Renewables excluding hydro, share of electricity — all countries

Renewables excluding hydro, share of electricity — Low-income countries

Renewables excluding hydro, share of electricity in low-income countries in 2021 — 0.44%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 1.05 pp.

2021 0.44% −0.69 pp vs 2020
World rank
Period maximum 1.4%2019
Period minimum -0.61%2000

Trend over time

2000–2021 · % of generation

Renewables excluding hydro, share of electricity — Low-income countries, 2000–2021-1012200020032006200920122015201820212000: -0.61%2001: 0.48%2002: 0.49%2003: 0.39%2004: 0.42%2005: 0.42%2006: 0.22%2007: 0.13%2008: 0.04%2009: 0.23%2010: 0.21%2011: 0.41%2012: 1.16%2013: 1.26%2014: 0.13%2015: 0.72%2016: -0.15%2017: 1.27%2018: 0.92%2019: 1.4%2020: 1.12%2021: 0.44%
Change over the period: +1.05 pp Annual average: 0.05 pp

Comparison, 2021

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Low-income countries

Low-income countries 0.44%
World 12.42%
Renewables excluding hydro, share of electricity — Low-income countries, by year Low-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 0.44 −0.69 pp
2020 1.12 −0.27 pp
2019 1.4 +0.47 pp
2018 0.92 −0.35 pp
2017 1.27 +1.42 pp
2016 -0.15 −0.87 pp
2015 0.72 +0.59 pp
2014 0.13 −1.13 pp
2013 1.26 +0.1 pp
2012 1.16 +0.75 pp
2011 0.41 +0.2 pp
2010 0.21 −0.01 pp
2009 0.23 +0.19 pp
2008 0.04 −0.09 pp
2007 0.13 −0.09 pp
2006 0.22 −0.2 pp
2005 0.42 +0 pp
2004 0.42 +0.03 pp
2003 0.39 −0.1 pp
2002 0.49 +0.01 pp
2001 0.48 +1.1 pp
2000 -0.61

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.