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This page shows the energy use for Croatia, using 0.059 percent of world energy production for 3.88 million inhabitants in 2019. Energy is typically specified in Million metric Ton of Oil Equivalent [Mtoe] for large quantities. This work prefers to use TeraWatt-hours (TWh) instead, which is obtained by multiplying the a value expressed in Mtoe with a factor 11.63 . To allow an easy comparison between countries, we normalize the TWh value to kiloWatt-hour per day per person (kWh/d/p) - David MacKay introduced this energy unit in [5]. Day to day energy production or consumption can fluctuate from a kWh/d/p value, for example space heating consumes more energy in the winter season.

These values are summarized in table 0.1 . The first two columns show the gross inland energy consumption and gross renewable and biofuel consumptions. We do so since some renewable and biofuel sources are converted to electricity for final energy consumption. The third column shows the total final energy consumption of Croatia. The fourth column shows the electricity consumption, which is a part of the final energy consumption.

The main data source for this page are the Eurostat energy balances, edition May 2024. A population plot of Croatia and a list of data source references are available below.

Table 0.1 Energy summary for Croatia in 2018.
Gross inland consumptionGross renewable and biofuel consumptionFinal energy consumptionElectricity consumption
8.68 Mtoe2.18 Mtoe6.68 Mtoe1.39 Mtoe
101 TWh25.4 TWh77.7 TWh16.2 TWh
67.3 kWh/d/p16.9 kWh/d/p51.9 kWh/d/p10.8 kWh/d/p
100 % (gross)25.2 % (gross)77.0 % (gross)16.0 % (gross)
130 % (final)32.7 % (final)100 % (final)20.8 % (final)
Gross inland energy consumption in 2018 for Croatia
Figure 0.1 Croatia yearly gross inland energy consumption, split according to fuel type.
Energy balance summary, using kWh/d/p to express energy consumption
normalized final energy in kWh/d/p for Croatia
Figure 1.1 Yearly final energy consumption in kWh/d/p for Croatia.

Table 1.1 Final energy consumption in kWh/d/p for Croatia in 2018.
Croatia 2018 [kWh/d/p]TotalElectricityOil and petroleum productsNatural gasSolid fossil fuelsRenewables and biofuelsNon-renewable wasteHeat
Gross inland consumption67.3
-1.16%		3.6
-21.6%		26.0
-2.47%		17.8
-6.97%		2.84
-5.51%		16.9
+15.7%		0.15
+71.4%		0.0
Final energy consumption51.9
-0.45%		10.8
+2.43%		21.4
-2.22%		8.35
+0.68%		0.53
-8.54%		8.91
-0.66%		0.15
+71.4%		1.75
-1.01%
  + Industry sector  9.02
  +2.4%		  2.46
  +3.32%		  2.26
  +2.39%		  2.97
  +0.28%		  0.51
  -7.45%		  0.26
  +6.68%		  0.15
  +71.4%		  0.4
  +9.04%
  + Transport sector  16.7
  -1.11%		  0.19
  +6.71%		  16.2
  -2.43%		  0.033
  +1.02%		  0.0
  		  0.21
  +4510%		  0.0
  		  0.0
  
  + Other sectors  26.2
  -0.99%		  8.15
  +2.07%		  2.88
  -4.45%		  5.35
  +0.9%		  0.02
  -29.6%		  8.44
  -3.22%		  0.0
  		  1.35
  -3.61%
    ++ Services    6.46
    +3.03%		    3.91
    +4.08%		    0.4
    -12.0%		    1.57
    +6.69%		    0.00032
    -66.3%		    0.15
    +11.2%		    0.0
    		    0.44
    -4.67%
    ++ Households    17.8
    -2.78%		    4.14
    +0.15%		    0.93
    -12.6%		    3.63
    -1.33%		    0.02
    -28.4%		    8.26
    -3.44%		    0.0
    		    0.87
    -3.54%
    ++ Agri/forest    1.69
    +4.19%		    0.099
    +6.25%		    1.37
    +4.8%		    0.15
    -1.09%		    0.0
    		    0.028
    -5.21%		    0.0
    		    0.046
    +6.33%
    ++ Fishing    0.19
    -4.43%		    0.0
    		    0.19
    -4.43%		    0.0
    		    0.0
    		    0.0
    		    0.0
    		    0.0
    
Energy balance summary, using percent to express energy consumption.
final energy in percent for Croatia
Figure 1.2 Yearly final energy consumption in percent for Croatia.

Table 1.2 Final energy consumption in percent for Croatia in 2018.
Croatia 2018 [percent]TotalElectricityOil and petroleum productsNatural gasSolid fossil fuelsRenewables and biofuelsNon-renewable wasteHeat
Gross inland consumption130%
-0.93%		6.93%
-1.87%		50.1%
-1.03%		34.3%
-2.4%		5.48%
-0.29%		32.7%
+4.55%		0.29%
+0.12%		0.0%
=0.0%
Final energy consumption100%
=0.0%		20.8%
+0.59%		41.2%
-0.74%		16.1%
+0.18%		1.03%
=0.0%		17.2%
=0.0%		0.29%
+0.12%		3.38%
=0.0%
  + Industry sector  17.4%
  +0.48%		  4.74%
  +0.17%		  4.36%
  +0.12%		  5.73%
  =0.0%		  0.99%
  =0.0%		  0.51%
  =0.0%		  0.29%
  +0.12%		  0.77%
  =0.0%
  + Transport sector  32.1%
  -0.21%		  0.36%
  =0.0%		  31.3%
  -0.63%		  0.063%
  =0.0%		  0.0%
  =0.0%		  0.4%
  +0.4%		  0.0%
  =0.0%		  0.0%
  =0.0%
  + Other sectors  50.5%
  -0.27%		  15.7%
  +0.39%		  5.55%
  -0.23%		  10.3%
  +0.14%		  0.039%
  =0.0%		  16.3%
  -0.47%		  0.0%
  =0.0%		  2.61%
  =0.0%
    ++ Services    12.5%
    +0.42%		    7.54%
    +0.33%		    0.76%
    -0.1%		    3.02%
    +0.2%		    0.00061%
    =0.0%		    0.28%
    =0.0%		    0.0%
    =0.0%		    0.85%
    =0.0%
    ++ Households    34.4%
    -0.82%		    7.98%
    =0.0%		    1.79%
    -0.25%		    6.99%
    =0.0%		    0.039%
    =0.0%		    15.9%
    -0.49%		    0.0%
    =0.0%		    1.67%
    =0.0%
    ++ Agri/forest    3.26%
    +0.15%		    0.19%
    =0.0%		    2.64%
    +0.13%		    0.29%
    =0.0%		    0.0%
    =0.0%		    0.053%
    =0.0%		    0.0%
    =0.0%		    0.088%
    =0.0%
    ++ Fishing    0.36%
    =0.0%		    0.0%
    =0.0%		    0.36%
    =0.0%		    0.0%
    =0.0%		    0.0%
    =0.0%		    0.0%
    =0.0%		    0.0%
    =0.0%		    0.0%
    =0.0%
Energy balance summary, using TWh to express energy consumption
final energy in TWh for Croatia
Figure 1.3 Yearly final energy consumption in TWh for Croatia.

Table 1.3 Final energy consumption in TWh for Croatia in 2018.
Croatia 2018 [TWh]TotalElectricityOil and petroleum productsNatural gasSolid fossil fuelsRenewables and biofuelsNon-renewable wasteHeat
Gross inland consumption101
-2.32%		5.39
-22.5%		39.0
-3.61%		26.7
-8.06%		4.26
-6.62%		25.4
+14.3%		0.23
+69.4%		0.0
Final energy consumption77.7
-1.62%		16.2
+1.23%		32.0
-3.37%		12.5
-0.5%		0.8
-9.62%		13.4
-1.83%		0.23
+69.4%		2.63
-2.17%
  + Industry sector  13.5
  +1.2%		  3.68
  +2.11%		  3.39
  +1.19%		  4.45
  -0.9%		  0.77
  -8.54%		  0.39
  +5.43%		  0.23
  +69.4%		  0.6
  +7.76%
  + Transport sector  25.0
  -2.27%		  0.28
  +5.46%		  24.3
  -3.57%		  0.049
  -0.17%		  0.0
  		  0.31
  +4450%		  0.0
  		  0.0
  
  + Other sectors  39.2
  -2.15%		  12.2
  +0.87%		  4.32
  -5.57%		  8.01
  -0.28%		  0.03
  -30.4%		  12.6
  -4.36%		  0.0
  		  2.03
  -4.74%
    ++ Services    9.69
    +1.82%		    5.86
    +2.86%		    0.59
    -13.0%		    2.35
    +5.44%		    0.00048
    -66.7%		    0.22
    +9.92%		    0.0
    		    0.66
    -5.79%
    ++ Households    26.7
    -3.92%		    6.2
    -1.02%		    1.39
    -13.7%		    5.43
    -2.49%		    0.03
    -29.2%		    12.4
    -4.57%		    0.0
    		    1.3
    -4.67%
    ++ Agri/forest    2.54
    +2.97%		    0.15
    +5.0%		    2.05
    +3.57%		    0.23
    -2.25%		    0.0
    		    0.041
    -6.32%		    0.0
    		    0.069
    +5.08%
    ++ Fishing    0.28
    -5.55%		    0.0
    		    0.28
    -5.55%		    0.0
    		    0.0
    		    0.0
    		    0.0
    		    0.0
    
Renewables and biofuel gross inland energy consumption
gross inland consumption of renewables and biofuels for Croatia
Figure 1.4 Yearly gross inland consumption of renewables and biofuels for Croatia.

Table 1.4 Gross inland consumtion of renewables and biofuels for Croatia in 2018.
Croatia 2018 renewables and biofuels[percent (gross)][percent (final)][kWh/d/p][percent][TWh]
Gross inland consumption100% (gross)130% (final)67.3397%101
Renewables and biofuels - gross inland consumption25.2% (gross)32.7% (final)16.9100%25.4
  Hydro (47.6% of electricity)  7.63% (gross)  9.91% (final)  5.14  30.3%  7.7
  Tide, wave, ocean (0.0% of electricity)  0.0% (gross)  0.0% (final)  0.0  0.0%  0.0
  Wind (8.26% of electricity)  1.32% (gross)  1.72% (final)  0.89  5.26%  1.34
  Solar photovoltaic (0.46% of electricity)  0.074% (gross)  0.096% (final)  0.05  0.29%  0.075
  Solar thermal  0.16% (gross)  0.21% (final)  0.11  0.64%  0.16
  Geothermal  0.11% (gross)  0.14% (final)  0.073  0.43%  0.11
  Primary solid biofuels  14.5% (gross)  18.8% (final)  9.77  57.7%  14.6
  Charcoal  0.022% (gross)  0.028% (final)  0.015  0.087%  0.022
  Biogases  0.85% (gross)  1.1% (final)  0.57  3.37%  0.86
  Renewable municipal waste  0.0% (gross)  0.0% (final)  0.0  0.0%  0.0
  Pure biogasoline  0.0035% (gross)  0.0045% (final)  0.0024  0.014%  0.0035
  Blended biogasoline  0.0012% (gross)  0.0015% (final)  0.00078  0.0046%  0.0012
  Pure biodiesels  0.28% (gross)  0.37% (final)  0.19  1.12%  0.28
  Blended biodiesels  0.024% (gross)  0.032% (final)  0.016  0.097%  0.025
  Pure bio jet kerosene  0.0% (gross)  0.0% (final)  0.0  0.0%  0.0
  Blended bio jet kerosene  0.0% (gross)  0.0% (final)  0.0  0.0%  0.0
  Other liquid biofuels  0.0% (gross)  0.0% (final)  0.0  0.0%  0.0
  Ambient heat (heat pumps)  0.17% (gross)  0.22% (final)  0.12  0.69%  0.17
Population trend
Population trend of Croatia
Figure 2.1 Population trend for Croatia.

Acknowledgement: We would like to express our gratitude to Eurostat, part of the European Commission, for allowing free re-use of energy balances and related data. Website: ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/energy.

Disclaimer: This work provides a summary of the original data, converting ktoe (kilo ton oil equivalent) values to other energy units such as relative percentages, TWh (TeraWatt-hours) and normalized kWh/d/p (kiloWatt-hours per day per person) values. Values are rounded to 3 significant digits. Eurostat is not responsible for data conversion or rounding errors in doing so.

Other visualizations: Since 2022 Eurostat provides a set of interactive visualization tools for energy at ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/energy/visualisations. For energy balances Total energy supply is used there, which is equivalent to the Gross inland consumption minus the energy of international aviation.

References:

[1]
Eurostat yearly energy balances. This work uses edition 2024 (up to year 2022). The energy data is converted to TWh (terra Watt-hour) and derived units.
ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/energy/data/energy-balances
[2]
Energy balance guide - new methodology. Explain the use(fulness) of energy balances, as well as how they are constructed.
energy.at-site.be/eurostat/energy-balance-guide-01-2019.pdf
[3]
EU energy in figures, Statistical pocketbook 2020, ISBN 978-92-76-19443-9. Visualizes energy statistics up to 2018. The glossary in appendix 7 explains energy terminology.
doi: 10.2833/29877
[4]
The number of persons having their usual residence in a country on 1 January of a given year.
ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/tps00001/default/table
[5]
David J.C. MacKay. Sustainable Energy – without the hot air, UIT Cambridge, 2008. ISBN 978-0-9544529-3-3. Chapter 2 - energy and power section.
www.withouthotair.com

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