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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%).

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Source & method
Source
  • Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
Every source, with links and licences
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

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0.9% 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

3-month average of monthly shares, over the months with figures in each window
Sep 2020Jun 20260%25%50%75%100%Nigeria 10.5%Mexico 13.3%Libya 11.4%United States 15.1%Other origins 36.3%
  • Nigeria
  • Mexico
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Libya
  • United States
  • Brazil
  • Other origins
  • Origin not published

Every crude origin, 2017

Crude oil imports of Spain in 2017 by origin (by country of production).
MexicoShare:15%Thousand tonnes:9,631
NigeriaShare:14%Thousand tonnes:9,477
Saudi ArabiaShare:10%Thousand tonnes:6,380
LibyaShare:8%Thousand tonnes:5,458
KazakhstanShare:7%Thousand tonnes:4,417
IranShare:7%Thousand tonnes:4,383
BrazilShare:6%Thousand tonnes:4,135
IraqShare:6%Thousand tonnes:4,054
NorwayShare:4%Thousand tonnes:2,637
AngolaShare:4%Thousand tonnes:2,578
RussiaShare:3%Thousand tonnes:2,234
United KingdomShare:2%Thousand tonnes:1,548
VenezuelaShare:2%Thousand tonnes:1,050
EgyptShare:1%Thousand tonnes:979
AlgeriaShare:1%Thousand tonnes:961
AzerbaijanShare:1%Thousand tonnes:940
ColombiaShare:1%Thousand tonnes:934
CanadaShare:1%Thousand tonnes:932
CameroonShare:1%Thousand tonnes:666
Equatorial GuineaShare:0.8%Thousand tonnes:556
United StatesShare:0.6%Thousand tonnes:401
CongoShare:0.6%Thousand tonnes:374
GabonShare:0.3%Thousand tonnes:207
ItalyEUShare:0.3%Thousand tonnes:179
GeorgiaShare:0.1%Thousand tonnes:71
Trinidad and TobagoShare:<0.1%Thousand tonnes:49
Cannot be traced to a named country0.9%612
Source & method
Source
  • Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
Every source, with links and licences
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

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5% 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:3.46 Mt · Saudi Arabia 23%months: 12 with imports
Petrolshown belowImports:0.43 Mt · Italy 29%months: 11 with imports · 1 reported none
Jet fuelImports:2.24 Mt · Saudi Arabia 48%months: 12 with imports
Heating and other gasoilImports:1.45 Mt · Russia 42%months: 12 with imports
Fuel oilImports:6.75 Mt · Italy 34%months: 12 with imports
NaphthaImports:2.15 Mt · Italy 48%months: 12 with imports
LPGImports:1.28 Mt · Algeria 55%months: 12 with imports

Petrol

In 2017, Spain imported 432 thousand tonnes of petrol, most from Italy (29%), France (22%) and Portugal (9%).

7% of it was not attributed to any country by the publisher and cannot be traced.

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

3-month average of monthly shares, over the months with figures in each window
Sep 2020Jun 20260%25%50%75%100%Italy 61.3%Netherlands 11.9%Other origins 14.9%
  • Italy
  • Netherlands
  • France
  • Portugal
  • Greece
  • Romania
  • Other origins
  • Origin not published
  • Not published
  • No imports reported
Petrol imports of Spain in 2017 by origin (by the country it was last shipped from, as energy statistics report it).
ItalyEUShare:29%Thousand tonnes:125
FranceEUShare:22%Thousand tonnes:93
PortugalEUShare:9%Thousand tonnes:37
TürkiyeShare:8%Thousand tonnes:34
GreeceEUShare:8%Thousand tonnes:33
EgyptShare:5%Thousand tonnes:22
NetherlandsEUShare:5%Thousand tonnes:22
IsraelShare:3%Thousand tonnes:13
DenmarkEUShare:2%Thousand tonnes:7
TunisiaShare:1%Thousand tonnes:6
CroatiaEUShare:1%Thousand tonnes:5
BelgiumEUShare:0.7%Thousand tonnes:3
Cannot be traced to a named country7%32
Source & method
Source
  • Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
Every source, with links and licences
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

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Select a year to see its origins above.

Crude oil and refined product imports by year: million tonnes, largest origin and months published. Select a year for its origins.
January–June 2026Crude oil:29.13 Mt · United States 14%months: 6 with importsRefined products:8.81 Mt · Italy 19%months: 6 with imports
2025Crude oil:61.42 Mt · United States 15%months: 12 with importsRefined products:20.19 Mt · Italy 17%months: 12 with imports
2024Crude oil:64.59 Mt · United States 16%months: 12 with importsRefined products:17.37 Mt · Italy 19%months: 12 with imports
2023Crude oil:61.56 Mt · United States 14%months: 12 with importsRefined products:15.19 Mt · Italy 20%months: 12 with imports
2022Crude oil:63.60 Mt · Nigeria 13%months: 12 with importsRefined products:14.96 Mt · Italy 15%months: 12 with imports
2021Crude oil:56.17 Mt · Nigeria 18%months: 12 with importsRefined products:13.78 Mt · Italy 17%months: 12 with imports
2020Crude oil:54.85 Mt · Nigeria 20%months: 12 with importsRefined products:13.77 Mt · Italy 16%months: 12 with imports
2019Crude oil:66.30 Mt · Nigeria 17%months: 12 with importsRefined products:16.48 Mt · Italy 17%months: 12 with imports
2018Crude oil:67.63 Mt · Nigeria 15%months: 12 with importsRefined products:16.08 Mt · Italy 23%months: 12 with imports
2017shown belowCrude oil:65.84 Mt · Mexico 15%months: 12 with importsRefined products:17.75 Mt · Italy 26%months: 12 with imports
2016Crude oil:64.17 Mt · Mexico 14%months: 12 with importsRefined products:15.52 Mt · Italy 22%months: 12 with imports
2015Crude oil:64.73 Mt · Nigeria 17%months: 12 with importsRefined 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
Every source, with links and licences
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.