Europe’s crude oil imports from the Middle East are roughly 6% of EU crude imports , which Reuters-linked analysis describes as about 25.2 million tons in 2025. Broader EU exposure can look higher if you include Gulf routes and refined products, but for crude alone, the Middle East share is relatively small.

What that means

  • The EU imported about 88% of the oil it consumed in one official EU answer, showing how import-dependent Europe is overall.
  • In another recent assessment, Europe was importing about 1.4 million barrels per day of crude from the Middle East in 2022-era flow data, though that number is flow-based and not the same as share of total EU consumption.
  • A separate analysis noted that around 13% of EU oil imports and 6% of gas imports transit the Strait of Hormuz, which is why Middle East disruptions still matter even when direct import shares are modest.

Simple read

If you want the cleanest headline: about 6% of EU crude imports come from the Middle East.

If you mean all oil-related exposure , including routes and refined products, the strategic dependence is larger than that headline share suggests.

Tighter version for a post

Quick Scoop: Europe gets only a small slice of its crude directly from the Middle East — about 6% of EU crude imports — but the region still matters because shipping chokepoints and price shocks can ripple through the market.