The line graph illustrates the proportion of electricity generated from renewable energy sources in five countries from 2000 to 2020. Overall, all of the countries experienced increases in their electricity production, with Sweden consistently leading the pack. Although Sweden was producing more energy than its counterparts, Germany had seen the largest rise in its percentages, followed by UK.
Focusing one the categories which exhibited the highest growths, Sweden started as the dominant country with 45%, whereas the figures for UK and Germany were much lower at 3% and 7%, respectively. Over the two decades, Sweden saw a considerable increase in its electricity production by 25-percentage-points to an all time high of 70%. In the same period, that of United Kingdom experienced a steady growth to 40%, as for Germany this figure was 45%.
By contrast, the electricity generated in Spain began with 18% compared to that of France at 15%. The latter country witnessed a slight decrease in 2005 to 14%, after which it recovered to 16% in 2010. In the closing year, however, it reached 25%, while Spain had seen an increase by 14-percentage-points in 2010. Finally, this country’s energy production reached its peak of 43% in the last year.