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 2018, Italy imported 62.1 million tonnes of crude oil, most from Azerbaijan (19%), Iraq (15%) and Saudi Arabia (12%). Its refined-product imports were 14.4 million tonnes, most from Saudi Arabia (17%), Algeria (10%) and Spain (10%).
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
- Period
- 2018
- 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, 2018
Calculated0.3% 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, 2018
| Origin | Share% of the year’s imports | Importsthousand tonnes | Share as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| Azerbaijan | Share:19% | Thousand tonnes:11,793 | |
| Iraq | Share:15% | Thousand tonnes:9,225 | |
| Saudi Arabia | Share:12% | Thousand tonnes:7,237 | |
| Libya | Share:10% | Thousand tonnes:6,328 | |
| Iran | Share:10% | Thousand tonnes:6,032 | |
| Russia | Share:9% | Thousand tonnes:5,678 | |
| Kazakhstan | Share:5% | Thousand tonnes:2,888 | |
| Nigeria | Share:4% | Thousand tonnes:2,275 | |
| United States | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:1,547 | |
| Algeria | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:1,484 | |
| Egypt | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:1,304 | |
| Norway | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:1,219 | |
| Kuwait | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:1,041 | |
| Angola | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:956 | |
| Canada | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:775 | |
| Cameroon | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:744 | |
| Tunisia | Share:0.7% | Thousand tonnes:413 | |
| Equatorial Guinea | Share:0.6% | Thousand tonnes:360 | |
| United Kingdom | Share:0.3% | Thousand tonnes:168 | |
| Gabon | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:139 | |
| Venezuela | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:138 | |
| GreeceEU | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:102 | |
| Cannot be traced to a named country | 0.3% | 209 |
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
- Period
- 2018
- 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, 2018
Calculated2% 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:6.00 Mt · Saudi Arabia 25%months: 12 with imports |
| Petrolshown below | Imports:0.35 Mt · Spain 28%months: 12 with imports |
| Jet fuel | Imports:2.34 Mt · Saudi Arabia 40%months: 12 with imports |
| Heating and other gasoil | Imports:0.11 Mt · France 53%months: 7 with imports · 5 not published |
| Fuel oil | Imports:1.70 Mt · Russia 44%months: 12 with imports |
| Naphtha | Imports:1.69 Mt · Algeria 23%months: 12 with imports |
| LPG | Imports:2.25 Mt · Algeria 48%months: 12 with imports |
Petrol
In 2018, Italy imported 352 thousand tonnes of petrol, most from Spain (28%), Türkiye (11%) and Croatia (11%).
9% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SpainEU | Share:28% | Thousand tonnes:100 | |
| Türkiye | Share:11% | Thousand tonnes:40 | |
| CroatiaEU | Share:11% | Thousand tonnes:39 | |
| BulgariaEU | Share:9% | Thousand tonnes:30 | |
| FranceEU | Share:9% | Thousand tonnes:30 | |
| GreeceEU | Share:9% | Thousand tonnes:30 | |
| AustriaEU | Share:7% | Thousand tonnes:24 | |
| SloveniaEU | Share:7% | Thousand tonnes:24 | |
| Algeria | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:5 | |
| Cannot be traced to a named country | 9% | 30 |
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
- Period
- 2018
- 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 |
| 2018shown below | 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
- 2018
- 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.