Belgium

Total energy consumption per capita is 60% higher than the EU average, at 4.9 toe compared to 3.1 toe (2016). The difference is mainly due to a higher final consumption per capita (3.7 toe compared to 2.2 toe). Electricity consumption per capita is 30% above the EU average and amounted to 7 300 ...

All the oil is imported (59 Mt in 2016). Crude oil accounts for around 58% of oil imports and 58% of crude imports come from Russia and Saudi Arabia (31% and 27%, respectively, in 2015). The country re-exports a substantial volume of oil products (around 26 Mt in 2016). There are four refineries...

Oil consumption is quite stable since the end of the 1990's, fluctuating around 23 Mt/year. In 2016, it slightly went down (-0.5%), driven by the residential sector.

Graph: OIL CONSUMPTION (Mt)

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Gas consumption decreased by an average of 5.6%/year between its peak in 2010 (19.8 bcm) and 2014. The 4 bcm drop over the period comes from power plants (-2.2 bcm, -32%), industry (-1.4 bcm) and the residential-services sector (-1.2 bcm). Due to colder temperatures, gas consumption rebounded in...

Coal consumption decreased strongly between 1990 and 2012 (-5.3%/year, on average), driven by the power and industry sectors (6.2%/year and 4.5%/year, respectively), before stabilising until 2014 at around 5 Mt. It has restarted to shrink in 2015 (-4%) and in 2016 (-11%) to bring the coal...

In accordance with the European Directive on renewables, the national target is to increase the share of renewables in final consumption to 13% by 2020 (including 10% in transport, nearly 12% in heating and cooling and nearly 21% in electricity). According to the Federal Planning Bureau's (FPB...