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 2016, Spain imported 65.1 million tonnes of crude oil, most from Mexico (15%), Nigeria (12%) and Saudi Arabia (10%). Its refined-product imports were 16.7 million tonnes, most from Italy (16%), Russia (14%) and the United States (9%).
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
- 2016
- 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, 2016
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, 2016
| Origin | Share% of the year’s imports | Importsthousand tonnes | Share as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | Share:15% | Thousand tonnes:9,506 | |
| Nigeria | Share:12% | Thousand tonnes:7,974 | |
| Saudi Arabia | Share:10% | Thousand tonnes:6,590 | |
| Russia | Share:9% | Thousand tonnes:5,845 | |
| Iraq | Share:8% | Thousand tonnes:5,201 | |
| Angola | Share:5% | Thousand tonnes:2,983 | |
| Brazil | Share:4% | Thousand tonnes:2,856 | |
| Libya | Share:4% | Thousand tonnes:2,705 | |
| Colombia | Share:4% | Thousand tonnes:2,650 | |
| Iran | Share:4% | Thousand tonnes:2,507 | |
| Kazakhstan | Share:3% | Thousand tonnes:2,236 | |
| United Kingdom | Share:3% | Thousand tonnes:2,193 | |
| Algeria | Share:3% | Thousand tonnes:1,713 | |
| Equatorial Guinea | Share:3% | Thousand tonnes:1,674 | |
| Azerbaijan | Share:3% | Thousand tonnes:1,628 | |
| Venezuela | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:1,126 | |
| Egypt | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:1,103 | |
| Norway | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:937 | |
| Cameroon | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:694 | |
| United States | Share:0.8% | Thousand tonnes:522 | |
| Canada | Share:0.7% | Thousand tonnes:437 | |
| Gabon | Share:0.6% | Thousand tonnes:395 | |
| Albania | Share:0.5% | Thousand tonnes:300 | |
| Côte d’Ivoire | Share:0.4% | Thousand tonnes:263 | |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | Share:0.4% | Thousand tonnes:260 | |
| ItalyEU | Share:0.4% | Thousand tonnes:235 | |
| NetherlandsEU | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:156 | |
| Congo | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:124 | |
| Kuwait | Share:0.1% | Thousand tonnes:87 | |
| MaltaEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:63 | |
| EstoniaEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:53 | |
| LatviaEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:33 | |
| Tunisia | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:21 | |
| FranceEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:17 | |
| SwedenEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:13 | |
| GermanyEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:1 | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| HungaryEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Bahamas | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Peru | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Bahrain | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Ecuador | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Switzerland | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Dominican Republic | 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
- 2016
- 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, 2016
Calculated| Product | Importsmillion tonnes · largest origin · months published |
|---|---|
| Road diesel | Imports:3.75 Mt · Italy 31%months: 12 with imports |
| Petrol | Imports:0.42 Mt · Italy 56%months: 12 with imports |
| Jet fuel | Imports:2.29 Mt · Saudi Arabia 44%months: 12 with imports |
| Heating and other gasoil | Imports:0.67 Mt · Russia 48%months: 12 with imports |
| Fuel oil | Imports:7.09 Mt · Russia 27%months: 12 with imports |
| Naphthashown below | Imports:1.04 Mt · Algeria 37%months: 12 with imports |
| LPG | Imports:1.42 Mt · Algeria 45%months: 12 with imports |
Naphtha
In 2016, Spain imported 1.0 million tonnes of naphtha, most from Algeria (37%), Libya (24%) and Italy (20%).
Share of naphtha imports by origin, January 2015 to July 2026
- Italy
- Libya
- Algeria
- Netherlands
- France
- Russia
- Other origins
- Origin not published
| Origin | Share% of the year’s imports | Importsthousand tonnes | Share as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | Share:37% | Thousand tonnes:382 | |
| Libya | Share:24% | Thousand tonnes:247 | |
| ItalyEU | Share:20% | Thousand tonnes:210 | |
| Russia | Share:6% | Thousand tonnes:67 | |
| Egypt | Share:5% | Thousand tonnes:53 | |
| Israel | Share:3% | Thousand tonnes:27 | |
| NetherlandsEU | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:21 | |
| Nigeria | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:13 | |
| GermanyEU | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:10 | |
| CroatiaEU | Share:0.8% | Thousand tonnes:8 | |
| PortugalEU | Share:0.1% | Thousand tonnes:1 | |
| United Kingdom | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| BelgiumEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| FranceEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| United States | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| HungaryEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| SwedenEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| CzechiaEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| India | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Philippines | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Switzerland | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| LuxembourgEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| PolandEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| DenmarkEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Canada | 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
- 2016
- 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 |
| 2017 | Crude oil:67.85 Mt · Mexico 14%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:18.87 Mt · Italy 21%months: 12 with imports |
| 2016shown below | 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
- 2016
- 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.