United Kingdom's electricity generation fell from 350.9 in 1996 to 292.3 in 2025.
United Kingdom's primary energy consumption fell from 2,553 in 1995 to 1,937 in 2024.
United Kingdom · Energy
Generation, consumption, mix, dependence and intensity.
26 indicators · 26 with data
United Kingdom's electricity consumption per capita fell from 6,018.5 kWh in 1996 to 4,202.8 kWh in 2025.
United Kingdom's solar electricity generation rose from 0 in 1996 to 19.3 in 2025.
United Kingdom's wind electricity generation rose from 0.5 in 1996 to 85.8 in 2025.
United Kingdom's hydropower electricity generation rose from 3.4 in 1996 to 5.6 in 2025.
United Kingdom's nuclear electricity generation fell from 94.7 in 1996 to 36.4 in 2025.
United Kingdom's energy use per capita fell from 43,892.4 kWh in 1995 to 28,015.8 kWh in 2024.
United Kingdom's renewable energy rose from 0.8 % in 1992 to 12.2 % in 2021.
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- Renewable electricityup +1.3 pts33rd of 90
- Fossil fuel electricity shareup +0.5 pts37th of 90
- Low-carbon electricity sharedown −0.5 pts37th of 90
- Hydropower electricity sharedown −0.1 pts71st of 89
- Nuclear electricity sharedown −1.8 pts19th of 81
- Solar electricity shareup +1.4 pts43rd of 90
- Wind electricity shareup +0.1 pts6th of 88
- Coal electricity sharedown −0.6 pts32nd of 89
- Gas electricity shareup +0.7 pts31st of 87
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- Energy importsup +4.9 pts30th of 64
- Net electricity imports (% of demand)down −1.4 pts23rd of 90
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- Energy intensity of GDPdown −3.0 %55th of 165
- Carbon intensity of electricityup +0.4 %33rd of 90
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- Access to electricity (% of population)unchanged +0.0 pts1st of 215
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- Oil productiondown −9.1 %26th of 50
- Gas productiondown −10.9 %24th of 49
- Coal productiondown −79.0 %33rd of 34