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 2015, Italy imported 62.5 million tonnes of crude oil, most from Iraq (18%), Azerbaijan (18%) and Russia (13%). Its refined-product imports were 9.2 million tonnes, most from Saudi Arabia (18%), Algeria (16%) and Greece (11%).
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
- Period
- 2015
- 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, 2015
Calculated2% 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, 2015
| Origin | Share% of the year’s imports | Importsthousand tonnes | Share as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iraq | Share:18% | Thousand tonnes:11,498 | |
| Azerbaijan | Share:18% | Thousand tonnes:11,189 | |
| Russia | Share:13% | Thousand tonnes:8,047 | |
| Saudi Arabia | Share:9% | Thousand tonnes:5,509 | |
| Kazakhstan | Share:9% | Thousand tonnes:5,383 | |
| Libya | Share:6% | Thousand tonnes:4,014 | |
| Angola | Share:4% | Thousand tonnes:2,792 | |
| Egypt | Share:4% | Thousand tonnes:2,713 | |
| Nigeria | Share:3% | Thousand tonnes:1,927 | |
| Congo | Share:3% | Thousand tonnes:1,906 | |
| Gabon | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:1,179 | |
| Algeria | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:1,103 | |
| Equatorial Guinea | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:629 | |
| Mexico | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:614 | |
| Colombia | Share:0.9% | Thousand tonnes:576 | |
| Tunisia | Share:0.7% | Thousand tonnes:454 | |
| Cameroon | Share:0.5% | Thousand tonnes:309 | |
| Norway | Share:0.4% | Thousand tonnes:263 | |
| United Kingdom | Share:0.4% | Thousand tonnes:248 | |
| United States | Share:0.4% | Thousand tonnes:220 | |
| Kuwait | Share:0.3% | Thousand tonnes:187 | |
| Israel | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:108 | |
| Brazil | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:94 | |
| GreeceEU | Share:0.1% | Thousand tonnes:80 | |
| Cannot be traced to a named country | 2% | 1,488 |
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
- Period
- 2015
- 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, 2015
Calculated3% 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:2.86 Mt · Greece 33%months: 12 with imports |
| Petrolshown below | Imports:0.45 Mt · Türkiye 18%months: 12 with imports |
| Jet fuel | Imports:1.79 Mt · Saudi Arabia 56%months: 12 with imports |
| Heating and other gasoil | Imports:0.15 Mt · France 34%months: 5 with imports · 7 not published |
| Fuel oil | Imports:0.31 Mt · France 42%months: 11 with imports · 1 not published |
| Naphtha | Imports:1.46 Mt · Russia 31%months: 12 with imports |
| LPG | Imports:2.21 Mt · Algeria 45%months: 12 with imports |
Petrol
In 2015, Italy imported 451 thousand tonnes of petrol, most from Türkiye (18%), Cyprus (13%) and Spain (7%).
32% of it was not attributed to any country by the publisher and cannot be traced.
Share of petrol imports by origin, January 2015 to June 2026
- Greece
- Türkiye
- Austria
- Spain
- Israel
- France
- Other origins
- Origin not published
| Origin | Share% of the year’s imports | Importsthousand tonnes | Share as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| Türkiye | Share:18% | Thousand tonnes:80 | |
| CyprusEU | Share:13% | Thousand tonnes:58 | |
| SpainEU | Share:7% | Thousand tonnes:31 | |
| GreeceEU | Share:7% | Thousand tonnes:30 | |
| FranceEU | Share:6% | Thousand tonnes:27 | |
| CroatiaEU | Share:6% | Thousand tonnes:25 | |
| Israel | Share:4% | Thousand tonnes:20 | |
| RomaniaEU | Share:4% | Thousand tonnes:20 | |
| AustriaEU | Share:3% | Thousand tonnes:13 | |
| Switzerland | Share:0.7% | Thousand tonnes:3 | |
| Cannot be traced to a named country | 32% | 144 |
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
- Period
- 2015
- 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 |
| 2020 | 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 |
| 2015shown below | 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
- 2015
- 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.