Crude oil price (USD/bbl) - Asia - World Bank Pink Sheets - Monthly
This series is part of the dataset: Oil prices (World Bank Pink Sheets)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. According to statistics published by the World Bank, the price of crude oil in Asia stood at 79.70 USD per barrel in August 2026, compared to 76.70 in the previous month. This constitutes a gain of 3.91 percent.
Sample. The monthly time series presented in the chart has 800 records. The series covers the span of time going from January 1960 to August 2026.
History. Here's a glimpse of a few statistics computed on the whole sample: the price averaged 33.78 USD per barrel; it hit a peak of 131.20 in July 2008; it registered a minimum of 1.20 in January 1970.
Latest values
| Date | Value - USD / barrel |
|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | 77.7000 |
| 2026-07-31 | 76.7000 |
| 2026-08-31 | 79.7000 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Commodity price |
| Country or region | Asia |
| Economic concept | Price |
| Data type | Price estimates |
| Seasonally adjusted | No |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Unit | USD / barrel |
| Sources | World Bank |
| Source type | International organization |
| Data licence | Creative Commons Attribution Licence |
| Measure type | Level |
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Oil prices
| Series Name | Observations | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crude oil price (USD/bbl) - World average - World Bank Pink Sheets - Monthly | 800 | 1960-01-31 | 2026-08-31 |
| Crude oil price (USD/bbl) - Europe - World Bank Pink Sheets - Monthly | 800 | 1960-01-31 | 2026-08-31 |
| Crude oil price (USD/bbl) - Asia - World Bank Pink Sheets - Monthly | 800 | 1960-01-31 | 2026-08-31 |
| Crude oil price (USD/bbl) - North America - World Bank Pink Sheets - Monthly | 536 | 1982-01-31 | 2026-08-31 |