Renewable energy consumption in Greenland
Greenland: Renewable energy consumption was 11.7% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Renewable energy consumption in Greenland, 1990–2022
Source: IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA). Measured in % of total final energy consumption.
Analysis
Greenland recorded 11.7% for renewable energy consumption in 2022.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.9% on the previous year and up 15.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, renewable energy consumption in Greenland peaked at 13.1% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.5%, in 1990.
Greenland ranks 136th of 212 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.
Renewable energy consumption in Greenland, year by year
| Year | % of total final energy consumption | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.5% | — |
| 1991 | 0.5% | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 0.6% | +20.0% |
| 1993 | 5.3% | +783.3% |
| 1994 | 11.2% | +111.3% |
| 1995 | 10.7% | -4.5% |
| 1996 | 10.5% | -1.9% |
| 1997 | 9.2% | -12.4% |
| 1998 | 9.3% | +1.1% |
| 1999 | 9.4% | +1.1% |
| 2000 | 9.2% | -2.1% |
| 2001 | 8.7% | -5.4% |
| 2002 | 9.5% | +9.2% |
| 2003 | 9.5% | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 6.7% | -29.5% |
| 2005 | 7.0% | +4.5% |
| 2006 | 7.1% | +1.4% |
| 2007 | 6.9% | -2.8% |
| 2008 | 6.9% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 8.8% | +27.5% |
| 2010 | 10.1% | +14.8% |
| 2011 | 10.2% | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 10.1% | -1.0% |
| 2013 | 11.2% | +10.9% |
| 2014 | 12.5% | +11.6% |
| 2015 | 13.1% | +4.8% |
| 2016 | 12.4% | -5.3% |
| 2017 | 11.3% | -8.9% |
| 2018 | 11.4% | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 10.9% | -4.4% |
| 2020 | 11.8% | +8.3% |
| 2021 | 11.6% | -1.7% |
| 2022 | 11.7% | +0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 6.7% | 0.5% | 11.2% | 10 |
| 2000s | 8.0% | 6.7% | 9.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 11.3% | 10.1% | 13.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 11.7% | 11.6% | 11.8% | 3 |
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- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Primary energy use, annual growth rate 0.2748 % change on previous year (2024)
- Coal consumption, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Coal consumption, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Primary energy use, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Primary energy use, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Coal production, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Coal production, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Fuel imports 16.4% (2018)
Frequently asked questions
- What is renewable energy consumption in Greenland?
- Renewable energy consumption in Greenland was 11.7% in 2022, according to IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA).
- What is the highest renewable energy consumption recorded in Greenland?
- The highest recorded value was 13.1% in 2015.
- What is the lowest renewable energy consumption recorded in Greenland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5% in 1990.
- How does Greenland rank for renewable energy consumption?
- Greenland ranks 136th out of 212 countries with data for 2022.
- Is renewable energy consumption rising or falling in Greenland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Greenland data come from?
- The figures come from IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA), published as part of Renewable energy consumption (% of total final energy consumption). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Renewable energy consumption is the share of renewable energy in total final energy consumption.