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Malta · Oil imports

Malta: 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.

Malta reported no crude oil imports in 2022. In 2022, Malta imported 2.7 million tonnes of refined products, most from Italy (16%), Israel (11%) and Greece (10%).

Calculated
Source & method
Source
  • Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
Every source, with links and licences
Period
2022
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, 2022

Calculated
Source & method
Source
  • Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
Every source, with links and licences
Period
2022
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, 2022

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Refined product imports by product family: million tonnes, largest origin and months published.
Road dieselImports:0.23 Mt · Greece 43%months: 12 with imports
Petrolshown belowImports:0.09 Mt · Greece 66%months: 12 with imports
Jet fuelImports:0.12 Mt · Libya 29%months: 8 with imports · 3 reported none · 1 not published
Heating and other gasoilImports:0.42 Mt · Greece 18%months: 12 with imports
Fuel oilImports:1.78 Mt · Italy 15%months: 12 with imports
NaphthaImports:none importedmonths: 12 reported none
LPGImports:0.02 Mt · France 59%months: 12 with imports

Petrol

In 2022, Malta imported 90 thousand tonnes of petrol, most from Greece (66%) and Italy (34%).

Share of petrol imports by origin, January 2015 to June 2026

3-month average of monthly shares, over the months with figures in each window
Sep 2020Jun 20260%25%50%75%100%Italy 66.7%Greece 33.3%
  • Italy
  • Greece
  • Spain
  • Romania
  • Croatia
  • Israel
  • Other origins
  • Origin not published
  • Not published
  • No imports reported
Petrol imports of Malta in 2022 by origin (by the country it was last shipped from, as energy statistics report it).
GreeceEUShare:66%Thousand tonnes:60
ItalyEUShare:34%Thousand tonnes:30
Source & method
Source
  • Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
Every source, with links and licences
Period
2022
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

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Select a year to see its origins above.

Crude oil and refined product imports by year: million tonnes, largest origin and months published. Select a year for its origins.
January–June 2026Crude oil:none importedmonths: 6 reported noneRefined products:1.30 Mt · Italy 18%months: 6 with imports
2025Crude oil:none importedmonths: 12 reported noneRefined products:2.73 Mt · Spain 26%months: 12 with imports
2024Crude oil:none importedmonths: 12 reported noneRefined products:2.59 Mt · Italy 25%months: 12 with imports
2023Crude oil:none importedmonths: 12 reported noneRefined products:2.84 Mt · Italy 23%months: 12 with imports
2022shown belowCrude oil:none importedmonths: 12 reported noneRefined products:2.68 Mt · Italy 16%months: 12 with imports
2021Crude oil:none importedmonths: 12 reported noneRefined products:2.43 Mt · Italy 30%months: 12 with imports
2020Crude oil:not publishedRefined products:2.77 Mt · Algeria 19%months: 12 with imports
2019Crude oil:none importedmonths: 12 reported noneRefined products:3.09 Mt · Russia 20%months: 12 with imports
2018Crude oil:none importedmonths: 12 reported noneRefined products:2.99 Mt · Italy 28%months: 12 with imports
2017Crude oil:none importedmonths: 12 reported noneRefined products:2.87 Mt · Italy 26%months: 12 with imports
2016Crude oil:none importedmonths: 12 reported noneRefined products:2.69 Mt · Italy 32%months: 12 with imports
2015Crude oil:none importedmonths: 12 reported noneRefined products:2.70 Mt · Italy 28%months: 12 with imports
Source & method
Source
  • Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
Every source, with links and licences
Period
2022
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.