Transport natural and petroleum gas consumption, Germany
Transport natural and petroleum gas consumption, Germany stood at 0.67 PJ in 2025. It is one of the indicators in the Energy balance table (Value · Annual), with a complete series running from 1990 to 2025. The complete series with an interactive chart, free to download.
This indicator in the Energy balance table
| Indicator | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 2,538.92 | 2,486.02 | 2,505.59 | 2,527.15 | 2,378.95 | 2,315.95 | 2,746.34 | 2,738.23 | 2,784.36 | 2,703.57 | |
| Gases | 0.67 | 2.22 | 6.94 | 7.86 | 8.05 | 4.73 | 4.84 | 5.07 | 5.16 | 5.37 | |
| Natural gas and petroleum gas | 0.67 | 2.22 | 6.94 | 7.86 | 8.05 | 4.73 | 4.84 | 5.07 | 5.16 | 5.37 |
Understanding transport natural and petroleum gas consumption, Germany
Pressurized methane fuels and liquefied petroleum gases delivered for vehicular mobility comprise this line item. The scope includes compressed natural gas and liquefied natural gas dispensed to road trucks, municipal buses, and passenger vehicles, alongside liquefied petroleum gas supplied as autogas. Marine and rail applications using gas fuels also fall under this classification where tracked. The series sits alongside sibling rows covering liquid petroleum fuels, renewable energy carriers, electricity, and district heating within the transport energy balance. It explicitly excludes gases used in stationary heating systems at transit depots, pipeline compressor stations, and natural gas consumed in upstream refining or power generation.
Annual figures represent consolidated final consumption rather than pipeline throughput, eliminating transit flows and cross-border deliveries destined for other jurisdictions. Early publications frequently rely on preliminary delivery registries and corporate reporting, which undergo revision when full fiscal tax reconciliations and end-use questionnaires conclude. Because this is an annual series, seasonal swings in heating-related gas demand do not distort the total, though weather anomalies can affect fleet heating requirements. Comparisons over successive annual intervals provide the most reliable indication of fuel substitution. When comparing this metric with total gas send-out data, analysts must account for the fact that vehicular gas represents a distinct end-use fraction separate from residential heating and industrial processing.
Frequently asked questions
- Are liquefied petroleum gases and compressed natural gas reported together in this entry?
- Yes, this line item aggregates both pipeline-origin natural gas used in mobility and liquefied petroleum gas supplied for automotive propulsion.
- Does this series include renewable biomethane injected into public vehicle refueling networks?
- Biomethane certified as pure renewable fuel is typically accounted for under the transport renewable energy row rather than fossil gas balances.
- Why might transport gas consumption differ from retail fuel station sales logs?
- Energy balance figures capture wide end-use deliveries across both private commercial fleet depots and public retail networks, adjusting for fiscal tax returns.