In 2023, there were around 2.25 million oil heating systems in Germany with a performance class of 11 to 25 kilowatts. That same year, there were around 4.07 million oil heating units in the country. Numbers have been decreasing in the last decade. New German legislation came into effect in January 2024 which confirms the gradual phasing out of oil and gas heating systems.
Number of oil heating systems in Germany in 2023, by performance class
(in 1,000 units)
* Number of oil-firing plants liable to metering according to the first Federal Pollution Protection Regulations.
Information from around 7,700 authorized district chimney sweeps was the basis of this evaluation. The results were gathered on a federal level by the Federal Association of Chimney Sweeps.
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Bundesverband des Schornsteinfegerhandwerks. (July 11, 2024). Number of oil heating systems in Germany in 2023, by performance class (in 1,000 units) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 06, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1440357/oil-heating-systems-performance-class-germany/
Bundesverband des Schornsteinfegerhandwerks. "Number of oil heating systems in Germany in 2023, by performance class (in 1,000 units)." Chart. July 11, 2024. Statista. Accessed January 06, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1440357/oil-heating-systems-performance-class-germany/
Bundesverband des Schornsteinfegerhandwerks. (2024). Number of oil heating systems in Germany in 2023, by performance class (in 1,000 units). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 06, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1440357/oil-heating-systems-performance-class-germany/
Bundesverband des Schornsteinfegerhandwerks. "Number of Oil Heating Systems in Germany in 2023, by Performance Class (in 1,000 Units)." Statista, Statista Inc., 11 Jul 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1440357/oil-heating-systems-performance-class-germany/
Bundesverband des Schornsteinfegerhandwerks, Number of oil heating systems in Germany in 2023, by performance class (in 1,000 units) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1440357/oil-heating-systems-performance-class-germany/ (last visited January 06, 2025)
Number of oil heating systems in Germany in 2023, by performance class (in 1,000 units) [Graph], Bundesverband des Schornsteinfegerhandwerks, July 11, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1440357/oil-heating-systems-performance-class-germany/
