Share of renewables in transport rose in 2023

In 2023, the share of renewable energy sources in transport reached 10.8% at EU level, a 1.2 percentage points (pp) increase from 2022 (9.6%). 

This share was 18.2 pp lower than the 29% target for 2030 on the use of energy from renewable sources in transport. Meeting the target would require an annual average increase of 2.6 pp between 2024 and 2030. The average annual increase registered over the years 2014 to 2023 was 0.43 pp. 

Sweden was the EU country with the highest share of renewables in transport and the only country already having achieved the 2030 target (33.7%). Ranking second was Finland (20.7%), followed by the Netherlands (13.4%) and Austria (13.2%). By contrast, the lowest shares were registered in Croatia (0.9%), Latvia (1.4%), and Greece (3.9%). 

The largest increases in the use of energy from renewables in transport between 2022 and 2023 were recorded in Sweden (+4.9 pp), Austria and Portugal (both +2.5 pp), while the largest decreases were registered in Latvia (-1.7 pp), Croatia (-1.5 pp) and Romania (-0.9 pp). 

Source dataset: nrg_ind_ren

For more information

• Statistics Explained article on renewable energy
• Thematic section on energy statistics
• Thematic section on transport
• Thematic section on climate change
• Database on energy statistics
• Short assessment of renewable energy sources (SHARES)
• Interactive energy visualisation tools

Methodological notes

• ‘Transport’ covers the energy used in all transport activities irrespective of the economic sector in which the activity occurs (as defined by the statistical classification of economic activities in the European Community (NACE)). It includes energy used for transport by households and by business activities, as well as by industry and by services.
• Renewable energy sources consumed in transport include liquid biofuels (e.g. biodiesel complying with certain sustainability and greenhouse gas saving criteria), biomethane (i.e. gas from renewable origin) and the part of renewable electricity consumed mostly in road and rail transport.
• Instead of meeting the 29% target, countries can opt to reduce the greenhouse gas intensity of transport fuels by at least 14.5% by 2030.

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