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Renewables excluding hydro, share of electricity — North Korea

Renewables excluding hydro, share of electricity in North Korea in 2021 — 0.26%. Ranked 179 in the world out of 208. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 0.26 pp.

2021 0.26% +0.04 pp vs 2020
World rank 179of 208
Period maximum 3.07%2014
Period minimum -0.86%2013

Trend over time

1990–2021 · % of generation

Renewables excluding hydro, share of electricity — North Korea, 1990–2021-1012341990199419982002200620102014201820211990: 0%1991: 0%1992: 0%1993: 0%1994: 0%1995: 0%1996: 0%1997: 0%1998: 0%1999: 0%2000: 0%2001: 0%2002: 0%2003: 0%2004: 0%2005: 0%2006: 0%2007: 0%2008: 0%2009: 0%2010: 0.01%2011: 0.01%2012: 0.02%2013: -0.86%2014: 3.07%2015: 0.16%2016: 0.17%2017: 0.2%2018: 0.2%2019: 0.23%2020: 0.23%2021: 0.26%
Change over the period: +0.26 pp Annual average: 0.01 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

North Korea 0.26%
World 12.42%
East Asia & Pacific 11.97%
Eastern Asia computed 12.32%
Low-income countries computed 0.44%
Renewables excluding hydro, share of electricity — North Korea, by year North Korea All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 0.26 +0.04 pp
2020 0.23 −0 pp
2019 0.23 +0.03 pp
2018 0.2 +0 pp
2017 0.2 +0.02 pp
2016 0.17 +0.02 pp
2015 0.16 −2.92 pp
2014 3.07 +3.93 pp
2013 -0.86 −0.87 pp
2012 0.02 +0 pp
2011 0.01 +0.01 pp
2010 0.01 +0 pp
2009 0 +0 pp
2008 0 +0 pp
2007 0 +0 pp
2006 0 +0 pp
2005 0 +0 pp
2004 0 +0 pp
2003 0 +0 pp
2002 0 +0 pp
2001 0 +0 pp
2000 0 +0 pp
1999 0 +0 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 —

Eastern Asia, 2021

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

CN China 12.86 JP Japan 12.64 MN Mongolia 9.9 KR South Korea 5.51 HK Hong Kong 0.83 KP North Korea 0.26
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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.

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