EU mulls Russia oil embargo

European Union leaders are considering whether to impose an oil embargo on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine


Dependence on Russian oil and petroleum products in EU and UK (2020) 

Share of total oil imports (%)
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 

Sweden: 12.9
Denmark: 14.9
Germany: 29.7
UK: 12.2*
Netherlands 21.0
Belgium: 22.2 
France: 13.3
Italy: 12.5
Czech Rep.: 29.1
Hungary 44.6
Poland 67.5
Finland 66.8
RUSSIA
Estonia: 32.0
Latvia: 20.3
Lithuania: 68.8
Slovakia: 78.4
UKRAINE
Romania 32.8
Greece 26.3

EU27
(2020)
24.9% Share of total crude oil imports supplied by Russia


*Figure shows 2019 share 


Sources: European Federation for Transport and Environment, Reuters 
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