Where does the EU get its crude oil?
Answer
The 21 EU countries on the map import about 9.5 million barrels per day of crude oil. The largest sources are USA (15%), Norway (13%) and Kazakhstan (12%); about 14% comes from smaller suppliers not shown separately.
Data: 2025 annual averages
Key figures
- Crude imports
- 9.5 million barrels per day
- USA
- 15%
- Norway
- 13%
- Kazakhstan
- 12%
| # | Supplier | Share of crude imports | Thousand b/d |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | USA | 15% | 1,415 |
| 2 | Norway | 13% | 1,281 |
| 3 | Kazakhstan | 12% | 1,168 |
| 4 | Libya | 8% | 780 |
| 5 | Saudi Arabia | 7% | 682 |
| 6 | Iraq | 5% | 522 |
| 7 | United Kingdom | 5% | 446 |
| 8 | Nigeria | 4% | 399 |
| 9 | Azerbaijan | 4% | 336 |
| 10 | Brazil | 2% | 234 |
| 11 | Algeria | 2% | 225 |
| 12 | Guyana | 2% | 221 |
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How it is calculated
Shares are calculated from the importing country's customs data (UN Comtrade, HS 2709) and divided by its total crude imports (JODI-Oil), so suppliers that are not drawn on the map still count in the total. Belarus and Turkey report no crude imports by origin to UN Comtrade; their figures are estimates. Oil arriving from another EU country (for example through Rotterdam) is transit, not a source, and is left out.
Sources
- UN Comtrade – crude oil imports by country of origin (HS 2709), as reported by the importing country · 2025
- JODI-Oil – national crude oil production, imports and exports · 2025
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