EU countries by net electricity generation
Germany had the highest net electricity generation of 27 EU countries in 2020, at 549.8 TWh. Luxembourg had the lowest, at 0.8 TWh. The median was 45.2 TWh. Source: the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
All EU countries, 2020
Full ranking
| Rank | EU countries | 2020 | Change on 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany | 549.8 | -5.4% |
| 2 | France | 506.7 | -6.9% |
| 3 | Italy | 271 | -4.2% |
| 4 | Spain | 253.6 | -4.4% |
| 5 | Sweden | 161 | -2.8% |
| 6 | Poland | 156.4 | -3.7% |
| 7 | Netherlands | 122.1 | +1.9% |
| 8 | Belgium | 87.2 | -5.1% |
| 9 | Czechia | 77.3 | -7.6% |
| 10 | Finland | 68 | +0.9% |
| 11 | Austria | 67.9 | -1% |
| 12 | Romania | 53.3 | -6.4% |
| 13 | Portugal | 51.1 | +0.1% |
| 14 | Greece | 45.2 | -3.5% |
| 15 | Bulgaria | 39.2 | -8.4% |
| 16 | Hungary | 33.1 | +2.1% |
| 17 | Ireland | 31.1 | +2.2% |
| 18 | Denmark | 28.5 | -2.7% |
| 19 | Slovakia | 27.3 | +1.4% |
| 20 | Slovenia | 16.5 | +6.4% |
| 21 | Croatia | 12.6 | +3.9% |
| 22 | Estonia | 6.1 | -20.2% |
| 23 | Latvia | 5.5 | -8.8% |
| 24 | Cyprus | 4.8 | -5.7% |
| 25 | Lithuania | 4.2 | +44.6% |
| 26 | Malta | 2.1 | +4% |
| 27 | Luxembourg | 0.8 | +16.4% |
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About this ranking
Electricity generated in the year minus the electricity used by the power plants themselves, in terawatt hours (billion kilowatt hours), from the U.S. Energy Information Administration: for countries, its International Energy Statistics; for U.S. states, its survey of utility-scale power plants of 1 megawatt or more (Form EIA-923).
Countries and U.S. states. Generation is not consumption: exporters such as France and Norway generate more than they use. State figures leave out small-scale solar such as rooftop panels, which the country figure for the United States includes, so the states add up to about 2% less than the national total.
Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the EU countries are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.
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Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration. International Energy Statistics: electricity net generation, billion kilowatt hours (series INTL.2-12-BKWH.A). Retrieved through Data Commons (datacommons.org). https://www.eia.gov/international/data/world. Retrieved 2026-10-11.Use this data in your AI agent
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Which EU country has the highest net electricity generation?
Germany, with 549.8 TWh in 2020, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
Which EU country has the lowest net electricity generation?
Luxembourg, with 0.8 TWh in 2020.
Where does this ranking come from?
Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Energy Information Administration, International Energy Statistics: electricity net generation, billion kilowatt hours (series INTL.2-12-BKWH.A). Retrieved 2026-10-11.