Share of electricity production by source in Norway
Norway: Share of electricity production by source was 0.0% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Share of electricity production by source in Norway, 1990–2025
Source: Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of electricity production by source in Norway is 0.0%, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 36 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 100.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of electricity production by source in Norway peaked at 0.1% in 1994 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2024.
That places Norway 85th out of 210 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 36 years of available data.
Share of electricity production by source in Norway, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.0% | — |
| 1991 | 0.0% | +37.5% |
| 1992 | 0.0% | -5.6% |
| 1993 | 0.0% | -2.2% |
| 1994 | 0.1% | +27.9% |
| 1995 | 0.0% | -8.1% |
| 1996 | 0.0% | -2.7% |
| 1997 | 0.0% | -24.2% |
| 1998 | 0.0% | -5.1% |
| 1999 | 0.0% | -4.8% |
| 2000 | 0.0% | -14.2% |
| 2001 | 0.0% | +17.5% |
| 2002 | 0.0% | -6.8% |
| 2003 | 0.0% | +22.1% |
| 2004 | 0.0% | -3.1% |
| 2005 | 0.0% | -19.8% |
| 2006 | 0.0% | +13.2% |
| 2007 | 0.0% | -10.9% |
| 2008 | 0.0% | -3.6% |
| 2009 | 0.0% | +7.8% |
| 2010 | 0.0% | +6.4% |
| 2011 | 0.0% | -2.2% |
| 2012 | 0.0% | -13.9% |
| 2013 | 0.0% | +9.8% |
| 2014 | 0.0% | -5.5% |
| 2015 | 0.0% | -1.5% |
| 2016 | 0.0% | -3.4% |
| 2017 | 0.0% | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 0.0% | +1.6% |
| 2019 | 0.0% | +9.0% |
| 2020 | 0.0% | -13.3% |
| 2021 | 0.0% | -1.8% |
| 2022 | 0.0% | +8.1% |
| 2023 | 0.0% | -29.0% |
| 2024 | 0.0% | -100.0% |
| 2025 | 0.0% | — |
Norway compared with similar countries
- Norway's 0.0% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.3%. (51 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of electricity production by source in Norway 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | -100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Norway
- 82 United Kingdom 0.1% compare
- 83 Belarus 0.0% compare
- 84 Peru 0.0% compare
- 85 Albania 0.0%
- 85 Algeria 0.0%
- 85 American Samoa 0.0%
- 85 Angola 0.0%
- 85 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0%
- 85 Armenia 0.0%
- 85 Aruba 0.0%
- 85 Austria 0.0% compare
- 85 Azerbaijan 0.0%
- 85 Bahamas 0.0%
- 85 Bahrain 0.0%
- 85 Barbados 0.0%
- 85 Belgium 0.0% compare
- 85 Belize 0.0%
- 85 Benin 0.0%
- 85 Bermuda 0.0%
- 85 Bhutan 0.0%
- 85 Bolivia 0.0%
- 85 British Virgin Islands 0.0%
- 85 Burkina Faso 0.0%
- 85 Burundi 0.0%
- 85 Cameroon 0.0%
- 85 Cape Verde 0.0%
- 85 Cayman Islands 0.0%
- 85 Central African Republic 0.0%
- 85 Chad 0.0%
- 85 Comoros 0.0%
- 85 Congo 0.0%
- 85 Cook Islands 0.0%
- 85 Costa Rica 0.0%
- 85 Cote d'Ivoire 0.0%
- 85 Cuba 0.0%
- 85 Cyprus 0.0%
- 85 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.0%
- 85 Djibouti 0.0%
- 85 Dominica 0.0%
- 85 East Timor 0.0%
- 85 Ecuador 0.0%
- 85 Egypt 0.0%
- 85 Equatorial Guinea 0.0%
- 85 Eritrea 0.0%
- 85 Estonia 0.0% compare
- 85 Ethiopia 0.0%
- 85 Falkland Islands 0.0%
- 85 Faroe Islands 0.0%
- 85 Fiji 0.0%
- 85 French Polynesia 0.0%
- 85 Gabon 0.0%
- 85 Gambia 0.0%
- 85 Georgia 0.0% compare
- 85 Ghana 0.0%
- 85 Gibraltar 0.0%
- 85 Greenland 0.0%
- 85 Grenada 0.0%
- 85 Guam 0.0%
- 85 Guinea 0.0%
- 85 Guinea-Bissau 0.0%
- 85 Guyana 0.0%
- 85 Haiti 0.0%
- 85 Iceland 0.0%
- 85 Iraq 0.0%
- 85 Jamaica 0.0%
- 85 Jordan 0.0%
- 85 Kenya 0.0%
- 85 Kiribati 0.0%
- 85 Kuwait 0.0%
- 85 Latvia 0.0%
- 85 Lebanon 0.0%
- 85 Lesotho 0.0%
- 85 Liberia 0.0%
- 85 Libya 0.0%
- 85 Lithuania 0.0%
- 85 Luxembourg 0.0%
- 85 Macao 0.0%
- 85 Malawi 0.0%
- 85 Maldives 0.0%
- 85 Mali 0.0%
- 85 Malta 0.0% compare
- 85 Mauritania 0.0%
- 85 Moldova 0.0%
- 85 Montserrat 0.0%
- 85 Mozambique 0.0%
- 85 Nauru 0.0%
- 85 Nepal 0.0%
- 85 Nicaragua 0.0%
- 85 Nigeria 0.0%
- 85 Oman 0.0%
- 85 Palestine 0.0%
- 85 Papua New Guinea 0.0%
- 85 Paraguay 0.0%
- 85 Portugal 0.0% compare
- 85 Qatar 0.0%
- 85 Saint Helena 0.0%
- 85 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0%
- 85 Saint Lucia 0.0%
- 85 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.0%
- 85 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0%
- 85 Samoa 0.0%
- 85 Sao Tome and Principe 0.0%
- 85 Saudi Arabia 0.0%
- 85 Seychelles 0.0%
- 85 Sierra Leone 0.0%
- 85 Solomon Islands 0.0%
- 85 Somalia 0.0%
- 85 South Sudan 0.0%
- 85 Sudan 0.0%
- 85 Suriname 0.0%
- 85 Sweden 0.0% compare
- 85 Switzerland 0.0%
- 85 Syria 0.0%
- 85 Tanzania 0.0% compare
- 85 Togo 0.0%
- 85 Tonga 0.0%
- 85 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0%
- 85 Tunisia 0.0%
- 85 Turkmenistan 0.0%
- 85 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.0%
- 85 Uganda 0.0%
- 85 United Arab Emirates 0.0% compare
- 85 United States Virgin Islands 0.0%
- 85 Uruguay 0.0%
- 85 Vanuatu 0.0%
- 85 Venezuela 0.0%
- 85 Western Sahara 0.0%
- 85 Yemen 0.0%
More energy & mining data for Norway
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary energy use, annual growth rate 2.48 % 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 5.2% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of electricity production by source in Norway?
- Share of electricity production by source in Norway was 0.0% in 2025, according to Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of electricity production by source recorded in Norway?
- The highest recorded value was 0.1% in 1994.
- What is the lowest share of electricity production by source recorded in Norway?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2024.
- How does Norway rank for share of electricity production by source?
- Norway ranks 85th out of 210 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of electricity production by source rising or falling in Norway?
- Over the last ten years it is down 100.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Norway 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 production by source. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Measured as a percentage of total electricity produced in the country or region.