Benin vs Greece: Oil reserves

Benin
1.27 million cubic meters
in 2021
Greece
1.59 million cubic meters
in 2021
Benin rank
92nd
Greece rank
90th

Oil reserves over time

  • Benin
  • Greece
05.0M10.0M15.0M20.0M25.0M198020002021

How they compare

Greece currently reports 1.59 million cubic meters against 1.27 million cubic meters in Benin, a difference of 317,970 cubic meters.

That makes Greece's figure about 1.2 times Benin's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 38 shared years of data; in 1984 it was Benin ahead.

Benin ranks 92nd and Greece ranks 90th 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.