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Germany · Oil imports

Germany: crude oil and fuel imports since 2015

Counted by the country where the oil was produced, as the country reports it in its energy statistics.

In 2025, Germany imported 80.3 million tonnes of crude oil, most from Norway (17%), Libya (15%) and the United States (14%). Its refined-product imports were 31.5 million tonnes, most from the Netherlands (57%), Belgium (17%) and the United States (4%).

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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 by the country where the oil was produced, as the country reports it in its energy statistics.

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

Calculated

9% of it was not attributed to any country by the publisher and cannot be traced.

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

3-month average of monthly shares, over the months with figures in each window
Sep 2020Jun 20260%25%50%75%100%Norway 16.0%Kazakhstan 16.2%United States 23.0%Other origins 26.2%
  • Russia
  • Norway
  • Kazakhstan
  • United States
  • United Kingdom
  • Libya
  • Other origins
  • Origin not published

Every crude origin, 2025

Crude oil imports of Germany in 2025 by origin (by country of production).
NorwayShare:17%Thousand tonnes:13,816
LibyaShare:15%Thousand tonnes:11,910
United StatesShare:14%Thousand tonnes:11,442
KazakhstanShare:14%Thousand tonnes:11,025
United KingdomShare:11%Thousand tonnes:8,556
IraqShare:5%Thousand tonnes:3,810
NigeriaShare:4%Thousand tonnes:2,847
CanadaShare:3%Thousand tonnes:2,239
AzerbaijanShare:2%Thousand tonnes:1,854
AlgeriaShare:2%Thousand tonnes:1,537
Saudi ArabiaShare:1%Thousand tonnes:997
BrazilShare:0.7%Thousand tonnes:532
EgyptShare:0.6%Thousand tonnes:446
DenmarkEUShare:0.5%Thousand tonnes:369
SenegalShare:0.5%Thousand tonnes:363
Côte d’IvoireShare:0.3%Thousand tonnes:266
MexicoShare:0.3%Thousand tonnes:254
United Arab EmiratesShare:0.3%Thousand tonnes:237
CameroonShare:0.3%Thousand tonnes:221
NigerShare:0.2%Thousand tonnes:129
AngolaShare:0.1%Thousand tonnes:112
TunisiaShare:0.1%Thousand tonnes:105
NetherlandsEUShare:<0.1%Thousand tonnes:58
SyriaShare:<0.1%Thousand tonnes:40
Equatorial GuineaShare:<0.1%Thousand tonnes:39
GhanaShare:<0.1%Thousand tonnes:32
ItalyEUShare:<0.1%Thousand tonnes:31
IsraelShare:<0.1%Thousand tonnes:26
GabonShare:<0.1%Thousand tonnes:12
RussiaShare:<0.1%Thousand tonnes:8
FranceEUShare:<0.1%Thousand tonnes:3
Cannot be traced to a named country9%6,996
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 by the country where the oil was produced, as the country reports it in its energy statistics.

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

<0.1% 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 dieselshown belowImports:12.36 Mt · Netherlands 50%months: 12 with imports
PetrolImports:3.32 Mt · Netherlands 63%months: 12 with imports
Jet fuelImports:6.15 Mt · Netherlands 85%months: 12 with imports
Heating and other gasoilImports:1.94 Mt · Belgium 52%months: 12 with imports
Fuel oilImports:1.25 Mt · Algeria 21%months: 12 with imports
NaphthaImports:5.35 Mt · Netherlands 63%months: 12 with imports
LPGImports:1.12 Mt · Netherlands 35%months: 12 with imports

Road diesel

In 2025, Germany imported 12.4 million tonnes of road diesel, most from the Netherlands (50%), Belgium (20%) and the United States (9%).

Share of road diesel imports by origin, January 2015 to June 2026

3-month average of monthly shares, over the months with figures in each window
Sep 2020Jun 20260%25%50%75%100%Netherlands 48.9%Belgium 20.5%Other origins 12.4%
  • Netherlands
  • Belgium
  • Russia
  • United States
  • Sweden
  • United Kingdom
  • Other origins
  • Origin not published
Road diesel imports of Germany in 2025 by origin (by country of production).
NetherlandsEUShare:50%Thousand tonnes:6,167
BelgiumEUShare:20%Thousand tonnes:2,436
United StatesShare:9%Thousand tonnes:1,095
IndiaShare:5%Thousand tonnes:590
KuwaitShare:4%Thousand tonnes:470
Saudi ArabiaShare:3%Thousand tonnes:424
SwedenEUShare:3%Thousand tonnes:414
United Arab EmiratesShare:1%Thousand tonnes:127
CzechiaEUShare:0.8%Thousand tonnes:102
AustriaEUShare:0.8%Thousand tonnes:95
DenmarkEUShare:0.8%Thousand tonnes:93
LithuaniaEUShare:0.6%Thousand tonnes:71
United KingdomShare:0.5%Thousand tonnes:66
FranceEUShare:0.4%Thousand tonnes:47
TogoShare:0.3%Thousand tonnes:42
PolandEUShare:0.3%Thousand tonnes:42
CanadaShare:0.3%Thousand tonnes:33
HungaryEUShare:0.2%Thousand tonnes:25
SlovakiaEUShare:0.2%Thousand tonnes:19
GermanyEUShare:<0.1%Thousand tonnes:2
SpainEUShare:<0.1%Thousand tonnes:<1
ArgentinaShare:<0.1%Thousand tonnes:<1
ItalyEUShare:<0.1%Thousand tonnes:<1
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 by the country where the oil was produced, as the country reports it in its energy statistics.

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–June 2026Crude oil:39.56 Mt · United States 20%months: 6 with importsRefined products:11.67 Mt · Netherlands 58%months: 6 with imports
2025shown belowCrude oil:80.31 Mt · Norway 17%months: 12 with importsRefined products:31.48 Mt · Netherlands 57%months: 12 with imports
2024Crude oil:84.39 Mt · Norway 20%months: 12 with importsRefined products:31.98 Mt · Netherlands 56%months: 12 with imports
2023Crude oil:77.36 Mt · United States 18%months: 12 with importsRefined products:34.09 Mt · Netherlands 55%months: 12 with imports
2022Crude oil:88.23 Mt · Russia 25%months: 12 with importsRefined products:33.51 Mt · Netherlands 54%months: 12 with imports
2021Crude oil:81.30 Mt · Russia 34%months: 12 with importsRefined products:34.57 Mt · Netherlands 49%months: 12 with imports
2020Crude oil:82.73 Mt · Russia 34%months: 12 with importsRefined products:32.71 Mt · Netherlands 45%months: 12 with imports
2019Crude oil:86.03 Mt · Russia 31%months: 12 with importsRefined products:39.58 Mt · Netherlands 46%months: 12 with imports
2018Crude oil:85.20 Mt · Russia 36%months: 12 with importsRefined products:37.86 Mt · Netherlands 49%months: 12 with imports
2017Crude oil:90.73 Mt · Russia 37%months: 12 with importsRefined products:38.53 Mt · Netherlands 49%months: 12 with imports
2016Crude oil:91.24 Mt · Russia 40%months: 12 with importsRefined products:36.33 Mt · Netherlands 51%months: 12 with imports
2015Crude oil:91.27 Mt · Russia 36%months: 12 with importsRefined products:34.89 Mt · Netherlands 51%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 by the country where the oil was produced, as the country reports it in its energy statistics.

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.