The percentage of energy from renewable sources in Greece reached the EU average in 2019, according to Eurostat data.
The percentage of energy consumption from RES increased from 7.2% in 2004 to 19.7% in 2019, as was the percentage of the EU. In 2018, the corresponding percentage for Greece was 18.1% and for the EU 18 The highest rates in the EU in 2019 were Sweden (56.4%), Finland (43.1%), Latvia (41%) and Denmark (37.2%), while the lowest rates had Luxembourg (7%), Malta (8.5%), the Netherlands (8.8%) and Belgium (9.9%).
Close to the EU average in 2019 in Greece the percentage of electricity produced by RES, which from 7.8% in 2004 reached 31.3%. The corresponding figure for the EU was 34.1% in 2019 compared to 15.9% in 2004. Austria (75%), Sweden (71%) and Denmark (65) had the highest rates of RES generation in the EU. %), while the lowest rates were recorded in Malta (8%), Cyprus, Luxembourg and Hungary (10%).
