Clean electricity share — all countries

Clean electricity share — G20

Clean electricity share in the G20 in 2025 — 43.74%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 9.55 pp.

2025 43.74% +3.13 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 43.74%2025
Period minimum 30.47%2012

Trend over time

2000–2025 · % of generation

Clean electricity share — G20, 2000–2025303540452000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 34.19%2001: 33.83%2002: 33.57%2003: 32.1%2004: 32.7%2005: 32.09%2006: 32.01%2007: 30.6%2008: 31.36%2009: 31.94%2010: 31.61%2011: 30.84%2012: 30.47%2013: 30.94%2014: 31.68%2015: 32.89%2016: 33.64%2017: 34.27%2018: 34.81%2019: 36.28%2020: 37.84%2021: 37.51%2022: 38.33%2023: 38.96%2024: 40.61%2025: 43.74%
Change over the period: +9.55 pp Annual average: 0.38 pp
Clean electricity share — G20, by year G20 All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 43.74 +3.13 pp
2024 40.61 +1.65 pp
2023 38.96 +0.63 pp
2022 38.33 +0.82 pp
2021 37.51 −0.33 pp
2020 37.84 +1.57 pp
2019 36.28 +1.46 pp
2018 34.81 +0.54 pp
2017 34.27 +0.63 pp
2016 33.64 +0.75 pp
2015 32.89 +1.21 pp
2014 31.68 +0.74 pp
2013 30.94 +0.47 pp
2012 30.47 −0.37 pp
2011 30.84 −0.77 pp
2010 31.61 −0.33 pp
2009 31.94 +0.58 pp
2008 31.36 +0.76 pp
2007 30.6 −1.41 pp
2006 32.01 −0.08 pp
2005 32.09 −0.61 pp
2004 32.7 +0.61 pp
2003 32.1 −1.47 pp
2002 33.57 −0.26 pp
2001 33.83 −0.36 pp
2000 34.19

About the indicator

The share of electricity from sources that emit nothing while they operate: all renewables together with nuclear generation. Ember calls such generation clean, and it is also described as low-carbon; the grouping is made on a single feature — the absence of carbon dioxide emissions per kilowatt-hour — and it has no bearing on any other property of nuclear power. The indicator is useful precisely because it does not depend on the choice between the two ways of doing without fuel: a country with a large nuclear program and a country with hydropower end up side by side.

Important: Renewables and nuclear together, on the criterion of no emissions while operating. It complements the fossil fuel share: together they come to about one hundred percent. Aggregates are weighted by generation and computed from 2000 onward.

Source: Yearly Electricity Data (Ember), license CC BY 4.0.