Canada vs Spain: Annual percentage change in primary energy from renewables
Canada
2.4%
in 2025
Spain
2.6%
in 2025
Canada rank
43rd
Spain rank
41st
Annual percentage change in primary energy from renewables over time
- Canada
- Spain
How they compare
Spain currently reports 2.6% against 2.4% in Canada, a difference of 0.2%.
That makes Spain's figure about 1.1 times Canada's.
The two have swapped places 36 times across 60 shared years of data; in 1966 it was Spain ahead.
Canada ranks 43rd and Spain ranks 41st of 77 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Canada averaged higher in 1 and Spain in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Canada | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6.4% | 13.7% | 7.3% | Spain |
| 1970s | 5.2% | 7.7% | 2.5% | Spain |
| 1980s | 2.0% | -4.8% | 6.8% | Canada |
| 1990s | 2.2% | 6.9% | 4.7% | Spain |
| 2000s | 1.0% | 14.7% | 13.7% | Spain |
| 2010s | 1.5% | 3.9% | 2.4% | Spain |
| 2020s | 0.2% | 7.7% | 7.5% | Spain |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual percentage change in primary energy from renewables, Canada or Spain?
- Spain, at 2.6% against 2.4% in Canada as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual percentage change in primary energy from renewables between Canada and Spain?
- 0.2%, with Spain ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Spain?
- 60 years are reported by both, from 1966 to 2025.
- How do Canada and Spain rank globally for annual percentage change in primary energy from renewables?
- Canada ranks 43rd and Spain ranks 41st of 77 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Energy Institute - Statistical Review of World Energy (2026); Smil (2017) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Annual percentage change in primary energy from renewables. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Percentage change in total energy supply relative to the previous year.