Renewables share of electricity — all countries

Renewables share of electricity — Lower-middle-income countries

Renewables share of electricity in lower-middle-income countries in 2024 — 23.79%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 4.74 pp.

2024 23.79% +0.47 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 23.81%2022
Period minimum 17.96%2016

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of generation

Renewables share of electricity — Lower-middle-income countries, 2000–202416182022242000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 19.05%2001: 18.55%2002: 18.09%2003: 18.38%2004: 19.59%2005: 19.49%2006: 20.26%2007: 19.97%2008: 19.09%2009: 18.44%2010: 18.64%2011: 19.47%2012: 18.92%2013: 19.88%2014: 19.2%2015: 18.12%2016: 17.96%2017: 19.27%2018: 19.48%2019: 20.49%2020: 21.74%2021: 22.27%2022: 23.81%2023: 23.32%2024: 23.79%
Change over the period: +4.74 pp Annual average: 0.2 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Lower-middle-income countries 23.79%
World computed 31.97%
Renewables share of electricity — Lower-middle-income countries, by year Lower-middle-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 23.79 +0.47 pp
2023 23.32 −0.49 pp
2022 23.81 +1.54 pp
2021 22.27 +0.53 pp
2020 21.74 +1.25 pp
2019 20.49 +1.01 pp
2018 19.48 +0.21 pp
2017 19.27 +1.3 pp
2016 17.96 −0.16 pp
2015 18.12 −1.07 pp
2014 19.2 −0.69 pp
2013 19.88 +0.97 pp
2012 18.92 −0.55 pp
2011 19.47 +0.83 pp
2010 18.64 +0.2 pp
2009 18.44 −0.65 pp
2008 19.09 −0.88 pp
2007 19.97 −0.29 pp
2006 20.26 +0.77 pp
2005 19.49 −0.1 pp
2004 19.59 +1.21 pp
2003 18.38 +0.29 pp
2002 18.09 −0.45 pp
2001 18.55 −0.5 pp
2000 19.05

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.