What we count
Worldwide daily crude-oil production under the same product definition used for oil reserves.
How many barrels correspond to today's share of the latest global oil-production rate.
Worldwide daily crude-oil production under the same product definition used for oil reserves.
Worldwide daily crude-oil production under the same product definition used for oil reserves.
The source combines national energy balances, reported production, reserves and other official energy statistics.
The even conversion cannot capture actual daily production changes; it excludes biofuels and other petroleum liquids.
The calculation uses the latest published daily value from US EIA Short-Term Energy Outlook, Table 3a for 2025 (latest available global total).
How the value is used: The running number shows the share corresponding to time since midnight.
We distribute the published daily value evenly across time elapsed since midnight.
V(t) = Vday × elapsed share of the dayDaily reference value78,900,0002025 (latest available global total) · barrels
Average per hour3,287,500even time-based calculation
Calculation interval0.1 sContinuously calculated
US EIA Short-Term Energy Outlook, Table 3a reports the latest published figure used on this page for 2025 (latest available global total).
We distribute the published daily value evenly across time elapsed since midnight.
The result is recalculated on screen every 0.1 seconds.
The source value comes from US EIA Short-Term Energy Outlook, Table 3a and refers to 2025 (latest available global total). It is the latest figure published by this source. The source combines national energy balances, reported production, reserves and other official energy statistics.