Renewables share of electricity — all countries

Renewables share of electricity — BRICS

Renewables share of electricity in BRICS in 2025 — 34.89%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 12.6 pp.

2025 34.89% +3.41 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 34.89%2025
Period minimum 19.77%2003

Trend over time

2000–2025 · % of generation

Renewables share of electricity — BRICS, 2000–202515202530352000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 22.29%2001: 22.16%2002: 21.26%2003: 19.77%2004: 21.03%2005: 20.76%2006: 20.38%2007: 20.18%2008: 21.36%2009: 21.01%2010: 21.15%2011: 20.16%2012: 21.44%2013: 21.52%2014: 22.4%2015: 23.15%2016: 24.09%2017: 24.47%2018: 24.93%2019: 26.21%2020: 27.52%2021: 27.42%2022: 29.03%2023: 29.44%2024: 31.48%2025: 34.89%
Change over the period: +12.6 pp Annual average: 0.5 pp
Renewables share of electricity — BRICS, by year BRICS All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 34.89 +3.41 pp
2024 31.48 +2.05 pp
2023 29.44 +0.4 pp
2022 29.03 +1.61 pp
2021 27.42 −0.09 pp
2020 27.52 +1.31 pp
2019 26.21 +1.27 pp
2018 24.93 +0.46 pp
2017 24.47 +0.38 pp
2016 24.09 +0.94 pp
2015 23.15 +0.74 pp
2014 22.4 +0.88 pp
2013 21.52 +0.08 pp
2012 21.44 +1.29 pp
2011 20.16 −1 pp
2010 21.15 +0.14 pp
2009 21.01 −0.35 pp
2008 21.36 +1.18 pp
2007 20.18 −0.19 pp
2006 20.38 −0.39 pp
2005 20.76 −0.26 pp
2004 21.03 +1.26 pp
2003 19.77 −1.49 pp
2002 21.26 −0.9 pp
2001 22.16 −0.13 pp
2000 22.29

About the indicator

The share of electricity from all renewable sources: hydro, wind, solar, biomass, geothermal and tidal plants. It differs fundamentally from the indicator for renewables excluding hydro, and the difference explains most of the puzzlement such rankings cause: with hydro included, the top of the list holds countries whose renewable share has always been high — Norway, Paraguay, Nepal — while excluding hydro shows those that rebuilt their generation over the past twenty years.

Important: Hydro is included. The series without hydro is Renewables excluding hydro; it comes from the World Bank and covers more territories. Aggregates are weighted by generation and computed from 2000 onward.

Source: Yearly Electricity Data (Ember), license CC BY 4.0.