Congo Oil

Oil Reserves in Congo (2025)

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Congo holds 1,811,000,000 barrels of proven oil reserves as of 2025, ranking #36 in the world and accounting for about 0.10% of the world's total oil reserves of 1,765,151,568,000.

Congo has proven reserves equivalent to 351.9 times its annual consumption levels (based on 2024 data). This means that, without net exports, there would be about 352 years of oil left (at 2024 consumption levels and excluding unproven reserves).

History of Oil Reserves in Congo

Oil Consumption in Congo (2024)

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• Congo consumes 14,100 barrels per day (B/d) of oil as of the year 2024.
• Congo ranks #154 in the world for oil consumption, accounting for about 0.014% of the world's total consumption of 102,559,503 barrels per day.
• Congo consumes 0.09 gallons of oil per capita every day (based on the 2024 population of 6,332,961 people), or 34 gallons per capita per year (1 barrels). [1 barrel = 42 US Gallons]

Oil Production in Congo (2024)

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• Congo produces 254,914 barrels per day of oil (as of 2024) ranking #34 in the world.
• At 2024 production levels, Congo produces every year about 5.14% of its proven reserves ( 2025).

Oil Exports (2018)

• In 2018, Congo exported 96% of its oil production (331,691 barrels per day out of 347,282 produced).

History of Oil Consumption and Production