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Road transport energy consumption in Europe in 2024

EU road transport ranking, with fuel detail where available.

2024 · Eurostat · TJ / PJ
EU-2711,173.2 PJ2024
ranked countries27EU-27
top countryGermany1,978.0 PJ
DATASETnrg_bal_c2024
2023 · 25/27

Road energy mix

Aggregate reconstructed from countries with nrg_d_traq detail.

Diesel64.1 %
Gasoline25.8 %
Renewables / biofuels6.7 %
LPG2.2 %
Natural gas0.9 %
Electricity0.5 %

The detailed nrg_d_traq dataset currently covers 25 countries and ends in 2023, while nrg_bal_c is available through 2024.

1990 → 2024

European trend

Annual history from Eurostat dataset nrg_bal_c.

19902024
EU-27 · 2024

European ranking

Annual values in petajoules (PJ). One PJ equals 1,000 TJ.

#CountryConsumptionEU-27 share
1Germany1,978.0 PJ17.7 %
2France1,735.4 PJ15.5 %
3Italy1,504.7 PJ13.5 %
4Spain1,210.1 PJ10.8 %
5Poland1,000.3 PJ9.0 %
6Netherlands371.2 PJ3.3 %
7Belgium360.4 PJ3.2 %
8Romania321.9 PJ2.9 %
9Czechia296.4 PJ2.7 %
10Austria291.8 PJ2.6 %
11Sweden266.5 PJ2.4 %
12Portugal243.5 PJ2.2 %
13Greece224.4 PJ2.0 %
14Hungary198.8 PJ1.8 %
15Ireland165.0 PJ1.5 %
16Bulgaria149.4 PJ1.3 %
17Finland148.1 PJ1.3 %
18Denmark147.9 PJ1.3 %
19Croatia110.8 PJ1.0 %
20Slovakia103.8 PJ0.9 %
21Lithuania85.0 PJ0.8 %
22Slovenia79.8 PJ0.7 %
23Luxembourg60.4 PJ0.5 %
24Estonia40.8 PJ0.4 %
25Latvia39.5 PJ0.4 %
26Cyprus29.0 PJ0.3 %
27Malta10.2 PJ0.1 %
EUROSTAT · NRG_BAL_C · NRG_D_TRAQ

Methodology

Transport pages combine two complementary Eurostat datasets. nrg_bal_c provides historical series and 2024 totals. nrg_d_traq provides fuel, vehicle and sub-mode detail, with 2023 currently the latest year for 25 countries. Reference years are always shown explicitly.

The detailed nrg_d_traq dataset currently covers 25 countries and ends in 2023, while nrg_bal_c is available through 2024.

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