Renewables excluding hydro, share of electricity — all countries

Renewables excluding hydro, share of electricity — Euro area

Renewables excluding hydro, share of electricity in the Euro area in 2021 — 25.81%. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 25.71 pp.

2021 25.81% −0.68 pp vs 2020
World rank
Period maximum 26.5%2020
Period minimum 0%1992

Trend over time

1990–2021 · % of generation

Renewables excluding hydro, share of electricity — Euro area, 1990–2021-1001020301990199419982002200620102014201820211990: 0.1%1991: 0.04%1992: 0%1993: 0.21%1994: 0.34%1995: 0.28%1996: 0.19%1997: 0.52%1998: 0.64%1999: 0.73%2000: 2.11%2001: 2.33%2002: 2.87%2003: 3.36%2004: 4.06%2005: 4.76%2006: 5.5%2007: 6.56%2008: 7.46%2009: 8.81%2010: 9.71%2011: 11.88%2012: 14.03%2013: 15.59%2014: 16.76%2015: 18.28%2016: 18.4%2017: 20.2%2018: 21.18%2019: 23.52%2020: 26.5%2021: 25.81%
Change over the period: +25.71 pp Annual average: 0.83 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

Euro area 25.81%
World 12.42%
Renewables excluding hydro, share of electricity — Euro area, by year Euro area All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 25.81 −0.68 pp
2020 26.5 +2.98 pp
2019 23.52 +2.34 pp
2018 21.18 +0.98 pp
2017 20.2 +1.8 pp
2016 18.4 +0.12 pp
2015 18.28 +1.52 pp
2014 16.76 +1.18 pp
2013 15.59 +1.56 pp
2012 14.03 +2.15 pp
2011 11.88 +2.18 pp
2010 9.71 +0.9 pp
2009 8.81 +1.35 pp
2008 7.46 +0.9 pp
2007 6.56 +1.06 pp
2006 5.5 +0.73 pp
2005 4.76 +0.7 pp
2004 4.06 +0.7 pp
2003 3.36 +0.49 pp
2002 2.87 +0.54 pp
2001 2.33 +0.21 pp
2000 2.11 +1.39 pp
1999 0.73 +0.09 pp
1998 0.64 +0.12 pp
1997 0.52 +0.33 pp
1996 0.19 −0.09 pp
1995 0.28 −0.06 pp
1994 0.34 +0.13 pp
1993 0.21 +0.21 pp
1992 0 −0.04 pp
1991 0.04 −0.06 pp
1990 0.1

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.