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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 2015, Spain imported 64.7 million tonnes of crude oil, most from Nigeria (17%), Mexico (14%) and Saudi Arabia (11%). Its refined-product imports were 13.4 million tonnes, most from Portugal (15%), Italy (12%) and the United States (11%).

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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
2015
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, 2015

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0.5% 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, 2015

Crude oil imports of Spain in 2015 by origin (by country of production).
NigeriaShare:17%Thousand tonnes:10,737
MexicoShare:14%Thousand tonnes:8,747
Saudi ArabiaShare:11%Thousand tonnes:6,814
AngolaShare:9%Thousand tonnes:5,815
RussiaShare:6%Thousand tonnes:3,998
IraqShare:6%Thousand tonnes:3,815
VenezuelaShare:5%Thousand tonnes:3,191
ColombiaShare:5%Thousand tonnes:3,099
KazakhstanShare:5%Thousand tonnes:3,013
AlgeriaShare:4%Thousand tonnes:2,861
BrazilShare:3%Thousand tonnes:1,907
United KingdomShare:3%Thousand tonnes:1,795
LibyaShare:2%Thousand tonnes:1,603
Equatorial GuineaShare:2%Thousand tonnes:1,504
NorwayShare:2%Thousand tonnes:1,349
AzerbaijanShare:2%Thousand tonnes:1,139
GabonShare:2%Thousand tonnes:1,068
CanadaShare:0.9%Thousand tonnes:569
CongoShare:0.8%Thousand tonnes:516
CameroonShare:0.7%Thousand tonnes:484
EgyptShare:0.3%Thousand tonnes:201
ItalyEUShare:0.2%Thousand tonnes:161
TunisiaShare:<0.1%Thousand tonnes:21
Cannot be traced to a named country0.5%319
Source & method
Source
  • Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
Every source, with links and licences
Period
2015
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, 2015

Calculated

10% 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 dieselshown belowImports:3.06 Mt · Portugal 30%months: 12 with imports
PetrolImports:0.10 Mt · Portugal 49%months: 10 with imports · 2 not published
Jet fuelImports:2.21 Mt · Saudi Arabia 39%months: 12 with imports
Heating and other gasoilImports:1.59 Mt · Russia 30%months: 12 with imports
Fuel oilImports:4.48 Mt · Portugal 20%months: 12 with imports
NaphthaImports:1.21 Mt · Algeria 72%months: 12 with imports
LPGImports:0.78 Mt · United States 46%months: 12 with imports

Road diesel

In 2015, Spain imported 3.1 million tonnes of road diesel, most from Portugal (30%), Italy (25%) and the United States (24%).

6% of it was not attributed to any country by the publisher and cannot be traced.

Share of road diesel 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 15.6%United States 25.1%Saudi Arabia 10.2%Other origins 46.9%
  • Italy
  • United States
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Portugal
  • India
  • Netherlands
  • Other origins
  • Origin not published
Road diesel imports of Spain in 2015 by origin (by the country it was last shipped from, as energy statistics report it).
PortugalEUShare:30%Thousand tonnes:930
ItalyEUShare:25%Thousand tonnes:761
United StatesShare:24%Thousand tonnes:739
Saudi ArabiaShare:11%Thousand tonnes:351
IndiaShare:2%Thousand tonnes:51
RussiaShare:1%Thousand tonnes:30
Cannot be traced to a named country6%195
Source & method
Source
  • Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
Every source, with links and licences
Period
2015
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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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
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
2015shown belowCrude 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
2015
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.