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Denmark · Oil imports

Denmark: crude oil and fuel imports since 2015

Counted as the country reports it in its energy statistics: crude oil by the country where it was produced, refined products by the country they were last shipped from, which may be a trading hub rather than where they were refined.

In 2025, Denmark imported 5.3 million tonnes of crude oil, most from the United States (46%), Norway (45%) and the United Kingdom (7%). Its refined-product imports were 5.0 million tonnes, most from Sweden (23%), Norway (19%) and the Netherlands (13%).

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Source & method
Source
  • Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
Every source, with links and licences
Period
2025
Method
How this figure is made

Counted as the country reports it in its energy statistics: crude oil by the country where it was produced, refined products by the country they were last shipped from, which may be a trading hub rather than where they were refined.

Yearly figures are the sum of the published monthly tonnes over the months with a published figure; shares are each origin’s tonnes over that sum. A month that is not published is left out and listed, never counted as zero, and a month counts as “reported none” only where the zero is confirmed. The part of the published totals the publisher did not attribute to a country is shown as “cannot be traced”. Refined products are seven product families (road diesel, petrol, jet fuel, heating and other gasoil, fuel oil, naphtha, LPG); other products such as bitumen and lubricants are not included.

The chart draws each month’s shares as a 3-month average over the months with figures in each window. A month that is not published is a hatched band labelled “Not published”, and a confirmed zero a plain band labelled “No imports reported”; neither is ever filled in or averaged over.

Crude oil, 2025

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<0.1% of it was not attributed to any country by the publisher and cannot be traced.

Share of crude imports by origin, January 2015 to July 2026

3-month average of monthly shares, over the months with figures in each window
Sep 2020Jul 20260%25%50%75%100%Norway 53.9%United States 33.6%United Kingdom 12.6%
  • Norway
  • United States
  • Russia
  • Nigeria
  • United Kingdom
  • Libya
  • Other origins
  • Origin not published

Every crude origin, 2025

Crude oil imports of Denmark in 2025 by origin (by country of production).
United StatesShare:46%Thousand tonnes:2,395
NorwayShare:45%Thousand tonnes:2,380
United KingdomShare:7%Thousand tonnes:386
TürkiyeShare:2%Thousand tonnes:88
Cannot be traced to a named country<0.1%2
Source & method
Source
  • Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
Every source, with links and licences
Period
2025
Method
How this figure is made

Counted as the country reports it in its energy statistics: crude oil by the country where it was produced, refined products by the country they were last shipped from, which may be a trading hub rather than where they were refined.

Yearly figures are the sum of the published monthly tonnes over the months with a published figure; shares are each origin’s tonnes over that sum. A month that is not published is left out and listed, never counted as zero, and a month counts as “reported none” only where the zero is confirmed. The part of the published totals the publisher did not attribute to a country is shown as “cannot be traced”. Refined products are seven product families (road diesel, petrol, jet fuel, heating and other gasoil, fuel oil, naphtha, LPG); other products such as bitumen and lubricants are not included.

The chart draws each month’s shares as a 3-month average over the months with figures in each window. A month that is not published is a hatched band labelled “Not published”, and a confirmed zero a plain band labelled “No imports reported”; neither is ever filled in or averaged over.

Refined products, 2025

Calculated

1% of it was not attributed to any country by the publisher and cannot be traced.

Refined product imports by product family: million tonnes, largest origin and months published.
Road dieselImports:0.06 Mt · Norway 100%months: 9 with imports · 3 not published
Petrolshown belowImports:0.49 Mt · Sweden 42%months: 12 with imports
Jet fuelImports:0.83 Mt · Kuwait 23%months: 12 with imports
Heating and other gasoilImports:2.10 Mt · Sweden 37%months: 12 with imports
Fuel oilImports:1.49 Mt · United Kingdom 25%months: 12 with imports
NaphthaImports:none importedmonths: 3 reported none · 9 not published
LPGImports:0.04 Mt · Sweden 37%months: 12 with imports

Petrol

In 2025, Denmark imported 490 thousand tonnes of petrol, most from Sweden (42%), Norway (22%) and the Netherlands (17%).

0.6% of it was not attributed to any country by the publisher and cannot be traced.

Share of petrol imports by origin, January 2015 to July 2026

3-month average of monthly shares, over the months with figures in each window
Sep 2020Jul 20260%25%50%75%100%Sweden 51.5%Netherlands 12.6%United Kingdom 26.9%
  • Sweden
  • Netherlands
  • United Kingdom
  • Belgium
  • Norway
  • Finland
  • Other origins
  • Origin not published
Petrol imports of Denmark in 2025 by origin (by the country it was last shipped from, as energy statistics report it).
SwedenEUShare:42%Thousand tonnes:206
NorwayShare:22%Thousand tonnes:107
NetherlandsEUShare:17%Thousand tonnes:81
United KingdomShare:12%Thousand tonnes:58
GermanyEUShare:3%Thousand tonnes:16
FinlandEUShare:2%Thousand tonnes:11
BelgiumEUShare:2%Thousand tonnes:8
Cannot be traced to a named country0.6%3
Source & method
Source
  • Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
Every source, with links and licences
Period
2025
Method
How this figure is made

Counted as the country reports it in its energy statistics: crude oil by the country where it was produced, refined products by the country they were last shipped from, which may be a trading hub rather than where they were refined.

Yearly figures are the sum of the published monthly tonnes over the months with a published figure; shares are each origin’s tonnes over that sum. A month that is not published is left out and listed, never counted as zero, and a month counts as “reported none” only where the zero is confirmed. The part of the published totals the publisher did not attribute to a country is shown as “cannot be traced”. Refined products are seven product families (road diesel, petrol, jet fuel, heating and other gasoil, fuel oil, naphtha, LPG); other products such as bitumen and lubricants are not included.

The chart draws each month’s shares as a 3-month average over the months with figures in each window. A month that is not published is a hatched band labelled “Not published”, and a confirmed zero a plain band labelled “No imports reported”; neither is ever filled in or averaged over.

Year by year

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Select a year to see its origins above.

Crude oil and refined product imports by year: million tonnes, largest origin and months published. Select a year for its origins.
January–July 2026Crude oil:2.99 Mt · Norway 44%months: 7 with importsRefined products:2.26 Mt · Sweden 23%months: 7 with imports
2025shown belowCrude oil:5.25 Mt · United States 46%months: 12 with importsRefined products:5.01 Mt · Sweden 23%months: 12 with imports
2024Crude oil:4.50 Mt · United States 73%months: 12 with importsRefined products:4.99 Mt · Netherlands 21%months: 12 with imports
2023Crude oil:4.73 Mt · United States 61%months: 12 with importsRefined products:4.84 Mt · Sweden 27%months: 12 with imports
2022Crude oil:4.46 Mt · United States 45%months: 12 with importsRefined products:5.45 Mt · Sweden 20%months: 12 with imports
2021Crude oil:5.19 Mt · United States 33%months: 12 with importsRefined products:4.28 Mt · Sweden 27%months: 12 with imports
2020Crude oil:4.67 Mt · United States 34%months: 12 with importsRefined products:6.55 Mt · Norway 22%months: 12 with imports
2019Crude oil:5.03 Mt · Norway 48%months: 12 with importsRefined products:6.63 Mt · Norway 22%months: 12 with imports
2018Crude oil:4.71 Mt · Norway 67%months: 12 with importsRefined products:5.53 Mt · Russia 23%months: 12 with imports
2017Crude oil:4.81 Mt · Norway 78%months: 12 with importsRefined products:4.97 Mt · Russia 31%months: 12 with imports
2016Crude oil:3.84 Mt · Norway 69%months: 12 with importsRefined products:8.66 Mt · Russia 46%months: 12 with imports
2015Crude oil:4.17 Mt · Norway 74%months: 12 with importsRefined products:9.16 Mt · Russia 48%months: 12 with imports
Source & method
Source
  • Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
Every source, with links and licences
Period
2025
Method
How this figure is made

Counted as the country reports it in its energy statistics: crude oil by the country where it was produced, refined products by the country they were last shipped from, which may be a trading hub rather than where they were refined.

Yearly figures are the sum of the published monthly tonnes over the months with a published figure; shares are each origin’s tonnes over that sum. A month that is not published is left out and listed, never counted as zero, and a month counts as “reported none” only where the zero is confirmed. The part of the published totals the publisher did not attribute to a country is shown as “cannot be traced”. Refined products are seven product families (road diesel, petrol, jet fuel, heating and other gasoil, fuel oil, naphtha, LPG); other products such as bitumen and lubricants are not included.

The chart draws each month’s shares as a 3-month average over the months with figures in each window. A month that is not published is a hatched band labelled “Not published”, and a confirmed zero a plain band labelled “No imports reported”; neither is ever filled in or averaged over.