Clean electricity share — all countries

Clean electricity share — Low-income countries

Clean electricity share in low-income countries in 2024 — 63.41%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 15.27 pp.

2024 63.41% +1.88 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 64.54%2022
Period minimum 43.32%2009

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of generation

Clean electricity share — Low-income countries, 2000–2024405060702000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 48.13%2001: 48.89%2002: 47.82%2003: 46.08%2004: 47.96%2005: 47.38%2006: 46.09%2007: 46.71%2008: 44.26%2009: 43.32%2010: 45.7%2011: 49.37%2012: 53.23%2013: 57.82%2014: 60.39%2015: 58.65%2016: 57.63%2017: 57.28%2018: 56.2%2019: 57.08%2020: 60.38%2021: 61.79%2022: 64.54%2023: 61.52%2024: 63.41%
Change over the period: +15.27 pp Annual average: 0.64 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Low-income countries

Low-income countries 63.41%
World computed 40.83%
Clean electricity share — Low-income countries, by year Low-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 63.41 +1.88 pp
2023 61.52 −3.01 pp
2022 64.54 +2.75 pp
2021 61.79 +1.41 pp
2020 60.38 +3.3 pp
2019 57.08 +0.88 pp
2018 56.2 −1.07 pp
2017 57.28 −0.35 pp
2016 57.63 −1.02 pp
2015 58.65 −1.74 pp
2014 60.39 +2.57 pp
2013 57.82 +4.59 pp
2012 53.23 +3.86 pp
2011 49.37 +3.67 pp
2010 45.7 +2.38 pp
2009 43.32 −0.94 pp
2008 44.26 −2.46 pp
2007 46.71 +0.62 pp
2006 46.09 −1.29 pp
2005 47.38 −0.58 pp
2004 47.96 +1.88 pp
2003 46.08 −1.74 pp
2002 47.82 −1.07 pp
2001 48.89 +0.75 pp
2000 48.13

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.