Renewables share of electricity — all countries

Renewables share of electricity — G20

Renewables share of electricity in the G20 in 2025 — 33.99%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 17.8 pp.

2025 33.99% +2.87 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 33.99%2025
Period minimum 15.27%2003

Trend over time

2000–2025 · % of generation

Renewables share of electricity — G20, 2000–202515202530352000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 16.19%2001: 15.53%2002: 15.67%2003: 15.27%2004: 15.9%2005: 15.83%2006: 16.16%2007: 15.87%2008: 16.98%2009: 17.55%2010: 17.78%2011: 18.25%2012: 19.17%2013: 19.88%2014: 20.67%2015: 21.6%2016: 22.52%2017: 23.4%2018: 24.08%2019: 25.34%2020: 27.21%2021: 27.12%2022: 28.72%2023: 29.36%2024: 31.12%2025: 33.99%
Change over the period: +17.8 pp Annual average: 0.71 pp
Renewables share of electricity — G20, by year G20 All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 33.99 +2.87 pp
2024 31.12 +1.76 pp
2023 29.36 +0.64 pp
2022 28.72 +1.59 pp
2021 27.12 −0.08 pp
2020 27.21 +1.87 pp
2019 25.34 +1.26 pp
2018 24.08 +0.68 pp
2017 23.4 +0.88 pp
2016 22.52 +0.93 pp
2015 21.6 +0.92 pp
2014 20.67 +0.79 pp
2013 19.88 +0.71 pp
2012 19.17 +0.92 pp
2011 18.25 +0.47 pp
2010 17.78 +0.24 pp
2009 17.55 +0.56 pp
2008 16.98 +1.11 pp
2007 15.87 −0.29 pp
2006 16.16 +0.33 pp
2005 15.83 −0.07 pp
2004 15.9 +0.62 pp
2003 15.27 −0.39 pp
2002 15.67 +0.14 pp
2001 15.53 −0.66 pp
2000 16.19

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.