Netherlands's electricity generation rose from 84.1 in 1996 to 135.0 in 2025.
Netherlands's primary energy consumption fell from 975.0 in 1995 to 926.5 in 2024.
Netherlands · Energy
Generation, consumption, mix, dependence and intensity.
26 indicators · 26 with data
Netherlands's electricity consumption per capita rose from 5,375.3 kWh in 1996 to 7,356 kWh in 2025.
Netherlands's solar electricity generation rose from 0 in 1996 to 28.5 in 2025.
Netherlands's wind electricity generation rose from 0.4 in 1996 to 33.7 in 2025.
Netherlands's hydropower electricity generation fell from 0.1 in 1996 to 0.1 in 2025.
Netherlands's nuclear electricity generation fell from 4.2 in 1996 to 4.0 in 2025.
Netherlands's energy use per capita fell from 62,638 kWh in 1995 to 50,824.4 kWh in 2024.
Netherlands's renewable energy rose from 2.0 % in 2004 to 22.7 % in 2025.
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- Renewable electricityup +0.5 pts34th of 90
- Fossil fuel electricity sharedown −0.5 pts44th of 90
- Low-carbon electricity shareup +0.5 pts44th of 90
- Hydropower electricity sharedown −0.0 pts83rd of 89
- Nuclear electricity shareup +0.0 pts25th of 81
- Solar electricity shareup +3.3 pts8th of 90
- Wind electricity sharedown −2.4 pts10th of 88
- Coal electricity shareup +1.0 pts54th of 89
- Gas electricity sharedown −1.3 pts27th of 87
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- Energy importsdown −12.3 pts5th of 64
- Net electricity imports (% of demand)down −7.9 pts84th of 90
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- Energy intensity of GDPdown −10.0 %99th of 165
- Carbon intensity of electricityup +1.1 %36th of 90
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- Access to electricity (% of population)unchanged +0.0 pts1st of 215
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- Oil productiondown −33.5 %65th of 204*
- Gas productiondown −18.1 %43rd of 49
- Coal productionunchanged +0.066th of 204*