The share of renewable energy sources in gross electricity consumption in Cyprus stood at 27.5 per cent in 2025, according to data published on Thursday by Eurostat.
Based on Eurostat data, Cyprus is among the countries with the lowest shares of renewables in electricity consumption in the EU. Lower rates were recorded by Malta, with 11.2 per cent, Czechia, with 19.2 per cent, Luxembourg, with 23.3 per cent, and Slovakia, with 24.1 per cent.
At the same time, the overall share of energy from renewable sources in gross final energy consumption in Cyprus stood at 21.5 per cent in 2025.
In the EU, renewable energy sources accounted for 49.9 per cent of gross electricity consumption in 2025, marking an increase of 2.4 percentage points compared with 2024. The corresponding share stood at 15.9% in 2004, when the time series began.
Among EU countries, Sweden had the highest share of gross final energy consumption from renewable sources, at 65.4 per cent. Sweden relied mainly on solid biomass, hydropower and wind energy.
It was followed by Finland, with 53.0 per cent, relying on solid biomass, wind and hydropower, and Denmark, with 48.2%, where renewable energy comes mainly from solid biomass, wind energy and biogas.
The lowest overall shares of renewable energy were recorded in Belgium, with 14.9 per cent, Slovakia, with 16.3 per cent, and Ireland, with 17.2 per cent.
