Solar share of electricity — all countries

Solar share of electricity — Spain

Solar share of electricity in Spain in 2025 — 21.85%. Ranked 6 in the world out of 91. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 21.85 pp.

2025 21.85% +1.1 pp vs 2024
World rank 6of 91
Period maximum 21.85%2025
Period minimum 0%2000

Trend over time

2000–2025 · % of generation

Solar share of electricity — Spain, 2000–202501020302000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 0%2001: 0.01%2002: 0.01%2003: 0.01%2004: 0.01%2005: 0.02%2006: 0.04%2007: 0.17%2008: 0.83%2009: 2.08%2010: 2.41%2011: 3.22%2012: 4.07%2013: 4.65%2014: 4.98%2015: 5%2016: 5.04%2017: 5.29%2018: 4.69%2019: 5.58%2020: 7.97%2021: 10.01%2022: 12.44%2023: 17.41%2024: 20.75%2025: 21.85%
Change over the period: +21.85 pp Annual average: 0.87 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Spain 21.85%
Europe & Central Asia computed 8.48%
Southern Europe computed 17.65%
Solar share of electricity — Spain, by year Spain All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 21.85 +1.1 pp
2024 20.75 +3.34 pp
2023 17.41 +4.97 pp
2022 12.44 +2.43 pp
2021 10.01 +2.04 pp
2020 7.97 +2.39 pp
2019 5.58 +0.89 pp
2018 4.69 −0.6 pp
2017 5.29 +0.25 pp
2016 5.04 +0.04 pp
2015 5 +0.02 pp
2014 4.98 +0.33 pp
2013 4.65 +0.58 pp
2012 4.07 +0.85 pp
2011 3.22 +0.81 pp
2010 2.41 +0.33 pp
2009 2.08 +1.25 pp
2008 0.83 +0.66 pp
2007 0.17 +0.13 pp
2006 0.04 +0.02 pp
2005 0.02 +0.01 pp
2004 0.01 +0 pp
2003 0.01 +0 pp
2002 0.01 +0 pp
2001 0.01 +0.01 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.