Proven Oil Reserves
WorldEconomicPetroleum reserves as a percentage of known world reserves by country
A map highlights the percent of the proven oil reserves by country with darker being the highest. Dark blue in Canada, Saudi Arabia, and Iran. Medium blue in Russia. Light blue in the U S A and China. Very light blue in India and Australia.
Class | Rank | Percent of world reserves | Class | Rank | per 1000 people | Class | Rank | Percent | Oil Slicks (1990s) | Tropical rain forest (Af) | Tropical monsoon (Am) | Tropical savanna (Aw) | Tropical, subtropical hot desert (BWh) | Midlatitude cold desert (BWk) | Tropical, subtropical hot steppe (BSh) | Midlatitude cold steppe (BSk) | Humid subtropical moist all year, hot summer (Cfa) | Marine West Coast (Cfb, Cfc) | Mediterranean (Csa, Csb) | Humid continental, hot summers (Dfa, Dwa, Dsa) | Humid continental, mild summers (Dfb, Dwb, Dsb) | Subarctic, cool summer (Dfc, Dwc, Dsc) | Tundra (ET) | Class | Rank | Percent | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8.20% | 6.90% | 4.19% | 1.68% | 17.2% | 2.57% | 9.24% | 20.9% | 55.8% | 0.656% | 11.0% | 16.7% | 25.1% | 45.5% | 11.1% | |||||||||||||