Americas: petroleum production 1860-1988, by country

From the 1860s until the late-1900s, the United States was the largest producer of crude petroleum in the world, with annual production in the given period peaking at more than 400 million tons after the late 1960s. From the 1910s onward, Venezuela also emerged as one of the world's major oil producers, and it became the third-largest oil producer in the world by the 1940s (behind the U.S. and USSR). The spike in U.S. production in 1973 was a result of the 1973 oil crisis.

Annual petroleum output of the major American producers from 1860 to 1988 (in 1,000s of metric tons)

Characteristic	United States	Canada	Mexico	Venezuela
1988	410,079	79,248	130,675	101,987
1987	419,442	75,411	132,086	95,449
1986	428,154	72,302	126,211	93,933
1985	441,479	72,004	135,755	88,186
1984	438,127	70,668	139,946	94,850
1983	427,515	66,408	139,758	94,470
1982	425,591	62,163	142,783	100,391
1981	421,804	62,928	120,203	111,688
1980	424,196	70,405	99,938	114,788
1979	420,818	73,279	75,461	124,106
1978	428,490	64,333	62,346	113,628
1977	405,712	64,668	49,303	117,189
1976	401,252	64,523	41,336	120,170
1975	413,090	70,166	36,889	122,400
1974	432,794	82,529	29,593	156,167
1973	654,190	88,028	23,257	175,774
1972	466,956	75,421	22,166	168,342
1971	466,704	66,193	21,416	185,280
1970	475,289	62,000	21,508	194,306
1969	455,602	53,767	21,058	187,916
1968	449,885	50,433	20,015	189,231
1967	434,537	47,333	18,702	185,489
1966	409,170	43,248	17,317	176,418
1965	384,946	39,457	16,874	182,409
1964	376,609	37,147	16,535	178,230
1963	372,001	34,845	16,483	169,671
1962	361,658	33,020	16,000	167,147
1961	354,303	29,863	15,278	152,616
1960	347,975	25,630	14,171	149,372
1959	347,929	24,832	13,969	144,850
1958	330,955	22,383	13,380	135,636
1957	353,646	24,594	12,627	145,830
1956	353,698	23,260	12,970	129,178
1955	335,744	17,492	12,786	113,041
1954	312,846	12,984	11,967	98,998
1953	318,535	10,941	10,362	92,140
1952	309,447	8,276	11,059	-
1951	303,754	6,435	11,062	-
1950	266,708	3,925	10,363	-
1949	248,919	2,815	7,818	-
1948	273,007	1,660	8,372	70,215
1947	250,952	982	8,053	63,611
1946	234,323	966	7,045	56,822
1945	231,582	1,091	6,231	47,304
1944	226,751	1,304	5,467	37,597
1943	203,468	1,295	5,031	26,238
1942	187,390	1,360	4,982	21,650
1941	189,496	1,330	6,160	33,184
1940	182,873	1,128	6,301	26,896
1939	170,946	1,017	6,138	29,967
1938	164,107	873	5,510	27,485
1937	172,865	309	6,711	27,204
1936	148,611	122	5,871	22,619
1935	134,679	128	5,758	21,723
1934	122,715	135	5,462	19,935
1933	122,536	142	4,870	17,334
1932	107,645	134	4,699	17,120
1931	116,683	198	4,733	17,221
1930	123,117	196	5,662	20,109
1929	138,104	144	6,401	19,891
1928	123,592	80	7,184	15,349
1927	123,486	61	9,186	8,969
1926	106,474	47	12,954	5,207
1925	104,622	43	16,549	2,864
1924	98,024	22	20,011	1,335
1923	100,371	23	21,431	639
1922	76,415	25	26,114	335
1921	64,718	262	27,707	218
1920	62,122	26	23,549	70
1919	52,099	31	13,054	63
1918	47,457	40	9,569	48
1917	44,709	28	8,290	18
1916	40,102	26	6,079	10
1915	37,481	28	4,901	5
1914	35,435	28	3,931	-
1913	33,126	30	3,851	-
1912	29,725	32	2,481	-
1911	29,393	38	1,881	-
1910	27,941	41	545	-
1909	24,423	55	407	-
1908	23,804	69	589	-
1907	22,146	102	151	-
1906	16,866	74	75	-
1905	17,962	83	38	-
1904	15,611	66	19	-
1903	13,395	64	11	-
1902	11,836	69	6	-
1901	9,252	81	1	-
1900	8,483	93	-	-
1899	7,609	106	-	-
1898	7,382	99	-	-
1897	8,063	93	-	-
1896	8,128	95	-	-
1895	7,052	95	-	-
1894	6,579	108	-	-
1893	6,457	104	-	-
1892	6,735	102	-	-
1891	7,239	99	-	-
1890	6,110	104	-	-
1889	4,689	92	-	-
1888	3,682	91	-	-
1887	3,771	93	-	-
1886	3,742	76	-	-
1885	2,915	77	-	-
1884	3,229	75	-	-
1883	3,127	62	-	-
1882	4,047	51	-	-
1881	3,688	48	-	-
1880	3,505	46	-	-
1879	2,655	75	-	-
1878	2,053	41	-	-
1877	1,780	41	-	-
1876	1,218	41	-	-
1875	1,172	29	-	-
1874	1,457	22	-	-
1873	1,319	48	-	-
1872	839	40	-	-
1871	694	35	-	-
1870	701	33	-	-
1869	562	29	-	-
1868	486	26	-	-
1867	446	25	-	-
1866	480	-	-	-
1865	333	-	-	-
1864	282	-	-	-
1863	348	-	-	-
1862	408	-	-	-
1861	282	-	-	-
1860	67	-	-	-