Consumption – Worldmapper

Proven Oil Reserves

tina-gotthardt — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 00:02:33 +0000

The most commonly accepted definition of proven reserves of oil and gas is " The quantities of crude oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids which geological and engineering data demonstrate with reasonable certainty to be recoverable in the future from known oil and gas reservoirs under existing economic and operating conditions. They represent strictly technical judgments, and are not knowingly influenced by attitudes of conservatism or optimism," developed by the Society of Petroleum Engineers. Those proven reserves include both developed and undeveloped reserves.

The biggest proven oil reserves in 2021 were located in Venezuela (304.000 million barrels), followed by Saudi Arabia (267.000), Iran (209.000), Iraq (201.000) and Canada (170.000). United Arabian Emirates (113.000), Kuwait (109.000), Russia (80.000), USA (74.000) and Libya (50.000) complete the Top 10.

Years left of Proven Oil Reserves

tina-gotthardt — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 22:52:09 +0000

The years left of oil reserves is calculated based on the proven reserves and the annual production volume. Any change in that volume will change the number of years left. The most years left of proven reserves has Venezuela with 885, followed by Yemen (548 years) and Suriname (548 years), Georgia (479 years) and the Philippines (304 years). Chile (261 years), Slovakia (247 years), Syria (196 years), Iran (134 years) and South Sudan (130 years) complete the Top 10. The most commonly accepted definition of proven reserves of oil and gas is " The quantities of crude oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids which geological and engineering data demonstrate with reasonable certainty to be recoverable in the future from known oil and gas reservoirs under existing economic and operating conditions. They represent strictly technical judgments, and are not knowingly influenced by attitudes of conservatism or optimism," developed by the Society of Petroleum Engineers.

Proven Gas Reserves

tina-gotthardt — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 21:39:44 +0000

The biggest proven gas reserves in 2021 were located in Russia (47.800 km3), followed by Iran (34.000 km3), Qatar (23.900 km3), United States of America (17.700 km3) and Turkmenistan (10.000 km3). Saudi Arabia, China, United Arabian Emirates, Venezuela and Nigeria complete the Top 10.

Whales caught between 2012 and 2016

tina-gotthardt — Fri, 19 Apr 2019 12:24:06 +0000

There were only nine countries between 2012 and 2016 allowed to catch whales, two officially doing 'commercial whaling', Norway and Iceland among those one. Japan and South Korea are fishing under the 'special permit' ruling. North America/Alaska, Canada, Russia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines and Greenland are whaling with a 'Aboriginal Subsistence' permit with respective catch limits. Between 2000 and 2015 Japan caught the highest number of whales, 9861 whales, consisting of Minke, Sei and Bryde's whales, closely followed by Norway with 9120 whales. Japan is the only country still catching whales in Antarctic waters, catches that have been discussed by the International Court of Justice with Australia and New Zealand intervening. Read more about this map in our blog

Whales caught between 2000 and 2015

tina-gotthardt — Sun, 29 Jul 2018 16:36:04 +0000

There were only nine countries between 2000 and 2015 allowed to catch whales, two officially doing 'commercial whaling', Norway and Iceland among those one. Japan and South Korea are fishing under the 'special permit' ruling. North America/Alaska, Canada, Russia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines and Greenland are whaling with a 'Aboriginal Subsistence' permit with respective catch limits. Between 2000 and 2015 Japan caught the highest number of whales, 9861 whales, consisting of Minke, Sei and Bryde's whales, closely followed by Norway with 9120 whales. Japan is the only country still catching whales in Antarctic waters, catches that have been discussed by the International Court of Justice with Australia and New Zealand intervening.

Cigar Import

tina-gotthardt — Tue, 24 Jul 2018 17:33:58 +0000

Territory size is proportional to the cigars imported there in 2013.

Data sources
This map uses data by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (last accessed April 2018). We aim to map as complete data as possible and therefore estimate data for missing values. In some cases, missing data for very small territories is not used in the cartogram and that area is therefore omitted in the map.

All modification to the original data source are noted in our data sheets.

Whales caught between 1986 and 1990

tina-gotthardt — Sun, 01 Jul 2018 12:24:02 +0000

This map shows the proportion of whales caught between 1986 and 1990.

Data sources
This map uses data by International Whaling Commission (last accessed July 2018). We aim to map as complete data as possible and therefore estimate data for missing values. In some cases, missing data for very small territories is not used in the cartogram and that area is therefore omitted in the map.

Further notes on the data, as well as all modifications to the original data source are noted in our data sheets. Data for this map will soon be available as a download.

Whales caught 2016

tina-gotthardt — Thu, 28 Jun 2018 07:42:28 +0000

There were only eight countries in 2016 allowed to catch whales, two officially doing 'commercial whaling', Norway and Iceland among those one -Iceland- didn't catch any that year. Japan is fishing under the 'special permit' ruling. North America/Alaska, St. Vincent and the Grenadines and Greenland are whaling with a 'Aboriginal Subsistence' permit with respective catch limits. In 2016 Norway caught the highest number of whales, 591 exclusively Minke whales, followed by Japan with 488 total catches, consisting of Minke, Sei and Bryde's whales. Japan is the only country still catching whales in Antarctic waters, catches that have been discussed by the International Court of Justice with Australia and New Zealand intervening. Read more about this map in our blog