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Africa's Top Oil Producers
Nigeria, Algeria and Libya lead the continent's crude output, each pumping well over a million barrels a day.
Updated 2026 · Data year 2023
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Nigeria, Algeria and Libya lead the continent's crude output, each pumping well over a million barrels a day.
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Nigeria · kbd
Source: Energy Institute · 2023 · Oil production in thousand barrels daily, 2023. Energy Institute figures cover total oil (crude, condensate and NGLs).
Nigeria remained Africa's largest oil producer in 2023 at about 1.54 million barrels per day, narrowly ahead of Algeria (1.41 mb/d) and Libya (1.27 mb/d). Angola rounds out a top four that each exceed a million barrels a day. Together these ten countries accounted for the bulk of Africa's roughly 7.23 mb/d of oil production.
Takeaways
- Nigeria led Africa in 2023 at about 1,540 thousand barrels per day.
- Algeria (1,408 kbd) and Libya (1,271 kbd) followed closely.
- Angola pumped about 1,150 kbd, the fourth of four producers above 1 mb/d.
- Egypt was the largest non-OPEC producer at roughly 610 kbd.
- Total African oil production was about 7,228 thousand barrels per day.
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Sources
- TIER A Energy Institute, Statistical Review of World Energy 2024 (2024). https://www.energyinst.org/__data/assets/pdf_file/0010/1540549/sr-2024.pdf
Oil: Production table, 2023 data in thousand barrels daily.