Electricity net generation in Greenland
Greenland: Electricity net generation was 0.5937 in 2020. ▲ Rising
Electricity net generation in Greenland, 1980–2020
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Greenland recorded 0.5937 for electricity net generation in 2020. That is the highest value across all 41 years on record.
That represents a change of up 19.1% on the previous year and up 43.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, electricity net generation in Greenland peaked at 0.5937 in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.151, in 1980.
That places Greenland 162nd out of 203 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 41 years of available data.
Electricity net generation in Greenland, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 0.151 | — |
| 1981 | 0.154 | +2.0% |
| 1982 | 0.159 | +3.2% |
| 1983 | 0.165 | +3.8% |
| 1984 | 0.171 | +3.6% |
| 1985 | 0.174 | +1.8% |
| 1986 | 0.179 | +2.9% |
| 1987 | 0.183 | +2.2% |
| 1988 | 0.188 | +2.7% |
| 1989 | 0.197 | +4.8% |
| 1990 | 0.207 | +5.1% |
| 1991 | 0.202 | -2.4% |
| 1992 | 0.203 | +0.5% |
| 1993 | 0.237 | +16.7% |
| 1994 | 0.24 | +1.3% |
| 1995 | 0.242 | +0.8% |
| 1996 | 0.243 | +0.4% |
| 1997 | 0.258 | +6.2% |
| 1998 | 0.264 | +2.3% |
| 1999 | 0.448 | +69.7% |
| 2000 | 0.421 | -6.0% |
| 2001 | 0.388 | -7.8% |
| 2002 | 0.382 | -1.5% |
| 2003 | 0.33 | -13.6% |
| 2004 | 0.336 | +1.8% |
| 2005 | 0.35 | +4.2% |
| 2006 | 0.382 | +9.1% |
| 2007 | 0.388 | +1.6% |
| 2008 | 0.4 | +3.1% |
| 2009 | 0.425 | +6.2% |
| 2010 | 0.4143 | -2.5% |
| 2011 | 0.4506 | +8.8% |
| 2012 | 0.4388 | -2.6% |
| 2013 | 0.4501 | +2.6% |
| 2014 | 0.4757 | +5.7% |
| 2015 | 0.5102 | +7.3% |
| 2016 | 0.4807 | -5.8% |
| 2017 | 0.4677 | -2.7% |
| 2018 | 0.5125 | +9.6% |
| 2019 | 0.4987 | -2.7% |
| 2020 | 0.5937 | +19.1% |
Greenland compared with similar countries
- Greenland's 0.5937 is below the median for high income countries, which is 28.46, 2% of the median. (75 countries reporting)
- Greenland's 0.5937 is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 33.09, 2% of the median. (51 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Electricity net generation in Greenland 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | +69.7% | 0.264 | 0.448 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.1721 | 0.151 | 0.197 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.2544 | 0.202 | 0.448 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.3802 | 0.33 | 0.425 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.4699 | 0.4143 | 0.5125 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.5937 | 0.5937 | 0.5937 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Greenland
More reference data data for Greenland
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0004 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0986 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0041 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture 0.1141 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture 0.2128 (2019)
- Official exchange rate, LCU per USD, period average 6.82 (2017)
- Annual precipitation, annual growth rate 7.26 % change on previous year (2025)
- Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture, per unit of GDP 0 metric tons per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture, per capita 0.0005 metric tons per person (2024)
- Wealth share of the richest 1% 27.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is electricity net generation in Greenland?
- Electricity net generation in Greenland was 0.5937 in 2020, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest electricity net generation recorded in Greenland?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5937 in 2020.
- What is the lowest electricity net generation recorded in Greenland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.151 in 1980.
- How does Greenland rank for electricity net generation?
- Greenland ranks 162nd out of 203 countries with data for 2020.
- Is electricity net generation rising or falling in Greenland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 43.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Greenland data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Electricity net generation. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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