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Crude Oil Production, 2021

Figures for 2021, as EIA published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Crude Oil Production, 2021 covers 206 countries. United States is highest, at 11,311.297; 108 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 0.000. Against 2020, 91 values changed (34 up, 57 down), the same countries are covered.

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Crude Oil Production · Data for 2021

HighestUnited States

11,311.297

Lowest108 countries share it

0.000

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end. Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Crude Oil Production, 2021, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 206 countries · select a heading to sort

Crude Oil Production, 2021: every country, as published by U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).
United StatesUSANorthern America11,311.297
RussiaRUSEastern Europe10,111.828
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia9,311.547
CanadaCANNorthern America4,439.370
IraqIRQWestern Asia4,112.822
ChinaCHNEastern Asia3,959.082
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia3,076.274
IranIRNSouthern Asia2,952.466
BrazilBRASouth America2,905.121
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia2,506.219
MexicoMEXCentral America1,779.852
NorwayNORNorthern Europe1,775.813
KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia1,760.589
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa1,522.563
QatarQATWestern Asia1,255.584
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa1,237.808
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa1,133.945
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa1,112.227
OmanOMNWestern Asia970.816
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe808.921
ColombiaCOLSouth America736.357
AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia710.758
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia658.629
VenezuelaVENSouth America594.808
IndiaINDSouthern Asia589.586

02In 2021

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. United States11,311.297
  2. Russia10,111.828
  3. Saudi Arabia9,311.547
  4. Canada4,439.370
  5. Iraq4,112.822

Lowest

  1. Zimbabweshared0.000
  2. Zambiashared0.000
  3. Samoashared0.000
  4. Vanuatushared0.000
  5. United States Virgin Islandsshared0.000

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.000. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032020 → 2021

Since 2020

What changed between 2020 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 91values changed, of 206 in both
  • 34 · 57rose · fell
  • 115unchanged

Rose most

  • Libya408.074 → 1,237.808+829.734
  • Iran2,510.451 → 2,952.466+442.015
  • Canada4,180.437 → 4,439.370+258.933
  • Russia9,865.422 → 10,111.828+246.406
  • China3,854.649 → 3,959.082+104.433

Fell most

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

  • 98 distinct values among 206

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 18 decimals. 108 countries share 0.000. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Which end is better

    Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 206 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: Public domain (U.S. government work). No conditions at all. Crediting the publisher is still the courteous thing to do.

Cite this edition

U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) (2021). Crude Oil Production, 2021 [data set], describing 2021. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/crude-oil-production/2021

0622 held

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07Questions

Crude Oil Production, 2021: questions and answers

Which country has the highest oil production in Crude Oil Production, 2021?

United States, at 11,311.297, of the 206 countries in the file.

What year does Crude Oil Production, 2021 describe?

2021.

How many countries does Crude Oil Production, 2021 cover?

206.

Where can I download Crude Oil Production, 2021?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Crude Oil Production, 2021 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Crude Oil Production, 2025.

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