Renewables share of final energy consumption — all countries

Renewables share of final energy consumption — Denmark

Renewables share of final energy consumption in Denmark in 2021 — 39.5%. Ranked 62 in the world out of 212. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 32.5 pp.

2021 39.5% +0 pp vs 2020
World rank 62of 212
Period maximum 39.5%2020
Period minimum 7%1990

Trend over time

1990–2021 · % of final consumption

Renewables share of final energy consumption — Denmark, 1990–20210102030401990199419982002200620102014201820211990: 7%1991: 7.1%1992: 7.8%1993: 7.7%1994: 7.3%1995: 7.5%1996: 7.3%1997: 8.1%1998: 8.5%1999: 9.1%2000: 10.7%2001: 11.1%2002: 11.9%2003: 12.7%2004: 14.4%2005: 16.1%2006: 15.3%2007: 17.7%2008: 18.5%2009: 19.3%2010: 21.2%2011: 23.8%2012: 26.9%2013: 27%2014: 30.2%2015: 32.5%2016: 32%2017: 35%2018: 34.6%2019: 37.2%2020: 39.5%2021: 39.5%
Change over the period: +32.5 pp Annual average: 1.05 pp
Renewables share of final energy consumption — Denmark, by year Denmark All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 39.5 +0 pp
2020 39.5 +2.3 pp
2019 37.2 +2.6 pp
2018 34.6 −0.4 pp
2017 35 +3 pp
2016 32 −0.5 pp
2015 32.5 +2.3 pp
2014 30.2 +3.2 pp
2013 27 +0.1 pp
2012 26.9 +3.1 pp
2011 23.8 +2.6 pp
2010 21.2 +1.9 pp
2009 19.3 +0.8 pp
2008 18.5 +0.8 pp
2007 17.7 +2.4 pp
2006 15.3 −0.8 pp
2005 16.1 +1.7 pp
2004 14.4 +1.7 pp
2003 12.7 +0.8 pp
2002 11.9 +0.8 pp
2001 11.1 +0.4 pp
2000 10.7 +1.6 pp
1999 9.1 +0.6 pp
1998 8.5 +0.4 pp
1997 8.1 +0.8 pp
1996 7.3 −0.2 pp
1995 7.5 +0.2 pp
1994 7.3 −0.4 pp
1993 7.7 −0.1 pp
1992 7.8 +0.7 pp
1991 7.1 +0.1 pp
1990 7

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.