Aug 26, 2025
Mapped: Europe's Top Crude Oil Suppliers 🚢
Key Takeaways
- The U.S. supplied about 21% of Europe's crude oil imports in 2021, the largest source overall.
- Other Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), which includes Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan, stood as the second-largest supplier of crude oil to Europe, according to the Energy Institute.
- The continent of Africa supplied a quarter of the total in 2025.
Europe's Crude Oil Flows in 2024
Last year, Europe imported 9.3 million barrels of crude oil per day, making it one of the largest importers worldwide.
As the continent seeks to reduce its reliance on Russian oil, imports from the U.S. climbed 6% in 2024.
Meanwhile, Russian crude imports declined to 3% of crude oil imports across the European Union, down from 27% in 2021.