Australia vs Gabon: Oil reserves

Australia
388.88 million cubic meters
in 2021
Gabon
317.98 million cubic meters
in 2021
Australia rank
35th
Gabon rank
37th

Oil reserves over time

  • Australia
  • Gabon
100.0M200.0M300.0M400.0M500.0M600.0M198020002021

How they compare

Australia currently reports 388.88 million cubic meters against 317.98 million cubic meters in Gabon, a difference of 70.91 million cubic meters.

That makes Australia's figure about 1.2 times Gabon's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 42 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Australia ahead.

Australia ranks 35th and Gabon ranks 37th of 215 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Oil reserves
Unit
cubic meters
Source
U.S. Energy Information Administration (2022) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
216 places, 8,283 data points, 1980–2021
Last refreshed

Proved reserves, measured in cubic meters, are generally those quantities that can be recovered in the future from known reservoirs under existing economic and operating conditions, according to geological and engineering information. Includes crude oil and lease condensate.