Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric in Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)
Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries): Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric was 5.5% in 2021. ◆ Volatile
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric in Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries), 1990–2021
Source: IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA). Measured in % of total.
Analysis
Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) recorded 5.5% for electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric in 2021. That is the highest value across all 32 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.1% on the previous year and up 372.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric in Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) peaked at 5.5% in 2021 and was at its lowest, -0.2%, in 1999.
Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 31st of 47 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric in Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries), year by year
| Year | % of total | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.0% | — |
| 1991 | 0.0% | +52.1% |
| 1992 | -0.0% | -282.7% |
| 1993 | -0.1% | +178.1% |
| 1994 | -0.1% | +82.5% |
| 1995 | -0.1% | -42.9% |
| 1996 | -0.0% | -52.9% |
| 1997 | -0.1% | +82.2% |
| 1998 | -0.1% | +3.3% |
| 1999 | -0.2% | +139.9% |
| 2000 | 0.3% | -281.8% |
| 2001 | 0.2% | -14.2% |
| 2002 | 0.1% | -38.7% |
| 2003 | 0.1% | -3.0% |
| 2004 | 0.4% | +158.0% |
| 2005 | 0.2% | -38.6% |
| 2006 | 0.5% | +130.9% |
| 2007 | 0.5% | -11.6% |
| 2008 | 0.8% | +69.1% |
| 2009 | 0.7% | -7.9% |
| 2010 | 0.8% | +8.7% |
| 2011 | 1.2% | +51.4% |
| 2012 | 1.5% | +25.7% |
| 2013 | 1.8% | +24.0% |
| 2014 | 2.3% | +25.4% |
| 2015 | 2.7% | +17.5% |
| 2016 | 2.9% | +8.9% |
| 2017 | 3.3% | +12.3% |
| 2018 | 3.5% | +7.8% |
| 2019 | 4.3% | +21.8% |
| 2020 | 5.3% | +22.1% |
| 2021 | 5.5% | +5.1% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric in Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | -282.7% | 0.0% | -0.0% |
| 2000 | +281.8% | -0.2% | 0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | -0.1% | -0.2% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.4% | 0.1% | 0.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.4% | 0.8% | 4.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.4% | 5.3% | 5.5% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)
More energy & mining data for Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)
- Fuel imports 8.9% (2024)
- Ores and metals imports 4.5% (2024)
- Ores and metals exports 6.6% (2021)
- Fuel exports 22.7% (2021)
- Electric power transmission and distribution losses 7.8% (2024)
- Mineral rents 1.9% (2021)
- Natural gas rents 2.8% (2021)
- Total natural resources rents 10.1% (2021)
- Alternative and nuclear energy 11.3% (2024)
- Electric power consumption 4,571 kWh per capita (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric in Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric in Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) was 5.5% in 2021, according to IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA).
- What is the highest electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric recorded in Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- The highest recorded value was 5.5% in 2021.
- What is the lowest electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric recorded in Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- The lowest recorded value was -0.2% in 1999.
- How does Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) rank for electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric?
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 31st out of 47 groups with data for 2021.
- Is electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric rising or falling in Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 372.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) data come from?
- The figures come from IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA), published as part of Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (% of total). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The share of electricity production from renewable sources of total electricity production. Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric, includes geothermal, solar, tides, wind, biomass, and biofuels.