Share of electricity generation from gas in Finland
Finland: Share of electricity generation from gas was 1.2% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Share of electricity generation from gas in Finland, 1990–2025
Source: Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2025, share of electricity generation from gas in Finland stood at 1.2%.
That represents a change of up 16.2% on the previous year and down 84.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of electricity generation from gas in Finland peaked at 16.4% in 2003 and was at its lowest, 0.8%, in 2023.
Finland ranks 109th of 206 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 36 years of available data.
Share of electricity generation from gas in Finland, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 8.6% | — |
| 1991 | 8.5% | -0.4% |
| 1992 | 9.0% | +5.1% |
| 1993 | 9.1% | +1.2% |
| 1994 | 9.8% | +7.8% |
| 1995 | 10.4% | +5.7% |
| 1996 | 12.3% | +18.5% |
| 1997 | 10.0% | -18.9% |
| 1998 | 12.6% | +26.4% |
| 1999 | 13.7% | +9.2% |
| 2000 | 14.5% | +5.3% |
| 2001 | 15.7% | +8.5% |
| 2002 | 15.5% | -1.1% |
| 2003 | 16.4% | +5.9% |
| 2004 | 14.9% | -9.6% |
| 2005 | 15.9% | +7.2% |
| 2006 | 15.0% | -5.9% |
| 2007 | 13.0% | -13.1% |
| 2008 | 14.3% | +9.6% |
| 2009 | 13.6% | -4.4% |
| 2010 | 14.0% | +2.5% |
| 2011 | 12.9% | -7.9% |
| 2012 | 9.6% | -25.7% |
| 2013 | 9.5% | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 8.1% | -14.9% |
| 2015 | 7.6% | -6.5% |
| 2016 | 5.4% | -28.2% |
| 2017 | 4.9% | -10.2% |
| 2018 | 6.0% | +22.4% |
| 2019 | 5.6% | -6.2% |
| 2020 | 5.8% | +2.7% |
| 2021 | 5.3% | -7.8% |
| 2022 | 1.3% | -75.0% |
| 2023 | 0.8% | -39.1% |
| 2024 | 1.0% | +22.7% |
| 2025 | 1.2% | +16.2% |
Finland compared with similar countries
- Finland's 1.2% is below the median for high income countries, which is 14.3%, 8% of the median. (75 countries reporting)
- Finland's 1.2% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 16.4%, 7% of the median. (51 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of electricity generation from gas in Finland 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | -75.0% | 5.3% | 1.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 10.4% | 8.5% | 13.7% | 10 |
| 2000s | 14.9% | 13.0% | 16.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.4% | 4.9% | 14.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.6% | 0.8% | 5.8% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Finland
More energy & mining data for Finland
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary energy use, annual growth rate -0.4241 % 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 13.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of electricity generation from gas in Finland?
- Share of electricity generation from gas in Finland was 1.2% in 2025, according to Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of electricity generation from gas recorded in Finland?
- The highest recorded value was 16.4% in 2003.
- What is the lowest share of electricity generation from gas recorded in Finland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8% in 2023.
- How does Finland rank for share of electricity generation from gas?
- Finland ranks 109th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of electricity generation from gas rising or falling in Finland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 84.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Finland data come from?
- The figures come from Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of electricity generation from gas. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Measured as a percentage of total electricity produced in the country or region.