Electricity generation from low-carbon sources in Austria
Austria: Electricity generation from low-carbon sources was 61.21 terawatt-hours in 2025. ▲ Rising
Electricity generation from low-carbon sources in Austria, 1990–2025
Source: Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in terawatt-hours.
Analysis
Austria recorded 61.21 terawatt-hours for electricity generation from low-carbon sources in 2025.
That represents a change of down 9.5% on the previous year and up 28.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, electricity generation from low-carbon sources in Austria peaked at 67.66 terawatt-hours in 2024 and was at its lowest, 32.64 terawatt-hours, in 1990.
That places Austria 29th out of 209 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 37.03 terawatt-hours | 32.64 terawatt-hours | 42.35 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 2000s | 41.89 terawatt-hours | 35.24 terawatt-hours | 47.18 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 2010s | 49.23 terawatt-hours | 40.91 terawatt-hours | 54.64 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 2020s | 57.94 terawatt-hours | 50.41 terawatt-hours | 67.66 terawatt-hours | 6 |
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More climate change data for Austria
- Share of global CO₂ emissions and population 0.1% (2100)
- Population growth 0.3% (2025)
- Population, total 9.21 million (2025)
- Urban population growth 0.7% (2025)
- Urban population 6.42 million (2025)
- Urban population 69.7% (2025)
- CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP per capita 6.18 tonnes per person (2024)
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions 5.75 billion tonnes (2024)
- CO₂ emissions per capita 6.18 tonnes per person (2024)
- CO₂ emissions per capita vs. share of electricity generation from renewables 6.18 tonnes per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is electricity generation from low-carbon sources in Austria?
- Electricity generation from low-carbon sources in Austria was 61.21 terawatt-hours in 2025, according to Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest electricity generation from low-carbon sources recorded in Austria?
- The highest recorded value was 67.66 terawatt-hours in 2024.
- What is the lowest electricity generation from low-carbon sources recorded in Austria?
- The lowest recorded value was 32.64 terawatt-hours in 1990.
- How does Austria rank for electricity generation from low-carbon sources?
- Austria ranks 29th out of 209 countries with data for 2025.
- Is electricity generation from low-carbon sources rising or falling in Austria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 28.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Austria data come from?
- The figures come from Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Electricity generation from low-carbon sources. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Measured in terawatt-hours. Low-carbon sources correspond to renewables and nuclear power, that produce significantly less greenhouse-gas emissions than fossil fuels. Renewables include solar, wind, hydropower, bioenergy, geothermal, wave, and tidal.