Renewables share of electricity — all countries

Renewables share of electricity — Low-income countries

Renewables share of electricity in low-income countries in 2024 — 63.41%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 15.27 pp.

2024 63.41% +1.88 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 64.54%2022
Period minimum 43.32%2009

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of generation

Renewables share of electricity — Low-income countries, 2000–2024405060702000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 48.13%2001: 48.89%2002: 47.82%2003: 46.08%2004: 47.96%2005: 47.38%2006: 46.09%2007: 46.71%2008: 44.26%2009: 43.32%2010: 45.7%2011: 49.37%2012: 53.23%2013: 57.82%2014: 60.39%2015: 58.65%2016: 57.63%2017: 57.28%2018: 56.2%2019: 57.08%2020: 60.38%2021: 61.79%2022: 64.54%2023: 61.52%2024: 63.41%
Change over the period: +15.27 pp Annual average: 0.64 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Low-income countries 63.41%
World computed 31.97%
Renewables share of electricity — Low-income countries, by year Low-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 63.41 +1.88 pp
2023 61.52 −3.01 pp
2022 64.54 +2.75 pp
2021 61.79 +1.41 pp
2020 60.38 +3.3 pp
2019 57.08 +0.88 pp
2018 56.2 −1.07 pp
2017 57.28 −0.35 pp
2016 57.63 −1.02 pp
2015 58.65 −1.74 pp
2014 60.39 +2.57 pp
2013 57.82 +4.59 pp
2012 53.23 +3.86 pp
2011 49.37 +3.67 pp
2010 45.7 +2.38 pp
2009 43.32 −0.94 pp
2008 44.26 −2.46 pp
2007 46.71 +0.62 pp
2006 46.09 −1.29 pp
2005 47.38 −0.58 pp
2004 47.96 +1.88 pp
2003 46.08 −1.74 pp
2002 47.82 −1.07 pp
2001 48.89 +0.75 pp
2000 48.13

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.