Netherlands vs Spain: Electricity generation from fossil fuels, nuclear and renewables

Netherlands

61.87 terawatt-hours

in 2025

Spain

73.01 terawatt-hours

in 2025

Netherlands rank

37th

Spain rank

34th

Electricity generation from fossil fuels, nuclear and renewables over time

Spain currently reports 73.01 terawatt-hours against 61.87 terawatt-hours in Netherlands, a difference of 11.14 terawatt-hours.

That makes Spain's figure about 1.2 times Netherlands's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 41 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Spain ahead.

Netherlands ranks 37th and Spain ranks 34th of 208 countries.

Indicator: Electricity generation from fossil fuels, nuclear and renewables
Unit: terawatt-hours
Source: Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 210 places, 6,017 data points, 1920–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Electricity generation from coal, oil, and gas, measured in terawatt-hours.