Ghana Oil

Summary Table

Barrels Global Rank
Oil Reserves 660,000,000 #43 in the world
Barrels per dayGlobal Rank
Oil Production 99,114 #49 in the world
Oil Consumption 88,000 #84 in the world
Daily Surplus +11,114
Oil Imports 18,636
Oil Exports 73,654
Net Exports 55,018
(Data shown in the table is for 2016, the latest year with complete data in all categories)

Oil Reserves in Ghana

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Ghana holds 660,000,000 barrels of proven oil reserves in the world as of 2016, ranking #43 in the world and accounting for about 0.040% of the world’s total oil reserves of 1,650,585,140,000.

Ghana has proven reserves equivalent to 20.5 times its annual consumption levels. This means that, without Net Exports, there would be about 21 years of oil left (at current consumption levels and excluding unproven reserves).


Oil Reserves
660,000,000 barrels
Global Rank: #43 | Share of World: 0.040%
21 years of oil left
(at current consumption levels)

History of Oil Reserves in Ghana


Oil Consumption in Ghana

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  • Ghana consumes 88,000 barrels per day (B/d) of oil as of the year 2016.

  • Ghana ranks #84 in the world for oil consumption, accounting for about 0.091% of the world’s total consumption of 97,103,871 barrels per day.

  • Ghana consumes 0.13 gallons of oil per capita every day (based on the 2016 population of 29,356,742 people), or 46 gallons per capita per year (1 barrels). [1 barrel = 42 US Gallons]

Oil Production in Ghana

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  • Ghana produces 99,114 barrels per day of oil (as of 2016) ranking #49 in the world.

  • Ghana produces every year an amount equivalent to 5.48% of its total proven reserves (as of 2016).

Oil Exports

  • Ghana exports 56% of its oil production (55,018 barrels per day in 2016).

History of Oil Consumption and Production


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