Renewables share of electricity — all countries

Renewables share of electricity — Faroe Islands

Renewables share of electricity in the Faroe Islands in 2023 — 46.94%. Ranked 71 in the world out of 212. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 10.58 pp.

2023 46.94% +1.11 pp vs 2022
World rank 71of 212
Period maximum 59.38%2015
Period minimum 28.57%2010

Trend over time

2000–2023 · % of generation

Renewables share of electricity — Faroe Islands, 2000–202320304050602000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 36.36%2001: 33.33%2002: 41.67%2003: 33.33%2004: 40%2005: 44%2006: 44%2007: 44.45%2008: 37.03%2009: 37.03%2010: 28.57%2011: 37.03%2012: 37.93%2013: 37.93%2014: 51.61%2015: 59.38%2016: 48.39%2017: 51.51%2018: 48.57%2019: 39.48%2020: 39.03%2021: 39.54%2022: 45.83%2023: 46.94%
Change over the period: +10.58 pp Annual average: 0.46 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

Faroe Islands 46.94%
World computed 30.36%
Europe & Central Asia computed 39%
Northern Europe computed 65.3%
High-income countries computed 29.36%
Renewables share of electricity — Faroe Islands, by year Faroe Islands All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 46.94 +1.11 pp
2022 45.83 +6.29 pp
2021 39.54 +0.51 pp
2020 39.03 −0.45 pp
2019 39.48 −9.09 pp
2018 48.57 −2.94 pp
2017 51.51 +3.12 pp
2016 48.39 −10.99 pp
2015 59.38 +7.77 pp
2014 51.61 +13.68 pp
2013 37.93 +0 pp
2012 37.93 +0.9 pp
2011 37.03 +8.46 pp
2010 28.57 −8.46 pp
2009 37.03 +0 pp
2008 37.03 −7.42 pp
2007 44.45 +0.45 pp
2006 44 +0 pp
2005 44 +4 pp
2004 40 +6.67 pp
2003 33.33 −8.34 pp
2002 41.67 +8.34 pp
2001 33.33 −3.03 pp
2000 36.36

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.