Spain · Oil imports
Spain: crude oil and fuel imports since 2015
Counted by the country the cargo was shipped from, as customs record it. Transit hubs such as the Netherlands therefore appear as sources; for crude oil, the default view counts by the country of production instead.
In 2017, Spain imported 67.8 million tonnes of crude oil, most from Mexico (14%), Nigeria (14%) and Saudi Arabia (9%). Its refined-product imports were 18.9 million tonnes, most from Italy (21%), Russia (16%) and Saudi Arabia (10%).
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) - Comext — EU trade since 1988 by CN8 (international trade in goods, detailed data)
- Eurostat Comext — EU trade since 1988 by CN8 (refined products, CN 2710 and 2711)
- Period
- 2017
- Method
- How this figure is made
Counted by the country the cargo was shipped from, as customs record it. Transit hubs such as the Netherlands therefore appear as sources; for crude oil, the default view counts by the country of production instead.
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, 2017
Calculated0.1% of it was not attributed to any country by the publisher and cannot be traced.
Share of crude imports by origin, January 2015 to July 2026
- Nigeria
- Mexico
- Saudi Arabia
- Libya
- United States
- Brazil
- Other origins
- Origin not published
Every crude origin, 2017
| Origin | Share% of the year’s imports | Importsthousand tonnes | Share as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | Share:14% | Thousand tonnes:9,568 | |
| Nigeria | Share:14% | Thousand tonnes:9,435 | |
| Saudi Arabia | Share:9% | Thousand tonnes:6,310 | |
| Libya | Share:8% | Thousand tonnes:5,457 | |
| Iran | Share:6% | Thousand tonnes:4,382 | |
| Brazil | Share:6% | Thousand tonnes:4,137 | |
| Iraq | Share:6% | Thousand tonnes:4,059 | |
| Kazakhstan | Share:6% | Thousand tonnes:3,922 | |
| Russia | Share:4% | Thousand tonnes:3,027 | |
| Norway | Share:4% | Thousand tonnes:2,640 | |
| United Kingdom | Share:4% | Thousand tonnes:2,589 | |
| Angola | Share:4% | Thousand tonnes:2,533 | |
| Algeria | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:1,105 | |
| Venezuela | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:1,058 | |
| Egypt | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:982 | |
| Colombia | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:943 | |
| Azerbaijan | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:940 | |
| Canada | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:669 | |
| Cameroon | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:666 | |
| United States | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:664 | |
| Equatorial Guinea | Share:0.8% | Thousand tonnes:556 | |
| Albania | Share:0.6% | Thousand tonnes:387 | |
| Congo | Share:0.6% | Thousand tonnes:376 | |
| ItalyEU | Share:0.5% | Thousand tonnes:369 | |
| NetherlandsEU | Share:0.3% | Thousand tonnes:210 | |
| Gabon | Share:0.3% | Thousand tonnes:207 | |
| Ghana | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:139 | |
| Côte d’Ivoire | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:134 | |
| FranceEU | Share:0.1% | Thousand tonnes:91 | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:49 | |
| DenmarkEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:47 | |
| Turkmenistan | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:39 | |
| Georgia | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:31 | |
| GreeceEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:15 | |
| SwedenEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:15 | |
| Tunisia | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:5 | |
| GermanyEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:1 | |
| South Africa | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Peru | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| United Arab Emirates | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| India | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Ecuador | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| BelgiumEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Namibia | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| PortugalEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Cannot be traced to a named country | 0.1% | 90 |
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) - Comext — EU trade since 1988 by CN8 (international trade in goods, detailed data)
- Eurostat Comext — EU trade since 1988 by CN8 (refined products, CN 2710 and 2711)
- Period
- 2017
- Method
- How this figure is made
Counted by the country the cargo was shipped from, as customs record it. Transit hubs such as the Netherlands therefore appear as sources; for crude oil, the default view counts by the country of production instead.
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, 2017
Calculated| Product | Importsmillion tonnes · largest origin · months published |
|---|---|
| Road diesel | Imports:3.82 Mt · United States 21%months: 12 with imports |
| Petrol | Imports:0.49 Mt · Italy 64%months: 12 with imports |
| Jet fuelshown below | Imports:2.54 Mt · Saudi Arabia 44%months: 12 with imports |
| Heating and other gasoil | Imports:0.72 Mt · Russia 55%months: 12 with imports |
| Fuel oil | Imports:7.71 Mt · Russia 30%months: 12 with imports |
| Naphtha | Imports:2.19 Mt · Italy 45%months: 12 with imports |
| LPG | Imports:1.38 Mt · Algeria 55%months: 12 with imports |
Jet fuel
In 2017, Spain imported 2.5 million tonnes of jet fuel, most from Saudi Arabia (44%), Algeria (10%) and Italy (9%).
Share of jet fuel imports by origin, January 2015 to July 2026
- Saudi Arabia
- Greece
- United Arab Emirates
- India
- Kuwait
- Algeria
- Other origins
- Origin not published
| Origin | Share% of the year’s imports | Importsthousand tonnes | Share as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saudi Arabia | Share:44% | Thousand tonnes:1,116 | |
| Algeria | Share:10% | Thousand tonnes:261 | |
| ItalyEU | Share:9% | Thousand tonnes:224 | |
| Egypt | Share:6% | Thousand tonnes:150 | |
| NetherlandsEU | Share:5% | Thousand tonnes:122 | |
| Kuwait | Share:4% | Thousand tonnes:98 | |
| United Kingdom | Share:4% | Thousand tonnes:96 | |
| United Arab Emirates | Share:3% | Thousand tonnes:84 | |
| Libya | Share:3% | Thousand tonnes:80 | |
| India | Share:3% | Thousand tonnes:75 | |
| GreeceEU | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:61 | |
| Gibraltar | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:33 | |
| China | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:31 | |
| Türkiye | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:30 | |
| Togo | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:25 | |
| Venezuela | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:24 | |
| South Korea | Share:0.7% | Thousand tonnes:18 | |
| Singapore | Share:0.4% | Thousand tonnes:9 | |
| BelgiumEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:1 | |
| PortugalEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| GermanyEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| FranceEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| United States | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Canada | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Switzerland | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 |
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) - Comext — EU trade since 1988 by CN8 (international trade in goods, detailed data)
- Eurostat Comext — EU trade since 1988 by CN8 (refined products, CN 2710 and 2711)
- Period
- 2017
- Method
- How this figure is made
Counted by the country the cargo was shipped from, as customs record it. Transit hubs such as the Netherlands therefore appear as sources; for crude oil, the default view counts by the country of production instead.
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–July 2026 | Crude oil:34.20 Mt · United States 15%months: 7 with imports | Refined products:9.26 Mt · Italy 23%months: 7 with imports |
| 2025 | Crude oil:61.83 Mt · United States 16%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:14.90 Mt · Italy 24%months: 12 with imports |
| 2024 | Crude oil:64.81 Mt · United States 16%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:14.22 Mt · Italy 24%months: 12 with imports |
| 2023 | Crude oil:62.24 Mt · United States 14%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:15.34 Mt · Italy 23%months: 12 with imports |
| 2022 | Crude oil:64.78 Mt · Nigeria 13%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:13.69 Mt · Italy 15%months: 12 with imports |
| 2021 | Crude oil:57.82 Mt · Nigeria 18%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:15.15 Mt · Russia 33%months: 12 with imports |
| 2020 | Crude oil:58.04 Mt · Nigeria 19%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:13.76 Mt · Russia 25%months: 12 with imports |
| 2019 | Crude oil:66.75 Mt · Nigeria 16%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:16.53 Mt · Russia 16%months: 12 with imports |
| 2018 | Crude oil:68.31 Mt · Nigeria 15%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:16.54 Mt · Italy 16%months: 12 with imports |
| 2017shown below | Crude oil:67.85 Mt · Mexico 14%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:18.87 Mt · Italy 21%months: 12 with imports |
| 2016 | Crude oil:65.10 Mt · Mexico 15%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:16.69 Mt · Italy 16%months: 12 with imports |
| 2015 | Crude oil:67.83 Mt · Nigeria 16%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:16.37 Mt · Russia 17%months: 12 with imports |
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) - Comext — EU trade since 1988 by CN8 (international trade in goods, detailed data)
- Eurostat Comext — EU trade since 1988 by CN8 (refined products, CN 2710 and 2711)
- Period
- 2017
- Method
- How this figure is made
Counted by the country the cargo was shipped from, as customs record it. Transit hubs such as the Netherlands therefore appear as sources; for crude oil, the default view counts by the country of production instead.
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.