Egypt vs India: Oil reserves

Egypt
524.66 million cubic meters
in 2021
India
732.12 million cubic meters
in 2021
Egypt rank
27th
India rank
24th

Oil reserves over time

  • Egypt
  • India
400.0M600.0M800.0M1.0B1.2B198020002021

How they compare

India currently reports 732.12 million cubic meters against 524.66 million cubic meters in Egypt, a difference of 207.47 million cubic meters.

That makes India's figure about 1.4 times Egypt's.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 42 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Egypt ahead.

Egypt ranks 27th and India ranks 24th 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.