Renewables excluding hydro, share of electricity in Iceland in 2021 — 29.64%. Ranked 20 in the world out of 208. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 22.99 pp.
1990–2021 · % of generation
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Iceland
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 29.64 | −1.59 pp |
| 2020 | 31.23 | +0.29 pp |
| 2019 | 30.95 | +0.59 pp |
| 2018 | 30.35 | +3.42 pp |
| 2017 | 26.94 | −0.44 pp |
| 2016 | 27.38 | +0.7 pp |
| 2015 | 26.68 | −2.28 pp |
| 2014 | 28.96 | −0.01 pp |
| 2013 | 28.97 | −0.72 pp |
| 2012 | 29.69 | +2.37 pp |
| 2011 | 27.32 | +1.14 pp |
| 2010 | 26.18 | −0.87 pp |
| 2009 | 27.05 | +2.53 pp |
| 2008 | 24.52 | −5.37 pp |
| 2007 | 29.89 | +3.37 pp |
| 2006 | 26.52 | +7.38 pp |
| 2005 | 19.14 | +1.91 pp |
| 2004 | 17.23 | +0.69 pp |
| 2003 | 16.54 | −0.49 pp |
| 2002 | 17.03 | −1.04 pp |
| 2001 | 18.06 | +0.85 pp |
| 2000 | 17.22 | +1.41 pp |
| 1999 | 15.8 | +5.38 pp |
| 1998 | 10.43 | +3.72 pp |
| 1997 | 6.71 | −0.04 pp |
| 1996 | 6.75 | +0.93 pp |
| 1995 | 5.82 | +0.38 pp |
| 1994 | 5.44 | +0.02 pp |
| 1993 | 5.42 | +0.36 pp |
| 1992 | 5.06 | −1.24 pp |
| 1991 | 6.3 | −0.35 pp |
| 1990 | 6.65 | — |
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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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Electricity Wind share of electricityWhat share of its electricity a country gets from wind farms.
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