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 2021, Italy imported 56.7 million tonnes of crude oil, most from Azerbaijan (22%), Libya (18%) and Iraq (15%). Its refined-product imports were 10.2 million tonnes, most from Egypt (13%), Algeria (12%) and Russia (11%).
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
- Period
- 2021
- 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, 2021
CalculatedShare 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, 2021
| Origin | Share% of the year’s imports | Importsthousand tonnes | Share as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| Azerbaijan | Share:22% | Thousand tonnes:12,559 | |
| Libya | Share:18% | Thousand tonnes:10,091 | |
| Iraq | Share:15% | Thousand tonnes:8,483 | |
| Russia | Share:10% | Thousand tonnes:5,952 | |
| Saudi Arabia | Share:10% | Thousand tonnes:5,540 | |
| Nigeria | Share:5% | Thousand tonnes:2,953 | |
| Norway | Share:4% | Thousand tonnes:2,405 | |
| United States | Share:3% | Thousand tonnes:1,879 | |
| Algeria | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:1,352 | |
| Kazakhstan | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:1,118 | |
| United Kingdom | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:936 | |
| Egypt | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:830 | |
| Cameroon | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:581 | |
| Brazil | Share:0.8% | Thousand tonnes:465 | |
| Angola | Share:0.7% | Thousand tonnes:401 | |
| Ghana | Share:0.5% | Thousand tonnes:259 | |
| Congo | Share:0.4% | Thousand tonnes:233 | |
| Gabon | Share:0.4% | Thousand tonnes:227 | |
| Equatorial Guinea | Share:0.3% | Thousand tonnes:183 | |
| Canada | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:92 | |
| Albania | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:85 | |
| Iran | Share:0.1% | Thousand tonnes:72 | |
| Tunisia | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:22 |
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
- Period
- 2021
- 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, 2021
Calculated2% of it was not attributed to any country by the publisher and cannot be traced.
| Product | Importsmillion tonnes · largest origin · months published |
|---|---|
| Road dieselshown below | Imports:4.77 Mt · Egypt 21%months: 12 with imports |
| Petrol | Imports:0.30 Mt · Greece 52%months: 12 with imports |
| Jet fuel | Imports:0.69 Mt · Greece 26%months: 12 with imports |
| Heating and other gasoil | Imports:0.03 Mt · Georgia 100%months: 1 with imports · 11 not published |
| Fuel oil | Imports:1.22 Mt · Russia 38%months: 12 with imports |
| Naphtha | Imports:0.94 Mt · Spain 45%months: 12 with imports |
| LPG | Imports:2.27 Mt · Algeria 51%months: 12 with imports |
Road diesel
In 2021, Italy imported 4.8 million tonnes of road diesel, most from Egypt (21%), the United Arab Emirates (20%) and Greece (10%).
3% of it was not attributed to any country by the publisher and cannot be traced.
Share of road diesel imports by origin, January 2015 to June 2026
- Saudi Arabia
- Greece
- United Arab Emirates
- Egypt
- Spain
- India
- Other origins
- Origin not published
| Origin | Share% of the year’s imports | Importsthousand tonnes | Share as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | Share:21% | Thousand tonnes:999 | |
| United Arab Emirates | Share:20% | Thousand tonnes:950 | |
| GreeceEU | Share:10% | Thousand tonnes:497 | |
| Saudi Arabia | Share:8% | Thousand tonnes:381 | |
| Singapore | Share:7% | Thousand tonnes:326 | |
| Russia | Share:7% | Thousand tonnes:322 | |
| SpainEU | Share:6% | Thousand tonnes:274 | |
| Türkiye | Share:4% | Thousand tonnes:187 | |
| India | Share:3% | Thousand tonnes:140 | |
| Switzerland | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:94 | |
| FranceEU | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:94 | |
| MaltaEU | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:68 | |
| PortugalEU | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:68 | |
| Oman | Share:0.8% | Thousand tonnes:40 | |
| Colombia | Share:0.7% | Thousand tonnes:35 | |
| United Kingdom | Share:0.7% | Thousand tonnes:34 | |
| NetherlandsEU | Share:0.7% | Thousand tonnes:33 | |
| Israel | Share:0.6% | Thousand tonnes:30 | |
| CroatiaEU | Share:0.6% | Thousand tonnes:27 | |
| BelgiumEU | Share:0.5% | Thousand tonnes:23 | |
| SloveniaEU | Share:0.3% | Thousand tonnes:15 | |
| United States | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:1 | |
| AustriaEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:1 | |
| Cannot be traced to a named country | 3% | 132 |
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
- Period
- 2021
- 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 |
| 2021shown below | 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 |
| 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
- 2021
- 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.