The table compares how many litres of oil were produced a day between four African countries throughout a four-year period, starting from 2000.
Overall, the figures of daily oil production rose in Nigeria, Chad, and Somalia, whereas Congo witnessed a gradual decrease in output. Furthermore, Congo was the largest daily oil producer among the four nations before it was replaced by Nigeria in the final year of the period. Another interesting point is that although Chad recorded no oil production in the first three years, its output skyrocketed sharply and was the same with Somalia’s.
In detail, Congo accounted for the highest input with 275.000 oil litres per day; however, this figure declined consistently each year, falling over 25 percent to its initial to reach 203.000 litres per day by the end of the period. Meanwhile, Nigeria saw a fluctuating trend. Having gradually decreased during the first three years, the number then soared to 210.000 litres in 2003, even higher than its input which was 205.000 in 2000. This was followed by a gradual recovery that by the end of the period, Nigeria recorded 213.000 daily oil production in 2004, becoming the largest oil producer in the group of four.
Moving on to Chad and Somalia, it can be seen that Somalia began with only 5000 litres, standing for a modest position compared to Congo and Nigeria. Its data went up gradually to 50.000 litres per day in the final year. Meanwhile, Chad did not produce any oil until 2003, after which there was a dramatic climb to 50.000 in 2004, reaching the same rank as Somalia.