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Who bought Russian oil and gas? What each country paid Russia since 2022

This page lists what each country paid Russia from 2022 to August 2026, sorted by euros and starting with China, India and Türkiye (China: €547bn), and shows how much more or less Russia kept from those purchases than in a world without the war, the extra it earned from war-time fuel prices and the Russian oil bought refined in other countries.

Further down, the purchases are split by fuel (crude oil, oil products, pipeline gas, LNG and coal), each by the importer's customs records, on the map's basis and by CREA's tracker.

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These numbers measure money: aid to Ukraine and the change in what Russia keeps from trade, against a world without the war. Weapons count at their money value: aid at market value when delivered, weapons and troops sent to Russia at the seller's gain where Russia paid and in full where it did not. Votes, diplomacy and intent are not in them.

Ranking · 40

Sorted by “Paid Russia since 2022” in euros, high to low, 2022 to August 2026. More or less: how much more or less Russia kept (taxes and profit, not sales) than in a world without the war; + toward Ukraine, − toward Russia.

Paid Russia: recorded payments since 2022, gross. The fuel columns are parts of what Russia kept from its purchases.

#CountryPaid Russia since 2022Russia kept from its purchases, vs no warRussia's gain from war-time fuel pricesRussian oil bought via other countriesFuel share of purchases, 2018–2021
1China€547bn3.2% of GDP · €388 per person€103bn more0.60% of GDP more−€15.4bn−0.09% of GDP−€0.65bn<0.01% of GDP67%
2India€201bn6.2% of GDP · €138 per person€71.1bn more2.2% of GDP more+€11bn+0.34% of GDP−€52m<0.01% of GDP43%
3Türkiye€174bn16.3% of GDP · €2,033 per person€31.1bn more2.9% of GDP more−€20.5bn−1.9% of GDP+€0.16bn+0.02% of GDP55%
4Kazakhstan€78.7bn32.5% of GDP · €3,823 per person€0.81bn less0.34% of GDP less−€1.2bn−0.50% of GDP−€35m−0.01% of GDP10%
5Germany€69.3bn1.7% of GDP · €830 per person€64.6bn less1.5% of GDP less−€16.5bn−0.39% of GDP+€4.3bn+0.10% of GDP79%
6Brazil€43.4bn2.2% of GDP · €205 per person€10bn more0.51% of GDP more−€2.1bn−0.10% of GDP−€0.29bn−0.01% of GDP16%
7South Korea€43.4bn2.5% of GDP · €838 per person€16.3bn less0.95% of GDP less−€3.3bn−0.19% of GDP−€0.28bn−0.02% of GDP78%
8United States€43.2bn0.17% of GDP · €127 per person€39.9bn less0.15% of GDP less−€0.45bn<0.01% of GDP−€1.5bn<0.01% of GDP56%
9France€40.2bn1.4% of GDP · €587 per person€18.7bn less0.67% of GDP less−€2.3bn−0.08% of GDP−€0.65bn−0.02% of GDP85%
10Italy€39.1bn1.8% of GDP · €663 per person€19.3bn less0.91% of GDP less−€8.2bn−0.39% of GDP−€0.60bn−0.03% of GDP78%
11Japan€36.9bn0.91% of GDP · €297 per person€6.8bn less0.17% of GDP less−€3.2bn−0.08% of GDP−€0.21bn<0.01% of GDP65%
12Netherlands€31.7bn3.0% of GDP · €1,764 per person€28.6bn less2.7% of GDP less−€2.9bn−0.27% of GDP+€93m<0.01% of GDP91%
13Uzbekistan€31.2bn31.1% of GDP · €859 per person€3.4bn more3.4% of GDP more−€0.16bn−0.16% of GDP−€20m−0.02% of GDP9%
14Hungary€30.6bn16.1% of GDP · €3,202 per person€11.5bn more6.0% of GDP more−€9.8bn−5.1% of GDP+€0.29bn+0.15% of GDP88%
15United Arab Emirates€29.2bn5.9% of GDP · €2,662 per person€3.4bn more0.68% of GDP more+€0.59bn+0.12% of GDP−€1.6bn−0.32% of GDP3%
16Singapore€25bn5.0% of GDP · €4,144 per person€2bn more0.40% of GDP more−€0.93bn−0.19% of GDP−€0.69bn−0.14% of GDP88%
17Hong Kong€24.9bn7.0% of GDP · €3,313 per person€5.4bn more1.5% of GDP more+€39m+0.01% of GDP−€0.41bn−0.11% of GDP9%
18Belgium€24.7bn4.2% of GDP · €2,083 per person€3.7bn less0.63% of GDP less−€3.1bn−0.52% of GDP+€1.9bn+0.33% of GDP50%
19Egypt€23bn5.9% of GDP · €197 per person€1.7bn more0.42% of GDP more+€0.61bn+0.15% of GDP−€0.21bn−0.05% of GDP7%
20Poland€22.5bn3.0% of GDP · €615 per person€21.9bn less2.9% of GDP less−€1.8bn−0.23% of GDP+€0.78bn+0.10% of GDP66%
21Czechia€21.4bn6.9% of GDP · €1,962 per person€3.4bn less1.1% of GDP less−€5.1bn−1.7% of GDP+€0.98bn+0.32% of GDP72%
22Switzerland€19.9bn2.3% of GDP · €2,209 per person€2.2bn more0.26% of GDP more−€1.5bn−0.17% of GDP−€0.20bn−0.02% of GDP26%
23Taiwan€19.5bn2.7% of GDP · €835 per person€0.50bn less0.07% of GDP less+€0.49bn+0.07% of GDP−€0.13bn−0.02% of GDP64%
24Austria€19.4bn4.1% of GDP · €2,113 per person€1.7bn more0.36% of GDP more−€4.1bn−0.87% of GDP+€0.71bn+0.15% of GDP77%
25Greece€18.9bn8.5% of GDP · €1,812 per person€0.29bn more0.13% of GDP more−€2.4bn−1.1% of GDP−€1.2bn−0.56% of GDP85%
26Spain€18.4bn1.2% of GDP · €377 per person€5.6bn less0.37% of GDP less−€2.7bn−0.18% of GDP−€0.11bn<0.01% of GDP79%
27Saudi Arabia€18.3bn1.6% of GDP · €519 per person€3.8bn more0.33% of GDP more+€0.48bn+0.04% of GDP−€76m<0.01% of GDP16%
28United Kingdom€15.3bn0.48% of GDP · €220 per person€26.3bn less0.82% of GDP less−€0.60bn−0.02% of GDP+€0.99bn+0.03% of GDP32%
29Slovakia€14.4bn11.9% of GDP · €2,664 per person€0.96bn more0.79% of GDP more−€2.5bn−2.1% of GDP+€91m+0.08% of GDP88%
30Indonesia€14.3bn1.1% of GDP · €50 per person€2.4bn more0.19% of GDP more+€0.37bn+0.03% of GDP−€0.45bn−0.04% of GDP15%
31Azerbaijan€14.2bn20.3% of GDP · €1,396 per person€1.7bn more2.4% of GDP more−€16m−0.02% of GDP−€17m−0.02% of GDP17%
32Kyrgyzstan€13.1bn92.5% of GDP · €1,808 per person€1.3bn more8.9% of GDP more−€0.67bn−4.8% of GDP−€13m−0.09% of GDP41%
33Malaysia€11.3bn3.0% of GDP · €317 per person€2.4bn more0.63% of GDP more−€0.49bn−0.13% of GDP−€0.73bn−0.19% of GDP72%
34Mongolia€11.2bn58.9% of GDP · €3,181 per person€1.2bn more6.4% of GDP more−€0.78bn−4.1% of GDP+€1m<0.01% of GDP60%
35Finland€10.7bn3.9% of GDP · €1,903 per person€16bn less5.9% of GDP less−€0.45bn−0.16% of GDP+€0.39bn+0.14% of GDP65%
36Vietnam€10.7bn2.6% of GDP · €106 per person€0.18bn more0.04% of GDP more−€0.67bn−0.16% of GDP−€0.27bn−0.07% of GDP30%
37Armenia€10.3bn47.8% of GDP · €3,409 per person€0.13bn less0.62% of GDP less−€86m−0.40% of GDP−€1m<0.01% of GDP37%
38Algeria€10.1bn4.4% of GDP · €217 per person€2m more<0.01% of GDP−€0.64bn−0.28% of GDP−€7m<0.01% of GDP6%
39Serbia€9.5bn12.9% of GDP · €1,444 per person€0.94bn more1.3% of GDP more−€1bn−1.4% of GDP−€87m−0.12% of GDP55%
40Thailand€9bn1.9% of GDP · €126 per person€0.46bn less0.10% of GDP less−€96m−0.02% of GDP+€39m<0.01% of GDP56%

Each row: the best estimate, then its range in the same unit and sign. The chances of the direction are for each country's totals, on its page.

Party to the war (with Russia), not ranked

What the data can and cannot say

"Paid Russia" is everything bought from Russia, recorded in customs and partner data (fuel and other goods, services, company taxes in Russia, gold and other payments). The site's research splits it by fuel for each year: the tables by fuel further down, with each fuel by the importer's customs records, on the map's basis and by CREA's tracker. The fuel share column is from before the war (2018 to 2021) and shows how much of a country's purchases from Russia were fuel then.

The parts about fuel: the extra Russia earned from war-time fuel prices, and Russian oil bought after refining in another country. Volumes (barrels, cubic metres) are not given here.

Questions

Who buys Russian oil?

By their own customs records (2022 to August 2026, CIF), the list of buyers of Russian crude oil starts with China, India and Türkiye: China recorded €257bn. On the map's basis (the Russian border price) China comes to €217bn, and CREA's tracker estimates €236bn. For oil products the customs list starts with Türkiye, China and Brazil. Türkiye's customs do not name the supplier for crude oil and gas, so its figures are estimates.

Who buys Russian gas and LNG?

Pipeline gas (2022 to August 2026), by customs records of the gas used in each country: the list starts with Türkiye, China and Germany; Türkiye recorded €48bn. LNG: the list starts with China, Japan and France; China recorded €23.3bn. Each table gives the map's basis and CREA's tracker beside the customs figure.

Russian oil exports by country: where did they go?

Adding up the buyers on the map, customs recorded €605bn of crude oil and €282bn of oil products bought from Russia (2022 to August 2026, CIF); on the map's basis, €435bn and €248bn. CREA's tracker, which also follows cargoes to places without customs data, puts them at €502bn and €324bn. By country, the customs list for crude oil starts with China, India and Türkiye.

Who paid Russia the most since 2022?

By everything they paid Russia from 2022 to August 2026, fuel and other goods, the table starts with China, India and Türkiye: China paid €547bn. The 40 countries listed paid €1,849bn in all. The tables by fuel further down split these purchases into crude oil, oil products, pipeline gas, LNG and coal.

Did buying Russian fuel help Russia?

What counts is not the sales value but how much more or less Russia kept (taxes and profit) than without the war. From the purchases of the 40 countries listed, Russia kept €11.9bn less than in a world without the war, with what each of them would then have bought. War-time fuel prices and Russian oil refined elsewhere are shown separately.

How much Russian oil did each country buy, in barrels?

This site does not give volumes. It measures money: what was paid to Russia, and the change in what Russia kept from it. The tables by fuel give each country's purchases in euros, by its customs records, on the map's basis and by CREA's tracker. For volumes, see energy trade trackers and customs statistics.

What each country bought from Russia, by fuel

The map counts everything a country paid Russia as one figure. The site's research splits that figure by fuel for each year, 2022 to August 2026, and gives each fuel on these bases, which answer different questions:

Quality: A measured (own customs, own prices), B mostly measured, C estimate (filled prices, a supplier the customs do not name, or the tracker alone), D no split by fuel. A row shows the letter of its weakest year with purchases.

Crude oil: buyers, 2022 to August 2026

#CountryCustoms (CIF)Map basis (FOB)Tracker (CREA)Quality
1China€257bn€217bnrange €183bn to €253bn€236bnC (estimate)
2India€195bn€121bnrange €83.3bn to €157bn€150bnA
3Türkiye€33.8bn€20.8bnrange €13.4bn to €28.6bn€25.8bnC (estimate; customs do not name the supplier)
4Belarus€17.7bn€16.3bnrange €13.4bn to €19.1bnnot trackedC (estimate)
5Netherlands€15.3bn€9.5bnrange €6.7bn to €15.2bn€8.5bnB
6Germany€11.7bn€9.4bnrange €7.1bn to €12.5bn€10.4bnA
7Slovakia€9.6bn€1.2bnrange €0m to €3bn€10.1bnB
8Hungary€9.2bn€6.1bnrange €4.7bn to €7.9bn€9.8bnA
9Italy€6.9bn€3.1bnrange €2bn to €4.2bn€8.6bnA
10Poland€6.5bn€4.3bnrange €3.5bn to €5.1bn€7.6bnA
11Czechia€5.9bn€5.1bnrange €4.1bn to €6.1bn€5.9bnA
12Bulgaria€5.8bn€3.4bnrange €2.5bn to €4.7bn€5.7bnA
13Brunei€2.9bn€1.2bnrange €0.80bn to €2.1bn€2bnC (estimate)
14Myanmar€2.9bn€28mrange €14m to €0.42bn€2.6bnC (estimate)
15Azerbaijan€2.3bn€2.2bnrange €1.9bn to €2.5bn€2bnA
16South Korea€2.2bn€1.8bnrange €1.4bn to €2.2bn€1.7bnA
17Egypt€1.9bn€1.3bnrange €0.91bn to €1.9bn€1.1bnC (estimate)

Oil products: buyers, 2022 to August 2026

#CountryCustoms (CIF)Map basis (FOB)Tracker (CREA)Quality
1Türkiye€44.5bn€32.5bnrange €23.8bn to €42.4bn€60.7bnC (estimate)
2China€29.6bn€28.3bnrange €24.1bn to €32.8bn€28.6bnC (estimate)
3Brazil€21.9bn€18.7bnrange €15.8bn to €21.8bn€23bnA
4India€16.8bn€15.1bnrange €10.6bn to €19.4bn€19bnA
5Singapore€13.2bn€12.4bnrange €8.8bn to €17.1bn€18bnA
6Germany€9.8bn€8.9bnrange €6.7bn to €11.8bn€6.4bnB
7Libya€7.8bn€6.1bnrange €3.6bn to €8.5bn€7.1bnC (estimate)
8Mongolia€7.1bn€6.2bnrange €5.1bn to €7.3bnnot trackedC (estimate)
9France€6.5bn€4.7bnrange €3.5bn to €6.2bn€6.9bnA
10Belgium€6.3bn€5.1bnrange €3.9bn to €6.8bn€7.6bnA
11Saudi Arabia€6.3bn€6bnrange €4.4bn to €7.7bn€17bnC (estimate)
12Netherlands€6bn€5.6bnrange €4.1bn to €8.2bn€10.2bnB
13United Arab Emirates€5.4bn€12bnrange €3bn to €25.5bn€15.1bnC (estimate)
14Taiwan€5.3bn€5bnrange €3.3bn to €7.4bn€6.7bnC (estimate)
15Greece€4.8bn€4.4bnrange €4bn to €5bn€5.7bnA

Pipeline gas: buyers, 2022 to August 2026

#CountryCustoms (CIF)Map basis (FOB)Tracker (CREA)Quality
1Türkiye€48bn€43.9bnrange €29bn to €59.9bn€38.2bnC (estimate; customs do not name the supplier)
2China€31.9bn€30.8bnrange €26bn to €35.9bn€31.3bnC (estimate)
3Germany€23.7bn€21.7bnrange €16.3bn to €29.2bn€19.3bnA
4Hungary€20.9bn€20.2bnrange €16.5bn to €25.8bn€18.2bnA
5Italy€18.5bn€17.8bnrange €15.5bn to €21.2bn€11.2bnA
6Austria€11.1bn€10.6bnrange €6.6bn to €14.1bn€10.7bnA
7Belarus€10.3bn€9.5bnrange €8.3bn to €10.6bnnot trackedC (estimate)
8Slovakia€9.6bn€7.8bnrange €2.9bn to €12.4bn€8.9bnB
9France€8.4bn€6bnrange €4.3bn to €7.8bn€0.39bnA
10Czechia€7.8bn€7.7bnrange €6.1bn to €9.4bn€3.5bnA
11Serbia€4.2bn€4.1bnrange €2.9bn to €5.3bn€5bnA
12Greece€3.4bn€3.2bnrange €3bn to €3.6bn€0.79bnA
13Poland€2.1bn€1.9bnrange €1.5bn to €2.3bn€2.8bnA
14Kazakhstan€2.1bn€2bnrange €1.8bn to €2.2bnnot trackedA
15Armenia€1.7bn€1.6bnrange €1.4bn to €1.9bnnot trackedB

LNG: buyers, 2022 to August 2026

#CountryCustoms (CIF)Map basis (FOB)Tracker (CREA)Quality
1China€23.3bn€22.5bnrange €19.3bn to €25.9bn€20bnC (estimate)
2Japan€16.9bn€15.4bnrange €14.1bn to €16.8bn€15.8bnA
3France€16.7bn€14.3bnrange €11.1bn to €19.4bn€16.4bnA
4Spain€11.6bn€10.5bnrange €7.9bn to €15bn€12bnA
5Belgium€8.4bn€7.6bnrange €5.2bn to €10.5bn€12.9bnA
6Netherlands€6.8bn€6.4bnrange €4.6bn to €9.6bn€4.4bnB
7South Korea€5.3bn€4.8bnrange €3.8bn to €6bn€5bnC (estimate)
8Taiwan€1.5bn€1.4bnrange €1bn to €2bn€1.5bnC (estimate)
9Portugal€0.59bn€0.52bnrange €0.40bn to €0.75bn€0.70bnB
10Greece€0.55bn€0.52bnrange €0.48bn to €0.58bn€0.60bnA
11United Kingdom€0.49bn€0.46bnrange €0.41bn to €0.51bn€0.40bnA
12India€0.35bn€0.32bnrange €0.22bn to €0.42bn€0.49bnA
13Italy€0.33bn€0.32bnrange €0.28bn to €0.38bn€0.25bnA
14Kuwait€0.25bn€0.18bnrange €0.13bn to €0.24bn€0.25bnC (estimate)
15Indonesia€0.22bn€0.19bnrange €0.15bn to €0.23bn€0.22bnA
16Finland€0.20bn€0.19bnrange €0.16bn to €0.22bn€0.28bnB

Coal: buyers, 2022 to August 2026

#CountryCustoms (CIF)Map basis (FOB)Tracker (CREA)Quality
1China€44.7bn€43.1bnrange €36.4bn to €50bn€37.1bnC (estimate)
2India€18.7bn€17.3bnrange €12.2bn to €22.2bn€17.4bnA
3South Korea€15.2bn€13.8bnrange €10.9bn to €17.2bn€13.7bnC (estimate)
4Türkiye€13.4bn€12.2bnrange €9.2bn to €15.6bn€14.2bnC (estimate)
5Japan€4.5bn€4.1bnrange €3.8bn to €4.5bn€2.8bnA
6Taiwan€4bn€3.8bnrange €2.7bn to €5.5bn€4bnC (estimate)
7Vietnam€3.9bn€3.4bnrange €2.4bn to €4.8bn€3bnC (estimate)
8Indonesia€3.6bn€3.3bnrange €2.8bn to €4bn€2.4bnA
9Malaysia€2.1bn€1.9bnrange €1.5bn to €2.4bn€2.7bnA
10Germany€1.5bn€1.4bnrange €1.00bn to €1.8bn€0.97bnC (estimate)
11Morocco€1.2bn€1.1bnrange €0.86bn to €1.4bn€1.3bnC (estimate)
12Netherlands€1.2bn€1.1bnrange €0.80bn to €1.7bn€1.6bnA
13Brazil€1.1bn€1bnrange €0.85bn to €1.2bn€0.68bnA
14Italy€1.1bn€1.1bnrange €0.92bn to €1.3bn€0.64bnA
15Sri Lanka€0.90bn€0.84bnrange €0.62bn to €1.1bn€0.63bnC (estimate)

Buyers on the map together, 2022 to August 2026

FuelCustoms (CIF)Map basis (FOB)Tracker (CREA)
Crude oil€605bn€435bn€502bn
Oil products€282bn€248bn€324bn
Pipeline gas€212bn€196bn€166bn
LNG€94.1bn€86.1bn€92.8bn
Coal€123bn€115bn€108bn
Other goods€814bn€803bn–

Customs: the countries that report their trade with Russia by fuel. Map basis: every buyer on the map. Tracker: every destination CREA follows. Bunker fuel and cargoes without a known buyer are left out.

Low and high values do not add up across fuels or countries. Fuel refined from Russian crude in third countries is a separate line of the map and is not in these tables. 2026 runs January to August.

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Cite as: War Balance, figures to August 2026, https://warbalance.org/russian-oil-gas-buyers/