Renewable energy share in Greenland

Renewable sources provided 11.7% of final energy consumption in Greenland in 2022.

Measure: Renewable energy consumption share (World Bank) Unit: % of total final energy consumption Data: 1990 to 2022 Source: World Bank
Greenland, 2022 11.7% % of total final energy consumption
Change from 2021 +0.1percentage points 2021: 11.6%
World, 2020 19.7% Official aggregate Not the same period as Greenland (2022).

Renewable energy share in Greenland 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 GreenlandWorld
2022 11.7% –
2021 11.6% –
2020 11.8% 19.7%
2019 10.9% 18.6%
2018 11.4% 18.1%
2017 11.3% 17.9%
2016 12.4% 17.6%
2015 13.1% 17.4%
2014 12.5% 17.3%
2013 11.2% 17.2%
2012 10.1% 16.9%
2011 10.2% 16.7%
2010 10.1% 16.7%
2009 8.8% 17.1%
2008 6.9% 16.7%
2007 6.9% 16.5%
2006 7.1% 16.7%
2005 7.0% 16.6%
2004 6.7% 16.8%
2003 9.5% 17.1%
2002 9.5% 17.2%
2001 8.7% 17.2%
2000 9.2% 17.5%
1999 9.4% 17.9%
1998 9.3% 17.6%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 11.6% in 2021.
  • Since 2012, when it was 10.1%, the figure has changed by +1.6 percentage points.

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 Greenland
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