Renewables excluding hydro, share of electricity in high-income countries in 2021 — 14.31%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 12.73 pp.
2000–2021 · % of generation
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: High-income countries
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 14.31 | +0.44 pp |
| 2020 | 13.87 | +1.72 pp |
| 2019 | 12.15 | +1.17 pp |
| 2018 | 10.98 | +0.52 pp |
| 2017 | 10.46 | +1.07 pp |
| 2016 | 9.39 | +0.61 pp |
| 2015 | 8.79 | +0.93 pp |
| 2014 | 7.86 | +0.75 pp |
| 2013 | 7.11 | +0.91 pp |
| 2012 | 6.2 | +0.8 pp |
| 2011 | 5.4 | +0.86 pp |
| 2010 | 4.54 | +0.41 pp |
| 2009 | 4.12 | +0.6 pp |
| 2008 | 3.53 | +0.43 pp |
| 2007 | 3.09 | +0.34 pp |
| 2006 | 2.76 | +0.28 pp |
| 2005 | 2.48 | +0.26 pp |
| 2004 | 2.22 | +0.25 pp |
| 2003 | 1.98 | +0.16 pp |
| 2002 | 1.82 | +0.19 pp |
| 2001 | 1.64 | +0.05 pp |
| 2000 | 1.59 | — |
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.
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