Solar share of electricity — all countries

Solar share of electricity — Belgium

Solar share of electricity in Belgium in 2025 — 15.64%. Ranked 20 in the world out of 91. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 15.64 pp.

2025 15.64% +4.35 pp vs 2024
World rank 20of 91
Period maximum 15.64%2025
Period minimum 0%2000

Trend over time

2000–2025 · % of generation

Solar share of electricity — Belgium, 2000–2025051015202000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 0%2001: 0%2002: 0%2003: 0%2004: 0%2005: 0%2006: 0%2007: 0.01%2008: 0.05%2009: 0.19%2010: 0.62%2011: 1.36%2012: 2.64%2013: 3.22%2014: 4.06%2015: 4.47%2016: 3.68%2017: 3.88%2018: 5.28%2019: 4.59%2020: 5.79%2021: 5.65%2022: 7.29%2023: 9.53%2024: 11.29%2025: 15.64%
Change over the period: +15.64 pp Annual average: 0.63 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Belgium 15.64%
Europe & Central Asia computed 8.48%
Western Europe computed 12.69%
Solar share of electricity — Belgium, by year Belgium All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 15.64 +4.35 pp
2024 11.29 +1.76 pp
2023 9.53 +2.24 pp
2022 7.29 +1.64 pp
2021 5.65 −0.14 pp
2020 5.79 +1.2 pp
2019 4.59 −0.69 pp
2018 5.28 +1.4 pp
2017 3.88 +0.2 pp
2016 3.68 −0.79 pp
2015 4.47 +0.41 pp
2014 4.06 +0.84 pp
2013 3.22 +0.58 pp
2012 2.64 +1.28 pp
2011 1.36 +0.74 pp
2010 0.62 +0.43 pp
2009 0.19 +0.14 pp
2008 0.05 +0.04 pp
2007 0.01 +0.01 pp
2006 0 +0 pp
2005 0 +0 pp
2004 0 +0 pp
2003 0 +0 pp
2002 0 +0 pp
2001 0 +0 pp
2000 0

Western Europe, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The share of electricity generated by solar plants in a country's total generation. The fastest-growing series in all of energy statistics: where twenty years ago the share was measured in hundredths of a percent, it now runs into tens. The figure depends less on how much sun there is than on policy and prices: the leaders are not the sunniest countries but those that started building earlier. The flip side of that growth is the daily cycle: at noon solar pushes out the other sources, and in the evening it is gone altogether.

Important: The World Bank has no separate series for solar — there it sits inside “other renewables” together with biomass and geothermal. Aggregates for groups of countries are weighted by generation in terawatt-hours and computed from 2000 onward: there is no weight before that.

Source: Yearly Electricity Data (Ember), license CC BY 4.0.