Renewables excluding hydro, share of electricity — all countries

Renewables excluding hydro, share of electricity — G7

Renewables excluding hydro, share of electricity in the G7 in 2021 — 16.12%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 14.43 pp.

2021 16.12% +0.3 pp vs 2020
World rank
Period maximum 16.12%2021
Period minimum 1.69%2000

Trend over time

2000–2021 · % of generation

Renewables excluding hydro, share of electricity — G7, 2000–202105101520200020032006200920122015201820212000: 1.69%2001: 1.72%2002: 1.91%2003: 2.06%2004: 2.26%2005: 2.48%2006: 2.77%2007: 3.12%2008: 3.53%2009: 4.15%2010: 4.58%2011: 5.62%2012: 6.56%2013: 7.6%2014: 8.57%2015: 9.74%2016: 10.64%2017: 12.05%2018: 12.67%2019: 13.92%2020: 15.82%2021: 16.12%
Change over the period: +14.43 pp Annual average: 0.69 pp

Comparison, 2021

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: G7

G7 16.12%
World 12.42%
Renewables excluding hydro, share of electricity — G7, by year G7 All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 16.12 +0.3 pp
2020 15.82 +1.9 pp
2019 13.92 +1.24 pp
2018 12.67 +0.62 pp
2017 12.05 +1.42 pp
2016 10.64 +0.9 pp
2015 9.74 +1.17 pp
2014 8.57 +0.97 pp
2013 7.6 +1.03 pp
2012 6.56 +0.94 pp
2011 5.62 +1.04 pp
2010 4.58 +0.43 pp
2009 4.15 +0.62 pp
2008 3.53 +0.41 pp
2007 3.12 +0.35 pp
2006 2.77 +0.29 pp
2005 2.48 +0.22 pp
2004 2.26 +0.2 pp
2003 2.06 +0.15 pp
2002 1.91 +0.19 pp
2001 1.72 +0.03 pp
2000 1.69

About the indicator

The share of electricity from renewable sources other than hydroelectric plants: solar, wind, biomass, geothermal and tidal. Hydro is set apart deliberately — it was developed long ago and is nearly exhausted, while the growth of renewable generation over the past twenty years came precisely from solar and wind. This series therefore reads as a measure of the energy transition, whereas the total renewable share has always been high in countries with large hydro plants.

Important: The World Bank keeps solar and wind together with biomass and geothermal; separately they are available as Ember series. The total renewable share is available as a ready-made series, Renewables share of electricity. Aggregates are weighted by generation, from 2000 onward.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.