Turkiye Key Figures
- Population:
- 86.3 million
- GDP growth rate:
- 4.52 %/year
- Energy independence:
- 28.4%
Data of the last year available: 2023
- Total consumption/GDP:*
- 84.7 (2005=100)
- CO2 Emissions:
- 5.10 tCO2/capita
- Rate of T&D power losses:
- 10.6%
* at purchasing power parity
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Total Energy Consumption
Total consumption per capita is around 1.9 toe (2023) (of which around 3 300 kWh of electricity) compared to about 2.8 toe for the EU.
Total energy consumption remained stable in 2023 to 168 Mtoe. It contracted by 2% in 2022 because of substantial price hikes in transport and industry. Before that, it increased by over 8% in 2021, and had previously been stable at around 163 Mtoe over 2017-2020, in a context of low economic growth. Total energy consumption had been growing at a rapid pace between 2000 and 2017 (around 5%/year).
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Crude Oil Production
Türkiye covers only 13% of its total oil needs with a production of 5.1 Mt of crude oil (2023).
The total refining capacity of 0.8 mb/d is distributed over 6 refineries, including 2 large ones belonging to Tupras: Izmir and Izmit (0.2 mb/d each). The STAR refinery (0.2 mb/d) was completed in 2018 by Socar.
In 2023, net crude and oil product imports reached almost 57 Mt, close to the 2016-2019 average. The share of crude in that amount has surged to around 60% since 2019, from 43% in 2018, due to the STAR refinery starting operations.
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Oil Products Consumption
Oil consumption increased by almost 4% to 46 Mt in 2023. It had been increasing regularly since 2018 (+2%/year in average), following a 4.5% drop in 2017 and a period of rapid growth between 2010 and 2017 (4.5%/year), driven by the transport sector.
Graph: OIL CONSUMPTION (Mt)
Interactive Chart Turkiye Refined Oil Products Production
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Natural Gas Consumption
Gas consumption slightly decreased in 2023 (-1.5%) to 51 bcm, after a significant 12% drop in 2022, driven by large price increases and reduced consumption from power plants. It had previously surged by 32% over 2019-2021, due to high economic growth and low hydropower availability.
Between 2000 and 2014, gas consumption grew very rapidly (9%/year), but growth since then has been lower and more chaotic, depending on gas-fired power generation needs and due to efforts to limit consumption through price hikes (notably in 2018 and 2019).
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Coal Consumption
Coal and lignite consumption dropped significantly (-17%) in 2023 to 107 Mt. It had been increasing by 15% between 2020 and 2022, reaching 130 Mt. In 2021, it rebounded to its 2019 level, following a 9% drop in 2020 due to decreased demand from power plants. Coal and lignite consumption rose by 8%/year over 2015-2019.
Of the total demand, 79% is used to produce electricity, 14% is consumed by industry, and the remainder is consumed by buildings.
Graph: COAL CONSUMPTION (Mt)
Interactive Chart Turkiye Coal and Lignite Domestic Consumption
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Power Consumption
Electricity consumption remained stable in 2022 and decreased by 1% in 2023, to around 284 TWh after its 9% growth in 2021. Electricity consumption had been increasing slowly as from 2018, following a period of very rapid growth over 2010-2018 (over 5%/year).
Industry absorbs the highest share with 45%, followed by services (27%) and residential (21%). Transport accounts for 1%.
Graph: ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION (TWh)
Renewable in % Electricity Production
The General Directorate of Renewable Energy of MENR is in charge of implementing policy on renewables.
As part of the National Energy Plan 2022-2035, renewables are expected to account for 75% of the new power capacity that will be commissioned and will make up 65% of total capacity in 2035 (58.5% in 2023).
Interactive Chart Turkiye Share of Renewables in Electricity Production (incl hydro)
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CO2 Fuel Combustion/CO2 Emissions
In its updated NDC (2023), Türkiye pledged to cut its GHG emissions in 2030 by 41% below a BAU scenario (compared to 21% in its initial NDC). This cut would limit GHG emissions to 695 MtCO2eq (incl. LULUCF), which still corresponds to a level around 60% higher than 2012 level. Türkiye also intends to peak its emissions in 2038 at the latest and achieve net zero by 2053.