Renewables share of final energy consumption — all countries

Renewables share of final energy consumption — Ireland

Renewables share of final energy consumption in Ireland in 2021 — 12.7%. Ranked 131 in the world out of 212. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 10.4 pp.

2021 12.7% −1 pp vs 2020
World rank 131of 212
Period maximum 13.7%2020
Period minimum 1.9%1995

Trend over time

1990–2021 · % of final consumption

Renewables share of final energy consumption — Ireland, 1990–20210510151990199419982002200620102014201820211990: 2.3%1991: 2.2%1992: 2.2%1993: 2.1%1994: 2.2%1995: 1.9%1996: 2%1997: 1.9%1998: 2.3%1999: 2.1%2000: 2%2001: 2%2002: 2.2%2003: 2%2004: 2.3%2005: 2.9%2006: 3.2%2007: 3.5%2008: 4.2%2009: 5.3%2010: 5.3%2011: 7%2012: 6.9%2013: 7.7%2014: 8.8%2015: 9.5%2016: 8.6%2017: 10.1%2018: 10.8%2019: 12.3%2020: 13.7%2021: 12.7%
Change over the period: +10.4 pp Annual average: 0.34 pp
Renewables share of final energy consumption — Ireland, by year Ireland All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 12.7 −1 pp
2020 13.7 +1.4 pp
2019 12.3 +1.5 pp
2018 10.8 +0.7 pp
2017 10.1 +1.5 pp
2016 8.6 −0.9 pp
2015 9.5 +0.7 pp
2014 8.8 +1.1 pp
2013 7.7 +0.8 pp
2012 6.9 −0.1 pp
2011 7 +1.7 pp
2010 5.3 +0 pp
2009 5.3 +1.1 pp
2008 4.2 +0.7 pp
2007 3.5 +0.3 pp
2006 3.2 +0.3 pp
2005 2.9 +0.6 pp
2004 2.3 +0.3 pp
2003 2 −0.2 pp
2002 2.2 +0.2 pp
2001 2 +0 pp
2000 2 −0.1 pp
1999 2.1 −0.2 pp
1998 2.3 +0.4 pp
1997 1.9 −0.1 pp
1996 2 +0.1 pp
1995 1.9 −0.3 pp
1994 2.2 +0.1 pp
1993 2.1 −0.1 pp
1992 2.2 +0 pp
1991 2.2 −0.1 pp
1990 2.3

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.