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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 2022, Spain imported 64.8 million tonnes of crude oil, most from Nigeria (13%), the United States (11%) and Mexico (9%). Its refined-product imports were 13.7 million tonnes, most from Italy (15%), Russia (14%) and the United States (10%).

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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)
Every source, with links and licences
Period
2022
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, 2022

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Share of crude imports by origin, January 2015 to July 2026

3-month average of monthly shares, over the months with figures in each window
Sep 2020Jul 20260%25%50%75%100%Nigeria 11.1%Mexico 12.0%United States 15.5%Brazil 11.0%Other origins 36.8%
  • Nigeria
  • Mexico
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Libya
  • United States
  • Brazil
  • Other origins
  • Origin not published

Every crude origin, 2022

Crude oil imports of Spain in 2022 by origin (by the country the cargo was shipped from).
NigeriaShare:13%Thousand tonnes:8,381
United StatesShare:11%Thousand tonnes:7,142
MexicoShare:9%Thousand tonnes:6,095
BrazilShare:8%Thousand tonnes:5,407
IraqShare:8%Thousand tonnes:5,260
LibyaShare:8%Thousand tonnes:4,971
Saudi ArabiaShare:7%Thousand tonnes:4,679
KazakhstanShare:5%Thousand tonnes:3,349
AlgeriaShare:5%Thousand tonnes:3,233
AngolaShare:3%Thousand tonnes:2,178
CanadaShare:3%Thousand tonnes:2,023
AzerbaijanShare:3%Thousand tonnes:1,940
Equatorial GuineaShare:2%Thousand tonnes:1,243
United KingdomShare:2%Thousand tonnes:1,195
NorwayShare:1%Thousand tonnes:933
ItalyEUShare:1%Thousand tonnes:906
VenezuelaShare:1%Thousand tonnes:885
ColombiaShare:1%Thousand tonnes:835
RussiaShare:1%Thousand tonnes:699
GuyanaShare:1%Thousand tonnes:697
AlbaniaShare:0.8%Thousand tonnes:542
CameroonShare:0.7%Thousand tonnes:422
Trinidad and TobagoShare:0.5%Thousand tonnes:332
United Arab EmiratesShare:0.5%Thousand tonnes:313
NetherlandsEUShare:0.3%Thousand tonnes:176
TunisiaShare:0.2%Thousand tonnes:146
GabonShare:0.2%Thousand tonnes:144
GhanaShare:0.2%Thousand tonnes:130
MaltaEUShare:0.2%Thousand tonnes:104
DenmarkEUShare:0.2%Thousand tonnes:101
LithuaniaEUShare:0.2%Thousand tonnes:100
EgyptShare:0.1%Thousand tonnes:93
BelgiumEUShare:<0.1%Thousand tonnes:33
SenegalShare:<0.1%Thousand tonnes:31
GreeceEUShare:<0.1%Thousand tonnes:30
SwedenEUShare:<0.1%Thousand tonnes:28
GermanyEUShare:<0.1%Thousand tonnes:1
New ZealandShare:<0.1%Thousand tonnes:<1
FranceEUShare:<0.1%Thousand tonnes:<1
PeruShare:<0.1%Thousand tonnes:<1
TürkiyeShare:<0.1%Thousand tonnes:<1
IndiaShare:<0.1%Thousand tonnes:<1
ArgentinaShare:<0.1%Thousand tonnes:<1
PanamaShare:<0.1%Thousand tonnes:<1
MalaysiaShare:<0.1%Thousand tonnes:<1
AustraliaShare:<0.1%Thousand tonnes:<1
EcuadorShare:<0.1%Thousand tonnes:<1
Dominican RepublicShare:<0.1%Thousand tonnes:<1
El SalvadorShare:<0.1%Thousand tonnes:<1
JordanShare:<0.1%Thousand tonnes:<1
MauritaniaShare:<0.1%Thousand tonnes:<1
SeychellesShare:<0.1%Thousand tonnes:<1
South AfricaShare:<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)
Every source, with links and licences
Period
2022
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, 2022

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<0.1% of it was not attributed to any country by the publisher and cannot be traced.

Refined product imports by product family: million tonnes, largest origin and months published.
Road dieselImports:2.77 Mt · Russia 36%months: 12 with imports
Petrolshown belowImports:0.50 Mt · Italy 41%months: 12 with imports
Jet fuelImports:1.38 Mt · Saudi Arabia 33%months: 12 with imports
Heating and other gasoilImports:0.47 Mt · Netherlands 35%months: 12 with imports
Fuel oilImports:5.44 Mt · Italy 16%months: 12 with imports
NaphthaImports:1.37 Mt · Türkiye 16%months: 12 with imports
LPGImports:1.77 Mt · United States 68%months: 12 with imports

Petrol

In 2022, Spain imported 500 thousand tonnes of petrol, most from Italy (41%), the Netherlands (32%) and Greece (20%).

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

3-month average of monthly shares, over the months with figures in each window
Sep 2020Jul 20260%25%50%75%100%Netherlands 31.6%Portugal 11.2%France 40.1%Other origins 10.5%
  • Italy
  • Netherlands
  • Greece
  • Portugal
  • France
  • United Kingdom
  • Other origins
  • Origin not published
Petrol imports of Spain in 2022 by origin (by the country the cargo was shipped from).
ItalyEUShare:41%Thousand tonnes:204
NetherlandsEUShare:32%Thousand tonnes:162
GreeceEUShare:20%Thousand tonnes:101
BulgariaEUShare:4%Thousand tonnes:19
CroatiaEUShare:1%Thousand tonnes:5
TürkiyeShare:0.9%Thousand tonnes:5
GermanyEUShare:0.6%Thousand tonnes:3
FranceEUShare:0.2%Thousand tonnes:1
SwedenEUShare:<0.1%Thousand tonnes:<1
PortugalEUShare:<0.1%Thousand tonnes:<1
United KingdomShare:<0.1%Thousand tonnes:<1
United StatesShare:<0.1%Thousand tonnes:<1
BelgiumEUShare:<0.1%Thousand tonnes:<1
AustriaEUShare:<0.1%Thousand tonnes:<1
PeruShare:<0.1%Thousand tonnes:<1
PolandEUShare:<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)
Every source, with links and licences
Period
2022
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

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Crude oil and refined product imports by year: million tonnes, largest origin and months published. Select a year for its origins.
January–July 2026Crude oil:34.20 Mt · United States 15%months: 7 with importsRefined products:9.26 Mt · Italy 23%months: 7 with imports
2025Crude oil:61.83 Mt · United States 16%months: 12 with importsRefined products:14.90 Mt · Italy 24%months: 12 with imports
2024Crude oil:64.81 Mt · United States 16%months: 12 with importsRefined products:14.22 Mt · Italy 24%months: 12 with imports
2023Crude oil:62.24 Mt · United States 14%months: 12 with importsRefined products:15.34 Mt · Italy 23%months: 12 with imports
2022shown belowCrude oil:64.78 Mt · Nigeria 13%months: 12 with importsRefined products:13.69 Mt · Italy 15%months: 12 with imports
2021Crude oil:57.82 Mt · Nigeria 18%months: 12 with importsRefined products:15.15 Mt · Russia 33%months: 12 with imports
2020Crude oil:58.04 Mt · Nigeria 19%months: 12 with importsRefined products:13.76 Mt · Russia 25%months: 12 with imports
2019Crude oil:66.75 Mt · Nigeria 16%months: 12 with importsRefined products:16.53 Mt · Russia 16%months: 12 with imports
2018Crude oil:68.31 Mt · Nigeria 15%months: 12 with importsRefined products:16.54 Mt · Italy 16%months: 12 with imports
2017Crude oil:67.85 Mt · Mexico 14%months: 12 with importsRefined products:18.87 Mt · Italy 21%months: 12 with imports
2016Crude oil:65.10 Mt · Mexico 15%months: 12 with importsRefined products:16.69 Mt · Italy 16%months: 12 with imports
2015Crude oil:67.83 Mt · Nigeria 16%months: 12 with importsRefined 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)
Every source, with links and licences
Period
2022
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.