According to the officially declared data, in 2022 the electricity production in Georgia increased by 12.7 percent year-over-year, and amounted to 14 246.6 million kilowatt-hours. The increase in electricity production was mainly due to increase in water runoff. In 2022 were produced 36.6 thousand tonnes of crude oil (3.1 percent more than in 2021), 146.3 thousand tonnes of coal (1.1 percent less than in the previous year) and 14.6 million m3 natural gas (8.8 percent less than in the previous year). According to the survey results, in 2022 firewood production decreased by 11.4 percent compared to the previous year, and amounted to 1 113.5 thousand m3 .
Sakstat reports that electricity (78.1 percent) holds the largest share in production, followed by energy produced from biofuel and waste (13.3 percent), which is mainly represented by wood, while the share of the other energy forms are lower.
Final electricity consumption in 2022 was 13 385.5 million kilowatt-hours, 2.0 percent more than in the previous year. According to 2022 data, demand on natural gas amounted to 3 361.0 million m3 (20.0 percent more than in the previous year).
Final consumption of natural gas for the same period was 2 528.7 million m3 , which is 13.6 percent more than in the previous year. Compared to 2021, consumption of natural gas has increased in household sector (9.4 percent more). Respective to the demand, consumption of natural gas has increased in road transport and in certain subsectors of industry.
According to the survey results, in 2022, 1 375.4 thousand tonnes of oil products were consumed in the country (1.1 percent more than in the previous year). Natural gas holds 41.8 percent share within the total energy consumption structure. Oil products (27.1 percent) and electricity (22.2 percent) are also characterized with a relatively high share. During the year, 4.5 percent share of consumed energy is coal, while the remaining 4.4 percent share are biofuel, geothermal and solar energy.
The sectoral analysis of energy consumption in 2022 shows that the largest consumers of energy resources are the transport and household sectors, accounting for 31.1 and 30.4 percent of total consumption, respectively. As for other sectors, industry accounts for 18.1 percent, construction for 4.3 percent, agriculture, forestry and fisheries for 0.6 percent, and the remaining 15.6 percent is consumed by private and public services and other consumers.
