Renewable energy share in Euro area
Renewable sources provided 19.8% of final energy consumption in the euro area in 2020. The value for 2020 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1990.
Euro area is a group: Euro area; membership follows each source definition (World Bank EMU, ECB U2 changing composition). The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
Euro area, 2020
19.8%
Change from 2019
+1.7percentage points
World, 2020
19.7%
Renewable energy share in Euro area over time
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% of total final energy consumption. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Euro area | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 19.8% | 19.7% |
| 2019 | 18.2% | 18.6% |
| 2018 | 17.6% | 18.1% |
| 2017 | 16.6% | 17.9% |
| 2016 | 16.4% | 17.6% |
| 2015 | 16.4% | 17.4% |
| 2014 | 16.3% | 17.3% |
| 2013 | 15.7% | 17.2% |
| 2012 | 14.9% | 16.9% |
| 2011 | 13.4% | 16.7% |
| 2010 | 13.4% | 16.7% |
| 2009 | 12.5% | 17.1% |
| 2008 | 11.4% | 16.7% |
| 2007 | 10.8% | 16.5% |
| 2006 | 9.7% | 16.7% |
| 2005 | 8.9% | 16.6% |
| 2004 | 8.5% | 16.8% |
| 2003 | 8.3% | 17.1% |
| 2002 | 7.7% | 17.2% |
| 2001 | 7.9% | 17.2% |
| 2000 | 7.7% | 17.5% |
| 1999 | 7.5% | 17.9% |
| 1998 | 7.4% | 17.6% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +1.7 percentage points from 18.2% in 2019.
- Since 2010, when it was 13.4%, the figure has changed by +6.4 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2020 was 19.7%.