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 2021, Spain imported 57.8 million tonnes of crude oil, most from Nigeria (18%), Mexico (13%) and Libya (11%). Its refined-product imports were 15.1 million tonnes, most from Russia (33%), Italy (12%) and Portugal (7%).
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
- 2021
- 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, 2021
CalculatedShare 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, 2021
| Origin | Share% of the year’s imports | Importsthousand tonnes | Share as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | Share:18% | Thousand tonnes:10,163 | |
| Mexico | Share:13% | Thousand tonnes:7,689 | |
| Libya | Share:11% | Thousand tonnes:6,309 | |
| United States | Share:7% | Thousand tonnes:4,202 | |
| Saudi Arabia | Share:7% | Thousand tonnes:3,945 | |
| Iraq | Share:6% | Thousand tonnes:3,753 | |
| Russia | Share:6% | Thousand tonnes:3,496 | |
| Kazakhstan | Share:6% | Thousand tonnes:3,376 | |
| Algeria | Share:4% | Thousand tonnes:2,342 | |
| Brazil | Share:4% | Thousand tonnes:2,059 | |
| Norway | Share:3% | Thousand tonnes:1,513 | |
| Canada | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:1,436 | |
| Azerbaijan | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:1,341 | |
| Equatorial Guinea | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:1,065 | |
| ItalyEU | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:1,037 | |
| Angola | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:679 | |
| Albania | Share:0.9% | Thousand tonnes:546 | |
| United Kingdom | Share:0.9% | Thousand tonnes:517 | |
| Gabon | Share:0.7% | Thousand tonnes:391 | |
| Cameroon | Share:0.5% | Thousand tonnes:287 | |
| South Africa | Share:0.5% | Thousand tonnes:277 | |
| Ghana | Share:0.4% | Thousand tonnes:248 | |
| NetherlandsEU | Share:0.4% | Thousand tonnes:235 | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Share:0.3% | Thousand tonnes:157 | |
| Colombia | Share:0.3% | Thousand tonnes:145 | |
| Guyana | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:144 | |
| LithuaniaEU | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:102 | |
| BelgiumEU | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:92 | |
| Tunisia | Share:0.1% | Thousand tonnes:75 | |
| PortugalEU | Share:0.1% | Thousand tonnes:67 | |
| DenmarkEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:53 | |
| EstoniaEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:36 | |
| Australia | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:23 | |
| GreeceEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:18 | |
| GermanyEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| FranceEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Panama | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Argentina | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Chile | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| India | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Mauritania | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Ukraine | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Namibia | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| PolandEU | 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
- 2021
- 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, 2021
Calculated0.6% 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:4.39 Mt · Italy 18%months: 12 with imports |
| Petrol | Imports:0.60 Mt · Greece 26%months: 12 with imports |
| Jet fuelshown below | Imports:0.73 Mt · United Arab Emirates 24%months: 12 with imports |
| Heating and other gasoil | Imports:0.77 Mt · Russia 32%months: 12 with imports |
| Fuel oil | Imports:6.79 Mt · Russia 60%months: 12 with imports |
| Naphtha | Imports:0.67 Mt · Algeria 25%months: 12 with imports |
| LPG | Imports:1.19 Mt · Algeria 53%months: 12 with imports |
Jet fuel
In 2021, Spain imported 730 thousand tonnes of jet fuel, most from the United Arab Emirates (24%), Algeria (19%) and Saudi Arabia (18%).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Arab Emirates | Share:24% | Thousand tonnes:174 | |
| Algeria | Share:19% | Thousand tonnes:140 | |
| Saudi Arabia | Share:18% | Thousand tonnes:133 | |
| GreeceEU | Share:12% | Thousand tonnes:89 | |
| Libya | Share:8% | Thousand tonnes:61 | |
| United States | Share:5% | Thousand tonnes:37 | |
| ItalyEU | Share:5% | Thousand tonnes:36 | |
| India | Share:5% | Thousand tonnes:33 | |
| Egypt | Share:3% | Thousand tonnes:19 | |
| NetherlandsEU | Share:0.7% | Thousand tonnes:5 | |
| BelgiumEU | Share:0.3% | Thousand tonnes:2 | |
| Morocco | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| FranceEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| PortugalEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| GermanyEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| United Kingdom | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| CzechiaEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| South Korea | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Bahrain | 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
- 2021
- 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 |
| 2021shown below | 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 |
| 2017 | 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
- 2021
- 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.