Renewables share of electricity — all countries

Renewables share of electricity — Latvia

Renewables share of electricity in Latvia in 2025 — 73.93%. Ranked 22 in the world out of 91. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 5.81 pp.

2025 73.93% +0.48 pp vs 2024
World rank 22of 91
Period maximum 77.73%2023
Period minimum 49.53%2019

Trend over time

2000–2025 · % of generation

Renewables share of electricity — Latvia, 2000–202540506070802000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 68.12%2001: 66.28%2002: 62.46%2003: 58.94%2004: 68.23%2005: 69.51%2006: 57.05%2007: 59.24%2008: 60.91%2009: 63.92%2010: 54.9%2011: 50.57%2012: 66.61%2013: 56.94%2014: 54.48%2015: 50.18%2016: 54.2%2017: 72.51%2018: 51.94%2019: 49.53%2020: 63.63%2021: 63.58%2022: 75.94%2023: 77.73%2024: 73.45%2025: 73.93%
Change over the period: +5.81 pp Annual average: 0.23 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Latvia 73.93%
Europe & Central Asia computed 41.06%
Northern Europe computed 68.37%
Renewables share of electricity — Latvia, by year Latvia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 73.93 +0.48 pp
2024 73.45 −4.28 pp
2023 77.73 +1.79 pp
2022 75.94 +12.36 pp
2021 63.58 −0.05 pp
2020 63.63 +14.1 pp
2019 49.53 −2.41 pp
2018 51.94 −20.57 pp
2017 72.51 +18.31 pp
2016 54.2 +4.02 pp
2015 50.18 −4.3 pp
2014 54.48 −2.46 pp
2013 56.94 −9.67 pp
2012 66.61 +16.04 pp
2011 50.57 −4.33 pp
2010 54.9 −9.02 pp
2009 63.92 +3.01 pp
2008 60.91 +1.67 pp
2007 59.24 +2.19 pp
2006 57.05 −12.46 pp
2005 69.51 +1.28 pp
2004 68.23 +9.29 pp
2003 58.94 −3.52 pp
2002 62.46 −3.82 pp
2001 66.28 −1.84 pp
2000 68.12

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.