Renewables share of electricity — all countries

Renewables share of electricity — Northern Europe

Renewables share of electricity in Northern Europe in 2025 — 68.37%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 34.92 pp.

2025 68.37% +0.51 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 68.37%2025
Period minimum 25.69%2003

Trend over time

2000–2025 · % of generation

Renewables share of electricity — Northern Europe, 2000–2025204060802000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 33.45%2001: 30.17%2002: 29.87%2003: 25.69%2004: 28.34%2005: 32.69%2006: 30.13%2007: 32.66%2008: 35.16%2009: 34.99%2010: 34.31%2011: 37.49%2012: 42.16%2013: 41.35%2014: 45.47%2015: 50.51%2016: 49.11%2017: 52.32%2018: 53.3%2019: 55.83%2020: 62.85%2021: 61.57%2022: 61.64%2023: 65.3%2024: 67.86%2025: 68.37%
Change over the period: +34.92 pp Annual average: 1.4 pp
Renewables share of electricity — Northern Europe, by year Northern Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 68.37 +0.51 pp
2024 67.86 +2.56 pp
2023 65.3 +3.66 pp
2022 61.64 +0.07 pp
2021 61.57 −1.28 pp
2020 62.85 +7.02 pp
2019 55.83 +2.53 pp
2018 53.3 +0.98 pp
2017 52.32 +3.21 pp
2016 49.11 −1.4 pp
2015 50.51 +5.04 pp
2014 45.47 +4.12 pp
2013 41.35 −0.81 pp
2012 42.16 +4.66 pp
2011 37.49 +3.19 pp
2010 34.31 −0.68 pp
2009 34.99 −0.17 pp
2008 35.16 +2.49 pp
2007 32.66 +2.54 pp
2006 30.13 −2.56 pp
2005 32.69 +4.35 pp
2004 28.34 +2.65 pp
2003 25.69 −4.18 pp
2002 29.87 −0.3 pp
2001 30.17 −3.28 pp
2000 33.45

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.