Crude oil price (USD/bbl) - North America - 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 provided by the World Bank, the price of crude oil in North America was 64.08 USD per barrel in August 2025, compared to 67.39 in the previous month. This constitutes a decrease of 4.91 percent.
Sample. This monthly time series has 524 data points in total. The time range covered by the series stretches from January 1982 to August 2025.
History. Here's a peek at some statistics calculated on the whole sample: the price had an average value of 46.30 USD per barrel; it reached a trough of 11.31 in December 1998; it recorded a maximum of 133.93 in June 2008.
Latest values
| Date | Value - USD / barrel |
|---|---|
| 2025-06-30 | 67.49 |
| 2025-07-31 | 67.39 |
| 2025-08-31 | 64.08 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Commodity price |
| Country or region | North America |
| 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 | 788 | 1960-01-31 | 2025-08-31 |
| Crude oil price (USD/bbl) - Europe - World Bank Pink Sheets - Monthly | 788 | 1960-01-31 | 2025-08-31 |
| Crude oil price (USD/bbl) - Asia - World Bank Pink Sheets - Monthly | 788 | 1960-01-31 | 2025-08-31 |
| Crude oil price (USD/bbl) - North America - World Bank Pink Sheets - Monthly | 524 | 1982-01-31 | 2025-08-31 |