In 2023, the EU’s agriculture and forestry sector consumed 26.4 million tonnes of oil equivalent of energy. This represented a decrease of 1.1% compared with 2022. The sector’s share of the total EU energy consumption remained unchanged at 3.0%.
The agriculture and forestry sector in the Netherlands accounted for the highest share of national total direct energy consumption at 7.8%, followed by Poland (5.2%) and Latvia (5.0%). In contrast, Luxembourg (0.8%), Slovakia (1.3%) and Slovenia (1.6%) recorded the lowest shares.
Source dataset: nrg_bal_s
In 2023, oil and petroleum products accounted for a majority (58.3%) of the EU agriculture and forestry sector’s direct energy consumption. Electricity was the second-largest source (15.1%), followed by natural gas (12.1%) and renewables and biofuels (11.7%).
O artigo foi publicado originalmente em Eurostat.
