OECD members vs United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding

OECD members
53,488 kWh per square kilometre
in 2021
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
482,623 kWh per square kilometre
in 2021
OECD members rank
8th
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland rank
8th

Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding over time

  • OECD members
  • United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
0200.0k400.0k600.0k199020052021

How they compare

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland currently reports 482,623 kWh per square kilometre against 53,488 kWh per square kilometre in OECD members, a difference of 429,135 kWh per square kilometre.

That makes United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland's figure about 9.0 times OECD members's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 32 shared years of data; in 1990 it was OECD members ahead.

OECD members ranks 8th and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 8th of 47 groups.

Across the 4 decades both report, OECD members averaged higher in 1 and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade OECD members United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Difference Ahead
1990s 2,188 kWh per square kilometre 1,341 kWh per square kilometre 846.71 kWh per square kilometre OECD members
2000s 8,487 kWh per square kilometre 45,912 kWh per square kilometre 37,425 kWh per square kilometre United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
2010s 29,520 kWh per square kilometre 273,158 kWh per square kilometre 243,637 kWh per square kilometre United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
2020s 51,543 kWh per square kilometre 505,508 kWh per square kilometre 453,964 kWh per square kilometre United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher electricity production from renewable sources, excluding, OECD members or United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, at 482,623 kWh per square kilometre against 53,488 kWh per square kilometre in OECD members as of 2021.
What is the difference in electricity production from renewable sources, excluding between OECD members and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
429,135 kWh per square kilometre, with United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for OECD members and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
32 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2021.
How do OECD members and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland rank globally for electricity production from renewable sources, excluding?
OECD members ranks 8th and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 8th of 47 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (kWh), per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

OECD members vs United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding. Statizoid, drawing on Statizoid (derived). Retrieved 05 September 2026, from https://energy.statizoid.com/compare/electricity-production-from-renewable-sources-excluding-hydroelectric-kwh-per-square/oecd-members/united-kingdom/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page; please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://energy.statizoid.com/compare/electricity-production-from-renewable-sources-excluding-hydroelectric-kwh-per-square/oecd-members/united-kingdom/">OECD members vs United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (kWh), per square kilometre
Unit
kWh per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
255 places, 7,259 data points, 1990–2021
Last refreshed

Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (kWh) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.