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Crude Oil Production, 2016

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

This is how much crude oil a country produces, in thousands of barrels a day. It is one of the most compared figures in energy, and it shows where the world’s oil actually comes from.

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.

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

  • +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.

04Caveats

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How values are stored

  • 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.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 206 countries has every column.

05The files

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What this site changed: Reshaped to one row per country, with its ISO code; no value recalculated, rescaled or rounded. In full

Licence: Public domain (U.S. government work) · what it allows, in plain words

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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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