Greece · Oil imports
Greece: crude oil and fuel imports since 2015
Counted by the country the cargo was shipped from, as customs record it. Transit hubs such as the Netherlands therefore appear as sources; for crude oil, the default view counts by the country of production instead.
In 2017, Greece imported 23.1 million tonnes of crude oil, most from Iraq (43%), Iran (17%) and Kazakhstan (11%). Its refined-product imports were 8.2 million tonnes, most from Russia (56%), Israel (12%) and Spain (7%).
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) - Comext — EU trade since 1988 by CN8 (international trade in goods, detailed data)
- Eurostat Comext — EU trade since 1988 by CN8 (refined products, CN 2710 and 2711)
- Period
- 2017
- Method
- How this figure is made
Counted by the country the cargo was shipped from, as customs record it. Transit hubs such as the Netherlands therefore appear as sources; for crude oil, the default view counts by the country of production instead.
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, 2017
CalculatedShare of crude imports by origin, January 2015 to July 2026
- Iraq
- Libya
- Kazakhstan
- Russia
- Saudi Arabia
- Egypt
- Other origins
- Origin not published
Every crude origin, 2017
| Origin | Share% of the year’s imports | Importsthousand tonnes | Share as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iraq | Share:43% | Thousand tonnes:9,991 | |
| Iran | Share:17% | Thousand tonnes:3,875 | |
| Kazakhstan | Share:11% | Thousand tonnes:2,574 | |
| Saudi Arabia | Share:9% | Thousand tonnes:2,171 | |
| Russia | Share:7% | Thousand tonnes:1,709 | |
| Libya | Share:6% | Thousand tonnes:1,406 | |
| Egypt | Share:4% | Thousand tonnes:971 | |
| Azerbaijan | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:339 | |
| Algeria | Share:0.3% | Thousand tonnes:76 | |
| Turkmenistan | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| ItalyEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| GermanyEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 |
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) - Comext — EU trade since 1988 by CN8 (international trade in goods, detailed data)
- Eurostat Comext — EU trade since 1988 by CN8 (refined products, CN 2710 and 2711)
- Period
- 2017
- Method
- How this figure is made
Counted by the country the cargo was shipped from, as customs record it. Transit hubs such as the Netherlands therefore appear as sources; for crude oil, the default view counts by the country of production instead.
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, 2017
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:0.84 Mt · Israel 56%months: 12 with imports |
| Petrol | Imports:0.31 Mt · Romania 100%months: 12 with imports |
| Jet fuel | Imports:0.21 Mt · Saudi Arabia 63%months: 10 with imports |
| Heating and other gasoil | Imports:2.10 Mt · Russia 93%months: 12 with imports |
| Fuel oil | Imports:4.69 Mt · Russia 51%months: 12 with imports |
| Naphthashown below | Imports:<0.01 Mt · Belgium 70%months: 12 with imports |
| LPG | Imports:0.06 Mt · Egypt 40%months: 12 with imports |
Naphtha
In 2017, Greece imported 892 tonnes of naphtha, most from Belgium (70%), Poland (11%) and the Netherlands (11%).
Share of naphtha imports by origin, January 2015 to July 2026
- Belgium
- Germany
- Poland
- Netherlands
- Türkiye
- Russia
- Other origins
- Origin not published
| Origin | Share% of the year’s imports | Importsthousand tonnes | Share as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| BelgiumEU | Share:70% | Thousand tonnes:1 | |
| PolandEU | Share:11% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| NetherlandsEU | Share:11% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| GermanyEU | Share:5% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Norway | Share:3% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| United Kingdom | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Israel | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| ItalyEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Lebanon | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 |
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) - Comext — EU trade since 1988 by CN8 (international trade in goods, detailed data)
- Eurostat Comext — EU trade since 1988 by CN8 (refined products, CN 2710 and 2711)
- Period
- 2017
- Method
- How this figure is made
Counted by the country the cargo was shipped from, as customs record it. Transit hubs such as the Netherlands therefore appear as sources; for crude oil, the default view counts by the country of production instead.
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–July 2026 | Crude oil:13.73 Mt · Iraq 31%months: 7 with imports | Refined products:2.48 Mt · Iraq 38%months: 7 with imports |
| 2025 | Crude oil:18.38 Mt · Iraq 36%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:7.07 Mt · Iraq 35%months: 12 with imports |
| 2024 | Crude oil:24.65 Mt · Iraq 33%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:5.60 Mt · Iraq 27%months: 12 with imports |
| 2023 | Crude oil:22.78 Mt · Iraq 40%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:6.86 Mt · Turkmenistan 15%months: 12 with imports |
| 2022 | Crude oil:21.91 Mt · Iraq 48%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:8.55 Mt · Russia 63%months: 12 with imports |
| 2021 | Crude oil:23.41 Mt · Iraq 43%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:7.92 Mt · Russia 48%months: 12 with imports |
| 2020 | Crude oil:22.55 Mt · Iraq 37%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:7.46 Mt · Russia 59%months: 12 with imports |
| 2019 | Crude oil:22.98 Mt · Iraq 52%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:7.79 Mt · Russia 58%months: 12 with imports |
| 2018 | Crude oil:24.97 Mt · Iraq 45%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:8.38 Mt · Russia 58%months: 12 with imports |
| 2017shown below | Crude oil:23.11 Mt · Iraq 43%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:8.21 Mt · Russia 56%months: 12 with imports |
| 2016 | Crude oil:23.19 Mt · Iraq 41%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:7.65 Mt · Russia 57%months: 12 with imports |
| 2015 | Crude oil:22.03 Mt · Iraq 45%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:7.61 Mt · Russia 50%months: 12 with imports |
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) - Comext — EU trade since 1988 by CN8 (international trade in goods, detailed data)
- Eurostat Comext — EU trade since 1988 by CN8 (refined products, CN 2710 and 2711)
- Period
- 2017
- Method
- How this figure is made
Counted by the country the cargo was shipped from, as customs record it. Transit hubs such as the Netherlands therefore appear as sources; for crude oil, the default view counts by the country of production instead.
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.