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Home > Publications > Sectoral Profile > Transport

Sectoral Profile - Transport

    OverviewTransportIndustryHouseholdsServices
  • Energy consumption
    • Overall trends
    • Road transport share
    • Road transport trend
    • Consumption by mode
  • Cars
    • Specific consumption
      • New cars
      • Car stock
      • Consumption per km
    • Specific CO2 emissions
      • New cars
      • Emission vs Consumption
    • Cars per capita
    • Distance travelled
  • Transport of goods
    • Trends in freight traffic
    • Share of rail and water
    • Unit consumption
  • Passenger transport
    • Trends in passenger traffic (EU)
    • Per capita mobility
    • Public transport
    • Specific consumption (EU)
  • Energy efficiency and savings
    • Energy efficiency index
    • Energy savings
  • Decomposition of energy consumption
    • Total (EU)
    • Passenger (EU)
    • Goods (EU)
  • CO2 emissions
    • Emissions from transport (EU)
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Last update November 2021

EU refers to the EU27

Specific consumption

  • Cars require almost 2.2 times more energy per passenger-km than buses, and 7 times more than rail transport. Domestic air transport is twice more energy intensive than cars and 15 times higher than rail. 

    Specific energy consumption by transport mode

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    ADEME
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