Clean electricity share — all countries

Clean electricity share — Northern Europe

Clean electricity share in Northern Europe in 2025 — 82.99%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 28.57 pp.

2025 82.99% −0.31 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 83.3%2024
Period minimum 48.9%2003

Trend over time

2000–2025 · % of generation

Clean electricity share — Northern Europe, 2000–20254050607080902000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 54.42%2001: 53.55%2002: 52.74%2003: 48.9%2004: 51.33%2005: 54.38%2006: 50.51%2007: 51.35%2008: 52.31%2009: 53.81%2010: 51.24%2011: 56.09%2012: 60.78%2013: 60.98%2014: 64.53%2015: 69.05%2016: 68.53%2017: 71.56%2018: 72.44%2019: 74.19%2020: 78.29%2021: 76.69%2022: 76.78%2023: 80.77%2024: 83.3%2025: 82.99%
Change over the period: +28.57 pp Annual average: 1.14 pp
Clean electricity share — Northern Europe, by year Northern Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 82.99 −0.31 pp
2024 83.3 +2.53 pp
2023 80.77 +3.99 pp
2022 76.78 +0.09 pp
2021 76.69 −1.6 pp
2020 78.29 +4.1 pp
2019 74.19 +1.75 pp
2018 72.44 +0.88 pp
2017 71.56 +3.03 pp
2016 68.53 −0.52 pp
2015 69.05 +4.52 pp
2014 64.53 +3.55 pp
2013 60.98 +0.2 pp
2012 60.78 +4.69 pp
2011 56.09 +4.85 pp
2010 51.24 −2.57 pp
2009 53.81 +1.5 pp
2008 52.31 +0.95 pp
2007 51.35 +0.85 pp
2006 50.51 −3.87 pp
2005 54.38 +3.05 pp
2004 51.33 +2.43 pp
2003 48.9 −3.84 pp
2002 52.74 −0.81 pp
2001 53.55 −0.88 pp
2000 54.42

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.