France Oil

Summary Table

Barrels Global Rank
Oil Reserves 78,431,000 #72 in the world
Barrels per dayGlobal Rank
Oil Production 133,014 #43 in the world
Oil Consumption 1,705,568 #13 in the world
Daily Deficit −1,572,554
Oil Imports 1,092,170
Oil Exports 805
Net Imports 1,091,365
(Data shown in the table is for 2016, the latest year with complete data in all categories)

Oil Reserves in France

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France holds 78,431,000 barrels of proven oil reserves in the world as of 2016, ranking #72 in the world and accounting for about 0.0048% of the world’s total oil reserves of 1,650,585,140,000.

France has proven reserves equivalent to 0.1 times its annual consumption levels. This means that, without imports, there would be about 0 years of oil left (at current consumption levels and excluding unproven reserves).


Oil Reserves
78,431,000 barrels
Global Rank: #72 | Share of World: 0.0048%
0 years of oil left
(at current consumption levels)

History of Oil Reserves in France


Oil Consumption in France

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  • France consumes 1,705,568 barrels per day (B/d) of oil as of the year 2016.

  • France ranks #13 in the world for oil consumption, accounting for about 1.76% of the world’s total consumption of 97,103,871 barrels per day.

  • France consumes 1.1 gallons of oil per capita every day (based on the 2016 population of 65,086,855 people), or 402 gallons per capita per year (10 barrels). [1 barrel = 42 US Gallons]

Oil Production in France

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  • France produces 133,014 barrels per day of oil (as of 2016) ranking #43 in the world.

  • France produces every year an amount equivalent to 61.9% of its total proven reserves (as of 2016).

Oil Imports

  • France imports 64% of its oil consumption (1,091,365 barrels per day in 2016).

History of Oil Consumption and Production


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