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Renewable electricity in the EU countries

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Renewable electricity generation equals 90.8% of consumption in Austria, 11.2% in Malta.

In 2025, electricity generated from renewable sources in the EU equalled 49.9% of the electricity consumed.

Figures for:
2025.
Covers:
the whole year.
New data:
once a year.
Dataset updated:
15 September 2026.

Published 1 November 2026, updated 6 November 2026

27 / 27 EU countries ranked

The ranking

In 2025, the share of electricity from renewable sources was highest in Austria, at 90.8%, and lowest in Malta, at 11.2%.

Share of electricity from renewable sources, %

2025
020406080100%
EU, 49.9 %
Rank 1: Austria, 90.8 %
Rank 2: Sweden, 89.2 %
Rank 3: Denmark, 77.7 %
Rank 4: Portugal, 65.6 %
Rank 5: Greece, 60.9 %
Rank 6: Spain, 60.7 %
Rank 7: Lithuania, 59.9 %
Rank 8: Croatia, 58.8 %
Rank 9: Germany, 57.9 %
Rank 10: Latvia, 57.6 %
Rank 11: Finland, 56.6 %
Rank 12: Netherlands, 54.7 %
Rank 13: Romania, 49.9 %
Rank 14: Slovenia, 45.6 %
Rank 15: Italy, 43.5 %
Rank 16: Ireland, 41.7 %
Rank 17: Estonia, 41.1 %
Rank 18: Bulgaria, 34.4 %
Rank 19: Belgium, 34.3 %
Rank 20: France, 33.1 %
Rank 21: Poland, 32.5 %
Rank 22: Hungary, 28.3 %
Rank 23: Cyprus, 27.5 %
Rank 24: Slovakia, 24.1 %
Rank 25: Luxembourg, 23.3 %
Rank 26: Czechia, 19.2 %
Rank 27: Malta, 11.2 %
How to read: bars start at zero. Every country with a value is shown, ranked from highest to lowest.Source: Eurostat, Renewable energy share (nrg_ind_ren).Chart: Civitascope (civitascope.eu) · CC BY 4.0 · Download image · Download data ·

All energy

In gross final energy consumption, the gap between countries was much narrower. It ranged from 14.9% in Belgium to 65.4% in Sweden. The highest and the lowest were 50.5 percentage points apart.

Share of electricity from renewable sources: all energy and electricity, %

2025
All energyElectricityRank all energyRank
(%)
%20406080
EU, All energy: 26.2 %, Electricity: 49.9 %,
Rank 1: Austria, All energy: 44.2 %, Electricity: 90.8 %, Rank all energy: 5
Rank 2: Sweden, All energy: 65.4 %, Electricity: 89.2 %, Rank all energy: 1
Rank 3: Denmark, All energy: 48.2 %, Electricity: 77.7 %, Rank all energy: 3
Rank 4: Portugal, All energy: 36.7 %, Electricity: 65.6 %, Rank all energy: 8
Rank 5: Greece, All energy: 26.9 %, Electricity: 60.9 %, Rank all energy: 10
Rank 6: Spain, All energy: 26.0 %, Electricity: 60.7 %, Rank all energy: 11
Rank 7: Lithuania, All energy: 38.5 %, Electricity: 59.9 %, Rank all energy: 7
Rank 8: Croatia, All energy: 28.5 %, Electricity: 58.8 %, Rank all energy: 9
Rank 9: Germany, All energy: 23.9 %, Electricity: 57.9 %, Rank all energy: 14
Rank 10: Latvia, All energy: 46.3 %, Electricity: 57.6 %, Rank all energy: 4
Rank 11: Finland, All energy: 53.0 %, Electricity: 56.6 %, Rank all energy: 2
Rank 12: Netherlands, All energy: 22.7 %, Electricity: 54.7 %, Rank all energy: 16
Rank 13: Romania, All energy: 25.6 %, Electricity: 49.9 %, Rank all energy: 12
Rank 14: Slovenia, All energy: 25.4 %, Electricity: 45.6 %, Rank all energy: 13
Rank 15: Italy, All energy: 20.5 %, Electricity: 43.5 %, Rank all energy: 19
Rank 16: Ireland, All energy: 17.2 %, Electricity: 41.7 %, Rank all energy: 25
Rank 17: Estonia, Electricity: 41.1 %, All energy: 42.3 %, Rank all energy: 6
Rank 18: Bulgaria, All energy: 22.7 %, Electricity: 34.4 %, Rank all energy: 16
Rank 19: Belgium, All energy: 14.9 %, Electricity: 34.3 %, Rank all energy: 27
Rank 20: France, All energy: 23.9 %, Electricity: 33.1 %, Rank all energy: 14
Rank 21: Poland, All energy: 18.7 %, Electricity: 32.5 %, Rank all energy: 24
Rank 22: Hungary, All energy: 19.6 %, Electricity: 28.3 %, Rank all energy: 21
Rank 23: Cyprus, All energy: 21.5 %, Electricity: 27.5 %, Rank all energy: 18
Rank 24: Slovakia, All energy: 16.3 %, Electricity: 24.1 %, Rank all energy: 26
Rank 25: Luxembourg, All energy: 20.2 %, Electricity: 23.3 %, Rank all energy: 20
Rank 26: Czechia, All energy: 19.1 %, Electricity: 19.2 %, Rank all energy: 22
Rank 27: Malta, Electricity: 11.2 %, All energy: 18.8 %, Rank all energy: 23
How to read: the filled dot is electricity, the outlined dot all energy, each with its value beside it. The column on the right is the rank all energy. Countries are ranked by the filled dot.Source: Eurostat, Renewable energy share (nrg_ind_ren).Chart: Civitascope (civitascope.eu) · CC BY 4.0 · Download image · Download data ·
ElectricityAll energy
Lowest11.2%Malta14.9%Belgium
Highest90.8%Austria65.4%Sweden
Highest − lowest79.6 pp50.5 pp

Electricity

Lowest: 11.2% (Malta)Highest: 90.8% (Austria)Highest − lowest: 79.6 pp

All energy

Lowest: 14.9% (Belgium)Highest: 65.4% (Sweden)Highest − lowest: 50.5 pp

About the data

The share of energy from renewable sources in gross final energy consumption, overall or in electricity, heating and cooling, or transport, calculated under the rules of the Renewable Energy Directive.

Eurostat: “In 2025, renewables made up 26.2% of energy consumed in the EU, up from 25.2% in 2024.” (source)

Energy statistics reported by the Member States under Regulation (EC) No 1099/2008 on energy statistics. The shares follow the rules of the Renewable Energy Directive.

How to read these numbers

How it is measured

Under the directive, countries may agree on statistical transfers. Renewable energy produced in one EU country is then counted in another country's share of all energy.

For electricity, the share compares the electricity a country generates from renewable sources with all the electricity it consumes. Imported electricity counts only in the consumption.

Under the directive, electricity from hydropower and wind power is counted as a normalised amount, not as produced in the year.

Provisional figures

A provisional value (flag p) may still be revised. This concerns every country (2025) and the EU (2025).

Sources and data

Eurostat, Renewable energy share (nrg_ind_ren). Data updated 15 September 2026, retrieved 3 November 2026. Licence: CC BY 4.0.

Eurostat metadata · Eurostat methodology

The exact Eurostat API query

https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/nrg_ind_ren?format=JSON&lang=en&freq=A&geo=AT&geo=BE&geo=BG&geo=CY&geo=CZ&geo=DE&geo=DK&geo=EE&geo=EL&geo=ES&geo=EU27_2020&geo=FI&geo=FR&geo=HR&geo=HU&geo=IE&geo=IT&geo=LT&geo=LU&geo=LV&geo=MT&geo=NL&geo=PL&geo=PT&geo=RO&geo=SE&geo=SI&geo=SK&nrg_bal=REN_ELC&unit=PC

How every number in this story was computed

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