Qatar Oil

Summary Table

Barrels Global Rank
Oil Reserves 25,244,000,000 #13 in the world
Barrels per dayGlobal Rank
Oil Production 1,987,193 #14 in the world
Oil Consumption 172,000 #59 in the world
Daily Surplus +1,815,193
Oil Imports 0
Oil Exports 503,415
Net Exports 503,415
(Data shown in the table is for 2016, the latest year with complete data in all categories)

Oil Reserves in Qatar

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Qatar holds 25,244,000,000 barrels of proven oil reserves in the world as of 2016, ranking #13 in the world and accounting for about 1.53% of the world’s total oil reserves of 1,650,585,140,000.

Qatar has proven reserves equivalent to 402.1 times its annual consumption levels. This means that, without Net Exports, there would be about 402 years of oil left (at current consumption levels and excluding unproven reserves).


Oil Reserves
25,244,000,000 barrels
Global Rank: #13 | Share of World: 1.53%
402 years of oil left
(at current consumption levels)

History of Oil Reserves in Qatar


Oil Consumption in Qatar

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  • Qatar consumes 172,000 barrels per day (B/d) of oil as of the year 2016.

  • Qatar ranks #59 in the world for oil consumption, accounting for about 0.18% of the world’s total consumption of 97,103,871 barrels per day.

  • Qatar consumes 2.78 gallons of oil per capita every day (based on the 2016 population of 2,599,372 people), or 1,014 gallons per capita per year (24 barrels). [1 barrel = 42 US Gallons]

Oil Production in Qatar

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  • Qatar produces 1,987,193 barrels per day of oil (as of 2016) ranking #14 in the world.

  • Qatar produces every year an amount equivalent to 2.87% of its total proven reserves (as of 2016).

Oil Exports

  • Qatar exports 25% of its oil production (503,415 barrels per day in 2016).

History of Oil Consumption and Production


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