Between 2000 and 2015, domestic energy use decreased by 11.1%, contrasting with an increase in the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of 3.0% in volume. This evolution resulted in a 13.7% reduction in energy intensity. The households reduced their energy use per capita by 15.4%.
In the energy sector, the share of renewable energy inputs in the electricity generation increased from an average of 17.8% in the five year period 2000-2004 to 34.6% in the five-year period 2011-2015. There was also a significant increase of 254.0% in energy exports in the same period, mainly as a result of investments in the refining system, as well as a reduction in energy dependence (on average from 84.7% in the five-year period 2000-2004 to 73.9% in the five-year period 2011-2015).