Renewable energy share in Faroe Islands

Renewable sources provided 7.9% of final energy consumption in Faroe Islands in 2022. The value for 2022 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1990.

Measure: Renewable energy consumption share (World Bank) Unit: % of total final energy consumption Data: 1990 to 2022 Source: World Bank
Faroe Islands, 2022 7.9% % of total final energy consumption
Change from 2021 +2.8percentage points 2021: 5.1%
World, 2020 19.7% Official aggregate Not the same period as Faroe Islands (2022).

Renewable energy share in Faroe Islands 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.

Renewable energy consumption share (World Bank) (% of total final energy consumption), 1998 to 2022
Period Faroe IslandsWorld
2022 7.9% –
2021 5.1% –
2020 5.3% 19.7%
2019 5.4% 18.6%
2018 5.9% 18.1%
2017 6.0% 17.9%
2016 6.3% 17.6%
2015 7.5% 17.4%
2014 6.5% 17.3%
2013 4.5% 17.2%
2012 4.7% 16.9%
2011 5.0% 16.7%
2010 3.4% 16.7%
2009 5.1% 17.1%
2008 4.5% 16.7%
2007 4.5% 16.5%
2006 4.3% 16.7%
2005 3.8% 16.6%
2004 3.4% 16.8%
2003 3.1% 17.1%
2002 3.4% 17.2%
2001 2.6% 17.2%
2000 2.8% 17.5%
1999 2.8% 17.9%
1998 3.1% 17.6%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +2.8 percentage points from 5.1% in 2021.
  • Since 2012, when it was 4.7%, the figure has changed by +3.2 percentage points.

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Source and dates

Original producer
International Energy Agency and IRENA via Tracking SDG 7
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
EG.FEC.RNEW.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1990 to 2022 for Faroe Islands
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: International Energy Agency and IRENA via Tracking SDG 7