil Production in the DR Congo

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  • the DR Congo produces 20,000 barrels per day of oil (as of 2016) ranking #80 in the world.

  • the DR Congo produces every year an amount equivalent to 4.06% of its total proven reserves (as of 2016).

Oil Exports

  • the DR Congo exports 81% of its oil production (16,263 barrels per day in 2016).

History of Oil Consumption and Production


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