Renewables share of final energy consumption — all countries

Renewables share of final energy consumption — Euro area

Renewables share of final energy consumption in the Euro area in 2020 — 19.82%. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 13.28 pp.

2020 19.82% +1.67 pp vs 2019
World rank
Period maximum 19.82%2020
Period minimum 6.55%1990

Trend over time

1990–2020 · % of final consumption

Renewables share of final energy consumption — Euro area, 1990–202005101520199019931996199920022005200820112014201720201990: 6.55%1991: 6.84%1992: 6.9%1993: 7.01%1994: 7.22%1995: 7.08%1996: 7.21%1997: 7.35%1998: 7.43%1999: 7.5%2000: 7.69%2001: 7.88%2002: 7.73%2003: 8.28%2004: 8.54%2005: 8.86%2006: 9.67%2007: 10.76%2008: 11.44%2009: 12.53%2010: 13.38%2011: 13.43%2012: 14.89%2013: 15.73%2014: 16.33%2015: 16.36%2016: 16.37%2017: 16.58%2018: 17.57%2019: 18.15%2020: 19.82%
Change over the period: +13.28 pp Annual average: 0.44 pp

Comparison, 2020

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

Euro area 19.82%
World 19.74%
Renewables share of final energy consumption — Euro area, by year Euro area All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2020 19.82 +1.67 pp
2019 18.15 +0.58 pp
2018 17.57 +0.99 pp
2017 16.58 +0.22 pp
2016 16.37 +0.01 pp
2015 16.36 +0.03 pp
2014 16.33 +0.6 pp
2013 15.73 +0.84 pp
2012 14.89 +1.46 pp
2011 13.43 +0.06 pp
2010 13.38 +0.85 pp
2009 12.53 +1.09 pp
2008 11.44 +0.68 pp
2007 10.76 +1.09 pp
2006 9.67 +0.8 pp
2005 8.86 +0.33 pp
2004 8.54 +0.26 pp
2003 8.28 +0.55 pp
2002 7.73 −0.15 pp
2001 7.88 +0.19 pp
2000 7.69 +0.2 pp
1999 7.5 +0.06 pp
1998 7.43 +0.08 pp
1997 7.35 +0.14 pp
1996 7.21 +0.13 pp
1995 7.08 −0.14 pp
1994 7.22 +0.21 pp
1993 7.01 +0.11 pp
1992 6.9 +0.05 pp
1991 6.84 +0.3 pp
1990 6.55

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.