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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 2016, Spain imported 64.2 million tonnes of crude oil, most from Mexico (14%), Nigeria (13%) and Saudi Arabia (10%). Its refined-product imports were 15.5 million tonnes, most from Italy (22%), Saudi Arabia (10%) and the United States (10%).

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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
2016
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, 2016

Calculated

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, 2016

Crude oil imports of Spain in 2016 by origin (by country of production).
MexicoShare:14%Thousand tonnes:9,234
NigeriaShare:13%Thousand tonnes:8,110
Saudi ArabiaShare:10%Thousand tonnes:6,588
IraqShare:8%Thousand tonnes:5,191
RussiaShare:8%Thousand tonnes:5,073
AngolaShare:5%Thousand tonnes:2,989
KazakhstanShare:4%Thousand tonnes:2,852
BrazilShare:4%Thousand tonnes:2,840
LibyaShare:4%Thousand tonnes:2,703
ColombiaShare:4%Thousand tonnes:2,644
IranShare:4%Thousand tonnes:2,513
United KingdomShare:3%Thousand tonnes:1,792
Equatorial GuineaShare:3%Thousand tonnes:1,674
AzerbaijanShare:3%Thousand tonnes:1,630
AlgeriaShare:2%Thousand tonnes:1,519
EgyptShare:2%Thousand tonnes:1,411
VenezuelaShare:2%Thousand tonnes:1,120
NorwayShare:1%Thousand tonnes:937
CameroonShare:1%Thousand tonnes:695
United StatesShare:0.8%Thousand tonnes:522
CongoShare:0.8%Thousand tonnes:509
CanadaShare:0.7%Thousand tonnes:437
GabonShare:0.6%Thousand tonnes:396
ItalyEUShare:0.2%Thousand tonnes:141
KuwaitShare:0.1%Thousand tonnes:87
Cannot be traced to a named country0.9%564
Source & method
Source
  • Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
Every source, with links and licences
Period
2016
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, 2016

Calculated

7% 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:3.88 Mt · Italy 34%months: 12 with imports
PetrolImports:0.16 Mt · Portugal 42%months: 12 with imports
Jet fuelImports:2.19 Mt · Saudi Arabia 46%months: 12 with imports
Heating and other gasoilImports:0.85 Mt · Russia 38%months: 12 with imports
Fuel oilImports:5.96 Mt · Italy 27%months: 12 with imports
NaphthaImports:1.03 Mt · Algeria 39%months: 12 with imports
LPGImports:1.44 Mt · Algeria 44%months: 12 with imports

Road diesel

In 2016, Spain imported 3.9 million tonnes of road diesel, most from Italy (34%), the United States (20%) and Portugal (14%).

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 2016 by origin (by the country it was last shipped from, as energy statistics report it).
ItalyEUShare:34%Thousand tonnes:1,318
United StatesShare:20%Thousand tonnes:777
PortugalEUShare:14%Thousand tonnes:531
Saudi ArabiaShare:12%Thousand tonnes:451
IndiaShare:9%Thousand tonnes:364
NetherlandsEUShare:6%Thousand tonnes:240
United Arab EmiratesShare:2%Thousand tonnes:93
South KoreaShare:1%Thousand tonnes:48
RussiaShare:0.8%Thousand tonnes:30
BahrainShare:0.5%Thousand tonnes:20
BrazilShare:0.3%Thousand tonnes:11
FranceEUShare:<0.1%Thousand tonnes:1
Source & method
Source
  • Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
Every source, with links and licences
Period
2016
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
2017Crude oil:65.84 Mt · Mexico 15%months: 12 with importsRefined products:17.75 Mt · Italy 26%months: 12 with imports
2016shown belowCrude 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
2016
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.