Solar share of electricity — all countries

Solar share of electricity — Denmark

Solar share of electricity in Denmark in 2025 — 13.35%. Ranked 23 in the world out of 91. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 13.35 pp.

2025 13.35% +2.63 pp vs 2024
World rank 23of 91
Period maximum 13.35%2025
Period minimum 0%2000

Trend over time

2000–2025 · % of generation

Solar share of electricity — Denmark, 2000–20250510152000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 0%2001: 0%2002: 0%2003: 0%2004: 0%2005: 0%2006: 0%2007: 0%2008: 0%2009: 0%2010: 0.03%2011: 0.03%2012: 0.33%2013: 1.5%2014: 1.87%2015: 2.08%2016: 2.43%2017: 2.43%2018: 3.14%2019: 3.27%2020: 4.13%2021: 3.98%2022: 6.77%2023: 10.8%2024: 10.72%2025: 13.35%
Change over the period: +13.35 pp Annual average: 0.53 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Denmark 13.35%
Europe & Central Asia computed 8.48%
Northern Europe computed 4.42%
Solar share of electricity — Denmark, by year Denmark All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 13.35 +2.63 pp
2024 10.72 −0.08 pp
2023 10.8 +4.03 pp
2022 6.77 +2.79 pp
2021 3.98 −0.15 pp
2020 4.13 +0.86 pp
2019 3.27 +0.13 pp
2018 3.14 +0.71 pp
2017 2.43 +0 pp
2016 2.43 +0.35 pp
2015 2.08 +0.21 pp
2014 1.87 +0.37 pp
2013 1.5 +1.17 pp
2012 0.33 +0.3 pp
2011 0.03 +0 pp
2010 0.03 +0.03 pp
2009 0 +0 pp
2008 0 +0 pp
2007 0 +0 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

Northern 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.