Renewable energy consumption in Greenland
Greenland: Renewable energy consumption was 15.5% in 2015. ▲ Rising
Renewable energy consumption 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 TFEC.
Analysis
The most recent figure for renewable energy consumption in Greenland is 15.5%, measured in 2015. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
The figure is up 4.3% on the previous year and up 133.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, renewable energy consumption in Greenland peaked at 15.5% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 1990.
That places Greenland 123rd out of 226 countries with data for 2015, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Renewable energy consumption in Greenland, year by year
| Year | % in TFEC | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.0% | — |
| 1991 | 0.0% | — |
| 1992 | 0.0% | — |
| 1993 | 6.1% | — |
| 1994 | 14.0% | +128.6% |
| 1995 | 13.3% | -5.1% |
| 1996 | 13.3% | -0.3% |
| 1997 | 12.5% | -5.8% |
| 1998 | 12.8% | +2.5% |
| 1999 | 12.4% | -3.6% |
| 2000 | 12.2% | -1.3% |
| 2001 | 11.7% | -4.1% |
| 2002 | 12.9% | +10.3% |
| 2003 | 13.6% | +5.6% |
| 2004 | 6.3% | -53.5% |
| 2005 | 6.6% | +4.8% |
| 2006 | 6.9% | +3.9% |
| 2007 | 6.7% | -3.1% |
| 2008 | 6.7% | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 8.6% | +28.8% |
| 2010 | 9.8% | +14.4% |
| 2011 | 12.2% | +24.3% |
| 2012 | 12.2% | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 13.3% | +9.4% |
| 2014 | 14.9% | +12.0% |
| 2015 | 15.5% | +4.3% |
Greenland compared with similar countries
- Greenland's 15.5% is above the median for high income countries, which is 8.7%, 1.8× the median. (81 countries reporting)
- Greenland's 15.5% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 16.5%, 94% of the median. (55 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Renewable energy consumption 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 | +128.6% | 6.1% | 14.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 8.4% | 0.0% | 14.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 9.2% | 6.3% | 13.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 13.0% | 9.8% | 15.5% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Greenland
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 energy consumption in Greenland?
- Renewable energy consumption in Greenland was 15.5% 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 energy consumption recorded in Greenland?
- The highest recorded value was 15.5% in 2015.
- What is the lowest renewable energy consumption recorded in Greenland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 1990.
- How does Greenland rank for renewable energy consumption?
- Greenland ranks 123rd out of 226 countries with data for 2015.
- Is renewable energy consumption rising or falling in Greenland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 133.9%. 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 energy consumption(% in TFEC). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Renewable energy consumption(% in TFEC): Share of renewables energy in total final energy consumption