Renewables share of electricity — all countries

Renewables share of electricity — Iraq

Renewables share of electricity in Iraq in 2024 — 1.63%. Ranked 180 in the world out of 196. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 0.28 pp.

2024 1.63% +0.42 pp vs 2023
World rank 180of 196
Period maximum 19.74%2005
Period minimum 1.21%2023

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of generation

Renewables share of electricity — Iraq, 2000–2024051015202000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 1.91%2001: 1.92%2002: 1.54%2003: 1.52%2004: 1.52%2005: 19.74%2006: 18.03%2007: 17.27%2008: 9.44%2009: 8.53%2010: 9.75%2011: 6.31%2012: 9.54%2013: 8.16%2014: 4.33%2015: 3.69%2016: 4.18%2017: 2.39%2018: 1.91%2019: 4.36%2020: 3.87%2021: 3.1%2022: 2.26%2023: 1.21%2024: 1.63%
Change over the period: −0.28 pp Annual average: -0.01 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Iraq 1.63%
World computed 31.97%
Western Asia computed 14.78%
Renewables share of electricity — Iraq, by year Iraq All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 1.63 +0.42 pp
2023 1.21 −1.05 pp
2022 2.26 −0.84 pp
2021 3.1 −0.77 pp
2020 3.87 −0.49 pp
2019 4.36 +2.45 pp
2018 1.91 −0.48 pp
2017 2.39 −1.79 pp
2016 4.18 +0.49 pp
2015 3.69 −0.64 pp
2014 4.33 −3.83 pp
2013 8.16 −1.38 pp
2012 9.54 +3.23 pp
2011 6.31 −3.44 pp
2010 9.75 +1.22 pp
2009 8.53 −0.91 pp
2008 9.44 −7.83 pp
2007 17.27 −0.76 pp
2006 18.03 −1.71 pp
2005 19.74 +18.22 pp
2004 1.52 +0 pp
2003 1.52 −0.02 pp
2002 1.54 −0.38 pp
2001 1.92 +0.01 pp
2000 1.91

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.