Greece vs Turkey: Primary energy from renewables per person
Greece
2,974 kilowatt-hours per person
in 2025
Turkey
3,269 kilowatt-hours per person
in 2025
Greece rank
31st
Turkey rank
28th
Primary energy from renewables per person over time
- Greece
- Turkey
How they compare
Turkey currently reports 3,269 kilowatt-hours per person against 2,974 kilowatt-hours per person in Greece, a difference of 295 kilowatt-hours per person.
That makes Turkey's figure about 1.1 times Greece's.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 61 shared years of data; in 1965 it was Greece ahead.
Greece ranks 31st and Turkey ranks 28th of 79 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Greece averaged higher in 3 and Turkey in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Greece | Turkey | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 175.86 kilowatt-hours per person | 92.29 kilowatt-hours per person | 83.56 kilowatt-hours per person | Greece |
| 1970s | 274.67 kilowatt-hours per person | 150.86 kilowatt-hours per person | 123.81 kilowatt-hours per person | Greece |
| 1980s | 288 kilowatt-hours per person | 307.45 kilowatt-hours per person | 19.45 kilowatt-hours per person | Turkey |
| 1990s | 308.43 kilowatt-hours per person | 561.83 kilowatt-hours per person | 253.4 kilowatt-hours per person | Turkey |
| 2000s | 553.21 kilowatt-hours per person | 550.51 kilowatt-hours per person | 2.7 kilowatt-hours per person | Greece |
| 2010s | 1,415 kilowatt-hours per person | 1,446 kilowatt-hours per person | 30.47 kilowatt-hours per person | Turkey |
| 2020s | 2,608 kilowatt-hours per person | 2,957 kilowatt-hours per person | 349.56 kilowatt-hours per person | Turkey |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher primary energy from renewables per person, Greece or Turkey?
- Turkey, at 3,269 kilowatt-hours per person against 2,974 kilowatt-hours per person in Greece as of 2025.
- What is the difference in primary energy from renewables per person between Greece and Turkey?
- 295 kilowatt-hours per person, with Turkey ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Greece and Turkey?
- 61 years are reported by both, from 1965 to 2025.
- How do Greece and Turkey rank globally for primary energy from renewables per person?
- Greece ranks 31st and Turkey ranks 28th of 79 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Energy Institute - Statistical Review of World Energy (2026); Smil (2017); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Primary energy from renewables per person. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Measured in kilowatt-hours of total energy supply per person.