Spain · Oil imports
Spain: crude oil and fuel imports since 2015
Counted as the country reports it in its energy statistics: crude oil by the country where it was produced, refined products by the country they were last shipped from, which may be a trading hub rather than where they were refined.
In 2017, Spain imported 65.8 million tonnes of crude oil, most from Mexico (15%), Nigeria (14%) and Saudi Arabia (10%). Its refined-product imports were 17.8 million tonnes, most from Italy (26%), Saudi Arabia (11%) and Portugal (9%).
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
- Period
- 2017
- Method
- How this figure is made
Counted as the country reports it in its energy statistics: crude oil by the country where it was produced, refined products by the country they were last shipped from, which may be a trading hub rather than where they were refined.
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
Calculated0.9% of it was not attributed to any country by the publisher and cannot be traced.
Share of crude imports by origin, January 2015 to June 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:15% | Thousand tonnes:9,631 | |
| Nigeria | Share:14% | Thousand tonnes:9,477 | |
| Saudi Arabia | Share:10% | Thousand tonnes:6,380 | |
| Libya | Share:8% | Thousand tonnes:5,458 | |
| Kazakhstan | Share:7% | Thousand tonnes:4,417 | |
| Iran | Share:7% | Thousand tonnes:4,383 | |
| Brazil | Share:6% | Thousand tonnes:4,135 | |
| Iraq | Share:6% | Thousand tonnes:4,054 | |
| Norway | Share:4% | Thousand tonnes:2,637 | |
| Angola | Share:4% | Thousand tonnes:2,578 | |
| Russia | Share:3% | Thousand tonnes:2,234 | |
| United Kingdom | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:1,548 | |
| Venezuela | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:1,050 | |
| Egypt | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:979 | |
| Algeria | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:961 | |
| Azerbaijan | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:940 | |
| Colombia | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:934 | |
| Canada | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:932 | |
| Cameroon | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:666 | |
| Equatorial Guinea | Share:0.8% | Thousand tonnes:556 | |
| United States | Share:0.6% | Thousand tonnes:401 | |
| Congo | Share:0.6% | Thousand tonnes:374 | |
| Gabon | Share:0.3% | Thousand tonnes:207 | |
| ItalyEU | Share:0.3% | Thousand tonnes:179 | |
| Georgia | Share:0.1% | Thousand tonnes:71 | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:49 | |
| Cannot be traced to a named country | 0.9% | 612 |
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
- Period
- 2017
- Method
- How this figure is made
Counted as the country reports it in its energy statistics: crude oil by the country where it was produced, refined products by the country they were last shipped from, which may be a trading hub rather than where they were refined.
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
Calculated5% 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:3.46 Mt · Saudi Arabia 23%months: 12 with imports |
| Petrol | Imports:0.43 Mt · Italy 29%months: 11 with imports · 1 reported none |
| Jet fuel | Imports:2.24 Mt · Saudi Arabia 48%months: 12 with imports |
| Heating and other gasoil | Imports:1.45 Mt · Russia 42%months: 12 with imports |
| Fuel oil | Imports:6.75 Mt · Italy 34%months: 12 with imports |
| Naphthashown below | Imports:2.15 Mt · Italy 48%months: 12 with imports |
| LPG | Imports:1.28 Mt · Algeria 55%months: 12 with imports |
Naphtha
In 2017, Spain imported 2.2 million tonnes of naphtha, most from Italy (48%), Algeria (23%) and Libya (18%).
Share of naphtha imports by origin, January 2015 to June 2026
- Algeria
- Libya
- Italy
- Russia
- France
- Tunisia
- Other origins
- Origin not published
- Not published
- No imports reported
| Origin | Share% of the year’s imports | Importsthousand tonnes | Share as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| ItalyEU | Share:48% | Thousand tonnes:1,035 | |
| Algeria | Share:23% | Thousand tonnes:485 | |
| Libya | Share:18% | Thousand tonnes:387 | |
| Russia | Share:6% | Thousand tonnes:120 | |
| BulgariaEU | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:43 | |
| Tunisia | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:42 | |
| Israel | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:27 | |
| CroatiaEU | Share:0.6% | Thousand tonnes:12 |
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
- Period
- 2017
- Method
- How this figure is made
Counted as the country reports it in its energy statistics: crude oil by the country where it was produced, refined products by the country they were last shipped from, which may be a trading hub rather than where they were refined.
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–June 2026 | Crude oil:29.13 Mt · United States 14%months: 6 with imports | Refined products:8.81 Mt · Italy 19%months: 6 with imports |
| 2025 | Crude oil:61.42 Mt · United States 15%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:20.19 Mt · Italy 17%months: 12 with imports |
| 2024 | Crude oil:64.59 Mt · United States 16%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:17.37 Mt · Italy 19%months: 12 with imports |
| 2023 | Crude oil:61.56 Mt · United States 14%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:15.19 Mt · Italy 20%months: 12 with imports |
| 2022 | Crude oil:63.60 Mt · Nigeria 13%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:14.96 Mt · Italy 15%months: 12 with imports |
| 2021 | Crude oil:56.17 Mt · Nigeria 18%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:13.78 Mt · Italy 17%months: 12 with imports |
| 2020 | Crude oil:54.85 Mt · Nigeria 20%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:13.77 Mt · Italy 16%months: 12 with imports |
| 2019 | Crude oil:66.30 Mt · Nigeria 17%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:16.48 Mt · Italy 17%months: 12 with imports |
| 2018 | Crude oil:67.63 Mt · Nigeria 15%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:16.08 Mt · Italy 23%months: 12 with imports |
| 2017shown below | Crude oil:65.84 Mt · Mexico 15%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:17.75 Mt · Italy 26%months: 12 with imports |
| 2016 | Crude oil:64.17 Mt · Mexico 14%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:15.52 Mt · Italy 22%months: 12 with imports |
| 2015 | Crude oil:64.73 Mt · Nigeria 17%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:13.44 Mt · Portugal 15%months: 12 with imports |
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
- Period
- 2017
- Method
- How this figure is made
Counted as the country reports it in its energy statistics: crude oil by the country where it was produced, refined products by the country they were last shipped from, which may be a trading hub rather than where they were refined.
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.