Renewables share of electricity in high-income countries in 2024 — 30.61%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 15.04 pp.
2000–2024 · % of generation
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: High-income countries
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 30.61 | +1.25 pp |
| 2023 | 29.36 | +1.69 pp |
| 2022 | 27.67 | +0.87 pp |
| 2021 | 26.8 | −0.09 pp |
| 2020 | 26.89 | +2.58 pp |
| 2019 | 24.32 | +0.88 pp |
| 2018 | 23.44 | +0.73 pp |
| 2017 | 22.71 | +0.89 pp |
| 2016 | 21.81 | +0.78 pp |
| 2015 | 21.03 | +0.61 pp |
| 2014 | 20.43 | +0.65 pp |
| 2013 | 19.77 | +1.27 pp |
| 2012 | 18.5 | +0.8 pp |
| 2011 | 17.71 | +1.01 pp |
| 2010 | 16.7 | +0.01 pp |
| 2009 | 16.69 | +1.14 pp |
| 2008 | 15.55 | +0.64 pp |
| 2007 | 14.91 | −0.13 pp |
| 2006 | 15.05 | +0.19 pp |
| 2005 | 14.85 | +0.11 pp |
| 2004 | 14.74 | +0.28 pp |
| 2003 | 14.46 | −0.3 pp |
| 2002 | 14.76 | −0.07 pp |
| 2001 | 14.84 | −0.74 pp |
| 2000 | 15.57 | — |
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.
What share of its electricity a country gets from sources without emissions — renewables and nuclear.
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