Gabon Oil

Summary Table

Barrels Global Rank
Oil Reserves 2,000,000,000 #35 in the world
Barrels per dayGlobal Rank
Oil Production 210,428 #36 in the world
Oil Consumption 21,000 #133 in the world
Daily Surplus +189,428
Oil Imports 0
Oil Exports 205,218
Net Exports 205,218
(Data shown in the table is for 2016, the latest year with complete data in all categories)

Oil Reserves in Gabon

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Gabon holds 2,000,000,000 barrels of proven oil reserves in the world as of 2016, ranking #35 in the world and accounting for about 0.12% of the world’s total oil reserves of 1,650,585,140,000.

Gabon has proven reserves equivalent to 260.9 times its annual consumption levels. This means that, without Net Exports, there would be about 261 years of oil left (at current consumption levels and excluding unproven reserves).


Oil Reserves
2,000,000,000 barrels
Global Rank: #35 | Share of World: 0.12%
261 years of oil left
(at current consumption levels)

History of Oil Reserves in Gabon


Oil Consumption in Gabon

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

  • Gabon ranks #133 in the world for oil consumption, accounting for about 0.022% of the world’s total consumption of 97,103,871 barrels per day.

  • Gabon consumes 0.42 gallons of oil per capita every day (based on the 2016 population of 2,100,306 people), or 153 gallons per capita per year (4 barrels). [1 barrel = 42 US Gallons]

Oil Production in Gabon

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  • Gabon produces 210,428 barrels per day of oil (as of 2016) ranking #36 in the world.

  • Gabon produces every year an amount equivalent to 3.84% of its total proven reserves (as of 2016).

Oil Exports

  • Gabon exports 98% of its oil production (205,218 barrels per day in 2016).

History of Oil Consumption and Production


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