Environment · Euro area
Yearly data from 1990 to 2021, from the World Bank.
Euro area's electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (kWh) was 607.05 billion in 2021, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 112.17% from 286.11 billion in 2011 (7.81% a year on average, compounded).
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 607.05 billion | 2021 |
| Five years earlier | 440.76 billion | 2016 |
| Ten years earlier | 286.11 billion | 2011 |
| Highest | 607.05 billion | 2021 |
| Lowest | -12 million | 1992 |
| Average since 2012 | 473.36 billion | 2012–2021 |
| First recorded | 1.85 billion | 1990 |
Over five years it is up 37.73% from 440.76 billion in 2016 (6.61% a year on average, compounded). Since 1990 it is up 32,731% from 1.85 billion in 1990 (20.55% a year on average, compounded).
In 2021, Euro area's electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (kWh) rose 6.23 billion on 2020 (from 600.82 billion to 607.05 billion).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1991 to 2020), the average change was +19.97 billion and a typical year strayed about 17.13 billion from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.8 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 50.43 billion in 2012 and the biggest yearly fall was 1.66 billion in 1996. 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 31.03 billion a year. A straight line explains 99% 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.
Extending that straight line gives about 717.28 billion for 2024. We show this only because the same method, fitted on earlier years, predicted 2019 to 2021 better than "no change" would have: its average miss was 9.65 billion, against 80.88 billion for assuming no change. Treat it as a continuation of the recent pattern, not a forecast of events: it cannot see a recession, a policy change or a revision to the data.
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| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Euro area | 607.05 billion | 2021 |
| World | 3.56 trillion | 2021 |
Electricity production from renewable sources in kilowatt-hour (kWh), 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 sum.
| Year | Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (kWh) |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 607,050,090,000 |
| 2020 | 600,819,450,000 |
| 2019 | 556,229,140,000 |
| 2018 | 507,157,040,000 |
| 2017 | 487,102,480,000 |
| 2016 | 440,761,910,000 |
| 2015 | 433,426,350,000 |
| 2014 | 391,572,110,000 |
| 2013 | 372,974,320,000 |
| 2012 | 336,539,560,000 |
| 2011 | 286,110,370,000 |
| 2010 | 238,311,530,000 |
| 2009 | 206,651,590,000 |
| 2008 | 184,194,440,000 |
| 2007 | 160,712,460,000 |
| 2006 | 134,103,850,000 |
| 2005 | 114,152,830,000 |
| 2004 | 96,977,270,000 |
| 2003 | 78,393,360,000 |
| 2002 | 64,808,070,000 |
| 2001 | 51,784,340,000 |
| 2000 | 45,900,020,000 |
| 1999 | 15,259,000,000 |
| 1998 | 13,239,000,000 |
| 1997 | 10,474,000,000 |
| 1996 | 3,845,000,000 |
| 1995 | 5,502,000,000 |
| 1994 | 6,442,000,000 |
| 1993 | 3,932,000,000 |
| 1992 | -12,000,000 |
| 1991 | 724,000,000 |
| 1990 | 1,849,000,000 |
Every indicator for Euro area is on the Euro area data page.
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator EG.ELC.RNWX.KH, 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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