Renewables share of electricity — all countries

Renewables share of electricity — Bulgaria

Renewables share of electricity in Bulgaria in 2025 — 32.83%. Ranked 52 in the world out of 91. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 26.35 pp.

2025 32.83% +2.92 pp vs 2024
World rank 52of 91
Period maximum 32.83%2025
Period minimum 3.8%2001

Trend over time

2000–2025 · % of generation

Renewables share of electricity — Bulgaria, 2000–20250102030402000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 6.48%2001: 3.8%2002: 5.04%2003: 7.07%2004: 7.59%2005: 9.8%2006: 9.3%2007: 6.73%2008: 6.58%2009: 8.7%2010: 12.54%2011: 7.78%2012: 11.3%2013: 16.06%2014: 15.75%2015: 17.96%2016: 15.81%2017: 13.67%2018: 20.17%2019: 17.13%2020: 18.62%2021: 21.83%2022: 19.16%2023: 25.07%2024: 29.91%2025: 32.83%
Change over the period: +26.35 pp Annual average: 1.05 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Bulgaria 32.83%
Europe & Central Asia computed 41.06%
Eastern Europe computed 20.14%
Renewables share of electricity — Bulgaria, by year Bulgaria All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 32.83 +2.92 pp
2024 29.91 +4.84 pp
2023 25.07 +5.91 pp
2022 19.16 −2.67 pp
2021 21.83 +3.21 pp
2020 18.62 +1.49 pp
2019 17.13 −3.04 pp
2018 20.17 +6.5 pp
2017 13.67 −2.14 pp
2016 15.81 −2.15 pp
2015 17.96 +2.21 pp
2014 15.75 −0.31 pp
2013 16.06 +4.76 pp
2012 11.3 +3.52 pp
2011 7.78 −4.76 pp
2010 12.54 +3.84 pp
2009 8.7 +2.12 pp
2008 6.58 −0.15 pp
2007 6.73 −2.57 pp
2006 9.3 −0.5 pp
2005 9.8 +2.21 pp
2004 7.59 +0.52 pp
2003 7.07 +2.03 pp
2002 5.04 +1.24 pp
2001 3.8 −2.68 pp
2000 6.48

Eastern Europe, 2025

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

About the indicator

The share of electricity from all renewable sources: hydro, wind, solar, biomass, geothermal and tidal plants. It differs fundamentally from the indicator for renewables excluding hydro, and the difference explains most of the puzzlement such rankings cause: with hydro included, the top of the list holds countries whose renewable share has always been high — Norway, Paraguay, Nepal — while excluding hydro shows those that rebuilt their generation over the past twenty years.

Important: Hydro is included. The series without hydro is Renewables excluding hydro; it comes from the World Bank and covers more territories. Aggregates are weighted by generation and computed from 2000 onward.

Source: Yearly Electricity Data (Ember), license CC BY 4.0.