Denmark's electricity generation fell from 53.4 in 1996 to 33.3 in 2025.
Denmark's primary energy consumption fell from 243.6 in 1995 to 196.3 in 2024.
Denmark · Energy
Generation, consumption, mix, dependence and intensity.
26 indicators · 26 with data
Denmark's electricity consumption per capita fell from 10,142.4 kWh in 1996 to 5,547.7 kWh in 2025.
Denmark's solar electricity generation rose from 0 in 1996 to 4.5 in 2025.
Denmark's wind electricity generation rose from 1.2 in 1996 to 19.2 in 2025.
Denmark's hydropower electricity generation was 0.0 in 1996 and 0.0 in 2025.
Denmark's nuclear electricity generation was 0 in 1996 and 0 in 2025.
Denmark's energy use per capita fell from 46,551.3 kWh in 1995 to 32,832.5 kWh in 2024.
Denmark's renewable energy rose from 14.8 % in 2004 to 48.2 % in 2025.
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- Renewable electricityup +2.0 pts8th of 90
- Fossil fuel electricity sharedown −2.0 pts12th of 90
- Low-carbon electricity shareup +2.0 pts12th of 90
- Hydropower electricity shareup +0.0 pts81st of 89
- Nuclear electricity shareunchanged +0.0 pts31st of 81
- Solar electricity shareup +2.6 pts23rd of 90
- Wind electricity sharedown −0.5 pts1st of 88
- Coal electricity sharedown −2.3 pts44th of 89
- Gas electricity sharedown −0.2 pts69th of 87
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- Energy importsdown −3.6 pts31st of 64
- Net electricity imports (% of demand)up +8.6 pts12th of 90
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- Energy intensity of GDPdown −2.4 %35th of 165
- Carbon intensity of electricitydown −13.2 %15th of 90
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- Access to electricity (% of population)unchanged +0.0 pts1st of 215
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- Oil productionup +1.2 %44th of 50
- Gas productionup +36.3 %49th of 49
- Coal productionunchanged +0.066th of 204*