Yemen Oil

Summary Table

Barrels Global Rank
Oil Reserves 3,000,000,000 #29 in the world
Barrels per dayGlobal Rank
Oil Production 21,960 #79 in the world
Oil Consumption 60,000 #93 in the world
Daily Deficit −38,040
Oil Imports 0
Oil Exports 8,875
Net Exports 8,875
(Data shown in the table is for 2016, the latest year with complete data in all categories)

Oil Reserves in Yemen

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Yemen holds 3,000,000,000 barrels of proven oil reserves in the world as of 2016, ranking #29 in the world and accounting for about 0.18% of the world’s total oil reserves of 1,650,585,140,000.

Yemen has proven reserves equivalent to 137 times its annual consumption levels. This means that, without Net Exports, there would be about 137 years of oil left (at current consumption levels and excluding unproven reserves).


Oil Reserves
3,000,000,000 barrels
Global Rank: #29 | Share of World: 0.18%
137 years of oil left
(at current consumption levels)

History of Oil Reserves in Yemen


Oil Consumption in Yemen

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  • Yemen consumes 60,000 barrels per day (B/d) of oil as of the year 2016.

  • Yemen ranks #93 in the world for oil consumption, accounting for about 0.062% of the world’s total consumption of 97,103,871 barrels per day.

  • Yemen consumes 0.08 gallons of oil per capita every day (based on the 2016 population of 32,109,010 people), or 29 gallons per capita per year (1 barrels). [1 barrel = 42 US Gallons]

Oil Production in Yemen

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  • Yemen produces 21,960 barrels per day of oil (as of 2016) ranking #79 in the world.

  • Yemen produces every year an amount equivalent to 0.27% of its total proven reserves (as of 2016).

Oil Exports

  • Yemen exports 40% of its oil production (8,875 barrels per day in 2016).

History of Oil Consumption and Production


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