Crude oil output during each president's tenure

Every president since 1991, ranked by how crude oil output changed from their first day in office. Politare shows what happened during a tenure; it does not claim the office-holder caused it.

#	President	In office	Total	Per year	Chart
1	N Ahmed al-Sharaa	8 Dec 2024 – now	+72.7% Nov 2024 → Jun 2026	+41.2%/yr
2	Bashar al-Assad	17 Jul 2000 – 8 Dec 2024	−89.9% Jun 2000 → Nov 2024	−9.0%/yr

Sorted by total, highest first. Every row is indexed to the last month complete before the first day in office ("from" marks a start that had to move because that period had no data, or because the period cut it); Levels are per cent changes, rates are differences in %; "per year" compounds levels and divides rates. Tenures with under 12 months, or under three observations, are left out. thousand barrels a day, monthly average · US Energy Information Administration, International Energy Statistics: crude oil including lease condensate, thousand barrels a day, monthly, the EIA's estimates from national, OPEC and industry sources · Syria data · as of Jul 2026.