Energy Consumption

How much energy do we consume?

Regarding the first question, as you can see in the chart below, global energy consumption has skyrocketed especially since the 1950s. We see that global energy consumption has increased nearly every year for more than half a century. The exceptions to this are in the early 1980s, and 2009 following the financial crises and 2020 in relation to the COVID 19 pandemic. LINK   

How much energy does each of us consume?
On the following map you can see the energy use per person in 2021. As you can see, and generally speaking, economically more developed countries have a higher energy use per person. This means that there is a correlation between GDP per capita and energy consumption. Accordingly, as countries develop economically, energy consumption per person increases. LINK


 

And in the EU?
Now, let's have a closer look at the Energy Consumption within the European Union. Again, you can see a correlation between GDP and Energy Consumption. Nevertheless, you can also see that there are other factors that impact the statistics, as the North-South difference might insinuate:
Climate and energy consumption are closely related: Climate impacts the amount of energy we consume; the amount of energy we consume has an impact on climate change. LINK

 

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“Final Energy consumption”
Final energy consumption in the EU in 2020 amounted to 37 086 PJ, 5.6% less than in 2019. Final energy consumption is the total energy consumed by end users, such as households, industry and agriculture. It was slowly increasing from 1994 until it reached its highest value of 41.445 Mtoe (Millions of tonnes of oil equivalent) in 2006. By 2020 final energy consumption decreased from its peak level by 10.5%.