Renewables share of electricity — all countries

Renewables share of electricity — South Asia

Renewables share of electricity in South Asia in 2024 — 21.51%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 5.66 pp.

2024 21.51% +0.81 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 21.51%2024
Period minimum 14.47%2002

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of generation

Renewables share of electricity — South Asia, 2000–202414161820222000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 15.85%2001: 15.07%2002: 14.47%2003: 14.93%2004: 17.67%2005: 17.81%2006: 19.55%2007: 19.76%2008: 18.77%2009: 17.18%2010: 17.55%2011: 18.29%2012: 16.55%2013: 17.89%2014: 17.38%2015: 16.5%2016: 15.86%2017: 16.4%2018: 17.15%2019: 18.64%2020: 20%2021: 19.9%2022: 21.17%2023: 20.7%2024: 21.51%
Change over the period: +5.66 pp Annual average: 0.24 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

South Asia 21.51%
World computed 31.97%
Renewables share of electricity — South Asia, by year South Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 21.51 +0.81 pp
2023 20.7 −0.47 pp
2022 21.17 +1.27 pp
2021 19.9 −0.11 pp
2020 20 +1.36 pp
2019 18.64 +1.49 pp
2018 17.15 +0.75 pp
2017 16.4 +0.53 pp
2016 15.86 −0.64 pp
2015 16.5 −0.87 pp
2014 17.38 −0.52 pp
2013 17.89 +1.34 pp
2012 16.55 −1.73 pp
2011 18.29 +0.73 pp
2010 17.55 +0.38 pp
2009 17.18 −1.6 pp
2008 18.77 −0.98 pp
2007 19.76 +0.21 pp
2006 19.55 +1.75 pp
2005 17.81 +0.14 pp
2004 17.67 +2.74 pp
2003 14.93 +0.46 pp
2002 14.47 −0.6 pp
2001 15.07 −0.78 pp
2000 15.85

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.