Germany · Oil imports
Germany: 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 2024, Germany imported 84.4 million tonnes of crude oil, most from Norway (20%), the United States (18%) and Kazakhstan (13%). Its refined-product imports were 32.0 million tonnes, most from the Netherlands (56%), Belgium (18%) and the United States (6%).
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
- Period
- 2024
- 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, 2024
Calculated8% 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
- Russia
- Norway
- Kazakhstan
- United States
- United Kingdom
- Libya
- Other origins
- Origin not published
Every crude origin, 2024
| Origin | Share% of the year’s imports | Importsthousand tonnes | Share as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norway | Share:20% | Thousand tonnes:16,504 | |
| United States | Share:18% | Thousand tonnes:14,831 | |
| Kazakhstan | Share:13% | Thousand tonnes:11,185 | |
| Libya | Share:10% | Thousand tonnes:8,034 | |
| United Kingdom | Share:9% | Thousand tonnes:7,706 | |
| Iraq | Share:5% | Thousand tonnes:4,247 | |
| Nigeria | Share:3% | Thousand tonnes:2,640 | |
| Azerbaijan | Share:3% | Thousand tonnes:2,211 | |
| Saudi Arabia | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:1,935 | |
| Algeria | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:1,841 | |
| Mexico | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:1,263 | |
| Canada | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:1,025 | |
| United Arab Emirates | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:990 | |
| Egypt | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:805 | |
| Brazil | Share:0.6% | Thousand tonnes:520 | |
| Cameroon | Share:0.5% | Thousand tonnes:386 | |
| DenmarkEU | Share:0.4% | Thousand tonnes:324 | |
| Angola | Share:0.3% | Thousand tonnes:279 | |
| Côte d’Ivoire | Share:0.3% | Thousand tonnes:216 | |
| Senegal | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:189 | |
| PolandEU | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:182 | |
| ItalyEU | Share:0.1% | Thousand tonnes:113 | |
| Gabon | Share:0.1% | Thousand tonnes:108 | |
| NetherlandsEU | Share:0.1% | Thousand tonnes:92 | |
| Ghana | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:82 | |
| Equatorial Guinea | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:51 | |
| Tunisia | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:26 | |
| Russia | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:21 | |
| FranceEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:3 | |
| Cannot be traced to a named country | 8% | 6,582 |
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
- Period
- 2024
- 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, 2024
Calculated<0.1% of it was not attributed to any country by the publisher and cannot be traced.
| Product | Importsmillion tonnes · largest origin · months published |
|---|---|
| Road diesel | Imports:12.99 Mt · Netherlands 49%months: 12 with imports |
| Petrolshown below | Imports:3.18 Mt · Netherlands 59%months: 12 with imports |
| Jet fuel | Imports:5.90 Mt · Netherlands 85%months: 12 with imports |
| Heating and other gasoil | Imports:2.00 Mt · Netherlands 41%months: 11 with imports · 1 not published |
| Fuel oil | Imports:1.06 Mt · Netherlands 31%months: 11 with imports · 1 not published |
| Naphtha | Imports:5.64 Mt · Netherlands 50%months: 12 with imports |
| LPG | Imports:1.21 Mt · Netherlands 42%months: 12 with imports |
Petrol
In 2024, Germany imported 3.2 million tonnes of petrol, most from the Netherlands (59%), Belgium (21%) and Czechia (8%).
Share of petrol imports by origin, January 2015 to June 2026
- Netherlands
- Belgium
- Slovakia
- Czechia
- Austria
- Switzerland
- Other origins
- Origin not published
| Origin | Share% of the year’s imports | Importsthousand tonnes | Share as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| NetherlandsEU | Share:59% | Thousand tonnes:1,888 | |
| BelgiumEU | Share:21% | Thousand tonnes:658 | |
| CzechiaEU | Share:8% | Thousand tonnes:263 | |
| SlovakiaEU | Share:5% | Thousand tonnes:154 | |
| AustriaEU | Share:3% | Thousand tonnes:104 | |
| HungaryEU | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:44 | |
| SwedenEU | Share:0.7% | Thousand tonnes:23 | |
| Switzerland | Share:0.5% | Thousand tonnes:16 | |
| DenmarkEU | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:8 | |
| United Kingdom | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:7 | |
| RomaniaEU | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:5 | |
| FinlandEU | Share:0.1% | Thousand tonnes:5 | |
| Uzbekistan | Share:0.1% | Thousand tonnes:4 | |
| Israel | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:1 | |
| SpainEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| FranceEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Chile | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| PolandEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| SloveniaEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 |
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
- Period
- 2024
- 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
CalculatedSelect a year to see its origins above.
| Year | Crude oilmillion tonnes · largest origin · months published | Refined productsmillion tonnes, seven product families · largest origin · months published |
|---|---|---|
| January–June 2026 | Crude oil:39.56 Mt · United States 20%months: 6 with imports | Refined products:11.67 Mt · Netherlands 58%months: 6 with imports |
| 2025 | Crude oil:80.31 Mt · Norway 17%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:31.48 Mt · Netherlands 57%months: 12 with imports |
| 2024shown below | Crude oil:84.39 Mt · Norway 20%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:31.98 Mt · Netherlands 56%months: 12 with imports |
| 2023 | Crude oil:77.36 Mt · United States 18%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:34.09 Mt · Netherlands 55%months: 12 with imports |
| 2022 | Crude oil:88.23 Mt · Russia 25%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:33.51 Mt · Netherlands 54%months: 12 with imports |
| 2021 | Crude oil:81.30 Mt · Russia 34%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:34.57 Mt · Netherlands 49%months: 12 with imports |
| 2020 | Crude oil:82.73 Mt · Russia 34%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:32.71 Mt · Netherlands 45%months: 12 with imports |
| 2019 | Crude oil:86.03 Mt · Russia 31%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:39.58 Mt · Netherlands 46%months: 12 with imports |
| 2018 | Crude oil:85.20 Mt · Russia 36%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:37.86 Mt · Netherlands 49%months: 12 with imports |
| 2017 | Crude oil:90.73 Mt · Russia 37%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:38.53 Mt · Netherlands 49%months: 12 with imports |
| 2016 | Crude oil:91.24 Mt · Russia 40%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:36.33 Mt · Netherlands 51%months: 12 with imports |
| 2015 | Crude oil:91.27 Mt · Russia 36%months: 12 with imports | Refined 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
- Period
- 2024
- 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.