Renewables share of final energy consumption — all countries

Renewables share of final energy consumption — Bulgaria

Renewables share of final energy consumption in Bulgaria in 2021 — 20.4%. Ranked 106 in the world out of 212. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 18.6 pp.

2021 20.4% −0.7 pp vs 2020
World rank 106of 212
Period maximum 21.1%2020
Period minimum 1.8%1990

Trend over time

1990–2021 · % of final consumption

Renewables share of final energy consumption — Bulgaria, 1990–202101020301990199419982002200620102014201820211990: 1.8%1991: 2.2%1992: 2.6%1993: 2.4%1994: 2.3%1995: 3%1996: 3.5%1997: 3.8%1998: 5.8%1999: 6.6%2000: 8%2001: 7.2%2002: 8.7%2003: 9.2%2004: 9.6%2005: 9.8%2006: 10%2007: 8.8%2008: 9.9%2009: 11.6%2010: 14.3%2011: 13.2%2012: 15.6%2013: 18.2%2014: 17.1%2015: 17.9%2016: 17.7%2017: 17.1%2018: 19.6%2019: 19.3%2020: 21.1%2021: 20.4%
Change over the period: +18.6 pp Annual average: 0.6 pp
Renewables share of final energy consumption — Bulgaria, by year Bulgaria All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 20.4 −0.7 pp
2020 21.1 +1.8 pp
2019 19.3 −0.3 pp
2018 19.6 +2.5 pp
2017 17.1 −0.6 pp
2016 17.7 −0.2 pp
2015 17.9 +0.8 pp
2014 17.1 −1.1 pp
2013 18.2 +2.6 pp
2012 15.6 +2.4 pp
2011 13.2 −1.1 pp
2010 14.3 +2.7 pp
2009 11.6 +1.7 pp
2008 9.9 +1.1 pp
2007 8.8 −1.2 pp
2006 10 +0.2 pp
2005 9.8 +0.2 pp
2004 9.6 +0.4 pp
2003 9.2 +0.5 pp
2002 8.7 +1.5 pp
2001 7.2 −0.8 pp
2000 8 +1.4 pp
1999 6.6 +0.8 pp
1998 5.8 +2 pp
1997 3.8 +0.3 pp
1996 3.5 +0.5 pp
1995 3 +0.7 pp
1994 2.3 −0.1 pp
1993 2.4 −0.2 pp
1992 2.6 +0.4 pp
1991 2.2 +0.4 pp
1990 1.8

About the indicator

The share of energy from renewable sources in total final energy consumption — not in electricity alone, but in heating and transport as well. High values in low-income countries are often explained not by “green” energy but by the traditional use of wood fuel for cooking.

Important: There is no aggregate for groups of countries: the correct denominator is final energy consumption itself, and that is published by the Energy Institute, whose terms prohibit republication. Weighting by population would be especially wrong here — in the poorest countries the renewable share is high because of firewood, and the world figure would come out overstated.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.