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 2021, Spain imported 56.2 million tonnes of crude oil, most from Nigeria (18%), Mexico (14%) and Libya (11%). Its refined-product imports were 13.8 million tonnes, most from Italy (17%), Algeria (12%) and Portugal (9%).
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
- Period
- 2021
- 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, 2021
Calculated0.8% 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, 2021
| Origin | Share% of the year’s imports | Importsthousand tonnes | Share as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | Share:18% | Thousand tonnes:10,275 | |
| Mexico | Share:14% | Thousand tonnes:7,648 | |
| Libya | Share:11% | Thousand tonnes:6,270 | |
| Kazakhstan | Share:7% | Thousand tonnes:4,201 | |
| United States | Share:7% | Thousand tonnes:4,096 | |
| Saudi Arabia | Share:7% | Thousand tonnes:3,942 | |
| Iraq | Share:7% | Thousand tonnes:3,751 | |
| Russia | Share:5% | Thousand tonnes:2,569 | |
| Brazil | Share:4% | Thousand tonnes:2,063 | |
| Algeria | Share:3% | Thousand tonnes:1,660 | |
| Norway | Share:3% | Thousand tonnes:1,600 | |
| Canada | Share:3% | Thousand tonnes:1,435 | |
| Azerbaijan | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:1,342 | |
| Equatorial Guinea | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:1,065 | |
| ItalyEU | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:783 | |
| Angola | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:679 | |
| Albania | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:543 | |
| United Kingdom | Share:0.9% | Thousand tonnes:502 | |
| Gabon | Share:0.7% | Thousand tonnes:414 | |
| Cameroon | Share:0.5% | Thousand tonnes:289 | |
| Ghana | Share:0.4% | Thousand tonnes:247 | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Share:0.3% | Thousand tonnes:157 | |
| Colombia | Share:0.3% | Thousand tonnes:145 | |
| Tunisia | Share:0.1% | Thousand tonnes:72 | |
| Cannot be traced to a named country | 0.8% | 423 |
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
- Period
- 2021
- 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, 2021
Calculated10% 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:4.77 Mt · Italy 28%months: 12 with imports |
| Petrolshown below | Imports:0.50 Mt · Italy 37%months: 12 with imports |
| Jet fuel | Imports:0.67 Mt · United Arab Emirates 26%months: 8 with imports · 2 reported none · 2 not published |
| Heating and other gasoil | Imports:1.85 Mt · Gibraltar 21%months: 12 with imports |
| Fuel oil | Imports:3.97 Mt · Italy 18%months: 12 with imports |
| Naphtha | Imports:1.29 Mt · Algeria 74%months: 11 with imports · 1 not published |
| LPG | Imports:0.72 Mt · Algeria 70%months: 12 with imports |
Petrol
In 2021, Spain imported 504 thousand tonnes of petrol, most from Italy (37%), Bulgaria (18%) and Greece (12%).
2% 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
- 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:37% | Thousand tonnes:189 | |
| BulgariaEU | Share:18% | Thousand tonnes:90 | |
| GreeceEU | Share:12% | Thousand tonnes:60 | |
| RomaniaEU | Share:10% | Thousand tonnes:49 | |
| PortugalEU | Share:7% | Thousand tonnes:36 | |
| FranceEU | Share:6% | Thousand tonnes:31 | |
| United Kingdom | Share:5% | Thousand tonnes:28 | |
| NetherlandsEU | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:9 | |
| Tunisia | Share:0.5% | Thousand tonnes:2 | |
| GermanyEU | Share:0.3% | Thousand tonnes:2 | |
| Cannot be traced to a named country | 2% | 8 |
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
- Period
- 2021
- 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 |
| 2021shown below | 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 |
| 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
- 2021
- 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.