Renewable electricity in Greenland
Greenland: Renewable electricity was 81.3% in 2015. ▲ Rising
Renewable electricity in Greenland, 1990–2015
Source: World Bank and International Energy Agency (IEA Statistics © OECD/IEA, http://www.iea.org/stats/index.asp). Measured in % in total electricity output.
Analysis
Greenland recorded 81.3% for renewable electricity in 2015. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 39.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, renewable electricity in Greenland peaked at 81.3% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 1990.
That places Greenland 26th out of 233 countries with data for 2015, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Renewable electricity in Greenland, year by year
| Year | % in total electricity output | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.0% | — |
| 1991 | 0.0% | — |
| 1992 | 0.0% | — |
| 1993 | 26.6% | — |
| 1994 | 60.4% | +127.1% |
| 1995 | 60.2% | -0.3% |
| 1996 | 60.2% | -0.0% |
| 1997 | 56.9% | -5.4% |
| 1998 | 58.4% | +2.5% |
| 1999 | 58.0% | -0.6% |
| 2000 | 57.4% | -1.1% |
| 2001 | 55.5% | -3.4% |
| 2002 | 58.4% | +5.3% |
| 2003 | 58.0% | -0.7% |
| 2004 | 57.8% | -0.4% |
| 2005 | 58.3% | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 56.3% | -3.4% |
| 2007 | 56.0% | -0.5% |
| 2008 | 55.3% | -1.4% |
| 2009 | 63.3% | +14.5% |
| 2010 | 71.4% | +12.8% |
| 2011 | 74.8% | +4.8% |
| 2012 | 75.0% | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 79.8% | +6.4% |
| 2014 | 81.2% | +1.7% |
| 2015 | 81.3% | +0.1% |
Greenland compared with similar countries
- Greenland's 81.3% is above the median for high income countries, which is 13.2%, 6.1× the median. (85 countries reporting)
- Greenland's 81.3% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 29.2%, 2.8× the median. (57 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Renewable electricity 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | +127.1% | 26.6% | 60.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 38.1% | 0.0% | 60.4% | 10 |
| 2000s | 57.6% | 55.3% | 63.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 77.3% | 71.4% | 81.3% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Greenland
- 23 Afghanistan 86.1% compare
- 24 Kyrgyzstan 85.2% compare
- 25 Burundi 82.7% compare
- 27 New Zealand 80.1% compare
- 28 Guinea 78.8% compare
- 29 Georgia 78.0% compare
More reference data data for Greenland
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture 0.2128 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0004 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0986 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture 0.1141 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0041 (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)
- Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture 30 metric tons (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is renewable electricity in Greenland?
- Renewable electricity in Greenland was 81.3% in 2015, according to World Bank and International Energy Agency (IEA Statistics © OECD/IEA, http://www.iea.org/stats/index.asp).
- What is the highest renewable electricity recorded in Greenland?
- The highest recorded value was 81.3% in 2015.
- What is the lowest renewable electricity recorded in Greenland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 1990.
- How does Greenland rank for renewable electricity?
- Greenland ranks 26th out of 233 countries with data for 2015.
- Is renewable electricity rising or falling in Greenland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 39.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Greenland data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank and International Energy Agency (IEA Statistics © OECD/IEA, http://www.iea.org/stats/index.asp), published as part of Renewable electricity (% in total electricity output). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Renewable electricity (% in total electricity output): Share of electrity generated by renewable power plants in total electricity generated by all types of plants