Renewables excluding hydro, share of electricity — all countries

Renewables excluding hydro, share of electricity — Iran

Renewables excluding hydro, share of electricity in Iran in 2021 — 0.79%. Ranked 163 in the world out of 208. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 0.79 pp.

2021 0.79% +0.46 pp vs 2020
World rank 163of 208
Period maximum 0.79%2021
Period minimum -0.03%2008

Trend over time

1990–2021 · % of generation

Renewables excluding hydro, share of electricity — Iran, 1990–2021-0.2500.250.50.7511990199419982002200620102014201820211990: 0%1991: 0%1992: 0%1993: 0%1994: 0%1995: 0%1996: 0%1997: 0%1998: 0%1999: 0.01%2000: 0.02%2001: 0.01%2002: 0%2003: 0.02%2004: 0.03%2005: 0.03%2006: 0.01%2007: 0.07%2008: -0.03%2009: 0.09%2010: 0.09%2011: 0.1%2012: 0.09%2013: 0.05%2014: 0.09%2015: 0.09%2016: 0.1%2017: 0.02%2018: 0.27%2019: 0.33%2020: 0.33%2021: 0.79%
Change over the period: +0.79 pp Annual average: 0.03 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

Iran 0.79%
World 12.42%
Southern Asia computed 7.32%
Renewables excluding hydro, share of electricity — Iran, by year Iran All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 0.79 +0.46 pp
2020 0.33 +0 pp
2019 0.33 +0.06 pp
2018 0.27 +0.25 pp
2017 0.02 −0.08 pp
2016 0.1 +0.01 pp
2015 0.09 +0 pp
2014 0.09 +0.04 pp
2013 0.05 −0.04 pp
2012 0.09 −0.01 pp
2011 0.1 +0.01 pp
2010 0.09 +0 pp
2009 0.09 +0.12 pp
2008 -0.03 −0.09 pp
2007 0.07 +0.05 pp
2006 0.01 −0.02 pp
2005 0.03 +0 pp
2004 0.03 +0.01 pp
2003 0.02 +0.02 pp
2002 0 −0.01 pp
2001 0.01 −0.01 pp
2000 0.02 +0.01 pp
1999 0.01 +0.01 pp
1998 0 +0 pp
1997 0 +0 pp
1996 0 +0 pp
1995 0 +0 pp
1994 0 +0 pp
1993 0 +0 pp
1992 0 +0 pp
1991 0 +0 pp
1990 0

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.