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 2018, Spain imported 67.6 million tonnes of crude oil, most from Nigeria (15%), Mexico (14%) and Saudi Arabia (11%). Its refined-product imports were 16.1 million tonnes, most from Italy (23%), Portugal (9%) and Saudi Arabia (8%).
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
- Period
- 2018
- 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, 2018
Calculated1% 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, 2018
| Origin | Share% of the year’s imports | Importsthousand tonnes | Share as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | Share:15% | Thousand tonnes:10,264 | |
| Mexico | Share:14% | Thousand tonnes:9,381 | |
| Saudi Arabia | Share:11% | Thousand tonnes:7,492 | |
| Libya | Share:11% | Thousand tonnes:7,112 | |
| Iran | Share:7% | Thousand tonnes:4,894 | |
| Iraq | Share:7% | Thousand tonnes:4,678 | |
| Brazil | Share:7% | Thousand tonnes:4,631 | |
| Kazakhstan | Share:7% | Thousand tonnes:4,476 | |
| Angola | Share:4% | Thousand tonnes:2,693 | |
| Norway | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:1,559 | |
| Azerbaijan | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:1,272 | |
| Canada | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:1,184 | |
| Russia | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:1,018 | |
| Algeria | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:999 | |
| United States | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:966 | |
| Equatorial Guinea | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:762 | |
| Colombia | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:755 | |
| United Kingdom | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:650 | |
| Venezuela | Share:0.9% | Thousand tonnes:629 | |
| Cameroon | Share:0.5% | Thousand tonnes:356 | |
| Albania | Share:0.5% | Thousand tonnes:352 | |
| Egypt | Share:0.4% | Thousand tonnes:259 | |
| Congo | Share:0.3% | Thousand tonnes:234 | |
| ItalyEU | Share:0.1% | Thousand tonnes:83 | |
| Cannot be traced to a named country | 1% | 934 |
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
- Period
- 2018
- 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, 2018
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:3.51 Mt · Saudi Arabia 25%months: 12 with imports |
| Petrolshown below | Imports:0.42 Mt · Italy 82%months: 11 with imports · 1 not published |
| Jet fuel | Imports:1.62 Mt · Saudi Arabia 27%months: 12 with imports |
| Heating and other gasoil | Imports:1.03 Mt · Russia 33%months: 12 with imports |
| Fuel oil | Imports:6.81 Mt · Italy 26%months: 12 with imports |
| Naphtha | Imports:1.33 Mt · Italy 42%months: 12 with imports |
| LPG | Imports:1.36 Mt · United States 48%months: 12 with imports |
Petrol
In 2018, Spain imported 417 thousand tonnes of petrol in the 11 months with published figures, most from Italy (82%), Portugal (8%) and Romania (7%).
Tonnes for January 2018 are not published; they are left out, not counted as zero.
Share of petrol imports by origin, January 2015 to June 2026
- Italy
- Netherlands
- France
- Portugal
- Greece
- Romania
- 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:82% | Thousand tonnes:340 | |
| PortugalEU | Share:8% | Thousand tonnes:32 | |
| RomaniaEU | Share:7% | Thousand tonnes:30 | |
| Norway | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:10 | |
| Tunisia | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:5 |
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
- Period
- 2018
- 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 |
| 2018shown below | Crude oil:67.63 Mt · Nigeria 15%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:16.08 Mt · Italy 23%months: 12 with imports |
| 2017 | 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
- 2018
- 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.