Oil Production 1998
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Rank | Actions | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1 |  Saudi Arabia | 5,178.777 TWh | |
2 |  United States | 4,281.347 TWh | |
3 |  Russia | 3,539.474 TWh | |
4 |  Iran | 2,218.859 TWh | |
5 |  Venezuela | 2,067.434 TWh | |
6 |  Mexico | 2,017.505 TWh | |
7 |  China | 1,862.893 TWh | |
8 |  Norway | 1,739.85 TWh | |
9 |  United Kingdom | 1,542.522 TWh | |
10 |  Canada | 1,454.772 TWh | |
11 |  United Arab Emirates | 1,413.3 TWh | |
12 |  Kuwait | 1,279.338 TWh | |
13 |  Iraq | 1,211.678 TWh | |
14 |  Nigeria | 1,150.437 TWh | |
15 |  Indonesia | 862.952 TWh | |
16 |  Libya | 809.364 TWh | |
17 |  Algeria | 713.917 TWh | |
18 |  Brazil | 612.659 TWh | |
19 |  Oman | 519.999 TWh | |
20 |  Argentina | 512.046 TWh | |
21 |  Egypt | 499.648 TWh | |
22 |  Colombia | 469.955 TWh | |
23 |  Angola | 418.68 TWh | |
24 |  India | 403.503 TWh | |
25 |  Malaysia | 395.689 TWh | |
26 |  Qatar | 390.206 TWh | |
27 |  Syrian Arab Republic | 332.829 TWh | |
28 |  Australia | 328.026 TWh | |
29 |  Kazakhstan | 301.74 TWh | |
30 |  Ecuador | 237.728 TWh | |
31 |  Yemen | 209.352 TWh | |
32 |  Gabon | 195.942 TWh | |
33 |  Congo | 158.156 TWh | |
34 |  Vietnam | 145.375 TWh | |
35 |  Denmark | 134.886 TWh | |
36 |  Azerbaijan | 133.152 TWh | |
37 |  Bahrain | 124.189 TWh | |
38 |  Uzbekistan | 95.087 TWh | |
39 |  Brunei Darussalam | 89.113 TWh | |
40 |  Cameroon | 77.275 TWh | |
41 |  Romania | 76.211 TWh | |
42 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 74.396 TWh | |
43 |  Turkmenistan | 74.071 TWh | |
44 |  Peru | 70.125 TWh | |
45 |  Italy | 65.395 TWh | |
46 |  Thailand | 51.891 TWh | |
47 |  Ukraine | 48.615 TWh | |
48 |  Equatorial Guinea | 47.806 TWh | |
49 |  Tunisia | 47.455 TWh | |
50 |  Papua New Guinea | 47.346 TWh | |
51 |  Germany | 36.652 TWh | |
52 |  Pakistan | 33.99 TWh | |
53 |  Netherlands | 32.019 TWh | |
54 |  New Zealand | 29.892 TWh | |
55 |  Bolivia | 26.633 TWh | |
56 |  France | 24.107 TWh | |
57 |  Belarus | 22.958 TWh | |
58 |  Hungary | 21.958 TWh | |
59 |  Cuba | 20.517 TWh | |
60 |  Croatia | 20.1 TWh | |
61 |  Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 16.351 TWh | |
62 |  Guatemala | 15.904 TWh | |
63 |  South Africa | 14.44 TWh | |
64 |  Austria | 12.53 TWh | |
65 |  Japan | 8.514 TWh | |
66 |  Sudan | 6.874 TWh | |
67 |  Spain | 6.579 TWh | |
68 |  Suriname | 6.426 TWh | |
69 |  Côte d'Ivoire | 6.311 TWh | |
70 |  Chile | 5.266 TWh | |
71 |  Myanmar | 5.152 TWh | |
72 |  Albania | 5.051 TWh | |
73 |  Ghana | 4.445 TWh | |
74 |  Greece | 4.242 TWh | |
75 |  Poland | 3.877 TWh | |
76 |  Czech Republic | 2.39 TWh | |
77 |  Georgia | 1.497 TWh | |
78 |  Kyrgyzstan | 1.447 TWh | |
79 |  Bangladesh | 1.239 TWh | |
80 |  Slovakia | 0.779 TWh | |
81 |  Taiwan | 0.676 TWh | |
82 |  Benin | 0.657 TWh | |
83 |  Israel | 0.633 TWh | |
84 |  Barbados | 0.628 TWh | |
85 |  Morocco | 0.614 TWh | |
86 |  Philippines | 0.505 TWh | |
87 |  Bulgaria | 0.503 TWh | |
88 |  Tajikistan | 0.314 TWh | |
89 |  Afghanistan | 0 TWh | |
90 |  American Samoa | 0 TWh | |
91 |  Antigua and Barbuda | 0 TWh | |
92 |  Armenia | 0 TWh | |
93 |  Aruba | 0 TWh | |
94 |  Bahamas | 0 TWh | |
95 |  Belgium | 0 TWh | |
96 |  Belize | 0 TWh | |
97 |  Bermuda | 0 TWh | |
98 |  Bhutan | 0 TWh | |
99 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 TWh | |
100 |  Botswana | 0 TWh | |
101 |  British Virgin Islands | 0 TWh | |
102 |  Burkina Faso | 0 TWh | |
103 |  Burundi | 0 TWh | |
104 |  Cambodia | 0 TWh | |
105 |  Cabo Verde | 0 TWh | |
106 |  Cayman Islands | 0 TWh | |
107 |  Central African Republic | 0 TWh | |
108 |  Chad | 0 TWh | |
109 |  Comoros | 0 TWh | |
110 |  Cook Islands | 0 TWh | |
111 |  Costa Rica | 0 TWh | |
112 |  Cyprus | 0 TWh | |
113 |  Djibouti | 0 TWh | |
114 |  Dominica | 0 TWh | |
115 |  Dominican Republic | 0 TWh | |
116 |  El Salvador | 0 TWh | |
117 |  Eritrea | 0 TWh | |
118 |  Estonia | 0 TWh | |
119 |  Eswatini | 0 TWh | |
120 |  Ethiopia | 0 TWh | |
121 |  Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 0 TWh | |
122 |  Faroe Islands | 0 TWh | |
123 |  Fiji | 0 TWh | |
124 |  Finland | 0 TWh | |
125 |  French Guiana | 0 TWh | |
126 |  French Polynesia | 0 TWh | |
127 |  Gambia | 0 TWh | |
128 |  Gibraltar | 0 TWh | |
129 |  Greenland | 0 TWh | |
130 |  Grenada | 0 TWh | |
131 |  Guadeloupe | 0 TWh | |
132 |  Guam | 0 TWh | |
133 |  Guinea | 0 TWh | |
134 |  Guinea-Bissau | 0 TWh | |
135 |  Guyana | 0 TWh | |
136 |  Haiti | 0 TWh | |
137 |  Honduras | 0 TWh | |
138 |  China, Hong Kong SAR | 0 TWh | |
139 |  Iceland | 0 TWh | |
140 |  Ireland | 0 TWh | |
141 |  Jamaica | 0 TWh | |
142 |  Jordan | 0 TWh | |
143 |  Kenya | 0 TWh | |
144 |  Kiribati | 0 TWh | |
145 |  Laos | 0 TWh | |
146 |  Latvia | 0 TWh | |
147 |  Lebanon | 0 TWh | |
148 |  Lesotho | 0 TWh | |
149 |  Liberia | 0 TWh | |
150 |  Lithuania | 0 TWh | |
151 |  Luxembourg | 0 TWh | |
152 |  China, Macao SAR | 0 TWh | |
153 |  Madagascar | 0 TWh | |
154 |  Malawi | 0 TWh | |
155 |  Maldives | 0 TWh | |
156 |  Mali | 0 TWh | |
157 |  Malta | 0 TWh | |
158 |  Martinique | 0 TWh | |
159 |  Mauritania | 0 TWh | |
160 |  Mauritius | 0 TWh | |
161 |  Micronesia (Fed. States of) | 0 TWh | |
162 |  Republic of Moldova | 0 TWh | |
163 |  Mongolia | 0 TWh | |
164 |  Montserrat | 0 TWh | |
165 |  Mozambique | 0 TWh | |
166 |  Namibia | 0 TWh | |
167 |  Nauru | 0 TWh | |
168 |  Nepal | 0 TWh | |
169 |  New Caledonia | 0 TWh | |
170 |  Nicaragua | 0 TWh | |
171 |  Niger | 0 TWh | |
172 |  Niue | 0 TWh | |
173 |  North Korea | 0 TWh | |
174 |  North Macedonia | 0 TWh | |
175 |  Northern Mariana Islands | 0 TWh | |
176 |  State of Palestine | 0 TWh | |
177 |  Panama | 0 TWh | |
178 |  Paraguay | 0 TWh | |
179 |  Portugal | 0 TWh | |
180 |  Puerto Rico | 0 TWh | |
181 |  Réunion | 0 TWh | |
182 |  Rwanda | 0 TWh | |
183 |  Saint Helena | 0 TWh | |
184 |  Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 TWh | |
185 |  Saint Lucia | 0 TWh | |
186 |  Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 0 TWh | |
187 |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 TWh | |
188 |  Samoa | 0 TWh | |
189 |  Sao Tome and Principe | 0 TWh | |
190 |  Senegal | 0 TWh | |
191 |  Seychelles | 0 TWh | |
192 |  Sierra Leone | 0 TWh | |
193 |  Singapore | 0 TWh | |
194 |  Slovenia | 0 TWh | |
195 |  Solomon Islands | 0 TWh | |
196 |  Somalia | 0 TWh | |
197 |  South Korea | 0 TWh | |
198 |  Sri Lanka | 0 TWh | |
199 |  Sweden | 0 TWh | |
200 |  Switzerland | 0 TWh | |
201 |  Tanzania | 0 TWh | |
202 |  Togo | 0 TWh | |
203 |  Tonga | 0 TWh | |
204 |  Turkey | 0 TWh | |
205 |  Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 TWh | |
206 |  Tuvalu | 0 TWh | |
207 |  Uganda | 0 TWh | |
208 |  United States Virgin Islands | 0 TWh | |
209 |  Uruguay | 0 TWh | |
210 |  Vanuatu | 0 TWh | |
211 |  Western Sahara | 0 TWh | |
212 |  Zambia | 0 TWh | |
213 |  Zimbabwe | 0 TWh |
- #1Saudi Arabia
- #2United States
- #3Russia
- #4Iran
- #5Venezuela
- #6Mexico
- #7China
- #8Norway
- #9United Kingdom
- #10Canada
Analysis: These countries represent the highest values in this dataset, showcasing significant scale and impact on global statistics.
- #213Zimbabwe
- #212Zambia
- #211Western Sahara
- #210Vanuatu
- #209Uruguay
- #208United States Virgin Islands
- #207Uganda
- #206Tuvalu
- #205Turks and Caicos Islands
- #204Turkey
Context: These countries or territories have the lowest values, often due to geographic size, administrative status, or specific characteristics.
Data Source
Oil production | Energy Institute – Statistical Review of World Energy and others via Our World in Data
Data produced by Energy Institute – Statistical Review of World Energy; Etemad & Luciani; U.S. Energy Information Administration, compiled and published by Our World in Data as "Oil production".
Visit Data SourceCite this page
Geo Factbook. (n.d.). Oil Production by Country, 1998. Retrieved November 13, 2026, from https://geofactbook.com/fact/oil-production/1998
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