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 96.90 USD per barrel in September 2026, versus 82.70 in August. This constitutes a rise of 17.17 percent.
Sample. There are 537 data points overall in the monthly time series presented in the plot above. The series covers the time range extending from January 1982 to September 2026.
History. Here's a peek at a few descriptive statistics we computed on the entire sample: the price had a mean value of 47.05 USD per barrel; it recorded a bottom of 11.30 in December 1998; it reached its maximum of 133.90 in June 2008.
Latest values
| Date | Value - USD / barrel |
|---|---|
| 2026-07-31 | 79.4000 |
| 2026-08-31 | 82.7000 |
| 2026-09-30 | 96.9000 |
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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 | 801 | 1960-01-31 | 2026-09-30 |
| Crude oil price (USD/bbl) - Europe - World Bank Pink Sheets - Monthly | 801 | 1960-01-31 | 2026-09-30 |
| Crude oil price (USD/bbl) - Asia - World Bank Pink Sheets - Monthly | 801 | 1960-01-31 | 2026-09-30 |
| Crude oil price (USD/bbl) - North America - World Bank Pink Sheets - Monthly | 537 | 1982-01-31 | 2026-09-30 |