Renewables share of electricity in the United Kingdom in 2025 — 51.98%. Ranked 34 in the world out of 91. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 49.35 pp.
2000–2025 · % of generation
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: United Kingdom
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 51.98 | +1.33 pp |
| 2024 | 50.65 | +4.28 pp |
| 2023 | 46.37 | +4.77 pp |
| 2022 | 41.6 | +1.82 pp |
| 2021 | 39.78 | −3.28 pp |
| 2020 | 43.06 | +6.47 pp |
| 2019 | 36.59 | +3.59 pp |
| 2018 | 33 | +3.76 pp |
| 2017 | 29.24 | +4.76 pp |
| 2016 | 24.48 | −0.11 pp |
| 2015 | 24.59 | +5.51 pp |
| 2014 | 19.08 | +4.23 pp |
| 2013 | 14.85 | +3.52 pp |
| 2012 | 11.33 | +1.75 pp |
| 2011 | 9.58 | +2.73 pp |
| 2010 | 6.85 | +0.15 pp |
| 2009 | 6.7 | +1.06 pp |
| 2008 | 5.64 | +0.68 pp |
| 2007 | 4.96 | +0.4 pp |
| 2006 | 4.56 | +0.31 pp |
| 2005 | 4.25 | +0.66 pp |
| 2004 | 3.59 | +0.91 pp |
| 2003 | 2.68 | −0.19 pp |
| 2002 | 2.87 | +0.39 pp |
| 2001 | 2.48 | −0.15 pp |
| 2000 | 2.63 | — |
The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages
Norway
98.99
Denmark
94.24
Lithuania
77.59
Latvia
73.93
Sweden
71.37
Estonia
60.26
Finland
56.47
United Kingdom
51.98
Ireland
48.21
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.
What share of its electricity a country gets from sources without emissions — renewables and nuclear.
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