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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 2020, Spain imported 54.9 million tonnes of crude oil, most from Nigeria (20%), Mexico (15%) and Saudi Arabia (10%). Its refined-product imports were 13.8 million tonnes, most from Italy (16%), Algeria (10%) and the United States (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
2020
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, 2020

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0.3% of it was not attributed to any country by the publisher and cannot be traced.

Share of crude imports by origin, January 2015 to 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, 2020

Crude oil imports of Spain in 2020 by origin (by country of production).
NigeriaShare:20%Thousand tonnes:10,840
MexicoShare:15%Thousand tonnes:8,443
Saudi ArabiaShare:10%Thousand tonnes:5,542
KazakhstanShare:8%Thousand tonnes:4,518
IraqShare:6%Thousand tonnes:3,505
United StatesShare:6%Thousand tonnes:3,095
BrazilShare:6%Thousand tonnes:3,070
LibyaShare:4%Thousand tonnes:1,967
AzerbaijanShare:3%Thousand tonnes:1,771
AngolaShare:3%Thousand tonnes:1,696
VenezuelaShare:3%Thousand tonnes:1,405
United KingdomShare:2%Thousand tonnes:1,017
NorwayShare:2%Thousand tonnes:996
RussiaShare:2%Thousand tonnes:980
AlgeriaShare:2%Thousand tonnes:827
CongoShare:1%Thousand tonnes:745
Equatorial GuineaShare:1%Thousand tonnes:735
ItalyEUShare:1%Thousand tonnes:699
AlbaniaShare:1%Thousand tonnes:539
CanadaShare:1%Thousand tonnes:523
CameroonShare:0.9%Thousand tonnes:499
ColombiaShare:0.8%Thousand tonnes:456
Trinidad and TobagoShare:0.7%Thousand tonnes:407
EgyptShare:0.5%Thousand tonnes:266
Côte d’IvoireShare:0.3%Thousand tonnes:145
Cannot be traced to a named country0.3%169
Source & method
Source
  • Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
Every source, with links and licences
Period
2020
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, 2020

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6% 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:4.08 Mt · Italy 24%months: 12 with imports
Petrolshown belowImports:1.06 Mt · Italy 40%months: 11 with imports
Jet fuelImports:1.26 Mt · United Arab Emirates 22%months: 12 with imports
Heating and other gasoilImports:1.53 Mt · Gibraltar 24%months: 12 with imports
Fuel oilImports:3.83 Mt · Italy 14%months: 12 with imports
NaphthaImports:1.02 Mt · Algeria 74%months: 12 with imports
LPGImports:1.00 Mt · Algeria 51%months: 12 with imports

Petrol

In 2020, Spain imported 1.1 million tonnes of petrol, most from Italy (40%), the Netherlands (18%) and Greece (11%).

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 2020 by origin (by the country it was last shipped from, as energy statistics report it).
ItalyEUShare:40%Thousand tonnes:423
NetherlandsEUShare:18%Thousand tonnes:194
GreeceEUShare:11%Thousand tonnes:116
TürkiyeShare:8%Thousand tonnes:86
RomaniaEUShare:7%Thousand tonnes:69
CroatiaEUShare:6%Thousand tonnes:67
BulgariaEUShare:3%Thousand tonnes:31
PortugalEUShare:3%Thousand tonnes:31
AlgeriaShare:3%Thousand tonnes:30
FranceEUShare:1%Thousand tonnes:13
Source & method
Source
  • Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
Every source, with links and licences
Period
2020
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
2020shown belowCrude 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
2017Crude 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
2020
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.