TurkStat 2025 Household Energy Consumption Statistics Announced

According to the results of the 2025 Household Final Energy Consumption Statistics by the Turkish Statistical Institute, the total final energy consumption of households was calculated as 1 million 382 thousand 611 terajoules.

Total Energy Consumption and the Leading Resource

According to the 2025 Household Final Energy Consumption Statistics announced by the Turkish Statistical Institute, the total final energy consumption of households reached 1 million 382 thousand 611 terajoules. Within this consumption, natural gas ranked first by a wide margin with a rate of 52.1 percent.

Consumption Shares of Energy Types

Energy types with the highest consumption shares after natural gas were also determined. Accordingly, electricity consumption stood at 19.3 percent, while solid biomass usage had a share of 13.3 percent.

Energy Distribution by Usage Purposes

A large portion, namely 62.0 percent, of the total final energy consumed in households was spent for space heating. Space heating was followed by lighting and electrical appliances usage with 16.0 percent, and water heating with 12.7 percent.

Consumption for Cooking and Cooling Purposes

According to the research, energy consumption for cooking purposes constituted 8.2 percent of total consumption. The share of space cooling and other purposes consumption stood at the level of 1.0 percent.

Usage Areas of Natural Gas

When looking at the usage purposes of natural gas consumed by households, it was seen that 74.2 percent of it was spent for space heating. 16.0 percent of natural gas was consumed for water heating and 9.8 percent for cooking purposes.

Usage Distribution of Electrical Energy

In electricity consumption, lighting and electrical appliances ranked first with 83.0 percent according to the purpose of use. This item was followed by space cooling with 5.3 percent and water heating with 4.5 percent.