Clean electricity share — all countries

Clean electricity share — Portugal

Clean electricity share in Portugal in 2025 — 80.89%. Ranked 20 in the world out of 91. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 51.1 pp.

2025 80.89% −4.3 pp vs 2024
World rank 20of 91
Period maximum 85.19%2024
Period minimum 17.93%2005

Trend over time

2000–2025 · % of generation

Clean electricity share — Portugal, 2000–202502550751002000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 29.79%2001: 34.17%2002: 21.36%2003: 38.16%2004: 27.56%2005: 17.93%2006: 32.48%2007: 34.7%2008: 32.29%2009: 37.03%2010: 53.01%2011: 46.57%2012: 42.63%2013: 58.53%2014: 60.96%2015: 47.62%2016: 54.7%2017: 39.2%2018: 50.4%2019: 53.12%2020: 58.59%2021: 64.09%2022: 59.6%2023: 74.47%2024: 85.19%2025: 80.89%
Change over the period: +51.1 pp Annual average: 2.04 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Portugal 80.89%
Europe & Central Asia computed 59.01%
Southern Europe computed 60.39%
Clean electricity share — Portugal, by year Portugal All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 80.89 −4.3 pp
2024 85.19 +10.72 pp
2023 74.47 +14.87 pp
2022 59.6 −4.49 pp
2021 64.09 +5.5 pp
2020 58.59 +5.47 pp
2019 53.12 +2.72 pp
2018 50.4 +11.2 pp
2017 39.2 −15.5 pp
2016 54.7 +7.08 pp
2015 47.62 −13.34 pp
2014 60.96 +2.43 pp
2013 58.53 +15.9 pp
2012 42.63 −3.94 pp
2011 46.57 −6.44 pp
2010 53.01 +15.98 pp
2009 37.03 +4.74 pp
2008 32.29 −2.41 pp
2007 34.7 +2.22 pp
2006 32.48 +14.55 pp
2005 17.93 −9.63 pp
2004 27.56 −10.6 pp
2003 38.16 +16.8 pp
2002 21.36 −12.81 pp
2001 34.17 +4.38 pp
2000 29.79

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.