Iraq Oil

Summary Table

Barrels Global Rank
Oil Reserves 143,069,000,000 #5 in the world
Barrels per dayGlobal Rank
Oil Production 4,443,457 #6 in the world
Oil Consumption 857,000 #26 in the world
Daily Surplus +3,586,457
Oil Imports 1
Oil Exports 3,576,637
Net Exports 3,576,636
(Data shown in the table is for 2016, the latest year with complete data in all categories)

Oil Reserves in Iraq

See also: List of countries by Oil Reserves

Iraq holds 143,069,000,000 barrels of proven oil reserves in the world as of 2016, ranking #5 in the world and accounting for about 8.67% of the world’s total oil reserves of 1,650,585,140,000.

Iraq has proven reserves equivalent to 457.4 times its annual consumption levels. This means that, without Net Exports, there would be about 457 years of oil left (at current consumption levels and excluding unproven reserves).


Oil Reserves
143,069,000,000 barrels
Global Rank: #5 | Share of World: 8.67%
457 years of oil left
(at current consumption levels)

History of Oil Reserves in Iraq


Oil Consumption in Iraq

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  • Iraq consumes 857,000 barrels per day (B/d) of oil as of the year 2016.

  • Iraq ranks #26 in the world for oil consumption, accounting for about 0.88% of the world’s total consumption of 97,103,871 barrels per day.

  • Iraq consumes 0.94 gallons of oil per capita every day (based on the 2016 population of 38,469,627 people), or 342 gallons per capita per year (8 barrels). [1 barrel = 42 US Gallons]

Oil Production in Iraq

See also: List of countries by Oil Production

  • Iraq produces 4,443,457 barrels per day of oil (as of 2016) ranking #6 in the world.

  • Iraq produces every year an amount equivalent to 1.13% of its total proven reserves (as of 2016).

Oil Exports

  • Iraq exports 80% of its oil production (3,576,636 barrels per day in 2016).

History of Oil Consumption and Production


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