Renewables excluding hydro, share of electricity — all countries

Renewables excluding hydro, share of electricity — South Asia

Renewables excluding hydro, share of electricity in South Asia in 2021 — 8.55%. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 8.54 pp.

2021 8.55% −0.16 pp vs 2020
World rank
Period maximum 8.7%2020
Period minimum -1.01%2003

Trend over time

1990–2021 · % of generation

Renewables excluding hydro, share of electricity — South Asia, 1990–2021-2.502.557.5101990199419982002200620102014201820211990: 0.01%1991: 0.01%1992: 0.03%1993: 0.03%1994: 0.05%1995: 0.12%1996: 0.2%1997: 0.21%1998: 0.22%1999: 0.43%2000: 0.84%2001: 0.91%2002: 1.29%2003: -1.01%2004: -0.48%2005: -0.81%2006: 0.26%2007: 1.15%2008: 2.86%2009: 2.73%2010: 1.98%2011: 1.79%2012: 4.66%2013: 2.62%2014: 4.62%2015: 4.64%2016: 3.77%2017: 4.53%2018: 5.31%2019: 5.98%2020: 8.7%2021: 8.55%
Change over the period: +8.54 pp Annual average: 0.28 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

South Asia 8.55%
World 12.42%
Renewables excluding hydro, share of electricity — South Asia, by year South Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 8.55 −0.16 pp
2020 8.7 +2.72 pp
2019 5.98 +0.67 pp
2018 5.31 +0.78 pp
2017 4.53 +0.77 pp
2016 3.77 −0.88 pp
2015 4.64 +0.02 pp
2014 4.62 +2 pp
2013 2.62 −2.04 pp
2012 4.66 +2.88 pp
2011 1.79 −0.19 pp
2010 1.98 −0.76 pp
2009 2.73 −0.12 pp
2008 2.86 +1.7 pp
2007 1.15 +0.89 pp
2006 0.26 +1.07 pp
2005 -0.81 −0.33 pp
2004 -0.48 +0.53 pp
2003 -1.01 −2.3 pp
2002 1.29 +0.38 pp
2001 0.91 +0.07 pp
2000 0.84 +0.41 pp
1999 0.43 +0.22 pp
1998 0.22 +0 pp
1997 0.21 +0.01 pp
1996 0.2 +0.08 pp
1995 0.12 +0.07 pp
1994 0.05 +0.02 pp
1993 0.03 +0 pp
1992 0.03 +0.01 pp
1991 0.01 +0 pp
1990 0.01

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.