Renewables share of electricity — all countries

Renewables share of electricity — Denmark

Renewables share of electricity in Denmark in 2025 — 94.24%. Ranked 6 in the world out of 91. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 78.7 pp.

2025 94.24% +4.99 pp vs 2024
World rank 6of 91
Period maximum 94.24%2025
Period minimum 15.54%2000

Trend over time

2000–2025 · % of generation

Renewables share of electricity — Denmark, 2000–202502550751002000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 15.54%2001: 15.58%2002: 17.37%2003: 17.55%2004: 23.68%2005: 27.17%2006: 20.22%2007: 26.32%2008: 27.69%2009: 27.79%2010: 32.08%2011: 40.37%2012: 48.56%2013: 46.11%2014: 56.14%2015: 65.77%2016: 60.49%2017: 70.55%2018: 68.68%2019: 78.55%2020: 82.05%2021: 79.28%2022: 80.87%2023: 86.39%2024: 89.25%2025: 94.24%
Change over the period: +78.7 pp Annual average: 3.15 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Denmark 94.24%
Europe & Central Asia computed 41.06%
Northern Europe computed 68.37%
Renewables share of electricity — Denmark, by year Denmark All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 94.24 +4.99 pp
2024 89.25 +2.86 pp
2023 86.39 +5.52 pp
2022 80.87 +1.59 pp
2021 79.28 −2.77 pp
2020 82.05 +3.5 pp
2019 78.55 +9.87 pp
2018 68.68 −1.87 pp
2017 70.55 +10.06 pp
2016 60.49 −5.28 pp
2015 65.77 +9.63 pp
2014 56.14 +10.03 pp
2013 46.11 −2.45 pp
2012 48.56 +8.19 pp
2011 40.37 +8.29 pp
2010 32.08 +4.29 pp
2009 27.79 +0.1 pp
2008 27.69 +1.37 pp
2007 26.32 +6.1 pp
2006 20.22 −6.95 pp
2005 27.17 +3.49 pp
2004 23.68 +6.13 pp
2003 17.55 +0.18 pp
2002 17.37 +1.79 pp
2001 15.58 +0.04 pp
2000 15.54

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.