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Crude Oil Production, 2016

Figures for 2016, as EIA published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Crude Oil Production, 2016 covers 206 countries. Saudi Arabia is highest, at 10,634.710; 107 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 0.000. Against 2015, 85 values changed (24 up, 61 down), the same countries are covered.

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Crude Oil Production · Data for 2016

HighestSaudi Arabia

10,634.710

Lowest107 countries share it

0.000

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end. Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Crude Oil Production, 2016, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 206 countries · select a heading to sort

Crude Oil Production, 2016: every country, as published by U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia10,634.710
RussiaRUSEastern Europe10,551.497
United StatesUSANorthern America8,851.519
IraqIRQWestern Asia4,451.516
IranIRNSouthern Asia4,151.167
ChinaCHNEastern Asia3,983.481
CanadaCANNorthern America3,679.046
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia3,242.650
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia2,961.311
BrazilBRASouth America2,509.976
VenezuelaVENSouth America2,254.454
MexicoMEXCentral America2,186.874
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa1,871.205
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa1,769.615
NorwayNORNorthern Europe1,647.975
KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia1,595.199
QatarQATWestern Asia1,354.945
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa1,348.361
OmanOMNWestern Asia1,004.215
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe933.023
ColombiaCOLSouth America885.966
AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia833.538
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia831.620
IndiaINDSouthern Asia737.228
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia666.845

02In 2016

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Saudi Arabia10,634.710
  2. Russia10,551.497
  3. United States8,851.519
  4. Iraq4,451.516
  5. Iran4,151.167

Lowest

  1. Zimbabweshared0.000
  2. Zambiashared0.000
  3. Samoashared0.000
  4. Vanuatushared0.000
  5. United States Virgin Islandsshared0.000

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.000. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032015 → 2016

Since 2015

What changed between 2015 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 85values changed, of 206 in both
  • 24 · 61rose · fell
  • 121unchanged

Rose most

  • Iran3,293.189 → 4,151.167+857.978
  • Iraq4,054.781 → 4,451.516+396.736
  • Saudi Arabia10,335.618 → 10,634.710+299.093
  • Russia10,252.855 → 10,551.497+298.642
  • Kuwait2,858.671 → 2,961.311+102.640

Fell most

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

  • 95 distinct values among 206

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 16 decimals. 107 countries share 0.000. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Which end is better

    Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 206 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: Public domain (U.S. government work). No conditions at all. Crediting the publisher is still the courteous thing to do.

Cite this edition

U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) (2016). Crude Oil Production, 2016 [data set], describing 2016. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/crude-oil-production/2016

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07Questions

Crude Oil Production, 2016: questions and answers

Which country has the highest oil production in Crude Oil Production, 2016?

Saudi Arabia, at 10,634.710, of the 206 countries in the file.

What year does Crude Oil Production, 2016 describe?

2016.

How many countries does Crude Oil Production, 2016 cover?

206.

Where can I download Crude Oil Production, 2016?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Crude Oil Production, 2016 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Crude Oil Production, 2025.

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