Electricity generation by source in Sweden
Sweden: Electricity generation by source was 0 terawatt-hours in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Electricity generation by source in Sweden, 1965–2025
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
In 2025, electricity generation by source in Sweden stood at 0 terawatt-hours. That is the lowest value across all 61 years on record.
Over the whole period, electricity generation by source in Sweden peaked at 2.19 terawatt-hours in 1989 and was at its lowest, 0 terawatt-hours, in 1965.
That places Sweden 28th out of 214 countries with data for 2025, putting it 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 Sweden, year by year
| Year | terawatt-hours | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1965 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1966 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1967 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1968 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1969 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1970 | 0.13 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1971 | 0.16 terawatt-hours | +23.1% |
| 1972 | 0.226 terawatt-hours | +41.2% |
| 1973 | 0.399 terawatt-hours | +76.5% |
| 1974 | 0.357 terawatt-hours | -10.5% |
| 1975 | 0.31 terawatt-hours | -13.2% |
| 1976 | 0.354 terawatt-hours | +14.2% |
| 1977 | 0.36 terawatt-hours | +1.7% |
| 1978 | 0.276 terawatt-hours | -23.3% |
| 1979 | 0.347 terawatt-hours | +25.7% |
| 1980 | 0.721 terawatt-hours | +107.8% |
| 1981 | 0.921 terawatt-hours | +27.7% |
| 1982 | 1 terawatt-hours | +8.8% |
| 1983 | 1.45 terawatt-hours | +44.4% |
| 1984 | 1.85 terawatt-hours | +27.7% |
| 1985 | 1.8 terawatt-hours | -2.5% |
| 1986 | 1.98 terawatt-hours | +9.9% |
| 1987 | 1.96 terawatt-hours | -1.1% |
| 1988 | 2.04 terawatt-hours | +4.2% |
| 1989 | 2.19 terawatt-hours | +7.3% |
| 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 | — |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 5 |
| 1970s | 0.2919 terawatt-hours | 0.13 terawatt-hours | 0.399 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.59 terawatt-hours | 0.721 terawatt-hours | 2.19 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 Sweden
- 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 Belgium 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 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 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 Sweden
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary energy use, annual growth rate -1.95 % 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 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 10.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is electricity generation by source in Sweden?
- Electricity generation by source in Sweden 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 Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 2.19 terawatt-hours in 1989.
- What is the lowest electricity generation by source recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 terawatt-hours in 1965.
- How does Sweden rank for electricity generation by source?
- Sweden ranks 28th out of 214 countries with data for 2025.
- Where does this Sweden 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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About this data
Measured in terawatt-hours.