Canada vs Kuwait: Oil reserves

Canada
27.08 billion cubic meters
in 2021
Kuwait
16.14 billion cubic meters
in 2021
Canada rank
4th
Kuwait rank
6th

Oil reserves over time

  • Canada
  • Kuwait
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How they compare

Canada currently reports 27.08 billion cubic meters against 16.14 billion cubic meters in Kuwait, a difference of 10.94 billion cubic meters.

That makes Canada's figure about 1.7 times Kuwait's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 42 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Kuwait ahead.

Canada ranks 4th and Kuwait ranks 6th 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.