In 2010 the Basque Country used 26.0 Ktep per 10,000 inhabitants, falling slightly in subsequent years before returning to 24. In 2020 the figure was 21.5 Ktep per 10,000 inhabitants, but this was probably affected by the pandemic.
By states, the Basque Country is in the medium to high bracket. Those with the lowest consumption are Albania (6.5), Macedonia (8.8) and Moldavia (9.3). Those with the highest consumption are Finland (42.3), Luxembourg (60.9) and Iceland (81.2). However, the fifth state, Sweden, is below 30. The Basque Country is therefore far from these peaks, but remains among the countries with higher consumption
Analysed by energy type, in recent year oil has dominated energy consumption in the Basque Country (43.3%), and in fact this percentage has risen (in 2011 it was 39.8%). While the consumption of electrical energy has fallen in percentage terms, it is the second source of energy, after natural gas (22.2%). Apart from petroleum, the only sources of energy that have seen a small increase are renewable energies (from 5.8% to 7.9%).
In comparison with Europe, the trend in the Basque Country is not positive. The Basque Country has continued to increase its use of petroleum, going from 39.8% to 43.3%, while in the EU27 this fell from 38.0% to 35.0% in 2020. The use of electrical energy has fallen in the Basque Country but risen in the European Union (-1.7 and +0.4). In renewable energies, the Basque Country was up 2.1 points and the WU27 2.8 points. There is only one indicator in which the Basque Country beats the EU27: consumption of natural gas, which fell 4 points in the Basque Country, while rising 0.5 in the EU27.