In 2022, Africa's oil production amounted to 7.1 million barrels of oil per day, down from approximately 7.3 million barrels daily in the previous year. Oil production in the African continent peaked in 2008, at some 10.3 million barrels of oil per day. Since then, figures have been on a mostly downward trend.
Oil production in Africa from 1998 to 2022 (in 1,000 barrels per day)
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Energy Institute. (June 26, 2023). Oil production in Africa from 1998 to 2022 (in 1,000 barrels per day) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 16, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/265197/oil-production-in-africa-in-barrels-per-day/
Energy Institute. "Oil production in Africa from 1998 to 2022 (in 1,000 barrels per day)." Chart. June 26, 2023. Statista. Accessed June 16, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/265197/oil-production-in-africa-in-barrels-per-day/
Energy Institute. (2023). Oil production in Africa from 1998 to 2022 (in 1,000 barrels per day). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 16, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/265197/oil-production-in-africa-in-barrels-per-day/
Energy Institute. "Oil Production in Africa from 1998 to 2022 (in 1,000 Barrels per Day)." Statista, Statista Inc., 26 Jun 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/265197/oil-production-in-africa-in-barrels-per-day/
Energy Institute, Oil production in Africa from 1998 to 2022 (in 1,000 barrels per day) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/265197/oil-production-in-africa-in-barrels-per-day/ (last visited June 16, 2024)
Oil production in Africa from 1998 to 2022 (in 1,000 barrels per day) [Graph], Energy Institute, June 26, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/265197/oil-production-in-africa-in-barrels-per-day/