Clean electricity share — all countries

Clean electricity share — Faroe Islands

Clean electricity share in the Faroe Islands in 2023 — 46.94%. Ranked 81 in the world out of 212. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 10.58 pp.

2023 46.94% +1.11 pp vs 2022
World rank 81of 212
Period maximum 59.38%2015
Period minimum 28.57%2010

Trend over time

2000–2023 · % of generation

Clean electricity share — Faroe Islands, 2000–202320304050602000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 36.36%2001: 33.33%2002: 41.67%2003: 33.33%2004: 40%2005: 44%2006: 44%2007: 44.45%2008: 37.03%2009: 37.03%2010: 28.57%2011: 37.03%2012: 37.93%2013: 37.93%2014: 51.61%2015: 59.38%2016: 48.39%2017: 51.51%2018: 48.57%2019: 39.48%2020: 39.03%2021: 39.54%2022: 45.83%2023: 46.94%
Change over the period: +10.58 pp Annual average: 0.46 pp

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Faroe Islands

Faroe Islands 46.94%
World computed 39.33%
Europe & Central Asia computed 56.69%
Northern Europe computed 80.77%
High-income countries computed 45.61%
Clean electricity share — Faroe Islands, by year Faroe Islands All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 46.94 +1.11 pp
2022 45.83 +6.29 pp
2021 39.54 +0.51 pp
2020 39.03 −0.45 pp
2019 39.48 −9.09 pp
2018 48.57 −2.94 pp
2017 51.51 +3.12 pp
2016 48.39 −10.99 pp
2015 59.38 +7.77 pp
2014 51.61 +13.68 pp
2013 37.93 +0 pp
2012 37.93 +0.9 pp
2011 37.03 +8.46 pp
2010 28.57 −8.46 pp
2009 37.03 +0 pp
2008 37.03 −7.42 pp
2007 44.45 +0.45 pp
2006 44 +0 pp
2005 44 +4 pp
2004 40 +6.67 pp
2003 33.33 −8.34 pp
2002 41.67 +8.34 pp
2001 33.33 −3.03 pp
2000 36.36

About the indicator

The share of electricity from sources that emit nothing while they operate: all renewables together with nuclear generation. Ember calls such generation clean, and it is also described as low-carbon; the grouping is made on a single feature — the absence of carbon dioxide emissions per kilowatt-hour — and it has no bearing on any other property of nuclear power. The indicator is useful precisely because it does not depend on the choice between the two ways of doing without fuel: a country with a large nuclear program and a country with hydropower end up side by side.

Important: Renewables and nuclear together, on the criterion of no emissions while operating. It complements the fossil fuel share: together they come to about one hundred percent. Aggregates are weighted by generation and computed from 2000 onward.

Source: Yearly Electricity Data (Ember), license CC BY 4.0.