Petroleum Production by Country

Petroleum production by country measures how much petroleum each country produces, expressed in tonnes. The figures follow the definitions used in the underlying sources. The statistics are based on Our World in Data, which compiles them from the BGS World Mineral Statistics. The table below lists 100 countries that record petroleum production in the period. The figures include crude oil, shale oil, oil sands, and natural gas liquids. 2023 data are available for all 100 countries. According to the source, World petroleum production totaled 4,511,257,854 tonnes in 2023.

Countries With the Largest Petroleum Production in 2023

The United States produced the most petroleum in 2023 with 874,105,820 tonnes. Russia ranked second with 541,700,000, followed by Saudi Arabia (531,700,000), Canada (277,900,000), and Iran (214,300,000). Iraq (213,000,000), China (208,915,000), Brazil (180,097,838), the United Arab Emirates (176,100,000), and Kuwait (139,800,000) complete the top ten.

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#	Country	Latest Data (tonnes)	Year
1	United States US	874,105,820	2023
2	Russia RU	541,700,000	2023
3	Saudi Arabia SA	531,700,000	2023
4	Canada CA	277,900,000	2023
5	Iran IR	214,300,000	2023
6	Iraq IQ	213,000,000	2023
7	China CN	208,915,000	2023
8	Brazil BR	180,097,838	2023
9	United Arab Emirates AE	176,100,000	2023
10	Kuwait KW	139,800,000	2023
11	Mexico MX	105,467,422	2023
12	Norway NO	90,808,000	2023
13	Kazakhstan KZ	89,976,700	2023
14	Qatar QA	74,100,000	2023
15	Nigeria NG	73,900,000	2023
16	Algeria DZ	60,400,000	2023
17	Libya LY	59,700,000	2023
18	Angola AO	55,800,000	2023
19	Oman OM	52,220,396	2023
20	Venezuela VE	43,700,000	2023
21	Colombia CO	40,900,000	2023
22	United Kingdom GB	33,446,000	2023
23	Argentina AR	32,812,000	2023
24	Indonesia ID	30,286,164	2023
25	Azerbaijan AZ	30,147,400	2023
26	Egypt EG	29,800,000	2023
27	India IN	29,114,000	2023
28	Ecuador EC	25,500,000	2023
29	Malaysia MY	24,075,400	2023
30	Australia AU	16,065,300	2023
31	Congo CG	13,200,000	2023
32	Gabon GA	11,200,000	2023
33	Thailand TH	11,200,000	2023
34	Vietnam VN	10,412,300	2023
35	Turkmenistan TM	9,200,000	2023
36	South Sudan SS	7,300,000	2023
37	Chad TD	7,000,000	2023
38	Ghana GH	6,622,791	2023
39	Peru PE	5,672,209	2023
40	France FR	5,326,650	2023
41	Brunei BN	4,500,000	2023
42	Italy IT	4,230,000	2023
43	Türkiye TR	4,094,898	2023
44	Equatorial Guinea GQ	4,000,000	2023
45	Pakistan PK	3,459,800	2023
46	Cameroon CM	3,257,100	2023
47	Denmark DK	2,901,645	2023
48	Romania RO	2,882,158	2023
49	Bahrain BH	2,800,000	2023
50	Sudan SD	2,800,000	2023
51	Trinidad and Tobago TT	2,768,209	2023
52	Cuba CU	2,200,000	2023
53	Ukraine UA	2,000,000	2023
54	Uzbekistan UZ	2,000,000	2023
55	Yemen YE	1,900,000	2023
56	Syria SY	1,800,000	2023
57	Germany DE	1,635,331	2023
58	Tunisia TN	1,561,800	2023
59	Estonia EE	1,544,772	2023
60	Ivory Coast CI	1,530,194	2023
61	Belarus BY	1,494,000	2023
62	DR Congo CD	1,157,230	2023
63	Bolivia BO	1,091,000	2023
64	Suriname SR	1,011,453	2023
65	Hungary HU	932,615	2023
66	New Zealand NZ	811,520	2023
67	Serbia RS	810,000	2023
68	Poland PL	793,880	2023
69	Mongolia MN	672,476	2023
70	Albania AL	572,628	2023
71	Timor-Leste TL	540,000	2023
72	Croatia HR	517,076	2023
73	Austria AT	468,583	2023
74	Israel IL	467,852	2023
75	Japan JP	360,000	2023
76	Philippines PH	330,216	2023
77	Netherlands NL	320,000	2023
78	Papua New Guinea PG	320,000	2023
79	Kyrgyzstan KG	303,200	2023
80	Myanmar MM	299,000	2023
81	Niger NE	298,700	2023
82	Greece GR	271,000	2023
83	Guatemala GT	252,694	2023
84	Chile CL	120,625	2023
85	Czech Republic CZ	67,000	2023
86	Georgia GE	38,900	2023
87	Lithuania LT	24,775	2023
88	Bulgaria BG	21,000	2023
89	Barbados BB	20,000	2023
90	Tajikistan TJ	18,000	2023
91	Jordan JO	6,000	2023
92	Senegal SN	3,000	2023
93	Morocco MA	2000	2023
94	Taiwan TW	1628	2023
95	Slovakia SK	1000	2023
96	Afghanistan AF	900	2023
97	Spain ES	606	2023
98	Bangladesh BD	0	2023
99	Slovenia SI	0	2023
100	South Africa ZA	0	2023

Among the 100 countries with available 2023 data, the United States accounted for about 19 percent of their combined production, and the top five together for about 54 percent. Only the United States, Russia, and Saudi Arabia produced more than 500 million tonnes in 2023.

Petroleum Production Around the World

In North America, the United States (874,105,820 tonnes) is the dominant producer, ahead of Canada (277,900,000) and Mexico (105,467,422). In South America, Brazil (180,097,838) leads, ahead of Venezuela (43,700,000), Colombia (40,900,000), and Argentina (32,812,000).

In the Middle East, Saudi Arabia (531,700,000 tonnes) leads, ahead of Iran (214,300,000), Iraq (213,000,000), the United Arab Emirates (176,100,000), Kuwait (139,800,000), and Qatar (74,100,000). In Europe, Russia (541,700,000 tonnes) leads, ahead of Norway (90,808,000), the United Kingdom (33,446,000), and Italy (4,230,000).

In Africa, Nigeria (73,900,000 tonnes) is the largest producer, ahead of Libya (59,700,000), Angola (55,800,000), and Egypt (29,800,000). In Asia, China (208,915,000 tonnes) is the dominant producer, ahead of Indonesia (30,286,164) and India (29,114,000). In Oceania, Australia (44,779,000) is the main producer.

Largest Changes in Petroleum Production, 2019–2023

The United States recorded the largest increase between 2019 and 2023, rising from 783,892,303 to 874,105,820 tonnes (up 90,213,517). Iran added 52,600,000, from 161,700,000 to 214,300,000, Canada added 45,000,000, from 232,900,000 to 277,900,000, and Brazil added 30,547,070, from 149,550,768 to 180,097,838.

Nigeria recorded the largest decline, falling from 100,900,000 tonnes in 2019 to 73,900,000 in 2023 (down 27,000,000). Saudi Arabia fell from 556,600,000 to 531,700,000 (down 24,900,000), Iraq from 234,200,000 to 213,000,000 (down 21,200,000), Russia from 561,000,000 to 541,700,000 (down 19,300,000), and the United Kingdom from 52,489,000 to 33,446,000 (down 19,043,000).

World output moved little over the period, from 4,470,895,206 tonnes in 2019 to 4,511,257,854 in 2023 (up 0.9 percent). The strong growth in US output offset declines among the major Middle East and African producers. Colombia declined steadily from 46,700,000 to 40,900,000 tonnes, and Angola from 69,100,000 to 55,800,000, while Netherlands output fell from 747,000 to 320,000 tonnes, and Norway rose modestly from 85,386,000 to 90,808,000.

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#	Country	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
1	United States	783,892,303	749,014,892	755,104,756	807,163,174	874,105,820
2	Russia	561,000,000	512,000,000	523,000,000	535,000,000	541,700,000
3	Saudi Arabia	556,600,000	519,600,000	515,000,000	574,200,000	531,700,000
4	Iraq	234,200,000	202,000,000	200,800,000	221,300,000	213,000,000
5	Canada	232,900,000	222,600,000	234,500,000	273,900,000	277,900,000
6	China	191,014,100	194,768,600	198,881,100	204,722,400	208,915,000
7	United Arab Emirates	179,900,000	165,900,000	163,400,000	181,100,000	176,100,000
8	Iran	161,700,000	147,700,000	172,200,000	180,200,000	214,300,000
9	Brazil	149,550,768	157,682,321	154,975,843	161,042,769	180,097,838
10	Kuwait	143,400,000	131,200,000	130,000,000	145,900,000	139,800,000
11	Nigeria	100,900,000	91,400,000	80,700,000	69,300,000	73,900,000
12	Mexico	99,212,000	98,850,000	99,521,955	100,504,249	105,467,422
13	Kazakhstan	90,555,400	85,656,100	85,879,400	84,236,900	89,976,700
14	Norway	85,386,000	98,686,000	99,625,000	93,467,000	90,808,000
15	Qatar	72,300,000	72,200,000	70,800,000	72,700,000	74,100,000
16	Angola	69,100,000	64,200,000	56,600,000	57,800,000	55,800,000
17	Algeria	64,300,000	57,500,000	58,200,000	62,100,000	60,400,000
18	Libya	58,000,000	19,700,000	60,400,000	53,600,000	59,700,000
19	Venezuela	53,400,000	34,600,000	34,500,000	37,500,000	43,700,000
20	United Kingdom	52,489,000	48,985,000	40,864,000	37,752,000	33,446,000
21	Oman	48,346,316	47,340,450	48,361,255	52,992,224	52,220,396
22	Colombia	46,700,000	41,300,000	38,800,000	39,700,000	40,900,000
23	Azerbaijan	37,501,200	34,531,900	34,580,300	32,646,400	30,147,400
24	Indonesia	37,264,000	35,513,000	32,927,021	30,620,822	30,286,164
25	India	32,169,000	30,491,000	29,691,000	29,392,000	29,114,000
26	Egypt	31,800,000	31,100,000	29,600,000	29,900,000	29,800,000
27	Malaysia	29,138,900	26,559,400	24,123,200	23,979,800	24,075,400
28	Ecuador	28,500,000	25,800,000	25,300,000	25,800,000	25,500,000
29	Argentina	26,060,312	25,603,785	26,521,000	30,079,000	32,812,000
30	Australia	20,931,300	20,442,600	19,430,000	18,047,000	16,065,300
31	Thailand	16,900,000	15,100,000	13,900,000	11,500,000	11,200,000
32	Congo	16,340,000	14,050,000	13,178,000	13,032,000	13,200,000
33	Vietnam	13,090,000	11,470,000	10,970,000	10,840,000	10,412,300
34	Turkmenistan	12,200,000	10,400,000	9,800,000	9,600,000	9,200,000
35	Gabon	10,901,000	10,766,000	9,085,000	10,400,000	11,200,000
36	Ghana	9,806,395	9,186,933	7,556,677	7,104,527	6,622,791
37	South Sudan	8,400,000	8,100,000	7,500,000	6,900,000	7,300,000
38	Equatorial Guinea	7,400,000	7,400,000	6,100,000	5,600,000	4,000,000
39	Peru	6,898,900	6,159,700	5,889,000	5,775,500	5,672,209
40	Chad	6,700,000	6,600,000	6,100,000	6,500,000	7,000,000
41	Brunei	5,442,245	5,435,513	5,254,692	4,500,000	4,500,000
42	France	5,269,899	5,634,302	5,376,432	5,276,869	5,326,650
43	Denmark	4,979,725	3,522,230	3,247,085	3,183,250	2,901,645
44	Pakistan	4,359,424	3,831,787	3,760,982	3,009,141	3,459,800
45	Italy	4,270,000	5,380,000	4,830,000	4,450,000	4,230,000
46	Yemen	4,100,000	3,800,000	3,500,000	3,100,000	1,900,000
47	Sudan	3,600,000	3,100,000	3,200,000	3,100,000	2,800,000
48	Cameroon	3,545,900	3,622,200	2,631,600	3,403,200	3,257,100
49	Romania	3,439,564	3,334,019	3,195,648	3,019,473	2,882,158
50	Bahrain	3,178,000	3,210,000	2,993,000	2,884,000	2,800,000
51	Trinidad and Tobago	3,032,272	2,909,695	3,083,745	3,010,889	2,768,209
52	Türkiye	2,984,800	3,202,924	3,441,659	3,583,040	4,094,898
53	Uzbekistan	2,800,000	2,000,000	2,100,000	2,100,000	2,000,000
54	Ukraine	2,453,600	2,430,800	2,432,200	2,147,600	2,000,000
55	Cuba	2,371,500	2,320,200	2,433,300	2,374,000	2,200,000
56	Ivory Coast	2,024,410	1,893,641	1,708,962	1,573,733	1,530,194
57	Germany	1,923,232	1,895,942	1,805,932	1,699,014	1,635,331
58	Belarus	1,690,000	1,710,000	1,737,000	1,590,000	1,494,000
59	Tunisia	1,686,000	1,557,600	1,930,000	1,664,700	1,561,800
60	Estonia	1,671,050	1,160,186	622,572	637,606	1,544,772
61	Bolivia	1,646,000	1,494,000	1,451,000	1,293,000	1,091,000
62	Syria	1,500,000	2,000,000	2,000,000	2,000,000	1,800,000
63	Hungary	1,158,129	848,800	891,413	903,501	932,615
64	New Zealand	1,128,870	964,420	840,780	736,140	811,520
65	DR Congo	1,120,345	1,199,249	1,177,446	1,027,490	1,157,230
66	Albania	1,005,088	757,393	712,532	657,402	572,628
67	Poland	972,564	937,462	888,082	854,050	793,880
68	Suriname	971,528	967,898	959,832	990,482	1,011,453
69	Mongolia	946,818	564,773	641,967	352,875	672,476
70	Serbia	854,000	831,000	811,000	801,000	810,000
71	Timor-Leste	819,000	826,007	828,750	544,198	540,000
72	Myanmar	791,000	580,000	312,000	296,000	299,000
73	Netherlands	747,000	737,000	749,000	391,000	320,000
74	Croatia	657,553	585,567	559,204	542,644	517,076
75	Philippines	656,462	572,350	489,873	448,097	330,216
76	Austria	626,877	594,789	559,947	521,211	468,583
77	Bangladesh	591,800	600,000	0	0	0
78	Niger	547,646	472,967	398,288	398,300	298,700
79	Guatemala	486,250	395,591	319,291	313,237	252,694
80	Japan	477,000	468,000	447,000	384,000	360,000
81	Papua New Guinea	367,500	390,000	370,000	340,000	320,000
82	Greece	365,000	261,000	271,000	271,000	271,000
83	Kyrgyzstan	233,100	239,200	275,700	295,100	303,200
84	Chile	159,977	101,658	108,933	127,282	120,625
85	Israel	85,563	132,820	167,786	134,250	467,852
86	Czech Republic	81,000	91,000	83,000	75,000	67,000
87	Spain	39,861	26,819	5,785	910	606
88	Lithuania	39,572	31,631	28,916	27,040	24,775
89	Georgia	35,070	31,293	35,477	36,600	38,900
90	Barbados	28,733	23,736	20,899	19,254	20,000
91	Senegal	28,600	3,300	3,000	3,000	3,000
92	Tajikistan	23,293	24,466	24,600	24,900	18,000
93	Bulgaria	21,930	21,000	20,300	19,700	21,000
94	Morocco	4,335	4,098	3,246	2,394	2000
95	Slovakia	4,000	3,000	5,000	3,000	1000
96	Taiwan	3,860	2,169	2,462	1868	1628
97	Afghanistan	900	900	900	900	900
98	Slovenia	267	247	142	0	0
99	Jordan	200	1300	14,700	12,900	6,000
100	South Africa	0	0	0	0	0

Methodology

The statistics are based on Our World in Data, which compiles national petroleum production figures from the BGS World Mineral Statistics, with major processing by Our World in Data. The figures include crude oil, shale oil, oil sands, and natural gas liquids, in line with the definitions used in the underlying sources. The source data run through 2023, which is the main comparison year. In the table, a zero reflects no production, while an empty cell means that no value was reported.