Czechia Key Figures
- Population:
- 10.7 million
- GDP growth rate:
- 3.20 %/year
- Energy independence:
- 56.5%
Data of the last year available: 2021
- Total consumption/GDP:*
- 67.9 (2005=100)
- CO2 Emissions:
- 8.66 tCO2/capita
- Rate of T&D power losses:
- 5.64%
* at purchasing power parity
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Total Energy Consumption
Energy consumption per capita is 32% higher than the EU average (3.9 toe in 2020), whereas electricity consumption per capita is 3.4% higher than the EU average, at around 5 700 kWh/capita in 2020.
Total energy consumption declined by an average of 1.1%/year between 2006 and 2016 to 41 Moe and remained roughly stable until 2019. In 2021, energy consumption increased by 4% to 3.9 Moe after a 6% drop in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Crude Oil Production
Czechia is dependent on Russia for its oil supply, which is imported through the Druzhba pipeline ("Friendship" pipeline); deliveries were suspended in spring 2019 over oil contamination, affecting crude oil supply (resumption of oil deliveries in July 2019). In 2021, the country imported 6.8 Mt of crude oil (+11% on 2020); 50% of crude oil imports came from Russia, 18% from Kazakhstan, and 16% from Azerbaijan (2021). Since 1996, oil is also supplied from Germany through another oil pipeline (IKL) connected to the transalpine pipe (TAL) in Ingolstadt.
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Oil Products Consumption
Oil product consumption, which had been declining by 2.6%/year between 2008 and 2016, recovered in 2017 (+18%) and stabilised at around 9.3 Mt until 2019. After the important drop of 2020 (-10%) due to transport restrictions, oil product consumption rose by 10% back to its 2019 level.
Around 2/3 of oil is consumed by transport (65% in 2021). The share of transport has surged since 2000 (49%), as the number of cars rose by more than 50%. Industry accounted for 27% of oil consumption in 2021 (mainly non-energy uses).
Graph: OIL CONSUMPTION (Mt)
Interactive Chart Czechia Refined Oil Products Production
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Natural Gas Consumption
Natural gas consumption has been increasing by 1%/year since 2016, to 9.5 bcm in 2021 (+7% on 2020). Even in 2020, gas consumption kept rising due to strong demand from the power sector (+22% in 2019 and +29% in 2020).
Graph: NATURAL GAS CONSUMPTION (bcm)
Interactive Chart Czechia Natural Gas Domestic Consumption
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Coal Consumption
The consumption of coal and lignite, which had already been declining by 1.7%/year between 2000 and 2018, fell by 23% between 2018 and 2020, but increased slightly in 2021 (+1.7%), reaching 36 Mt. Lignite accounts for 84% of solid fuel consumption.
Graph: COAL AND LIGNITE CONSUMPTION (Mt)
Most of the coal and lignite is consumed by the power sector (80% in 2020).
Graph: COAL AND LIGNITE CONSUMPTION BREAKDOWN BY SECTOR (2021, %)
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Power Consumption
The country's electricity consumption, which had grown by 2.4%/year between 2014 and 2017 before stabilising at around 60 TWh in 2019, dropped by 2.7% in 2020 as a result of the pandemic. In 2021, electricity consumption reached its highest level ever at 61 TWh, as residential electricity kept rising (+10% on 2019) and other sectors came back to their pre-pandemic levels.
Graph: ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION (TWh)
Renewable in % Electricity Production
The NECP (2019) aims to raise the share of renewables in final energy consumption to 22% in 2030, including 30.7% in heating and cooling, 16.9% in electricity, and 14% in transport. The target set for 2020 in the National Renewable Energy Action Plan of 13.5% of renewables in final energy consumption in 2020 has been exceeded (17.3% reached in 2020, of which, 14.8% for electricity, 23.5% for heating and cooling, and 9.4% for transport).
Interactive Chart Czechia Share of Renewables in Electricity Production (incl hydro)
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CO2 Fuel Combustion/CO2 Emissions
GHG emissions were 38% below their 1990 level in 2021, at 93 Mt (-5% compared to 2019).
The NECP (2019) aims to cut GHG emissions by 34% by 2030 compared to 2005 levels, lowering emissions to 99 MtCO2eq. This is less ambitious than the EU NDC target updated in December 2020 (-55% in 2030 compared to 1990, i.e. 68 MtCO2eq in 2030).