Renewables share of final energy consumption — all countries

Renewables share of final energy consumption — Germany

Renewables share of final energy consumption in Germany in 2021 — 17.6%. Ranked 115 in the world out of 212. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 15.5 pp.

2021 17.6% −0.9 pp vs 2020
World rank 115of 212
Period maximum 18.5%2020
Period minimum 2%1991

Trend over time

1990–2021 · % of final consumption

Renewables share of final energy consumption — Germany, 1990–2021051015201990199419982002200620102014201820211990: 2.1%1991: 2%1992: 2.1%1993: 2.1%1994: 2.3%1995: 2.3%1996: 2.2%1997: 2.8%1998: 3%1999: 3.3%2000: 3.7%2001: 3.9%2002: 4.4%2003: 5.4%2004: 6.3%2005: 7.3%2006: 8.6%2007: 10.5%2008: 10.2%2009: 10.7%2010: 11.6%2011: 12.5%2012: 13.6%2013: 13.6%2014: 14%2015: 14.6%2016: 14.2%2017: 15.2%2018: 16%2019: 17.1%2020: 18.5%2021: 17.6%
Change over the period: +15.5 pp Annual average: 0.5 pp
Renewables share of final energy consumption — Germany, by year Germany All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 17.6 −0.9 pp
2020 18.5 +1.4 pp
2019 17.1 +1.1 pp
2018 16 +0.8 pp
2017 15.2 +1 pp
2016 14.2 −0.4 pp
2015 14.6 +0.6 pp
2014 14 +0.4 pp
2013 13.6 +0 pp
2012 13.6 +1.1 pp
2011 12.5 +0.9 pp
2010 11.6 +0.9 pp
2009 10.7 +0.5 pp
2008 10.2 −0.3 pp
2007 10.5 +1.9 pp
2006 8.6 +1.3 pp
2005 7.3 +1 pp
2004 6.3 +0.9 pp
2003 5.4 +1 pp
2002 4.4 +0.5 pp
2001 3.9 +0.2 pp
2000 3.7 +0.4 pp
1999 3.3 +0.3 pp
1998 3 +0.2 pp
1997 2.8 +0.6 pp
1996 2.2 −0.1 pp
1995 2.3 +0 pp
1994 2.3 +0.2 pp
1993 2.1 +0 pp
1992 2.1 +0.1 pp
1991 2 −0.1 pp
1990 2.1

Western Europe, 2021

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

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.