Electricity generation by source in Belgium
Belgium: Electricity generation by source was 0 terawatt-hours in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Electricity generation by source in Belgium, 1972–2025
Source: Ember (2026); Pinto et al. (2023); Energy Institute – Statistical Review of World Energy (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in terawatt-hours.
Analysis
The most recent figure for electricity generation by source in Belgium is 0 terawatt-hours, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 54 years on record.
Over the whole period, electricity generation by source in Belgium peaked at 0.315 terawatt-hours in 1979 and was at its lowest, 0 terawatt-hours, in 1972.
Belgium ranks 28th of 214 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Electricity generation by source in Belgium, year by year
| Year | terawatt-hours | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1973 | 0.116 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1974 | 0.108 terawatt-hours | -6.9% |
| 1975 | 0.083 terawatt-hours | -23.1% |
| 1976 | 0.057 terawatt-hours | -31.3% |
| 1977 | 0.247 terawatt-hours | +333.3% |
| 1978 | 0.26 terawatt-hours | +5.3% |
| 1979 | 0.315 terawatt-hours | +21.2% |
| 1980 | 0.3 terawatt-hours | -4.8% |
| 1981 | 0.291 terawatt-hours | -3.0% |
| 1982 | 0.046 terawatt-hours | -84.2% |
| 1983 | 0.022 terawatt-hours | -52.2% |
| 1984 | 0.024 terawatt-hours | +9.1% |
| 1985 | 0.053 terawatt-hours | +120.8% |
| 1986 | 0.119 terawatt-hours | +124.5% |
| 1987 | 0.142 terawatt-hours | +19.3% |
| 1988 | 0.18 terawatt-hours | +26.8% |
| 1989 | 0.191 terawatt-hours | +6.1% |
| 1990 | 0 terawatt-hours | -100.0% |
| 1991 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1992 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1993 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1994 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1995 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1996 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1997 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1998 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1999 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2000 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2001 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2002 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2003 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2004 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2005 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2006 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2007 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2008 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2009 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2010 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2011 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2012 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2013 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2014 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2015 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2016 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2017 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2018 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2019 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2020 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2021 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2022 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2023 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2024 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2025 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Electricity generation by source in Belgium changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | +333.3% | 0.057 terawatt-hours | 0.247 terawatt-hours |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.1482 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 0.315 terawatt-hours | 8 |
| 1980s | 0.1368 terawatt-hours | 0.022 terawatt-hours | 0.3 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 1990s | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 2000s | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 2010s | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 2020s | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 6 |
Countries ranked near Belgium
- 25 Hungary 0.01 terawatt-hours compare
- 25 Martinique 0.01 terawatt-hours compare
- 25 Slovakia 0.01 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Afghanistan 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Albania 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Algeria 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 American Samoa 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Angola 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Antigua and Barbuda 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Argentina 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Armenia 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Aruba 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Australia 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Austria 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Azerbaijan 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Bahamas 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Bahrain 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Bangladesh 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Barbados 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Belarus 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Belize 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Benin 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Bermuda 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Bhutan 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Bolivia 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Botswana 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Brazil 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 British Virgin Islands 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Brunei 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Bulgaria 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Burkina Faso 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Burundi 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Cambodia 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Cameroon 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Canada 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Cape Verde 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Cayman Islands 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Central African Republic 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Chad 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 China 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Colombia 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Comoros 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Congo 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Cook Islands 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Cote d'Ivoire 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Croatia 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Cuba 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Cyprus 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Czechia 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Democratic Republic of Congo 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Denmark 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Djibouti 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Dominica 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Dominican Republic 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 East Timor 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Ecuador 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Egypt 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Equatorial Guinea 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Eritrea 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Estonia 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Eswatini 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Falkland Islands 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Faroe Islands 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Fiji 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 French Guiana 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 French Polynesia 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Gabon 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Gambia 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Georgia 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Germany 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Ghana 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Gibraltar 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Greece 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Greenland 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Grenada 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Guam 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Guinea 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Guinea-Bissau 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Guyana 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Haiti 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Hong Kong 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 India 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Iran 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Iraq 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Ireland 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Israel 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Jamaica 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Japan 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Jordan 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Kazakhstan 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Kiribati 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Kuwait 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Kyrgyzstan 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Laos 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Latvia 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Lebanon 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Lesotho 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Liberia 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Libya 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Lithuania 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Luxembourg 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Macao 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Madagascar 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Malawi 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Malaysia 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Maldives 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Mali 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Malta 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Mauritania 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Mauritius 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Mexico 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Moldova 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Mongolia 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Montenegro 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Montserrat 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Morocco 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Mozambique 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Myanmar 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Namibia 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Nauru 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Nepal 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Netherlands 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 New Caledonia 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Niger 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Nigeria 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Niue 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 North Korea 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 North Macedonia 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Oman 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Pakistan 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Palestine 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Panama 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Paraguay 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Peru 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Puerto Rico 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Qatar 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Reunion 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Romania 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Russia 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Rwanda 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Saint Helena 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Saint Lucia 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Samoa 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Sao Tome and Principe 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Saudi Arabia 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Senegal 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Serbia 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Seychelles 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Sierra Leone 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Singapore 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Slovenia 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Solomon Islands 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Somalia 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 South Africa 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 South Korea 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 South Sudan 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Spain 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Sudan 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Suriname 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Sweden 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Syria 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Taiwan 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Tajikistan 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Tanzania 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Thailand 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Togo 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Tonga 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Trinidad and Tobago 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Tunisia 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Turkmenistan 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Uganda 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Ukraine 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 United Arab Emirates 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 United Kingdom 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 United States Virgin Islands 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Uruguay 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Uzbekistan 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Vanuatu 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Venezuela 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Vietnam 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Western Sahara 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Yemen 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Zambia 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Zimbabwe 0 terawatt-hours
More energy & mining data for Belgium
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary energy use, annual growth rate -2.47 % change on previous year (2025)
- Coal consumption, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2025)
- Coal consumption, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary energy use, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary energy use, per capita 0.0001 terawatt-hours per person (2025)
- Coal production, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Coal production, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2025)
- Fuel imports 16.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is electricity generation by source in Belgium?
- Electricity generation by source in Belgium was 0 terawatt-hours in 2025, according to Ember (2026); Pinto et al. (2023); Energy Institute – Statistical Review of World Energy (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest electricity generation by source recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 0.315 terawatt-hours in 1979.
- What is the lowest electricity generation by source recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 terawatt-hours in 1972.
- How does Belgium rank for electricity generation by source?
- Belgium ranks 28th out of 214 countries with data for 2025.
- Where does this Belgium data come from?
- The figures come from Ember (2026); Pinto et al. (2023); Energy Institute – Statistical Review of World Energy (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Electricity generation by source. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Measured in terawatt-hours.