Net Zero Industry Tracker 2024 Cross Sector Findings
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2019 vs. 2023 demand by sector FIGURE 7
Year-over-year (YOY) change*
2019 202350 40 10 20 30 60 80 70 0
1,500 2,500 500 1,000 2,000 3,000 4,500 3,500 4,000 0Shipping
(Trillion tonne miles)+4% +1%
Trucking
(Trillion tonne km)+23% +2%Aviation
(Trillion RPK)-6% +37%
Oil and gas
(mboe/d)+4% +3%Primary
chemicals (MT)+37% +2%Aluminium
(MT)+14% +3%Cement
(MT)-3% -2%Steel
(MT)+1% +0.1%
Notes: *YOY Change represents 2023 vs. 2022.
Sources: IEA and IAI. Industry output
The overall demand across the eight sectors
in scope saw an average 9.2% increase in the
2019-2023 period. The rise in demand has been
driven by the heavy industry sectors, which saw an
average 10.6% increase, where all sectors except
cement saw an increase. Primary chemicals and
aluminium saw the highest growth across the heavy
industry sectors. Cement saw a decline, mainly
due to decreased production in China, which
accounts for around half of global production, due to its real-estate crisis and COVID-19 pandemic-
related policies. The heavy transport sectors saw an
average 6.9% increase, mainly driven by the sharp
rise in trucking demand, followed by shipping, while
aviation demand saw a decline.
More recently, from 2022 to 2023, the sectors in
scope saw an average 5.8% increase. All sectors
except cement saw an increase during this period.
The rise in demand was mainly due to aviation,
which saw a 36.9%26 increase recovering from
the exceptional COVID-19 pandemic period drop,
followed by oil and gas with a 2.9% increase.27
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Net-Zero Industry Tracker: 2024 Edition
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