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THE GLOBAL INDEX #091

Oil production2020

Oil production expressed in terawatt-hours of energy. Product coverage follows the original energy metadata.

Our World in Data · Energy
Limited coverage The selected year has lower coverage than the default comparison year. Missing economies can materially affect ranks.
Comparable ranking year2016Latest published year: 2024
Economies with data50 / 217No observation: 167
First-ranked country or territoryUnited States8,298.5 TWh

Top 10

TWh · 2020
01United States
8,298.5
02Russia
6,098.45
03Saudi Arabia
6,042.75
04Canada
2,930.35
05Iraq
2,349.7
06China
2,265.16
08Brazil
1,853.18
09Iran
1,713.88
10Kuwait
1,525.77

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Oil production · 2020 · TWh
RankCountry / territoryValue (TWh)Year
01United States8,298.52020
02Russia6,098.452020
03Saudi Arabia6,042.752020
04Canada2,930.352020
05Iraq2,349.72020
06China2,265.162020
07United Arab Emirates1,941.372020
08Brazil1,853.182020
09Iran1,713.882020
10Kuwait1,525.772020
11Mexico1,105.472020
12Norway1,077.122020
13Nigeria1,063.32020
14Kazakhstan996.192020
15Qatar832.992020
16Angola750.972020
17Algeria670.182020
18United Kingdom569.72020
19Oman536.272020
20Colombia479.762020
21Indonesia422.572020
22India408.782020
23Azerbaijan402.752020
24Venezuela400.652020
25Argentina392.292020
26Egypt361.32020
27Malaysia325.742020
28Ecuador299.632020
29Libya227.912020
30Australia222.272020
31Congo - Brazzaville183.22020
32Thailand176.032020
33Turkmenistan120.962020
34Gabon120.782020
35Vietnam116.582020
36South Sudan94.512020
37Equatorial Guinea85.852020
38Chad77.332020
39Peru63.582020
40Italy63.082020
41Brunei62.562020
42Yemen43.812020
43Guyana43.152020
44Denmark40.942020
45Romania40.22020
46Trinidad & Tobago39.912020
47Sudan36.42020
48Uzbekistan23.612020
49Syria22.842020
50Tunisia19.612020

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No observation (167)

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Source & definition

Indicator definition
Oil production expressed in terawatt-hours of energy. Product coverage follows the original energy metadata.
Unit
TWh
Source & definition
Our World in Data · Energy · owid:oil_production
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Original metadata
Measured in terawatt-hours.

{
  "column": "oil_production",
  "title": "Oil production",
  "description": "Measured in terawatt-hours.",
  "unit": "terawatt-hours (TWh)",
  "source": "Energy Institute - Statistical Review of World Energy (2025) [https://www.energyinst.org/statistical-review/]; The Shift Data Portal - Energy production from fossil fuels (2019) [https://www.theshiftdataportal.org/]"
}