This is a list of countries by oil production (i.e., petroleum production), as compiled from the
U.S. Energy Information Administration
database for calendar year 2023, tabulating all countries on a comparable best-estimate basis. Compared with shorter-term data, the full-year figures are less prone to distortion from periodic maintenance shutdowns and other seasonal cycles.
The volumes in the table represent
natural gas liquids).[1] Production data including these other liquids is usually referred to as "Total Liquids Production", "Petroleum & Other Liquids", etc.[2]
Under this definition (crude and condensate), total world oil production in 2023 averaged 81,804,000 barrels per day. Approximately 72% of world oil production came from the top ten countries, and an overlapping 35% came from the twelve current OPEC members. Members of OPEC+, which includes current OPEC members produce about 60% of the world's petroleum.
2023 marked the sixth straight that the United States led the world in oil production[3], shale oil fracking has dramatically increased the country's oil output since 2010. The United States also became a net petroleum exporter in 2020, for the first time since at least 1949.[4] U.S. crude oil exports reached a record high in the first half of 2023.[5] U.S. oil production reached a record high in October 2023.[6]