Renewables excluding hydro, share of electricity — all countries

Renewables excluding hydro, share of electricity — Lower-middle-income countries

Renewables excluding hydro, share of electricity in lower-middle-income countries in 2021 — 7.56%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 5.57 pp.

2021 7.56% +0.34 pp vs 2020
World rank
Period maximum 7.56%2021
Period minimum 0.35%2003

Trend over time

2000–2021 · % of generation

Renewables excluding hydro, share of electricity — Lower-middle-income countries, 2000–202102468200020032006200920122015201820212000: 1.99%2001: 1.53%2002: 1.35%2003: 0.35%2004: 1.12%2005: 0.9%2006: 1.6%2007: 1.65%2008: 2.87%2009: 2.74%2010: 2.24%2011: 2.1%2012: 3.37%2013: 2.69%2014: 3.71%2015: 3.85%2016: 3.57%2017: 4.14%2018: 4.62%2019: 5.55%2020: 7.22%2021: 7.56%
Change over the period: +5.57 pp Annual average: 0.27 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

Lower-middle-income countries 7.56%
World 12.42%
Renewables excluding hydro, share of electricity — Lower-middle-income countries, by year Lower-middle-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 7.56 +0.34 pp
2020 7.22 +1.67 pp
2019 5.55 +0.93 pp
2018 4.62 +0.48 pp
2017 4.14 +0.57 pp
2016 3.57 −0.28 pp
2015 3.85 +0.13 pp
2014 3.71 +1.02 pp
2013 2.69 −0.67 pp
2012 3.37 +1.26 pp
2011 2.1 −0.14 pp
2010 2.24 −0.5 pp
2009 2.74 −0.13 pp
2008 2.87 +1.22 pp
2007 1.65 +0.05 pp
2006 1.6 +0.7 pp
2005 0.9 −0.23 pp
2004 1.12 +0.78 pp
2003 0.35 −1.01 pp
2002 1.35 −0.18 pp
2001 1.53 −0.46 pp
2000 1.99

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.