Renewables excluding hydro, share of electricity — all countries

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

Renewables excluding hydro, share of electricity in upper-middle-income countries in 2021 — 12.33%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 11.42 pp.

2021 12.33% +1.82 pp vs 2020
World rank
Period maximum 12.33%2021
Period minimum 0.87%2006

Trend over time

2000–2021 · % of generation

Renewables excluding hydro, share of electricity — Upper-middle-income countries, 2000–2021051015200020032006200920122015201820212000: 0.92%2001: 0.93%2002: 0.94%2003: 0.96%2004: 0.92%2005: 1.01%2006: 0.87%2007: 1.08%2008: 1.31%2009: 1.65%2010: 2.07%2011: 2.44%2012: 2.99%2013: 3.44%2014: 3.89%2015: 4.81%2016: 6.17%2017: 7.14%2018: 8.37%2019: 9.44%2020: 10.51%2021: 12.33%
Change over the period: +11.42 pp Annual average: 0.54 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

Upper-middle-income countries 12.33%
World 12.42%
Renewables excluding hydro, share of electricity — Upper-middle-income countries, by year Upper-middle-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 12.33 +1.82 pp
2020 10.51 +1.07 pp
2019 9.44 +1.08 pp
2018 8.37 +1.23 pp
2017 7.14 +0.97 pp
2016 6.17 +1.36 pp
2015 4.81 +0.92 pp
2014 3.89 +0.45 pp
2013 3.44 +0.45 pp
2012 2.99 +0.55 pp
2011 2.44 +0.37 pp
2010 2.07 +0.41 pp
2009 1.65 +0.34 pp
2008 1.31 +0.23 pp
2007 1.08 +0.21 pp
2006 0.87 −0.13 pp
2005 1.01 +0.09 pp
2004 0.92 −0.04 pp
2003 0.96 +0.02 pp
2002 0.94 +0.01 pp
2001 0.93 +0.01 pp
2000 0.92

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.