Renewable electricity share in European Union
Renewable sources supplied 49.9% of electricity consumption in the European Union in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2004.
European Union is a group: European Union, 27 member states (composition from February 2020). The value is the aggregate published by Eurostat, not an average calculated on this site.
The latest value carries the source flag “Provisional”.
European Union, 2025
49.9%p (Provisional)
Change from 2024
+2.4percentage points
Renewable electricity share in European Union over time
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% of gross electricity consumption. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | European Union |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 49.9%p (provisional) |
| 2024 | 47.5% |
| 2023 | 45.4% |
| 2022 | 41.2% |
| 2021 | 37.8% |
| 2020 | 37.4% |
| 2019 | 34.1% |
| 2018 | 32.1% |
| 2017 | 31.1% |
| 2016 | 30.2% |
| 2015 | 29.7% |
| 2014 | 28.6% |
| 2013 | 26.8% |
| 2012 | 25.1% |
| 2011 | 23.3% |
| 2010 | 21.3% |
| 2009 | 20.7% |
| 2008 | 18.5% |
| 2007 | 17.6% |
| 2006 | 16.9% |
| 2005 | 16.4% |
| 2004 | 15.9% |
Flags: p provisional . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +2.4 percentage points from 47.5% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 29.7%, the figure has changed by +20.2 percentage points.
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