Flows
How oil reaches each country
Where the EU’s crude oil and fuel come from, as each member state reports its imports; every band’s width is proportional to tonnes.
In May 2024, all 27 EU member states reported importing 1,362 kt of heating and other gasoil; the largest origins outside the EU were India (7%) and the United States (6%), and 67% came from other EU member states, with 1% not attributed to any country.
Countries shownAll countriesTop 5 originsTop 5 destinations
Month
India97 kt (7%)United States79 kt (6%)Gibraltar55 kt (4%)United Kingdom40 kt (3%)Qatar33 kt (2%)Other origins outside the EU144 kt (11%)Belgium287 kt (21%)Netherlands195 kt (14%)Sweden144 kt (11%)Spain75 kt (6%)Germany71 kt (5%)Greece57 kt (4%)Italy32 kt (2%)Other EU member states45 kt (3%)Origin not reported7.7 kt (<1%)Netherlands356 kt (26%)France220 kt (16%)Germany179 kt (13%)Denmark132 kt (10%)Finland123 kt (9%)Spain75 kt (6%)Belgium53 kt (4%)Malta42 kt (3%)Austria37 kt (3%)Cyprus35 kt (3%)Bulgaria22 kt (2%)Sweden21 kt (2%)Ireland19 kt (1%)Luxembourg16 kt (1%)Slovenia15 kt (1%)Greece6.6 kt (<1%)Estonia4.0 kt (<1%)Latvia4.0 kt (<1%)Slovakia2.1 kt (<1%)Lithuania0.3 kt (<1%)Croatia0.2 kt (<1%)Portugalless than 0.1 kt (<1%)
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Where the oil was produced
- India97 kt (7%)
- United States79 kt (6%)
- Gibraltar55 kt (4%)
- United Kingdom40 kt (3%)
- Qatar33 kt (2%)
- Other origins outside the EU144 kt (11%)
- Belgium287 kt (21%)
- Netherlands195 kt (14%)
- Sweden144 kt (11%)
- Spain75 kt (6%)
- Germany71 kt (5%)
- Greece57 kt (4%)
- Italy32 kt (2%)
- Other EU member states45 kt (3%)
- Origin not reported7.7 kt (<1%)
- Reported (solid)
- Summed by us (dotted)
- Origin not reported (hatched)
- Reported; colour = country of production
- Summed by us (dotted)
- Origin not reported (hatched)
The numbers as a table
| From | To | Tonnes | Share | How we know |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| India | Netherlands | 96,898 | 27.2% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Netherlands | Germany | 91,503 | 51.0% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Sweden | Finland | 87,000 | 70.7% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Belgium | Netherlands | 81,414 | 22.9% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Other origins outside the EU | Netherlands | 80,327 | 22.6% | Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins. |
| Belgium | Germany | 79,785 | 44.5% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Spain | France | 66,000 | 30.0% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| United States | France | 59,000 | 26.8% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Sweden | Denmark | 57,000 | 43.2% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Belgium | France | 55,000 | 25.0% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Gibraltar | Spain | 54,773 | 73.1% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Netherlands | Belgium | 40,300 | 76.8% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Germany | Netherlands | 39,299 | 11.0% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Belgium | Denmark | 34,000 | 25.8% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Qatar | Netherlands | 32,601 | 9.2% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Greece | Malta | 28,814 | 69.1% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Greece | Cyprus | 28,433 | 81.3% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Netherlands | France | 28,000 | 12.7% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Belgium | Finland | 26,000 | 21.1% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Other origins outside the EU | Bulgaria | 21,980 | 100.0% | Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins. |
| Netherlands | Denmark | 20,000 | 15.2% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Other origins outside the EU | Denmark | 20,000 | 15.2% | Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins. |
| Germany | Austria | 19,112 | 51.4% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| United Kingdom | Ireland | 18,732 | 100.0% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Italy | Slovenia | 15,000 | 100.0% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| United Kingdom | Netherlands | 13,355 | 3.7% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Other EU member states | Netherlands | 12,304 | 3.5% | Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins. |
| Belgium | Luxembourg | 11,245 | 72.1% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| United States | Belgium | 10,800 | 20.6% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Other EU member states | Austria | 10,633 | 28.6% | Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins. |
| Netherlands | Finland | 10,000 | 8.1% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| United States | Sweden | 9,004 | 42.2% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Spain | Malta | 8,971 | 21.5% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Other EU member states | Sweden | 8,675 | 40.7% | Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins. |
| Italy | Austria | 7,429 | 20.0% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| United Kingdom | Spain | 7,136 | 9.5% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Germany | France | 7,000 | 3.2% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Origin not reported | Spain | 6,704 | 9.0% | Summed by usPublisher's import total minus the named partners. |
| Other origins outside the EU | Greece | 6,618 | 100.0% | Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins. |
| Other origins outside the EU | Cyprus | 6,559 | 18.7% | Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins. |
| Italy | Spain | 5,539 | 7.4% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Other EU member states | Germany | 4,230 | 2.4% | Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins. |
| Other origins outside the EU | France | 4,000 | 1.8% | Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins. |
| Other EU member states | Estonia | 4,000 | 100.0% | Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins. |
| Italy | Malta | 3,886 | 9.3% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Netherlands | Sweden | 3,156 | 14.8% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Germany | Luxembourg | 2,742 | 17.6% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Other EU member states | Latvia | 2,602 | 65.1% | Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins. |
| Other origins outside the EU | Germany | 2,095 | 1.2% | Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins. |
| Other EU member states | Slovakia | 2,066 | 100.0% | Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins. |
| Netherlands | Luxembourg | 1,611 | 10.3% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Germany | Belgium | 1,400 | 2.7% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Other origins outside the EU | Latvia | 1,398 | 35.0% | Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins. |
| United Kingdom | Germany | 1,042 | 0.6% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Germany | Denmark | 1,000 | 0.8% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Origin not reported | France | 1,000 | 0.5% | Summed by usPublisher's import total minus the named partners. |
| Other origins outside the EU | Spain | 733 | 1.0% | Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins. |
| United States | Germany | 448 | 0.2% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Other origins outside the EU | Sweden | 309 | 1.4% | Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins. |
| Other EU member states | Lithuania | 300 | 100.0% | Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins. |
| Other EU member states | Croatia | 203 | 100.0% | Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins. |
| Qatar | Sweden | 172 | 0.8% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Spain | Portugal | 33 | 100.0% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
3 flows with a share under 0.1% are not listed here. They are still counted in every total and drawn in the diagram, and the CSV under Source & method lists every flow.
Source & method
Source Period 2024-05 (month)Updated 2026-09-26 13:22 UTCConfidenceOfficialMethodologyDownload CSV
Eurostat (European Commission)Official
Provenance
OfficialOfficial- Publisher
- Eurostat (European Commission)
- Dataset id
- Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly datanrg_ti_oilmeurostat_nrg_ti_oilm
- Period
- 2024-05 (month)
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-23 07:29 UTC
- Type
- Official
- Transformation
- none applied - stored exactly as published
- Licence
- Commission Decision 2011/833/EU - reuse authorised with attribution
- Tonnes are the figures each member state published (OFFICIAL); shares and the 'Other' and 'Origin not reported' sums are our arithmetic on them (CALCULATED).
- Energy basis: the country where the oil was produced.
Left: where the heating and other gasoil was produced. Right: the EU member state that reported importing it in 2024-05, in tonnes. Every solid flow is a figure a member state published. In the Top 5 views the other side keeps its eight largest countries and sums the rest into one “Other” row (our arithmetic, dotted).
Month: 2024-05 (requested; 27 of 27 member states reported). Energy basis: the country where the oil was produced, as each EU member state reports it (Eurostat nrg_ti_oilm).
Not in the diagram: Czechia, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Romania. They reported no imports above zero from any named origin for this month (a reported zero, or origins the publisher withheld). That is not the same as importing nothing.
- Energy basis (Eurostat nrg_ti_oilm): the country where the oil was produced, as each EU member state reports it. The customs basis (country of consignment) is not mixed in.
- Imports from other EU member states are mostly re-exports of oil produced elsewhere; they are grouped separately so they are not read as production.
- A member state's imports the publisher did not attribute to a country are shown as 'Origin not reported', never spread over the named origins.