DR Congo Oil

Oil Reserves in the DR Congo (2025)

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the DR Congo holds 180,000,000 barrels of proven oil reserves as of 2025, ranking #58 in the world and accounting for about 0.010% of the world's total oil reserves of 1,765,151,568,000.

the DR Congo has proven reserves equivalent to 19.7 times its annual consumption levels (based on 2024 data). This means that, without net exports, there would be about 20 years of oil left (at 2024 consumption levels and excluding unproven reserves).

History of Oil Reserves in the DR Congo

Oil Consumption in the DR Congo (2024)

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• the DR Congo consumes 25,053 barrels per day (B/d) of oil as of the year 2024.
• the DR Congo ranks #133 in the world for oil consumption, accounting for about 0.024% of the world's total consumption of 102,559,503 barrels per day.
• the DR Congo consumes 0.01 gallons of oil per capita every day (based on the 2024 population of 109,276,265 people), or 4 gallons per capita per year (0 barrels). [1 barrel = 42 US Gallons]

Oil Production in the DR Congo (2024)

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• the DR Congo produces 17,000 barrels per day of oil (as of 2024) ranking #79 in the world.
• At 2024 production levels, the DR Congo produces every year about 3.45% of its proven reserves ( 2025).

Oil Exports (2018)

• In 2018, the DR Congo exported 85% of its oil production (21,278 barrels per day out of 25,000 produced).

History of Oil Consumption and Production