7 892
thousand toe 
of energy in 2024
12th
lowest production
of European Union
Germany
80 241
thousand toe
of energy in 2024
2nd position
Spain
38 629
thousand toe
of energy in 2024
4th position
France
132 662
thousand toe
of energy in 2024
1st position
Italy
35 941
thousand toe
of energy in 2024
5th position
(thousand toe )
(thousand toe )
Comparator
Portugal
vs
Portugal
+133.0%
compared with 1990
+20.0%
in the last decade
8th
highest increase among the 13 countries with increased production in the last decade
(thousand toe )
Solid
fuels
0
Natural
gas
0
Oil and petroleum
products
0
Renewable
energy
7,722
Nuclear
energy
0
Other energy
products
170
(thousand toe )
Select a year
Portugal
vs
97.8%
of total energy production in Portugal in 2024 comes from renewable energy
20.1%
increase in renewable energy production in the last decade
Comparator
Portugal
vs
(thousand toe )
Total energy
consumption
Total energy
production
Energy
exports
Energy
imports
64.5%
dependence
on energy
imports
12th
highest of European Union
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0%
Renewable
Energy
0%
Energy
dependence
(thousand toe )
Exports
Imports
In 2024, Portugal was the 14th highest energy exporter (5,664 thousand toe) and the 13th highest importer (20,098 thousand toe).
Exports
Imports
In 2024, Portugal’s energy import dependency was 64.5%. It was the 12th highest in the European Union and decreased by 5.7 percentage points over the last decade.
(thousand toe )
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Solid
fuels
0
0
Natural
gas
0
0
Oil and petroleum
products
0
0
Renewable
energy
0
0
Nuclear
energy
0
0
Other energy
products
0
0
Exports
Imports
92.2%
Energy Imported
in 2024 relative
to consumption
71.8%
Energy Exported
in 2024 relative to
what the country
produced
Ratios above 100% reflect energy purchasing, selling and storage strategies for both domestic consumption and commercial purposes.
275
kilograms
(of oil equivalent)
3rd
lowest value and it was always below the EU average
4.8
tonnes of
greenhouse gases
emitted per capita, in 2024
3rd
position among the countries with the lowest per capita emissions and it was 11th highest reduction in greenhouse gas emissions
Over the last decade, Portugal recorded the 11th highest reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, per capita
Comparator
Portugal
vs
(tCO2eq - tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent)
Portugal recorded the 11th highest reduction in greenhouse gas emissions per capita over the last decade.
1.40 kg
average daily
municipal waste per inhabitant
in 2023
13th
highest value. It was above the EU average in 5 of the 29 years with data
(kg)
30.6%
recycling rate
in 2023
+20.1 p.p.
since the beginning of the century
3rd
18th highest growth among the 24 countries where this rate increased
In 2023, Portugal had the 7th lowest urban waste recycling rate in the European Union.
3.0%
Circular material
use rate in 2023
4th
lowest circular material use rate in the European Union in 2023
This circular material use rate is -9.2 percentage points the EU-27 average and, over the past ten years, the change has been +1.2 percentage points.
Comparator
Portugal
vs
(%)
Source: EUROSTAT
