Renewables share of electricity — all countries

Renewables share of electricity — Norway

Renewables share of electricity in Norway in 2025 — 98.99%. Ranked 4 in the world out of 91. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 0.72 pp.

2025 98.99% +0.39 pp vs 2024
World rank 4of 91
Period maximum 99.71%2000
Period minimum 95.79%2010

Trend over time

2000–2025 · % of generation

Renewables share of electricity — Norway, 2000–202595969798991002000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 99.71%2001: 99.52%2002: 99.58%2003: 99.4%2004: 99.36%2005: 99.46%2006: 99.32%2007: 99.14%2008: 99.4%2009: 96.58%2010: 95.79%2011: 96.8%2012: 98.23%2013: 97.95%2014: 97.92%2015: 97.94%2016: 98.06%2017: 98.12%2018: 98.02%2019: 97.94%2020: 98.52%2021: 99.31%2022: 98.66%2023: 98.47%2024: 98.6%2025: 98.99%
Change over the period: −0.72 pp Annual average: -0.03 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Norway 98.99%
Europe & Central Asia computed 41.06%
Northern Europe computed 68.37%
Renewables share of electricity — Norway, by year Norway All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 98.99 +0.39 pp
2024 98.6 +0.13 pp
2023 98.47 −0.19 pp
2022 98.66 −0.65 pp
2021 99.31 +0.79 pp
2020 98.52 +0.58 pp
2019 97.94 −0.08 pp
2018 98.02 −0.1 pp
2017 98.12 +0.06 pp
2016 98.06 +0.12 pp
2015 97.94 +0.02 pp
2014 97.92 −0.03 pp
2013 97.95 −0.28 pp
2012 98.23 +1.43 pp
2011 96.8 +1.01 pp
2010 95.79 −0.79 pp
2009 96.58 −2.82 pp
2008 99.4 +0.26 pp
2007 99.14 −0.18 pp
2006 99.32 −0.14 pp
2005 99.46 +0.1 pp
2004 99.36 −0.04 pp
2003 99.4 −0.18 pp
2002 99.58 +0.06 pp
2001 99.52 −0.19 pp
2000 99.71

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.