Kuwait Oil

Summary Table

Barrels Global Rank
Oil Reserves 101,500,000,000 #6 in the world
Barrels per dayGlobal Rank
Oil Production 2,990,544 #10 in the world
Oil Consumption 359,000 #39 in the world
Daily Surplus +2,631,544
Oil Imports 0
Oil Exports 2,128,190
Net Exports 2,128,190
(Data shown in the table is for 2016, the latest year with complete data in all categories)

Oil Reserves in Kuwait

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Kuwait holds 101,500,000,000 barrels of proven oil reserves in the world as of 2016, ranking #6 in the world and accounting for about 6.15% of the world’s total oil reserves of 1,650,585,140,000.

Kuwait has proven reserves equivalent to 774.6 times its annual consumption levels. This means that, without Net Exports, there would be about 775 years of oil left (at current consumption levels and excluding unproven reserves).


Oil Reserves
101,500,000,000 barrels
Global Rank: #6 | Share of World: 6.15%
775 years of oil left
(at current consumption levels)

History of Oil Reserves in Kuwait


Oil Consumption in Kuwait

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  • Kuwait consumes 359,000 barrels per day (B/d) of oil as of the year 2016.

  • Kuwait ranks #39 in the world for oil consumption, accounting for about 0.37% of the world’s total consumption of 97,103,871 barrels per day.

  • Kuwait consumes 3.77 gallons of oil per capita every day (based on the 2016 population of 4,003,971 people), or 1,375 gallons per capita per year (33 barrels). [1 barrel = 42 US Gallons]

Oil Production in Kuwait

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  • Kuwait produces 2,990,544 barrels per day of oil (as of 2016) ranking #10 in the world.

  • Kuwait produces every year an amount equivalent to 1.08% of its total proven reserves (as of 2016).

Oil Exports

  • Kuwait exports 71% of its oil production (2,128,190 barrels per day in 2016).

History of Oil Consumption and Production


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