Clean electricity share — all countries

Clean electricity share — South Asia

Clean electricity share in South Asia in 2024 — 24.91%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 6.63 pp.

2024 24.91% +0.87 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 24.91%2024
Period minimum 17.42%2002

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of generation

Clean electricity share — South Asia, 2000–20241618202224262000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 18.28%2001: 18.1%2002: 17.42%2003: 17.58%2004: 20.48%2005: 20.2%2006: 21.82%2007: 21.89%2008: 20.51%2009: 19.06%2010: 19.89%2011: 21.3%2012: 19.6%2013: 20.74%2014: 20.09%2015: 19.33%2016: 18.55%2017: 19.08%2018: 19.82%2019: 21.57%2020: 23%2021: 22.86%2022: 24.44%2023: 24.04%2024: 24.91%
Change over the period: +6.63 pp Annual average: 0.28 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

South Asia 24.91%
World computed 40.83%
Clean electricity share — South Asia, by year South Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 24.91 +0.87 pp
2023 24.04 −0.41 pp
2022 24.44 +1.58 pp
2021 22.86 −0.14 pp
2020 23 +1.44 pp
2019 21.57 +1.75 pp
2018 19.82 +0.73 pp
2017 19.08 +0.53 pp
2016 18.55 −0.78 pp
2015 19.33 −0.76 pp
2014 20.09 −0.65 pp
2013 20.74 +1.14 pp
2012 19.6 −1.7 pp
2011 21.3 +1.41 pp
2010 19.89 +0.83 pp
2009 19.06 −1.46 pp
2008 20.51 −1.38 pp
2007 21.89 +0.08 pp
2006 21.82 +1.61 pp
2005 20.2 −0.28 pp
2004 20.48 +2.91 pp
2003 17.58 +0.16 pp
2002 17.42 −0.68 pp
2001 18.1 −0.18 pp
2000 18.28

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.