Clean electricity share — all countries

Clean electricity share — United Kingdom

Clean electricity share in the United Kingdom in 2025 — 64.43%. Ranked 36 in the world out of 91. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 39.24 pp.

2025 64.43% −0.5 pp vs 2024
World rank 36of 91
Period maximum 64.93%2024
Period minimum 19.13%2008

Trend over time

2000–2025 · % of generation

Clean electricity share — United Kingdom, 2000–20250204060802000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 25.19%2001: 25.89%2002: 25.56%2003: 24.95%2004: 23.9%2005: 24.74%2006: 23.55%2007: 20.84%2008: 19.13%2009: 25.04%2010: 23.11%2011: 28.33%2012: 30.68%2013: 34.56%2014: 37.94%2015: 45.35%2016: 45.63%2017: 50.04%2018: 52.49%2019: 53.76%2020: 59.25%2021: 54.75%2022: 56.2%2023: 60.25%2024: 64.93%2025: 64.43%
Change over the period: +39.24 pp Annual average: 1.57 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

United Kingdom 64.43%
Europe & Central Asia computed 59.01%
Northern Europe computed 82.99%
Clean electricity share — United Kingdom, by year United Kingdom All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 64.43 −0.5 pp
2024 64.93 +4.68 pp
2023 60.25 +4.05 pp
2022 56.2 +1.45 pp
2021 54.75 −4.5 pp
2020 59.25 +5.49 pp
2019 53.76 +1.27 pp
2018 52.49 +2.45 pp
2017 50.04 +4.41 pp
2016 45.63 +0.28 pp
2015 45.35 +7.41 pp
2014 37.94 +3.38 pp
2013 34.56 +3.88 pp
2012 30.68 +2.35 pp
2011 28.33 +5.22 pp
2010 23.11 −1.93 pp
2009 25.04 +5.91 pp
2008 19.13 −1.71 pp
2007 20.84 −2.71 pp
2006 23.55 −1.19 pp
2005 24.74 +0.84 pp
2004 23.9 −1.05 pp
2003 24.95 −0.61 pp
2002 25.56 −0.33 pp
2001 25.89 +0.7 pp
2000 25.19

Northern Europe, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

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.