Renewables share of electricity — all countries

Renewables share of electricity — Europe & Central Asia

Renewables share of electricity in Europe & Central Asia in 2025 — 41.06%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 22.22 pp.

2025 41.06% −0.14 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 41.2%2024
Period minimum 17%2003

Trend over time

2000–2025 · % of generation

Renewables share of electricity — Europe & Central Asia, 2000–202510203040502000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 18.84%2001: 18.82%2002: 17.79%2003: 17%2004: 18.3%2005: 18.52%2006: 18.31%2007: 18.84%2008: 19.44%2009: 21.17%2010: 22.12%2011: 21.92%2012: 24.06%2013: 26.27%2014: 26.94%2015: 27.92%2016: 28.47%2017: 28.52%2018: 30.21%2019: 31.86%2020: 35.31%2021: 34%2022: 34.8%2023: 39%2024: 41.2%2025: 41.06%
Change over the period: +22.22 pp Annual average: 0.89 pp
Renewables share of electricity — Europe & Central Asia, by year Europe & Central Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 41.06 −0.14 pp
2024 41.2 +2.2 pp
2023 39 +4.19 pp
2022 34.8 +0.8 pp
2021 34 −1.31 pp
2020 35.31 +3.45 pp
2019 31.86 +1.65 pp
2018 30.21 +1.69 pp
2017 28.52 +0.04 pp
2016 28.47 +0.55 pp
2015 27.92 +0.98 pp
2014 26.94 +0.67 pp
2013 26.27 +2.22 pp
2012 24.06 +2.14 pp
2011 21.92 −0.2 pp
2010 22.12 +0.95 pp
2009 21.17 +1.73 pp
2008 19.44 +0.6 pp
2007 18.84 +0.53 pp
2006 18.31 −0.22 pp
2005 18.52 +0.23 pp
2004 18.3 +1.29 pp
2003 17 −0.79 pp
2002 17.79 −1.03 pp
2001 18.82 −0.02 pp
2000 18.84

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.