Crude oil stocks (million barrels) - World - FSR - Monthly
This series is part of the dataset: Crude oil stocks in the world (FSR)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. In the world (complex of countries covered by the FSR oil-stocks dataset), crude oil stockpiles were 1,847.82 million barrels in December 2025, compared to 1,863.81 in the previous month. This marks a decrease of 0.86 percent.
Sample. There are 168 data points in the monthly time series shown in the figure above. The time range covered by the series goes from January 2012 to December 2025.
History. Here’s a quick look at a few simple statistics we computed on the full sample: stockpiles achieved a maximum of 2,478.63 million barrels in March 2017; they reached their minimum of 1,814.47 in September 2023; they were equal on average to 2,179.62.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Million barrels |
|---|---|
| 2025-10-31 | 1863.9602630000002 |
| 2025-11-30 | 1863.814964 |
| 2025-12-31 | 1847.8240259999998 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Crude oil stocks |
| Country or region | All countries covered by the FSR oil stocks dataset |
| Economic concept | Stock |
| Data type | Quantity |
| Seasonally adjusted | No |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Unit | Million barrels |
| Source | FetchSeries Research; calculations on Eurostat, EIA and Jodi data |
| Source type | Data research lab |
| Data licence | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0); standard FetchSeries disclaimers apply |
| Measure type | Level |
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World oil stocks
| Series Name | Observations | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crude oil stocks (million barrels) - World - FSR - Monthly | 168 | 2012-01-31 | 2025-12-31 |