Fossil electricity share in Denmark
Oil, gas and coal produced 5.4% of electricity in Denmark in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1990.
Denmark, 2025
5.4%
Change from 2024
−2.7percentage points
European Union, 2023
30.9%
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025
23.9%
Fossil electricity share in Denmark over time
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% of total electricity production. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Denmark | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5.4% | – |
| 2024 | 8.2% | – |
| 2023 | 11.0% | 30.9% |
| 2022 | 16.3% | 38.0% |
| 2021 | 18.6% | 36.1% |
| 2020 | 15.7% | 35.6% |
| 2019 | 19.2% | 38.2% |
| 2018 | 29.3% | 40.3% |
| 2017 | 27.4% | 42.9% |
| 2016 | 37.5% | 42.1% |
| 2015 | 32.0% | 41.6% |
| 2014 | 41.9% | 40.5% |
| 2013 | 52.0% | 43.0% |
| 2012 | 49.3% | 45.8% |
| 2011 | 57.5% | 47.9% |
| 2010 | 66.1% | 47.8% |
| 2009 | 70.2% | 49.3% |
| 2008 | 70.1% | 50.8% |
| 2007 | 71.8% | 52.5% |
| 2006 | 78.0% | 51.8% |
| 2005 | 70.7% | 51.6% |
| 2004 | 74.8% | 51.2% |
| 2003 | 81.0% | 52.5% |
| 2002 | 81.1% | 51.4% |
| 2001 | 82.9% | 49.9% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −2.7 percentage points from 8.2% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 32.0%, the figure has changed by −26.5 percentage points.
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Renewable electricity share
77.7%p (Provisional)
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Net energy imports
44.5%
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Renewable energy share
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2025 · Eurostat
Energy import dependency
38.2%
2024 · Eurostat
Electricity price for households
€0.2375 per kWh
H1 2026 · Eurostat
Natural gas price for households
€0.1211 per kWh
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