Libya Oil

Summary Table

Barrels Global Rank
Oil Reserves 48,363,000,000 #9 in the world
Barrels per dayGlobal Rank
Oil Production 499,397 #30 in the world
Oil Consumption 223,000 #53 in the world
Daily Surplus +276,397
Oil Imports 0
Oil Exports 238,501
Net Exports 238,501
(Data shown in the table is for 2016, the latest year with complete data in all categories)

Oil Reserves in Libya

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Libya holds 48,363,000,000 barrels of proven oil reserves in the world as of 2016, ranking #9 in the world and accounting for about 2.93% of the world’s total oil reserves of 1,650,585,140,000.

Libya has proven reserves equivalent to 594.2 times its annual consumption levels. This means that, without Net Exports, there would be about 594 years of oil left (at current consumption levels and excluding unproven reserves).


Oil Reserves
48,363,000,000 barrels
Global Rank: #9 | Share of World: 2.93%
594 years of oil left
(at current consumption levels)

History of Oil Reserves in Libya


Oil Consumption in Libya

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  • Libya consumes 223,000 barrels per day (B/d) of oil as of the year 2016.

  • Libya ranks #53 in the world for oil consumption, accounting for about 0.23% of the world’s total consumption of 97,103,871 barrels per day.

  • Libya consumes 1.41 gallons of oil per capita every day (based on the 2016 population of 6,632,126 people), or 515 gallons per capita per year (12 barrels). [1 barrel = 42 US Gallons]

Oil Production in Libya

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  • Libya produces 499,397 barrels per day of oil (as of 2016) ranking #30 in the world.

  • Libya produces every year an amount equivalent to 0.38% of its total proven reserves (as of 2016).

Oil Exports

  • Libya exports 48% of its oil production (238,501 barrels per day in 2016).

History of Oil Consumption and Production


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