Clean electricity share — all countries

Clean electricity share — Iran

Clean electricity share in Iran in 2025 — 5.71%. Ranked 85 in the world out of 91. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 2.51 pp.

2025 5.71% −1.48 pp vs 2024
World rank 85of 91
Period maximum 13.02%2019
Period minimum 3.13%2009

Trend over time

2000–2025 · % of generation

Clean electricity share — Iran, 2000–20250510152000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 3.2%2001: 3.25%2002: 5.81%2003: 6.34%2004: 7.36%2005: 8.2%2006: 9.64%2007: 8.91%2008: 3.63%2009: 3.13%2010: 4.42%2011: 4.68%2012: 5.73%2013: 7.39%2014: 6.83%2015: 6.04%2016: 7.72%2017: 8.07%2018: 5.68%2019: 13.02%2020: 9.28%2021: 5.37%2022: 6.09%2023: 8.22%2024: 7.19%2025: 5.71%
Change over the period: +2.51 pp Annual average: 0.1 pp
Clean electricity share — Iran, by year Iran All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 5.71 −1.48 pp
2024 7.19 −1.03 pp
2023 8.22 +2.13 pp
2022 6.09 +0.72 pp
2021 5.37 −3.91 pp
2020 9.28 −3.74 pp
2019 13.02 +7.34 pp
2018 5.68 −2.39 pp
2017 8.07 +0.35 pp
2016 7.72 +1.68 pp
2015 6.04 −0.79 pp
2014 6.83 −0.56 pp
2013 7.39 +1.66 pp
2012 5.73 +1.05 pp
2011 4.68 +0.26 pp
2010 4.42 +1.29 pp
2009 3.13 −0.5 pp
2008 3.63 −5.28 pp
2007 8.91 −0.73 pp
2006 9.64 +1.44 pp
2005 8.2 +0.84 pp
2004 7.36 +1.02 pp
2003 6.34 +0.53 pp
2002 5.81 +2.56 pp
2001 3.25 +0.05 pp
2000 3.2

Southern Asia, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

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.