EU: biodiesel consumption 1990-2020

The volume of biodiesel consumed by the European Union's transport sector has experienced an overall growth over the years. Between 1990 and 2020, figures increased by more than 14 million metric tons of oil equivalent. In the latter year, the total volume of biodiesel fuel consumed for transport in the EU amounted to some 14,024 thousand tons of oil equivalent.

Volume of biodiesel fuel consumed in the transport sector in the European Union from 1990 to 2020 (in 1,000 metric tons of oil equivalent)

Characteristic	Consumption thousand metric tons of oil equivalent
2020	14,024
2019	13,779
2018	12,517
2017	11,961
2016	10,643
2015	10,808
2014	11,094
2013	10,006
2012	10,864
2011	10,220
2010	9,871
2009	8,959
2008	7,435
2007	5,683
2006	3,905
2005	2,454
2000	547
1995	153
1990	6

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September 2022

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1990 to 2020

Supplementary notes

Figures up to 2017 refer to the EU-28, while figures from 2018 onwards refer to the EU-27.

This statistic was compiled using several releases of the publication.

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