Renewables share of electricity — all countries

Renewables share of electricity — OECD

Renewables share of electricity in the OECD in 2025 — 35.85%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 19.45 pp.

2025 35.85% +0.72 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 35.85%2025
Period minimum 15.34%2003

Trend over time

2000–2025 · % of generation

Renewables share of electricity — OECD, 2000–2025102030402000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 16.4%2001: 15.38%2002: 15.53%2003: 15.34%2004: 15.64%2005: 15.75%2006: 16.15%2007: 15.92%2008: 16.88%2009: 17.95%2010: 18.3%2011: 19.67%2012: 20.65%2013: 21.84%2014: 22.65%2015: 23.68%2016: 24.46%2017: 25.62%2018: 26.4%2019: 27.74%2020: 30.59%2021: 30.61%2022: 31.88%2023: 33.64%2024: 35.13%2025: 35.85%
Change over the period: +19.45 pp Annual average: 0.78 pp
Renewables share of electricity — OECD, by year OECD All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 35.85 +0.72 pp
2024 35.13 +1.49 pp
2023 33.64 +1.77 pp
2022 31.88 +1.26 pp
2021 30.61 +0.02 pp
2020 30.59 +2.85 pp
2019 27.74 +1.34 pp
2018 26.4 +0.78 pp
2017 25.62 +1.16 pp
2016 24.46 +0.78 pp
2015 23.68 +1.04 pp
2014 22.65 +0.81 pp
2013 21.84 +1.19 pp
2012 20.65 +0.98 pp
2011 19.67 +1.37 pp
2010 18.3 +0.36 pp
2009 17.95 +1.07 pp
2008 16.88 +0.96 pp
2007 15.92 −0.24 pp
2006 16.15 +0.4 pp
2005 15.75 +0.11 pp
2004 15.64 +0.3 pp
2003 15.34 −0.19 pp
2002 15.53 +0.15 pp
2001 15.38 −1.02 pp
2000 16.4

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.