Clean electricity share — all countries

Clean electricity share — Japan

Clean electricity share in Japan in 2025 — 32.7%. Ranked 61 in the world out of 91. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 5.5 pp.

2025 32.7% +1.41 pp vs 2024
World rank 61of 91
Period maximum 38.67%2001
Period minimum 11.7%2012

Trend over time

2000–2025 · % of generation

Clean electricity share — Japan, 2000–20250102030402000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 38.2%2001: 38.67%2002: 37.44%2003: 31.33%2004: 35.53%2005: 34.33%2006: 35.96%2007: 32.26%2008: 29.89%2009: 33.38%2010: 35.52%2011: 25.03%2012: 11.7%2013: 12.42%2014: 12.6%2015: 15.4%2016: 15.93%2017: 17.87%2018: 20.72%2019: 23.12%2020: 23.34%2021: 26.04%2022: 25.48%2023: 29.82%2024: 31.29%2025: 32.7%
Change over the period: −5.5 pp Annual average: -0.22 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Japan

Japan 32.7%
Eastern Asia computed 40.1%
Clean electricity share — Japan, by year Japan All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 32.7 +1.41 pp
2024 31.29 +1.47 pp
2023 29.82 +4.34 pp
2022 25.48 −0.56 pp
2021 26.04 +2.7 pp
2020 23.34 +0.22 pp
2019 23.12 +2.4 pp
2018 20.72 +2.85 pp
2017 17.87 +1.94 pp
2016 15.93 +0.53 pp
2015 15.4 +2.8 pp
2014 12.6 +0.18 pp
2013 12.42 +0.72 pp
2012 11.7 −13.33 pp
2011 25.03 −10.49 pp
2010 35.52 +2.14 pp
2009 33.38 +3.49 pp
2008 29.89 −2.37 pp
2007 32.26 −3.7 pp
2006 35.96 +1.63 pp
2005 34.33 −1.2 pp
2004 35.53 +4.2 pp
2003 31.33 −6.11 pp
2002 37.44 −1.23 pp
2001 38.67 +0.47 pp
2000 38.2

Eastern 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.