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France vs Japan: Oil reserves

France
9.81 million cubic meters
in 2021
Japan
7.01 million cubic meters
in 2021
France rank
75th
Japan rank
76th

Oil reserves over time

  • France
  • Japan
10.0M20.0M30.0M40.0M198020002021

How they compare

France currently reports 9.81 million cubic meters against 7.01 million cubic meters in Japan, a difference of 2.80 million cubic meters.

That makes France's figure about 1.4 times Japan's.

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

France ranks 75th and Japan ranks 76th 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.