Renewables share of electricity — all countries

Renewables share of electricity — Portugal

Renewables share of electricity in Portugal in 2025 — 80.89%. Ranked 15 in the world out of 91. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 51.1 pp.

2025 80.89% −4.3 pp vs 2024
World rank 15of 91
Period maximum 85.19%2024
Period minimum 17.93%2005

Trend over time

2000–2025 · % of generation

Renewables share of electricity — Portugal, 2000–202502550751002000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 29.79%2001: 34.17%2002: 21.36%2003: 38.16%2004: 27.56%2005: 17.93%2006: 32.48%2007: 34.7%2008: 32.29%2009: 37.03%2010: 53.01%2011: 46.57%2012: 42.63%2013: 58.53%2014: 60.96%2015: 47.62%2016: 54.7%2017: 39.2%2018: 50.4%2019: 53.12%2020: 58.59%2021: 64.09%2022: 59.6%2023: 74.47%2024: 85.19%2025: 80.89%
Change over the period: +51.1 pp Annual average: 2.04 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Portugal 80.89%
Europe & Central Asia computed 41.06%
Southern Europe computed 52.51%
Renewables share of electricity — Portugal, by year Portugal All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 80.89 −4.3 pp
2024 85.19 +10.72 pp
2023 74.47 +14.87 pp
2022 59.6 −4.49 pp
2021 64.09 +5.5 pp
2020 58.59 +5.47 pp
2019 53.12 +2.72 pp
2018 50.4 +11.2 pp
2017 39.2 −15.5 pp
2016 54.7 +7.08 pp
2015 47.62 −13.34 pp
2014 60.96 +2.43 pp
2013 58.53 +15.9 pp
2012 42.63 −3.94 pp
2011 46.57 −6.44 pp
2010 53.01 +15.98 pp
2009 37.03 +4.74 pp
2008 32.29 −2.41 pp
2007 34.7 +2.22 pp
2006 32.48 +14.55 pp
2005 17.93 −9.63 pp
2004 27.56 −10.6 pp
2003 38.16 +16.8 pp
2002 21.36 −12.81 pp
2001 34.17 +4.38 pp
2000 29.79

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.