The average share of energy from renewable sources in transport increased from 1.6% in 2004 to 8.9% in 2019. Among the EU Member States, the share of renewable energy in transport fuel consumption ranged from highs of 30.3% in Sweden, 21.3% in Finland and 12.5% in the Netherlands down to 4% or less in Greece and Lithuania (both 4.0%) and Cyprus (3.3%). Norway also reported a high share of renewable energy in transport fuel consumption (27.6%).
Source dataset: Eurostat nrg_ind_ren
In 2019, 21 EU Member States registered an increase in the average share of energy from renewable sources in transport compared with 2018, with the largest increases observed for Finland (+3.6 percentage points (pp)), Croatia (+3.3 pp), the Netherlands (+2.9 pp) and Slovenia (+2.5 pp). Norway also registered a substantial increase (+6.1 pp).
For more information, take a look at the Statistics Explained article on Renewable energy statistics.
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- The European Union (EU) includes 27 EU Member States. The United Kingdom left the European Union on 31 January 2020. Further information is published here.
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