Renewables excluding hydro, share of electricity — all countries

Renewables excluding hydro, share of electricity — Bulgaria

Renewables excluding hydro, share of electricity in Bulgaria in 2021 — 11.54%. Ranked 66 in the world out of 208. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 11.54 pp.

2021 11.54% +0.14 pp vs 2020
World rank 66of 208
Period maximum 11.54%2021
Period minimum -0.6%1999

Trend over time

1990–2021 · % of generation

Renewables excluding hydro, share of electricity — Bulgaria, 1990–2021-50510151990199419982002200620102014201820211990: 0%1991: 0%1992: 0%1993: 0%1994: 0%1995: 0%1996: 0%1997: -0.43%1998: -0.55%1999: -0.6%2000: 0%2001: 0%2002: 0%2003: 0%2004: 0%2005: 0.01%2006: 0.04%2007: 0.11%2008: 0.31%2009: 0.58%2010: 1.57%2011: 2%2012: 4.37%2013: 6.56%2014: 5.87%2015: 6.31%2016: 6.99%2017: 7.24%2018: 9.04%2019: 10.29%2020: 11.4%2021: 11.54%
Change over the period: +11.54 pp Annual average: 0.37 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

Bulgaria 11.54%
World 12.42%
Eastern Europe computed 4.18%
Renewables excluding hydro, share of electricity — Bulgaria, by year Bulgaria All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 11.54 +0.14 pp
2020 11.4 +1.11 pp
2019 10.29 +1.25 pp
2018 9.04 +1.8 pp
2017 7.24 +0.25 pp
2016 6.99 +0.68 pp
2015 6.31 +0.44 pp
2014 5.87 −0.7 pp
2013 6.56 +2.2 pp
2012 4.37 +2.36 pp
2011 2 +0.44 pp
2010 1.57 +0.99 pp
2009 0.58 +0.27 pp
2008 0.31 +0.2 pp
2007 0.11 +0.06 pp
2006 0.04 +0.03 pp
2005 0.01 +0.01 pp
2004 0 +0 pp
2003 0 +0 pp
2002 0 +0 pp
2001 0 +0 pp
2000 0 +0.6 pp
1999 -0.6 −0.05 pp
1998 -0.55 −0.12 pp
1997 -0.43 −0.43 pp
1996 0 +0 pp
1995 0 +0 pp
1994 0 +0 pp
1993 0 +0 pp
1992 0 +0 pp
1991 0 +0 pp
1990 0

About the indicator

The share of electricity from renewable sources other than hydroelectric plants: solar, wind, biomass, geothermal and tidal. Hydro is set apart deliberately — it was developed long ago and is nearly exhausted, while the growth of renewable generation over the past twenty years came precisely from solar and wind. This series therefore reads as a measure of the energy transition, whereas the total renewable share has always been high in countries with large hydro plants.

Important: The World Bank keeps solar and wind together with biomass and geothermal; separately they are available as Ember series. The total renewable share is available as a ready-made series, Renewables share of electricity. Aggregates are weighted by generation, from 2000 onward.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.