Share of road in transport energy consumption

  • Road transport absorbs 94% of the final energy consumption of transport in the EU in 2021 (range 85-99%).
  • Increasing share of road transport at EU level (+1.8 percentage point between 2000 and 2021), with an increasing share in 85% of EU countries. This trend accelerated in 2020 and 2021 due in particular to the isolation measures linked to the COVID outbreak (+1.1 percentage point in 2020).

Share of road in transport energy consumption