Clean electricity share — all countries

Clean electricity share — Ireland

Clean electricity share in Ireland in 2025 — 48.21%. Ranked 47 in the world out of 91. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 43.17 pp.

2025 48.21% +1.68 pp vs 2024
World rank 47of 91
Period maximum 48.21%2025
Period minimum 4.23%2001

Trend over time

2000–2025 · % of generation

Clean electricity share — Ireland, 2000–202502040602000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 5.04%2001: 4.23%2002: 5.56%2003: 4.63%2004: 5.6%2005: 7.38%2006: 9.23%2007: 10.01%2008: 12.17%2009: 14.87%2010: 13.39%2011: 20.22%2012: 19.59%2013: 22.28%2014: 25.03%2015: 28.32%2016: 25.11%2017: 29.26%2018: 33.31%2019: 38.71%2020: 42.44%2021: 37.05%2022: 39.21%2023: 45.27%2024: 46.53%2025: 48.21%
Change over the period: +43.17 pp Annual average: 1.73 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Ireland 48.21%
Europe & Central Asia computed 59.01%
Northern Europe computed 82.99%
Clean electricity share — Ireland, by year Ireland All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 48.21 +1.68 pp
2024 46.53 +1.26 pp
2023 45.27 +6.06 pp
2022 39.21 +2.16 pp
2021 37.05 −5.39 pp
2020 42.44 +3.73 pp
2019 38.71 +5.4 pp
2018 33.31 +4.05 pp
2017 29.26 +4.15 pp
2016 25.11 −3.21 pp
2015 28.32 +3.29 pp
2014 25.03 +2.75 pp
2013 22.28 +2.69 pp
2012 19.59 −0.63 pp
2011 20.22 +6.83 pp
2010 13.39 −1.48 pp
2009 14.87 +2.7 pp
2008 12.17 +2.16 pp
2007 10.01 +0.78 pp
2006 9.23 +1.85 pp
2005 7.38 +1.78 pp
2004 5.6 +0.97 pp
2003 4.63 −0.93 pp
2002 5.56 +1.33 pp
2001 4.23 −0.81 pp
2000 5.04

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.