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Nigeria vs Qatar: Oil reserves

Nigeria
5.87 billion cubic meters
in 2021
Qatar
4.01 billion cubic meters
in 2021
Nigeria rank
11th
Qatar rank
14th

Oil reserves over time

  • Nigeria
  • Qatar
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How they compare

Nigeria currently reports 5.87 billion cubic meters against 4.01 billion cubic meters in Qatar, a difference of 1.85 billion cubic meters.

That makes Nigeria's figure about 1.5 times Qatar's.

Across all 42 years both countries report, Nigeria has been ahead every year.

Nigeria ranks 11th and Qatar ranks 14th 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.