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 2020, Spain imported 58.0 million tonnes of crude oil, most from Nigeria (19%), Mexico (15%) and Saudi Arabia (9%). Its refined-product imports were 13.8 million tonnes, most from Russia (25%), the United States (12%) and Italy (11%).
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
- 2020
- 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, 2020
Calculated0.3% 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, 2020
| Origin | Share% of the year’s imports | Importsthousand tonnes | Share as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | Share:19% | Thousand tonnes:10,946 | |
| Mexico | Share:15% | Thousand tonnes:8,417 | |
| Saudi Arabia | Share:9% | Thousand tonnes:5,405 | |
| Kazakhstan | Share:7% | Thousand tonnes:3,969 | |
| Iraq | Share:6% | Thousand tonnes:3,428 | |
| United States | Share:5% | Thousand tonnes:3,093 | |
| Brazil | Share:5% | Thousand tonnes:3,066 | |
| United Kingdom | Share:4% | Thousand tonnes:2,032 | |
| Libya | Share:3% | Thousand tonnes:1,965 | |
| Azerbaijan | Share:3% | Thousand tonnes:1,677 | |
| Angola | Share:3% | Thousand tonnes:1,618 | |
| Russia | Share:3% | Thousand tonnes:1,467 | |
| ItalyEU | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:1,432 | |
| Venezuela | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:1,429 | |
| Algeria | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:1,323 | |
| Norway | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:1,082 | |
| Equatorial Guinea | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:735 | |
| Congo | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:621 | |
| Canada | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:567 | |
| Albania | Share:0.9% | Thousand tonnes:540 | |
| Cameroon | Share:0.9% | Thousand tonnes:499 | |
| Colombia | Share:0.8% | Thousand tonnes:460 | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Share:0.7% | Thousand tonnes:406 | |
| Egypt | Share:0.7% | Thousand tonnes:404 | |
| NetherlandsEU | Share:0.5% | Thousand tonnes:311 | |
| Côte d’Ivoire | Share:0.3% | Thousand tonnes:187 | |
| Türkiye | Share:0.3% | Thousand tonnes:171 | |
| Ghana | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:127 | |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:124 | |
| CroatiaEU | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:103 | |
| LithuaniaEU | Share:0.1% | Thousand tonnes:70 | |
| EstoniaEU | Share:0.1% | Thousand tonnes:60 | |
| GermanyEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:45 | |
| LatviaEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:44 | |
| SwedenEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:30 | |
| Tunisia | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:5 | |
| Indonesia | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Iran | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Peru | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| PolandEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| CzechiaEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Guyana | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| United Arab Emirates | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| FranceEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Cannot be traced to a named country | 0.3% | 179 |
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
- 2020
- 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, 2020
Calculated<0.1% 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:3.87 Mt · Saudi Arabia 21%months: 12 with imports |
| Petrolshown below | Imports:0.71 Mt · Italy 30%months: 12 with imports |
| Jet fuel | Imports:1.10 Mt · United Arab Emirates 25%months: 12 with imports |
| Heating and other gasoil | Imports:0.61 Mt · Russia 27%months: 12 with imports |
| Fuel oil | Imports:5.08 Mt · Russia 57%months: 12 with imports |
| Naphtha | Imports:0.71 Mt · Algeria 57%months: 12 with imports |
| LPG | Imports:1.67 Mt · United States 51%months: 12 with imports |
Petrol
In 2020, Spain imported 713 thousand tonnes of petrol, most from Italy (30%), the Netherlands (22%) and Greece (11%).
Share of petrol imports by origin, January 2015 to July 2026
- Italy
- Netherlands
- Greece
- Portugal
- France
- United Kingdom
- Other origins
- Origin not published
| Origin | Share% of the year’s imports | Importsthousand tonnes | Share as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| ItalyEU | Share:30% | Thousand tonnes:215 | |
| NetherlandsEU | Share:22% | Thousand tonnes:155 | |
| GreeceEU | Share:11% | Thousand tonnes:79 | |
| United Kingdom | Share:8% | Thousand tonnes:55 | |
| RomaniaEU | Share:6% | Thousand tonnes:46 | |
| Türkiye | Share:5% | Thousand tonnes:38 | |
| PortugalEU | Share:5% | Thousand tonnes:32 | |
| BulgariaEU | Share:4% | Thousand tonnes:31 | |
| Algeria | Share:4% | Thousand tonnes:30 | |
| CroatiaEU | Share:4% | Thousand tonnes:29 | |
| GermanyEU | Share:0.3% | Thousand tonnes:2 | |
| FranceEU | Share:0.1% | Thousand tonnes:1 | |
| SwedenEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| IrelandEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| LuxembourgEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| United States | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Tunisia | 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
- 2020
- 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 |
| 2020shown below | 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
- 2020
- 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.