Solar share of electricity — all countries

Solar share of electricity — Portugal

Solar share of electricity in Portugal in 2025 — 17.32%. Ranked 17 in the world out of 91. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 17.32 pp.

2025 17.32% +2.32 pp vs 2024
World rank 17of 91
Period maximum 17.32%2025
Period minimum 0%2000

Trend over time

2000–2025 · % of generation

Solar share of electricity — Portugal, 2000–2025051015202000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 0%2001: 0%2002: 0%2003: 0%2004: 0%2005: 0%2006: 0%2007: 0.04%2008: 0.09%2009: 0.32%2010: 0.39%2011: 0.54%2012: 0.86%2013: 0.95%2014: 1.22%2015: 1.56%2016: 1.47%2017: 1.72%2018: 1.73%2019: 2.6%2020: 3.35%2021: 4.55%2022: 7.6%2023: 11.18%2024: 15%2025: 17.32%
Change over the period: +17.32 pp Annual average: 0.69 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Portugal 17.32%
Europe & Central Asia computed 8.48%
Southern Europe computed 17.65%
Solar share of electricity — Portugal, by year Portugal All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 17.32 +2.32 pp
2024 15 +3.82 pp
2023 11.18 +3.58 pp
2022 7.6 +3.05 pp
2021 4.55 +1.2 pp
2020 3.35 +0.75 pp
2019 2.6 +0.87 pp
2018 1.73 +0.01 pp
2017 1.72 +0.25 pp
2016 1.47 −0.09 pp
2015 1.56 +0.34 pp
2014 1.22 +0.27 pp
2013 0.95 +0.09 pp
2012 0.86 +0.32 pp
2011 0.54 +0.15 pp
2010 0.39 +0.07 pp
2009 0.32 +0.23 pp
2008 0.09 +0.05 pp
2007 0.04 +0.04 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

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.