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US is the world’s largest oil producer

The US has been the largest producer for the last seven years and output is currently at an all-time high at a time when the world is supposed to be reducing production.
The US has been the largest producer for the last seven years and output is currently at an all-time high at a time when the world is supposed to be reducing production.
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Our World in Data 26 November 2024

The chart shows annual production by country from 1990 to 2023. The US has been the largest producer for the last seven years, Our World in Data  reports.

Production in the US gradually declined during the 1990s and early 2000s but increased steeply again post-2010 and is now at an all-time high.

This data comes from the Energy Institute’s Statistical Review of World Energy. Explore more oil production data here.