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Greece Electricity History, 1990 to 2025

Greece generated 34.2 TWh of electricity in 1990 and 57.9 TWh in 2025. Greece's electricity demand peaked at 67.8 TWh in 2008. The carbon intensity of Greece's electricity went from 884 gCO2/kWh in 1990 to 325 gCO2/kWh in 2025. Figures are Ember annual statistics; Ember's series for Greece starts in 1990.

Key Facts

  • Greece generated 34.2 TWh of electricity in 1990 and 57.9 TWh in 2025.
  • Greece's electricity demand peaked at 67.8 TWh in 2008.
  • The carbon intensity of Greece's electricity went from 884 gCO2/kWh in 1990 to 325 gCO2/kWh in 2025.
  • Greece's lowest carbon intensity on record was 322 gCO2/kWh, in 2024.
  • Coal's share of Greece's electricity went from 73.6% in 1990 to 4.8% in 2025, the largest change of any source.

Generation and Demand

1990 to 2025, TWh
Greece electricity generation and demand, 1990 to 2025 Greece generated 34.2 TWh of electricity in 1990 and 57.9 TWh in 2025. 0 20 40 60 80 19901995200020052010201520202025
Greece generated 34.2 TWh of electricity in 1990 and 57.9 TWh in 2025.
Annual statistics through 2025, TWh
Greece electricity generation and demand, 1990 to 2025
YearGenerationDemand
199034.2 TWh34.9 TWh
199135.2 TWh35.8 TWh
199236.8 TWh37.4 TWh
199337.7 TWh38.5 TWh
199440.0 TWh40.4 TWh
199540.9 TWh41.7 TWh
199642.2 TWh43.5 TWh
199742.8 TWh45.1 TWh
199845.7 TWh47.3 TWh
199948.9 TWh49.1 TWh
200052.9 TWh52.9 TWh
200152.5 TWh55.0 TWh
200253.4 TWh56.3 TWh
200357.3 TWh59.4 TWh
200458.2 TWh61.0 TWh
200558.7 TWh62.5 TWh
200659.4 TWh63.6 TWh
200762.4 TWh66.8 TWh
200862.2 TWh67.8 TWh
200960.3 TWh64.7 TWh
201056.6 TWh62.3 TWh
201158.5 TWh61.7 TWh
201259.9 TWh61.7 TWh
201356.4 TWh58.3 TWh
201449.6 TWh58.4 TWh
201551.1 TWh60.7 TWh
201653.8 TWh62.6 TWh
201754.8 TWh61.0 TWh
201852.6 TWh58.9 TWh
201948.0 TWh57.9 TWh
202047.5 TWh56.4 TWh
202154.2 TWh57.9 TWh
202251.7 TWh55.1 TWh
202348.9 TWh53.8 TWh
202457.1 TWh56.8 TWh
202557.9 TWh54.9 TWh

Carbon Intensity

gCO2 per kWh generated
Greece carbon intensity of electricity, 1990 to 2025 The carbon intensity of Greece's electricity went from 884 gCO2/kWh in 1990 to 325 gCO2/kWh in 2025. 0 250 500 750 1,000 19901995200020052010201520202025
The carbon intensity of Greece's electricity went from 884 gCO2/kWh in 1990 to 325 gCO2/kWh in 2025.
Annual statistics through 2025
Greece carbon intensity of electricity, 1990 to 2025
YearCarbon intensity
1990884 gCO2/kWh
1991839 gCO2/kWh
1992871 gCO2/kWh
1993877 gCO2/kWh
1994876 gCO2/kWh
1995849 gCO2/kWh
1996835 gCO2/kWh
1997850 gCO2/kWh
1998851 gCO2/kWh
1999820 gCO2/kWh
2000823 gCO2/kWh
2001846 gCO2/kWh
2002828 gCO2/kWh
2003790 gCO2/kWh
2004786 gCO2/kWh
2005782 gCO2/kWh
2006743 gCO2/kWh
2007777 gCO2/kWh
2008759 gCO2/kWh
2009747 gCO2/kWh
2010707 gCO2/kWh
2011725 gCO2/kWh
2012704 gCO2/kWh
2013637 gCO2/kWh
2014668 gCO2/kWh
2015604 gCO2/kWh
2016571 gCO2/kWh
2017580 gCO2/kWh
2018545 gCO2/kWh
2019497 gCO2/kWh
2020423 gCO2/kWh
2021383 gCO2/kWh
2022377 gCO2/kWh
2023337 gCO2/kWh
2024322 gCO2/kWh
2025325 gCO2/kWh

Every Year

YearGenerationDemandNet importsCarbon intensityLow carbon share
2025 57.9 TWh 54.9 TWh -3.01 TWh 325 gCO2/kWh 47.7%
2024 57.1 TWh 56.8 TWh -310 GWh 322 gCO2/kWh 49.2%
2023 48.9 TWh 53.8 TWh 4.91 TWh 337 gCO2/kWh 49.8%
2022 51.7 TWh 55.1 TWh 3.45 TWh 377 gCO2/kWh 43.4%
2021 54.2 TWh 57.9 TWh 3.68 TWh 383 gCO2/kWh 40.8%
2020 47.5 TWh 56.4 TWh 8.86 TWh 423 gCO2/kWh 37.0%
2019 48.0 TWh 57.9 TWh 9.94 TWh 497 gCO2/kWh 33.6%
2018 52.6 TWh 58.9 TWh 6.28 TWh 545 gCO2/kWh 30.7%
2017 54.8 TWh 61.0 TWh 6.24 TWh 580 gCO2/kWh 25.2%
2016 53.8 TWh 62.6 TWh 8.80 TWh 571 gCO2/kWh 27.7%
2015 51.1 TWh 60.7 TWh 9.61 TWh 604 gCO2/kWh 29.1%
2014 49.6 TWh 58.4 TWh 8.82 TWh 668 gCO2/kWh 24.6%
2013 56.4 TWh 58.3 TWh 1.89 TWh 637 gCO2/kWh 25.5%
2012 59.9 TWh 61.7 TWh 1.78 TWh 704 gCO2/kWh 16.9%
2011 58.5 TWh 61.7 TWh 3.23 TWh 725 gCO2/kWh 13.9%
2010 56.6 TWh 62.3 TWh 5.71 TWh 707 gCO2/kWh 18.6%
2009 60.3 TWh 64.7 TWh 4.37 TWh 747 gCO2/kWh 13.5%
2008 62.2 TWh 67.8 TWh 5.61 TWh 759 gCO2/kWh 9.3%
2007 62.4 TWh 66.8 TWh 4.36 TWh 777 gCO2/kWh 7.4%
2006 59.4 TWh 63.6 TWh 4.20 TWh 743 gCO2/kWh 12.9%
2005 58.7 TWh 62.5 TWh 3.78 TWh 782 gCO2/kWh 10.9%
2004 58.2 TWh 61.0 TWh 2.82 TWh 786 gCO2/kWh 10.2%
2003 57.3 TWh 59.4 TWh 2.09 TWh 790 gCO2/kWh 10.3%
2002 53.4 TWh 56.3 TWh 2.90 TWh 828 gCO2/kWh 6.7%
2001 52.5 TWh 55.0 TWh 2.50 TWh 846 gCO2/kWh 5.6%
2000 52.9 TWh 52.9 TWh -10.0 GWh 823 gCO2/kWh 7.8%
1999 48.9 TWh 49.1 TWh 160 GWh 820 gCO2/kWh 9.7%
1998 45.7 TWh 47.3 TWh 1.61 TWh 851 gCO2/kWh 8.3%
1997 42.8 TWh 45.1 TWh 2.29 TWh 850 gCO2/kWh 9.2%
1996 42.2 TWh 43.5 TWh 1.35 TWh 835 gCO2/kWh 10.4%
1995 40.9 TWh 41.7 TWh 800 GWh 849 gCO2/kWh 8.7%
1994 40.0 TWh 40.4 TWh 380 GWh 876 gCO2/kWh 6.6%
1993 37.7 TWh 38.5 TWh 810 GWh 877 gCO2/kWh 6.2%
1992 36.8 TWh 37.4 TWh 610 GWh 871 gCO2/kWh 6.0%
1991 35.2 TWh 35.8 TWh 640 GWh 839 gCO2/kWh 8.8%
1990 34.2 TWh 34.9 TWh 710 GWh 884 gCO2/kWh 5.2%

Share of Generation by Source

Percent of total generation
YearCoalGasOther fossilHydroWindSolarBioenergy
20254.8%40.3%7.2%5.9%20.9%19.7%1.2%
20245.7%37.7%7.3%6.3%22.0%19.7%1.2%
20239.4%32.7%8.1%7.8%22.5%18.2%1.3%
202211.2%37.0%8.4%7.5%21.1%13.8%1.1%
20219.8%41.5%7.9%10.9%19.3%9.7%0.9%
202013.9%40.5%8.7%7.0%19.6%9.4%1.0%
201925.3%30.2%10.9%8.3%15.2%9.2%0.8%
201832.7%26.8%9.9%10.9%12.0%7.2%0.6%
201734.2%31.3%9.3%7.2%10.1%7.3%0.6%
201635.1%27.8%9.5%10.3%9.6%7.3%0.5%
201543.3%17.8%9.8%12.0%9.1%7.6%0.5%
201451.9%13.7%9.9%9.0%7.4%7.6%0.4%
201346.8%19.3%8.4%11.3%7.3%6.5%0.4%
201251.9%22.5%8.7%7.3%6.4%2.8%0.3%
201153.2%24.1%8.8%6.9%5.7%1.0%0.4%
201054.4%17.4%9.6%13.2%4.8%0.3%0.3%
200956.7%18.3%11.6%8.9%4.2%0.1%0.4%
200853.7%22.2%14.9%5.3%3.6%0.0%0.3%
200755.6%22.7%14.4%4.2%2.9%0.0%0.3%
200654.3%17.9%14.9%9.9%2.9%0.0%0.2%
200560.5%13.9%14.7%8.6%2.2%0.0%0.2%
200460.8%15.4%13.6%8.0%1.9%0.0%0.2%
200361.4%14.0%14.3%8.3%1.8%0.0%0.2%
200264.8%13.2%15.3%5.3%1.2%0.0%0.2%
200167.4%11.7%15.3%4.0%1.5%0.0%0.2%
200064.8%11.2%16.2%7.0%0.9%0.0%0.0%
199966.2%8.0%16.1%9.4%0.3%0.0%0.0%
199871.0%3.7%17.0%8.1%0.2%0.0%0.0%
199771.6%0.8%18.5%9.1%0.1%0.0%0.0%
199669.5%0.2%19.9%10.3%0.1%0.0%0.0%
199570.1%0.2%21.0%8.6%0.1%0.0%0.0%
199473.9%0.2%19.3%6.5%0.1%0.0%0.0%
199373.7%0.2%20.0%6.0%0.1%0.0%0.0%
199272.4%0.2%21.4%6.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
199167.4%0.3%23.6%8.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%
199073.6%0.3%21.0%5.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%

Source: Ember (ember-energy.org), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Data as of 2025.