| Barrels | Global Rank | |
|---|---|---|
| Oil Reserves | 20,000,000 | #83 in the world |
| Barrels per day | Global Rank | |
|---|---|---|
| Oil Production | 4,836 | #97 in the world |
| Oil Consumption | 17,000 | #148 in the world |
| Daily Deficit | −12,164 | |
| Oil Imports | 0 | |
| Oil Exports | 6,251 | |
| Net Exports | 6,251 |
See also: List of countries by Oil Reserves
Mauritania holds 20,000,000 barrels of proven oil reserves in the world as of 2016, ranking #83 in the world and accounting for about 0.0012% of the world’s total oil reserves of 1,650,585,140,000.
Mauritania has proven reserves equivalent to 3.2 times its annual consumption levels. This means that, without Net Exports, there would be about 3 years of oil left (at current consumption levels and excluding unproven reserves).
See also: List of countries by Oil Consumption
Mauritania consumes 17,000 barrels per day (B/d) of oil as of the year 2016.
Mauritania ranks #148 in the world for oil consumption, accounting for about 0.018% of the world’s total consumption of 97,103,871 barrels per day.
Mauritania consumes 0.17 gallons of oil per capita every day (based on the 2016 population of 4,086,657 people), or 64 gallons per capita per year (2 barrels). [1 barrel = 42 US Gallons]
See also: List of countries by Oil Production
Mauritania produces 4,836 barrels per day of oil (as of 2016) ranking #97 in the world.
Mauritania produces every year an amount equivalent to 8.83% of its total proven reserves (as of 2016).