Portugal's electricity generation rose from 34.2 in 1996 to 51.1 in 2025.
Portugal's primary energy consumption rose from 244.8 in 1995 to 270.2 in 2024.
Portugal · Energy
Generation, consumption, mix, dependence and intensity.
26 indicators · 26 with data
Portugal's electricity consumption per capita rose from 3,397 kWh in 1996 to 4,910.8 kWh in 2025.
Portugal's solar electricity generation rose from 0 in 1996 to 8.9 in 2025.
Portugal's wind electricity generation rose from 0.0 in 1996 to 13.7 in 2025.
Portugal's hydropower electricity generation rose from 14.8 in 1996 to 15.2 in 2025.
Portugal's nuclear electricity generation was 0 in 1996 and 0 in 2025.
Portugal's energy use per capita rose from 24,403.7 kWh in 1995 to 25,921.8 kWh in 2024.
Portugal's renewable energy rose from 19.2 % in 2004 to 36.7 % in 2025.
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- Renewable electricitydown −4.2 pts15th of 90
- Fossil fuel electricity shareup +4.2 pts20th of 90
- Low-carbon electricity sharedown −4.2 pts20th of 90
- Hydropower electricity sharedown −1.8 pts26th of 89
- Nuclear electricity shareunchanged +0.0 pts31st of 81
- Solar electricity shareup +2.3 pts16th of 90
- Wind electricity sharedown −3.6 pts9th of 88
- Coal electricity shareunchanged +0.0 pts1st of 89
- Gas electricity shareup +4.5 pts51st of 87
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- Energy importsdown −4.3 pts11th of 64
- Net electricity imports (% of demand)down −2.7 pts18th of 90
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- Energy intensity of GDPdown −7.6 %69th of 165
- Carbon intensity of electricityup +15.6 %18th of 90
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- Access to electricity (% of population)unchanged +0.0 pts1st of 215
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- Oil productionunchanged +0.0100th of 204*
- Gas productionunchanged +0.096th of 204*
- Coal productionunchanged +0.066th of 204*