Renewables share of electricity — all countries

Renewables share of electricity — Western Europe

Renewables share of electricity in Western Europe in 2025 — 46%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 32.52 pp.

2025 46% −0.26 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 46.25%2024
Period minimum 12.58%2003

Trend over time

2000–2025 · % of generation

Renewables share of electricity — Western Europe, 2000–202502040602000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 13.48%2001: 14.24%2002: 13.23%2003: 12.58%2004: 13.56%2005: 13.5%2006: 14.44%2007: 16.14%2008: 17.25%2009: 18.21%2010: 18.41%2011: 19.06%2012: 22.75%2013: 24.06%2014: 24.88%2015: 26.14%2016: 26.66%2017: 28.13%2018: 30.27%2019: 32.49%2020: 36.85%2021: 34.69%2022: 38.12%2023: 44.28%2024: 46.25%2025: 46%
Change over the period: +32.52 pp Annual average: 1.3 pp
Renewables share of electricity — Western Europe, by year Western Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 46 −0.26 pp
2024 46.25 +1.98 pp
2023 44.28 +6.16 pp
2022 38.12 +3.43 pp
2021 34.69 −2.16 pp
2020 36.85 +4.36 pp
2019 32.49 +2.22 pp
2018 30.27 +2.15 pp
2017 28.13 +1.47 pp
2016 26.66 +0.52 pp
2015 26.14 +1.26 pp
2014 24.88 +0.81 pp
2013 24.06 +1.31 pp
2012 22.75 +3.69 pp
2011 19.06 +0.64 pp
2010 18.41 +0.2 pp
2009 18.21 +0.96 pp
2008 17.25 +1.11 pp
2007 16.14 +1.7 pp
2006 14.44 +0.94 pp
2005 13.5 −0.05 pp
2004 13.56 +0.98 pp
2003 12.58 −0.65 pp
2002 13.23 −1.01 pp
2001 14.24 +0.76 pp
2000 13.48

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.