Japan Oil

Summary Table

Barrels Global Rank
Oil Reserves 44,115,000 #78 in the world
Barrels per dayGlobal Rank
Oil Production 123,525 #44 in the world
Oil Consumption 4,012,877 #4 in the world
Daily Deficit −3,889,352
Oil Imports 3,146,668
Oil Exports 0
Net Imports 3,146,668
(Data shown in the table is for 2016, the latest year with complete data in all categories)

Oil Reserves in Japan

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Japan holds 44,115,000 barrels of proven oil reserves in the world as of 2016, ranking #78 in the world and accounting for about 0.0027% of the world’s total oil reserves of 1,650,585,140,000.

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


Oil Reserves
44,115,000 barrels
Global Rank: #78 | Share of World: 0.0027%
0 years of oil left
(at current consumption levels)

History of Oil Reserves in Japan


Oil Consumption in Japan

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  • Japan consumes 4,012,877 barrels per day (B/d) of oil as of the year 2016.

  • Japan ranks #4 in the world for oil consumption, accounting for about 4.13% of the world’s total consumption of 97,103,871 barrels per day.

  • Japan consumes 1.33 gallons of oil per capita every day (based on the 2016 population of 127,159,951 people), or 484 gallons per capita per year (12 barrels). [1 barrel = 42 US Gallons]

Oil Production in Japan

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  • Japan produces 123,525 barrels per day of oil (as of 2016) ranking #44 in the world.

  • Japan produces every year an amount equivalent to 102.2% of its total proven reserves (as of 2016).

Oil Imports

  • Japan imports 78% of its oil consumption (3,146,668 barrels per day in 2016).

History of Oil Consumption and Production


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