Renewables excluding hydro, share of electricity — all countries

Renewables excluding hydro, share of electricity — OECD

Renewables excluding hydro, share of electricity in the OECD in 2021 — 16.73%. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 15.52 pp.

2021 16.73% +0.65 pp vs 2020
World rank
Period maximum 16.73%2021
Period minimum 0.68%1991

Trend over time

1990–2021 · % of generation

Renewables excluding hydro, share of electricity — OECD, 1990–2021051015201990199419982002200620102014201820211990: 1.21%1991: 0.68%1992: 0.82%1993: 0.88%1994: 0.94%1995: 0.85%1996: 0.83%1997: 0.88%1998: 0.91%1999: 1.02%2000: 1.81%2001: 1.89%2002: 2.09%2003: 2.27%2004: 2.52%2005: 2.83%2006: 3.11%2007: 3.5%2008: 3.97%2009: 4.65%2010: 5.12%2011: 6.06%2012: 7.01%2013: 7.96%2014: 8.87%2015: 9.92%2016: 10.7%2017: 11.93%2018: 12.57%2019: 14.06%2020: 16.08%2021: 16.73%
Change over the period: +15.52 pp Annual average: 0.5 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

OECD 16.73%
World 12.42%
Renewables excluding hydro, share of electricity — OECD, by year OECD All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 16.73 +0.65 pp
2020 16.08 +2.02 pp
2019 14.06 +1.48 pp
2018 12.57 +0.64 pp
2017 11.93 +1.23 pp
2016 10.7 +0.78 pp
2015 9.92 +1.06 pp
2014 8.87 +0.9 pp
2013 7.96 +0.96 pp
2012 7.01 +0.95 pp
2011 6.06 +0.94 pp
2010 5.12 +0.47 pp
2009 4.65 +0.68 pp
2008 3.97 +0.47 pp
2007 3.5 +0.39 pp
2006 3.11 +0.28 pp
2005 2.83 +0.31 pp
2004 2.52 +0.25 pp
2003 2.27 +0.18 pp
2002 2.09 +0.2 pp
2001 1.89 +0.08 pp
2000 1.81 +0.79 pp
1999 1.02 +0.1 pp
1998 0.91 +0.03 pp
1997 0.88 +0.06 pp
1996 0.83 −0.02 pp
1995 0.85 −0.09 pp
1994 0.94 +0.06 pp
1993 0.88 +0.05 pp
1992 0.82 +0.15 pp
1991 0.68 −0.54 pp
1990 1.21

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.