Overview
- The energy consumption of transport grew by 2.7% in 2022, reaching 285 Mtoe at EU level, after a progression by 8% in 2021. It follows a sharp decrease in 2020 (-13%) due to the impacts of COVID crisis. Previously, it grew from 2014 to 2019 with the economic growth rebound (+1.6%/year), which contrasts with the previous period impacted by the economic crisis (-1.6%/year from 2007 to 2013).
- In 2022, the energy consumption of transport of the EU was 3% below its pre-COVID level and 8% above its 2000 level.
Energy consumption trends in transport in the EU
- Energy consumption in transport was closed to its 2000 level in most countries, apart from eastern countries, where it has increased between 2% and 4%/year: around 2%/year in Czechia, Estonia, Croatia, Latvia and Slovenia, 3%/year in Bulgaria, Lithuania and Slovakia and 4%/year in Romania and Poland.
Energy consumption of transport in selected countries
