Renewables excluding hydro, share of electricity — all countries

Renewables excluding hydro, share of electricity — Southern Europe

Renewables excluding hydro, share of electricity in Southern Europe in 2021 — 27.06%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 24.86 pp.

2021 27.06% +1.57 pp vs 2020
World rank
Period maximum 27.06%2021
Period minimum 2.21%2000

Trend over time

2000–2021 · % of generation

Renewables excluding hydro, share of electricity — Southern Europe, 2000–20210102030200020032006200920122015201820212000: 2.21%2001: 2.66%2002: 3.29%2003: 3.85%2004: 4.41%2005: 5.18%2006: 5.69%2007: 6.6%2008: 7.85%2009: 10.12%2010: 11.83%2011: 13.81%2012: 17.16%2013: 20.06%2014: 20.85%2015: 20.73%2016: 20.76%2017: 21.28%2018: 21.28%2019: 23.58%2020: 25.5%2021: 27.06%
Change over the period: +24.86 pp Annual average: 1.18 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

Southern Europe 27.06%
World 12.42%
Renewables excluding hydro, share of electricity — Southern Europe, by year Southern Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 27.06 +1.57 pp
2020 25.5 +1.92 pp
2019 23.58 +2.3 pp
2018 21.28 −0.01 pp
2017 21.28 +0.52 pp
2016 20.76 +0.03 pp
2015 20.73 −0.12 pp
2014 20.85 +0.78 pp
2013 20.06 +2.9 pp
2012 17.16 +3.35 pp
2011 13.81 +1.98 pp
2010 11.83 +1.71 pp
2009 10.12 +2.26 pp
2008 7.85 +1.25 pp
2007 6.6 +0.91 pp
2006 5.69 +0.51 pp
2005 5.18 +0.77 pp
2004 4.41 +0.56 pp
2003 3.85 +0.56 pp
2002 3.29 +0.64 pp
2001 2.66 +0.45 pp
2000 2.21

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.