Italy · Oil imports
Italy: 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 2020, Italy imported 50.4 million tonnes of crude oil, most from Azerbaijan (20%), Iraq (17%) and Saudi Arabia (13%). Its refined-product imports were 10.3 million tonnes, most from Saudi Arabia (16%), Algeria (11%) and Russia (9%).
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
- Period
- 2020
- 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, 2020
Calculated0.8% 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
- Azerbaijan
- Libya
- Iraq
- Saudi Arabia
- Russia
- Kazakhstan
- Other origins
- Origin not published
Every crude origin, 2020
| Origin | Share% of the year’s imports | Importsthousand tonnes | Share as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| Azerbaijan | Share:20% | Thousand tonnes:10,011 | |
| Iraq | Share:17% | Thousand tonnes:8,515 | |
| Saudi Arabia | Share:13% | Thousand tonnes:6,645 | |
| Russia | Share:11% | Thousand tonnes:5,596 | |
| Libya | Share:7% | Thousand tonnes:3,485 | |
| Kazakhstan | Share:7% | Thousand tonnes:3,478 | |
| Nigeria | Share:5% | Thousand tonnes:2,714 | |
| Egypt | Share:3% | Thousand tonnes:1,600 | |
| United States | Share:3% | Thousand tonnes:1,578 | |
| Norway | Share:3% | Thousand tonnes:1,340 | |
| Canada | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:833 | |
| United Kingdom | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:753 | |
| Venezuela | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:724 | |
| Cameroon | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:660 | |
| Algeria | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:644 | |
| Angola | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:557 | |
| Tunisia | Share:0.5% | Thousand tonnes:277 | |
| Brazil | Share:0.5% | Thousand tonnes:257 | |
| Israel | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:113 | |
| Syria | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:91 | |
| Equatorial Guinea | Share:0.1% | Thousand tonnes:69 | |
| Gabon | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:40 | |
| Cannot be traced to a named country | 0.8% | 385 |
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
- Period
- 2020
- 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, 2020
Calculated0.1% 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:4.41 Mt · Saudi Arabia 34%months: 12 with imports |
| Petrol | Imports:0.36 Mt · Romania 15%months: 12 with imports |
| Jet fuel | Imports:0.79 Mt · Egypt 46%months: 12 with imports |
| Heating and other gasoil | Imports:0.15 Mt · France 41%months: 6 with imports |
| Fuel oil | Imports:1.24 Mt · Russia 27%months: 12 with imports |
| Naphthashown below | Imports:1.31 Mt · Spain 42%months: 12 with imports |
| LPG | Imports:2.05 Mt · Algeria 50%months: 12 with imports |
Naphtha
In 2020, Italy imported 1.3 million tonnes of naphtha, most from Spain (42%), Russia (27%) and Bulgaria (8%).
Share of naphtha imports by origin, January 2015 to March 2026
- Russia
- Spain
- Tunisia
- Algeria
- Netherlands
- Libya
- Other origins
- Origin not published
- Not published
- No imports reported
| Origin | Share% of the year’s imports | Importsthousand tonnes | Share as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| SpainEU | Share:42% | Thousand tonnes:550 | |
| Russia | Share:27% | Thousand tonnes:357 | |
| BulgariaEU | Share:8% | Thousand tonnes:108 | |
| Algeria | Share:7% | Thousand tonnes:89 | |
| FranceEU | Share:7% | Thousand tonnes:86 | |
| Israel | Share:4% | Thousand tonnes:50 | |
| Libya | Share:3% | Thousand tonnes:44 | |
| Tunisia | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:15 | |
| BelgiumEU | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:14 |
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
- Period
- 2020
- 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:27.96 Mt · Libya 26%months: 6 with imports | Refined products:6.07 Mt · Saudi Arabia 31%months: 6 with imports |
| 2025 | Crude oil:54.75 Mt · Libya 25%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:12.28 Mt · Saudi Arabia 22%months: 12 with imports |
| 2024 | Crude oil:56.05 Mt · Libya 21%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:12.94 Mt · Saudi Arabia 14%months: 12 with imports |
| 2023 | Crude oil:61.21 Mt · Azerbaijan 18%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:11.61 Mt · Saudi Arabia 13%months: 12 with imports |
| 2022 | Crude oil:62.42 Mt · Russia 19%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:11.65 Mt · Saudi Arabia 13%months: 12 with imports |
| 2021 | Crude oil:56.72 Mt · Azerbaijan 22%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:10.22 Mt · Egypt 13%months: 12 with imports |
| 2020shown below | Crude oil:50.36 Mt · Azerbaijan 20%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:10.31 Mt · Saudi Arabia 16%months: 12 with imports |
| 2019 | Crude oil:63.15 Mt · Iraq 20%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:12.39 Mt · Saudi Arabia 15%months: 12 with imports |
| 2018 | Crude oil:62.05 Mt · Azerbaijan 19%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:14.44 Mt · Saudi Arabia 17%months: 12 with imports |
| 2017 | Crude oil:66.34 Mt · Azerbaijan 19%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:13.39 Mt · Saudi Arabia 16%months: 12 with imports |
| 2016 | Crude oil:60.88 Mt · Iraq 20%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:12.33 Mt · Algeria 14%months: 12 with imports |
| 2015 | Crude oil:62.53 Mt · Iraq 18%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:9.23 Mt · Saudi Arabia 18%months: 12 with imports |
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
- Period
- 2020
- 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.