Renewables share of electricity — all countries

Renewables share of electricity — Euro area

Renewables share of electricity in the Euro area in 2025 — 47.95%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 33.99 pp.

2025 47.95% −0.4 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 48.35%2024
Period minimum 13.02%2002

Trend over time

2000–2025 · % of generation

Renewables share of electricity — Euro area, 2000–202502040602000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 13.96%2001: 14.9%2002: 13.02%2003: 13.63%2004: 14.43%2005: 13.72%2006: 14.96%2007: 15.82%2008: 17.24%2009: 19.45%2010: 21.42%2011: 21.39%2012: 24.23%2013: 27.95%2014: 29.3%2015: 28.8%2016: 29.71%2017: 29.29%2018: 32.52%2019: 33.92%2020: 38.31%2021: 37.2%2022: 38.51%2023: 45.34%2024: 48.35%2025: 47.95%
Change over the period: +33.99 pp Annual average: 1.36 pp
Renewables share of electricity — Euro area, by year Euro area All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 47.95 −0.4 pp
2024 48.35 +3.01 pp
2023 45.34 +6.83 pp
2022 38.51 +1.31 pp
2021 37.2 −1.11 pp
2020 38.31 +4.39 pp
2019 33.92 +1.4 pp
2018 32.52 +3.23 pp
2017 29.29 −0.42 pp
2016 29.71 +0.91 pp
2015 28.8 −0.5 pp
2014 29.3 +1.36 pp
2013 27.95 +3.72 pp
2012 24.23 +2.84 pp
2011 21.39 −0.03 pp
2010 21.42 +1.97 pp
2009 19.45 +2.21 pp
2008 17.24 +1.42 pp
2007 15.82 +0.86 pp
2006 14.96 +1.25 pp
2005 13.72 −0.71 pp
2004 14.43 +0.8 pp
2003 13.63 +0.61 pp
2002 13.02 −1.88 pp
2001 14.9 +0.94 pp
2000 13.96

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.