Renewables share of electricity — all countries

Renewables share of electricity — European Union

Renewables share of electricity in the European Union in 2025 — 47.88%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 32.36 pp.

2025 47.88% −0.14 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 48.02%2024
Period minimum 14.2%2003

Trend over time

2000–2025 · % of generation

Renewables share of electricity — European Union, 2000–202502040602000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 15.52%2001: 16.17%2002: 14.33%2003: 14.2%2004: 15.35%2005: 15.38%2006: 15.93%2007: 16.83%2008: 18.26%2009: 20.33%2010: 22.16%2011: 22.21%2012: 25.1%2013: 27.98%2014: 29.65%2015: 29.82%2016: 30.14%2017: 29.91%2018: 32.36%2019: 34.05%2020: 38.5%2021: 37.46%2022: 38.88%2023: 45.24%2024: 48.02%2025: 47.88%
Change over the period: +32.36 pp Annual average: 1.29 pp
Renewables share of electricity — European Union, by year European Union All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 47.88 −0.14 pp
2024 48.02 +2.78 pp
2023 45.24 +6.36 pp
2022 38.88 +1.43 pp
2021 37.46 −1.04 pp
2020 38.5 +4.44 pp
2019 34.05 +1.69 pp
2018 32.36 +2.45 pp
2017 29.91 −0.23 pp
2016 30.14 +0.32 pp
2015 29.82 +0.17 pp
2014 29.65 +1.66 pp
2013 27.98 +2.88 pp
2012 25.1 +2.89 pp
2011 22.21 +0.05 pp
2010 22.16 +1.83 pp
2009 20.33 +2.07 pp
2008 18.26 +1.43 pp
2007 16.83 +0.9 pp
2006 15.93 +0.55 pp
2005 15.38 +0.03 pp
2004 15.35 +1.15 pp
2003 14.2 −0.13 pp
2002 14.33 −1.84 pp
2001 16.17 +0.65 pp
2000 15.52

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.