Clean electricity share — all countries

Clean electricity share — World

Clean electricity share in the world in 2024 — 40.83%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 5.5 pp.

2024 40.83% +1.5 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 40.83%2024
Period minimum 31.68%2007

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of generation

Clean electricity share — World, 2000–20243032.53537.54042.52000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 35.32%2001: 34.88%2002: 34.43%2003: 33.07%2004: 33.58%2005: 33.11%2006: 32.87%2007: 31.68%2008: 32.3%2009: 32.77%2010: 32.52%2011: 31.89%2012: 31.77%2013: 32.27%2014: 32.77%2015: 33.5%2016: 34.12%2017: 34.65%2018: 35.11%2019: 36.33%2020: 37.9%2021: 37.86%2022: 38.6%2023: 39.33%2024: 40.83%
Change over the period: +5.5 pp Annual average: 0.23 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

World 40.83%
World computed 40.83%
Clean electricity share — World, by year World All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 40.83 +1.5 pp
2023 39.33 +0.72 pp
2022 38.6 +0.74 pp
2021 37.86 −0.04 pp
2020 37.9 +1.57 pp
2019 36.33 +1.21 pp
2018 35.11 +0.46 pp
2017 34.65 +0.53 pp
2016 34.12 +0.62 pp
2015 33.5 +0.73 pp
2014 32.77 +0.51 pp
2013 32.27 +0.5 pp
2012 31.77 −0.12 pp
2011 31.89 −0.63 pp
2010 32.52 −0.25 pp
2009 32.77 +0.47 pp
2008 32.3 +0.62 pp
2007 31.68 −1.19 pp
2006 32.87 −0.24 pp
2005 33.11 −0.46 pp
2004 33.58 +0.51 pp
2003 33.07 −1.37 pp
2002 34.43 −0.45 pp
2001 34.88 −0.44 pp
2000 35.32

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.