Share of renewable energy in gross final energy consumption

Renewable energy as a share of all energy consumed for electricity, heating and cooling, and transport, calculated with the SHARES methodology used for EU renewable energy targets. It is not the renewable share of electricity alone.

Unit: % of gross final energy consumption Frequency: Annual Coverage: 37 countries and 1 group 2004 to 2025 Source: Eurostat
Highest in 2025 82.4%p (provisional) Norway Lowest in 2025 14.9%p (provisional) Belgium
European Union, 2025 26.2%p (provisional) Official aggregate published by the source
Countries ranked for 2025 30 Updated by the source on 15 September 2026

30 countries have a value for 2025, the latest period in the data.

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% of gross final energy consumption. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Share of renewable energy in gross final energy consumption (% of gross final energy consumption), 2004 to 2025
Period European UnionGermanyFranceSpain
2025 26.2%p (provisional) 23.9%p (provisional) 23.9%p (provisional) 26.0%p (provisional)
2024 25.2% 22.5% 23.2% 25.4%
2023 24.6% 21.5% 22.5% 25.0%
2022 23.0% 20.8% 20.3% 21.8%
2021 21.9% 19.3% 19.4% 20.6%
2020 22.0% 19.1% 19.1% 21.2%
2019 19.9% 17.3% 17.2% 17.9%
2018 19.1% 16.7% 16.4% 17.0%
2017 18.4% 15.5% 15.8% 17.1%
2016 18.0% 14.9% 15.5% 17.0%
2015 17.8% 14.9% 14.8% 16.2%
2014 17.4% 14.4% 14.4% 15.9%
2013 16.7% 13.8% 13.9% 15.1%
2012 16.0% 13.5% 13.2% 14.2%
2011 14.5% 12.5% 10.8% 13.2%
2010 14.4% 11.7% 12.7% 13.8%
2009 13.9% 10.9% 12.2% 13.0%
2008 12.6% 10.1% 11.2% 10.7%
2007 11.7% 10.0% 9.4% 9.7%
2006 10.8% 8.5% 8.9% 9.2%
2005 10.2% 7.2% 9.3% 8.4%
2004 9.6% 6.2% 9.3% 8.3%

Flags: p provisional . A dash means no value was published.

In short

  • Among the 30 countries with a value for 2025, the highest is Norway (82.4%) and the lowest Belgium (14.9%).
  • Half of the countries are above 24.7% and half below.
  • From 2024 to 2025 the value rose in 26 countries and fell in 4.
  • The figure for the European Union was 26.2% in 2025, against 22.0% in 2020 (+4.2 percentage points).

About this measure

Definition
Renewable energy as a share of all energy consumed for electricity, heating and cooling, and transport, calculated with the SHARES methodology used for EU renewable energy targets. It is not the renewable share of electricity alone.
Population covered
Gross final energy consumption
Unit
% of gross final energy consumption
Frequency
Annual
Changes are shown as
Percentage points (the difference between two rates)

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  • Overall renewable share is different from renewable electricity share.

Source and dates

Original producer
Eurostat
Source
Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union
Dataset or series code
nrg_ind_ren · dataset details · view at source
Selection
freq=A nrg_bal=REN unit=PC
Observation period
2004 to 2025
Provider update
15 September 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
Eurostat reuse policy (attribution)
Attribution
Source: Eurostat

All countries in 2025 Every value is for 2025, so the countries are compared at the same point in time.

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Grey: no value for 2025. Colour groups split countries into roughly equal numbers. Boundaries: Natural Earth.