Share of final energy use that comes from renewable sources in Poland
Poland: Share of final energy use that comes from renewable sources was 17.1% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Share of final energy use that comes from renewable sources in Poland, 1990–2023
Source: United Nations Statistics Division and International Energy Agency and International Renewable Energy Agency – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, share of final energy use that comes from renewable sources in Poland stood at 17.1%. That is the highest value across all 34 years on record.
The figure is up 6.5% on the previous year and up 50.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of final energy use that comes from renewable sources in Poland peaked at 17.1% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 2.1%, in 1991.
Poland ranks 118th of 230 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Share of final energy use that comes from renewable sources in Poland, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 2.5% | — |
| 1991 | 2.1% | -17.6% |
| 1992 | 2.3% | +11.7% |
| 1993 | 6.1% | +166.5% |
| 1994 | 6.2% | +1.1% |
| 1995 | 6.3% | +2.1% |
| 1996 | 5.9% | -7.3% |
| 1997 | 6.0% | +1.9% |
| 1998 | 6.5% | +9.4% |
| 1999 | 6.4% | -2.0% |
| 2000 | 6.9% | +8.1% |
| 2001 | 7.3% | +5.2% |
| 2002 | 7.5% | +2.7% |
| 2003 | 7.3% | -2.7% |
| 2004 | 7.3% | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 7.2% | -1.2% |
| 2006 | 7.2% | -0.6% |
| 2007 | 7.3% | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 8.0% | +10.0% |
| 2009 | 8.8% | +10.4% |
| 2010 | 9.5% | +7.4% |
| 2011 | 10.4% | +10.0% |
| 2012 | 10.9% | +4.5% |
| 2013 | 11.4% | +4.6% |
| 2014 | 11.6% | +1.5% |
| 2015 | 11.9% | +2.5% |
| 2016 | 11.3% | -4.5% |
| 2017 | 11.1% | -1.9% |
| 2018 | 15.1% | +35.2% |
| 2019 | 15.6% | +3.9% |
| 2020 | 16.1% | +3.3% |
| 2021 | 15.2% | -6.0% |
| 2022 | 16.1% | +6.1% |
| 2023 | 17.1% | +6.5% |
Poland compared with similar countries
- Poland's 17.1% is above the median for high income countries, which is 12.2%, 1.4× the median. (83 countries reporting)
- Poland's 17.1% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 20.8%, 83% of the median. (54 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of final energy use that comes from renewable sources in Poland 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | +166.5% | 2.3% | 6.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5.0% | 2.1% | 6.5% | 10 |
| 2000s | 7.5% | 6.9% | 8.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 11.9% | 9.5% | 15.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 16.1% | 15.2% | 17.1% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Poland
More energy & mining data for Poland
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2025)
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary energy use, annual growth rate 2.92 % 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 (2025)
- Coal production, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fuel imports 6.3% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of final energy use that comes from renewable sources in Poland?
- Share of final energy use that comes from renewable sources in Poland was 17.1% in 2023, according to United Nations Statistics Division and International Energy Agency and International Renewable Energy Agency – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of final energy use that comes from renewable sources recorded in Poland?
- The highest recorded value was 17.1% in 2023.
- What is the lowest share of final energy use that comes from renewable sources recorded in Poland?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.1% in 1991.
- How does Poland rank for share of final energy use that comes from renewable sources?
- Poland ranks 118th out of 230 countries with data for 2023.
- Is share of final energy use that comes from renewable sources rising or falling in Poland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 50.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Poland data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division and International Energy Agency and International Renewable Energy Agency – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of final energy use that comes from renewable sources. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 34 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data).
About this data
Renewable energy share in the total final energy consumption (%).