Wind share of electricity — all countries

Wind share of electricity — European Union

Wind share of electricity in the European Union in 2025 — 17.16%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 16.28 pp.

2025 17.16% −0.55 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 17.71%2024
Period minimum 0.88%2000

Trend over time

2000–2025 · % of generation

Wind share of electricity — European Union, 2000–2025051015202000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 0.88%2001: 1.05%2002: 1.38%2003: 1.63%2004: 2.06%2005: 2.38%2006: 2.7%2007: 3.41%2008: 3.85%2009: 4.47%2010: 4.78%2011: 5.72%2012: 6.49%2013: 7.27%2014: 7.88%2015: 9.17%2016: 9.23%2017: 10.69%2018: 11.03%2019: 12.78%2020: 14.46%2021: 13.46%2022: 15.19%2023: 17.64%2024: 17.71%2025: 17.16%
Change over the period: +16.28 pp Annual average: 0.65 pp
Wind share of electricity — European Union, by year European Union All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 17.16 −0.55 pp
2024 17.71 +0.07 pp
2023 17.64 +2.45 pp
2022 15.19 +1.73 pp
2021 13.46 −1 pp
2020 14.46 +1.68 pp
2019 12.78 +1.75 pp
2018 11.03 +0.34 pp
2017 10.69 +1.46 pp
2016 9.23 +0.06 pp
2015 9.17 +1.29 pp
2014 7.88 +0.61 pp
2013 7.27 +0.77 pp
2012 6.49 +0.77 pp
2011 5.72 +0.94 pp
2010 4.78 +0.31 pp
2009 4.47 +0.62 pp
2008 3.85 +0.44 pp
2007 3.41 +0.71 pp
2006 2.7 +0.32 pp
2005 2.38 +0.32 pp
2004 2.06 +0.43 pp
2003 1.63 +0.25 pp
2002 1.38 +0.32 pp
2001 1.05 +0.17 pp
2000 0.88

About the indicator

The share of electricity generated by wind farms. Wind generation is older than solar and in most countries still larger: worldwide, wind yields about twice as much electricity. The largest shares are in countries with a long coastline and open spaces; in Denmark more than half of generation comes from wind, and that made it the first country in the world to work out how to run a power system dominated by a variable source — through links with its neighbors and flexible demand.

Important: The World Bank has no separate series for wind — it sits inside “other renewables”. Aggregates for groups of countries are weighted by generation in terawatt-hours and computed from 2000 onward.

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