| Energy Production and Consumption | Belgium | Europe | World | |
| (in thousand metric tons of oil equivalent) {a} | ||||
| Total Energy Production, 2000 | 13438 | 2253336 | 10077984 | |
| % change since 1980 | 68 % | 152 % | 37 % | |
| Energy Imports, 1997 | 71574 | 1341347 | 9521506 | |
| Energy Exports, 1997 | 22701 | 961926 | 3419104 | |
| Total Energy Consumption {b}, 1999 | 58642 | 2559701 | 9702786 | |
| Electricity consumption, 1999 | 6408 | 291148 | 1040770 | |
| Energy consumption per capita, 1997 | 6 | 4 | 2 | |
| % change since 1990 | 16 % | -14 % | 0 % | |
| Energy Consumption per GDP {c}, 1999: | 241 | 243 | 244 | |
| % change since 1990 | 2 % | X | -13 % | |
| Energy Consumption by Source, 1999 (in thousand metric tons oil equivalent) | ||||
| Total Fossil Fuels | 44995 | 2117484 | 7689047 | |
| Coal and coal products | 7479 | 480313 | 2278524 | |
| Crude oil and natural gas liquids | 32840 | 906066 | 3563084 | |
| Natural Gas | 13336 | 786787 | 2012559 | |
| Nuclear | 12774 | 303885 | 661901 | |
| Hydroelectric | 29 | 60847 | 222223 | |
| Renewables, excluding hydroelectric: | 373 | 64845 | 1097889 | |
| Primary solid biomass (includes fuelwood) | 349 | 56374 | 1035139 | |
| Biogas and liquid biomass | 21 | 1919 | 14931 | |
| Geothermal | 1 | 4886 | 43802 | |
| Solar | 1 | 390 | 2217 | |
| Wind | 1 | 1227 | 1748 | |
| Tide, wave, and ocean | 0 | 50 | 53 | |
| Energy Consumption by Sector, 1999 | ||||
| (in thousand metric tons of oil equivalent) | ||||
| Industry | 15904 | 569813 | 2140474 | |
| Transportation | 9829 | 451881 | 1755505 | |
| Agriculture | 892 | 51724 | 166287 | |
| Commercial & public services | 3718 | 154692 | 511555 | |
| Residential | 9584 | 477196 | 1845475 | |
| Non-energy Uses | 1333 | 76515 | 333981 | |
| Total Final Energy Consumption {d} | 41261 | 1781820 | 6753276 | |
| Resource Consumption | ||||
| Passenger Cars per 1000 people, 1998 | 440 | X | 109 | |
| Annual Motor Gasoline Consumption, 2000 | ||||
| (liters per person) | 292 | 290 | 179 | |
| Annual Meat Consumption, 1998 | ||||
| (kg per person) | X | 72 | 38 | |
| Annual Paper Consumption, 2000 | ||||
| (kg per person) | 270 | 133 | 53 | |
| Annual Coffee Consumption, 2001 | ||||
| (kg per person) | X | X | X | |
| Footnotes: | ||||
| a. One metric ton of oil equivalent (toe) is defined as 10 Exp. 7 kilocalories or 41.868 gigajoules, equal to the amount of energy contained in 1 metric ton of crude oil. | ||||
| b. In metric tons of oil equivalent per million constant 1995 international dollars. | ||||
| TPES = Energy Production + Imports - Exports - Stock Changes - Consumption by International Marine Bunkers | ||||
| c. In metric tons of oil equivalent per million constant 1995 international dollars. | ||||
| d. In this profile, "total final consumption" is calculated as the sum of energy consumption by sectors. Values may differ slightly from those reported by the International | ||||
| Energy Agency (IEA). | ||||
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