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 provided by the World Bank, the price of crude oil in Asia was 63.91 USD per barrel in January 2026, compared to 61.98 in December 2025. This represents an increase of 3.11 percent.
Sample. In the monthly time series shown in the figure, there are 793 records overall. The period covered by the series stretches from January 1960 to January 2026.
History. Here's a snapshot of a few statistics we computed on the full sample: the price had a mean value of 33.34 USD per barrel; it reached a minimum of 1.21 in January 1970; it reached its highest level of 131.22 in July 2008.
Latest values
| Date | Value - USD / barrel |
|---|---|
| 2025-11-30 | 63.83 |
| 2025-12-31 | 61.98 |
| 2026-01-31 | 63.91 |
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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 | 793 | 1960-01-31 | 2026-01-31 |
| Crude oil price (USD/bbl) - Europe - World Bank Pink Sheets - Monthly | 793 | 1960-01-31 | 2026-01-31 |
| Crude oil price (USD/bbl) - Asia - World Bank Pink Sheets - Monthly | 793 | 1960-01-31 | 2026-01-31 |
| Crude oil price (USD/bbl) - North America - World Bank Pink Sheets - Monthly | 529 | 1982-01-31 | 2026-01-31 |