Sweden · Oil imports
Sweden: crude oil and fuel imports since 2015
Counted by the country the cargo was shipped from, as customs record it. Transit hubs such as the Netherlands therefore appear as sources; for crude oil, the default view counts by the country of production instead.
In 2018, Sweden imported 20.1 million tonnes of crude oil, most from Russia (33%), Norway (22%) and Nigeria (19%). Its refined-product imports were 9.7 million tonnes, most from Finland (20%), Denmark (18%) and Russia (18%).
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) - Comext — EU trade since 1988 by CN8 (international trade in goods, detailed data)
- Eurostat Comext — EU trade since 1988 by CN8 (refined products, CN 2710 and 2711)
- Period
- 2018
- Method
- How this figure is made
Counted by the country the cargo was shipped from, as customs record it. Transit hubs such as the Netherlands therefore appear as sources; for crude oil, the default view counts by the country of production instead.
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
Calculated0.3% of it was not attributed to any country by the publisher and cannot be traced.
Share of crude imports by origin, January 2015 to July 2026
- Norway
- Russia
- United Kingdom
- Nigeria
- United States
- Venezuela
- Other origins
- Origin not published
Every crude origin, 2018
| Origin | Share% of the year’s imports | Importsthousand tonnes | Share as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | Share:33% | Thousand tonnes:6,546 | |
| Norway | Share:22% | Thousand tonnes:4,507 | |
| Nigeria | Share:19% | Thousand tonnes:3,841 | |
| United Kingdom | Share:12% | Thousand tonnes:2,317 | |
| Libya | Share:4% | Thousand tonnes:896 | |
| Venezuela | Share:4% | Thousand tonnes:875 | |
| DenmarkEU | Share:3% | Thousand tonnes:516 | |
| Iraq | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:275 | |
| Saudi Arabia | Share:0.5% | Thousand tonnes:99 | |
| GermanyEU | Share:0.4% | Thousand tonnes:84 | |
| United States | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:45 | |
| Switzerland | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Thailand | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| China | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Peru | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Israel | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Canada | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Colombia | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Barbados | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Egypt | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Bolivia | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Brazil | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Japan | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Angola | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Aruba | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Bahrain | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Tanzania | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Ghana | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Singapore | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Australia | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| South Korea | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| South Africa | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Hong Kong | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| India | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Oman | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Cannot be traced to a named country | 0.3% | 53 |
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) - Comext — EU trade since 1988 by CN8 (international trade in goods, detailed data)
- Eurostat Comext — EU trade since 1988 by CN8 (refined products, CN 2710 and 2711)
- Period
- 2018
- Method
- How this figure is made
Counted by the country the cargo was shipped from, as customs record it. Transit hubs such as the Netherlands therefore appear as sources; for crude oil, the default view counts by the country of production instead.
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
Calculated| Product | Importsmillion tonnes · largest origin · months published |
|---|---|
| Road diesel | Imports:3.76 Mt · Finland 33%months: 12 with imports |
| Petrolshown below | Imports:0.86 Mt · Finland 58%months: 12 with imports |
| Jet fuel | Imports:0.90 Mt · Russia 55%months: 12 with imports |
| Heating and other gasoil | Imports:0.82 Mt · Norway 65%months: 12 with imports |
| Fuel oil | Imports:1.84 Mt · Norway 27%months: 12 with imports |
| Naphtha | Imports:0.63 Mt · Russia 54%months: 12 with imports |
| LPG | Imports:0.88 Mt · Russia 56%months: 12 with imports |
Petrol
In 2018, Sweden imported 856 thousand tonnes of petrol, most from Finland (58%), Denmark (35%) and Poland (6%).
Share of petrol imports by origin, January 2015 to July 2026
- Finland
- Denmark
- Norway
- Poland
- Netherlands
- United Kingdom
- Other origins
| Origin | Share% of the year’s imports | Importsthousand tonnes | Share as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| FinlandEU | Share:58% | Thousand tonnes:500 | |
| DenmarkEU | Share:35% | Thousand tonnes:298 | |
| PolandEU | Share:6% | Thousand tonnes:53 | |
| NetherlandsEU | Share:0.6% | Thousand tonnes:5 | |
| GermanyEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| United Kingdom | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| CzechiaEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Norway | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| ItalyEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| EstoniaEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 |
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) - Comext — EU trade since 1988 by CN8 (international trade in goods, detailed data)
- Eurostat Comext — EU trade since 1988 by CN8 (refined products, CN 2710 and 2711)
- Period
- 2018
- Method
- How this figure is made
Counted by the country the cargo was shipped from, as customs record it. Transit hubs such as the Netherlands therefore appear as sources; for crude oil, the default view counts by the country of production instead.
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–July 2026 | Crude oil:10.54 Mt · Norway 50%months: 7 with imports | Refined products:3.32 Mt · Finland 29%months: 7 with imports |
| 2025 | Crude oil:16.33 Mt · Norway 54%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:6.96 Mt · Finland 27%months: 12 with imports |
| 2024 | Crude oil:18.13 Mt · Norway 49%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:7.21 Mt · Finland 20%months: 12 with imports |
| 2023 | Crude oil:17.19 Mt · Norway 60%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:8.08 Mt · Norway 22%months: 12 with imports |
| 2022 | Crude oil:18.90 Mt · Norway 62%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:7.85 Mt · Netherlands 23%months: 12 with imports |
| 2021 | Crude oil:17.60 Mt · Norway 68%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:7.14 Mt · Denmark 19%months: 12 with imports |
| 2020 | Crude oil:16.81 Mt · Norway 64%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:8.98 Mt · Finland 20%months: 12 with imports |
| 2019 | Crude oil:16.87 Mt · Norway 34%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:10.01 Mt · Finland 24%months: 12 with imports |
| 2018shown below | Crude oil:20.05 Mt · Russia 33%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:9.68 Mt · Finland 20%months: 12 with imports |
| 2017 | Crude oil:19.41 Mt · Russia 36%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:9.76 Mt · Denmark 22%months: 12 with imports |
| 2016 | Crude oil:19.38 Mt · Russia 42%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:10.67 Mt · Denmark 24%months: 12 with imports |
| 2015 | Crude oil:19.03 Mt · Russia 44%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:8.79 Mt · Denmark 25%months: 12 with imports |
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) - Comext — EU trade since 1988 by CN8 (international trade in goods, detailed data)
- Eurostat Comext — EU trade since 1988 by CN8 (refined products, CN 2710 and 2711)
- Period
- 2018
- Method
- How this figure is made
Counted by the country the cargo was shipped from, as customs record it. Transit hubs such as the Netherlands therefore appear as sources; for crude oil, the default view counts by the country of production instead.
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.