EU countries by renewable share of heating and cooling

Sweden had the highest renewable share of heating and cooling of 27 EU countries in 2016, at 63.4%. The Netherlands had the lowest, at 5.2%. The median was 24.7% and the figure for the European Union (27) was 20.4%. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest63.4Sweden

Lowest5.2Netherlands

Median24.727 EU countries

European Union (27)20.4History

All EU countries, 2016

%. Source: Eurostat, Renewable energy share, heating and cooling (nrg_ind_ren). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	EU countries	2016 (%)	Change on 2015
1	Sweden	63.4	+0.2 pts
2	Finland	53.7	+1.1 pts
3	Latvia	51.8	+0.1 pts
4	Estonia	51.8	+1.7 pts
5	Lithuania	46.6	+0.5 pts
6	Portugal	41.6	+1.5 pts
7	Denmark	41.1	+1.5 pts
8	Croatia	37.6	-1 pts
9	Slovenia	35.6	-0.6 pts
10	Austria	33.5	+0.2 pts
11	Bulgaria	30	+1.1 pts
12	Romania	26.9	+1 pts
13	Greece	25.4	-1.1 pts
14	Cyprus	24.7	+0.6 pts
15	Hungary	21	-0.3 pts
16	France	20.1	+1.2 pts
17	Czechia	19.9	+0.1 pts
18	Italy	18.9	-0.4 pts
19	Malta	16.9	+2.2 pts
20	Spain	15.9	-1 pts
21	Poland	14.9	+0.1 pts
22	Germany	13	-0.4 pts
23	Slovakia	9.9	-0.9 pts
24	Belgium	8.2	+0.3 pts
25	Luxembourg	7.1	+0.2 pts
26	Ireland	6.2	+0.1 pts
27	Netherlands	5.2	-0.1 pts

Other periods

About this ranking

Renewable energy used for heating and cooling, including biomass, solar heat and ambient heat captured by heat pumps, as a percentage of gross final energy consumption for heating and cooling.

Calculated under the Renewable Energy Directive (Eurostat SHARES tool), which normalises hydro and wind output and counts some biofuels and renewable electricity in transport more than once. Not comparable with renewable shares published by the IEA or the US EIA.

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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Eurostat. Renewable energy share, heating and cooling (nrg_ind_ren). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/nrg_ind_ren/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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Eurostat, European Commission. (2026). Renewable energy share, heating and cooling (nrg_ind_ren) (EU countries by renewable share of heating and cooling, 2016) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/nrg_ind_ren/default/table

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Renewable energy share, heating and cooling (nrg_ind_ren), EU countries by renewable share of heating and cooling, 2016. Eurostat, European Commission, 15 Sept. 2026, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/nrg_ind_ren/default/table. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/renewable-heating-cooling-share/eu-countries?period=2016. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Eurostat, European Commission. 2026. Renewable energy share, heating and cooling (nrg_ind_ren). EU countries by renewable share of heating and cooling, 2016. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/nrg_ind_ren/default/table. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/renewable-heating-cooling-share/eu-countries?period=2016.

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Eurostat, European Commission (2026) Renewable energy share, heating and cooling (nrg_ind_ren), EU countries by renewable share of heating and cooling, 2016 [Dataset]. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/nrg_ind_ren/default/table, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/renewable-heating-cooling-share/eu-countries?period=2016 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which EU country has the highest renewable share of heating and cooling?

Sweden, with 63.4% in 2016, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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