Estonia's electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (% of total) was 39.64% in 2021, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 30.72 percentage points from 8.92% in 2011.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 39.64% | 2021 |
| Five years earlier | 12.76% | 2016 |
| Ten years earlier | 8.92% | 2011 |
| Highest | 48.38% | 2020 |
| Lowest | 0% | 1990 |
| Average since 2012 | 20.57% | 2012–2021 |
| First recorded | 0% | 1990 |
What the numbers say
In 2021, Estonia's electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (% of total) fell 8.74 percentage points on 2020 (from 48.38% to 39.64%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1991 to 2020), the average change was +1.61 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 4.39 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.4 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 20.5 percentage points in 2020 and the biggest yearly fall was 8.74 percentage points in 2021. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2012 to 2021 the straight-line trend is upward, about 3.71 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 69% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2021, Estonia had the 9th highest value of the 208 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Estonia | 39.64% | 2021 |
| World | 12.42% | 2021 |
| Europe & Central Asia | 17.16% | 2021 |
| High income | 14.09% | 2021 |
Closest to Estonia in the 2021 ranking
- Kenya — 6th of 208: 48.39%
- Lithuania — 7th of 208: 44.09%
- Luxembourg — 8th of 208: 40%
- Portugal — 10th of 208: 38.51%
- United Kingdom — 11th of 208: 37.83%
- Germany — 12th of 208: 35.62%
What this measures
The share of electricity production from renewable sources of total electricity production. Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric, includes geothermal, solar, tides, wind, biomass, and biofuels.
Limitations: IEA occasionally revises its time series to reflect political changes. For example, the IEA has constructed historical energy statistics for countries of the former Soviet Union. In addition, energy statistics for other countries have undergone continuous changes in coverage or methodology in recent years as more detailed energy accounts have become available. Breaks in series are therefore unavoidable.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average using total electricity production as weights.
All 32 values
| Year | Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (% of total) |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 39.64 |
| 2020 | 48.38 |
| 2019 | 27.89 |
| 2018 | 15.96 |
| 2017 | 13.92 |
| 2016 | 12.76 |
| 2015 | 15.16 |
| 2014 | 10.97 |
| 2013 | 9 |
| 2012 | 11.99 |
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (% of total) in nearby economies
- Albania — 0.47% (2021)
- Andorra — 17.48% (2021)
- Armenia — 2.1% (2021)
- Austria — 19.79% (2021)
- Azerbaijan — 1.22% (2021)
- Belarus — 2.25% (2021)
- Belgium — 22.2% (2021)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
More environment data for Estonia
- Population in largest city — 457,657 (2025)
- Population in the largest city (% of urban population) — 47.36% (2025)
- Rural population — 400,092 (2025)
- Rural population (% of total population) — 29.28% (2025)
- Urban population — 966,383 (2025)
- Urban population (% of total population) — 70.72% (2025)
- Rural population growth (annual %) — -0.51% (2025)
- Urban population growth (annual %) — -0.4% (2025)
- Agricultural land (sq. km) — 9,820 (2024)
- Surface area (sq. km) — 45,340 (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Estonia's electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (% of total)?
- 39.64% in 2021, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1990?
- It is up 39.64 percentage points from 0% in 1990. The highest value was 48.38% in 2020 and the lowest 0% in 1990.
- How does Estonia rank?
- 9th highest of 208 economies with data for 2021.
- Is the latest change in electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (% of total) unusual for Estonia?
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator EG.ELC.RNWX.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA), uri: https://www.iea.org/data-and-statistics/data-tools/energy-statistics-data-browser, publisher: International Energy Agency (IEA), date accessed: 2025-03-25 Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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