Renewables share of electricity — all countries

Renewables share of electricity — Southern Asia

Renewables share of electricity in Southern Asia in 2024 — 19.16%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 5.24 pp.

2024 19.16% +0.56 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 19.16%2024
Period minimum 13.07%2002

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of generation

Renewables share of electricity — Southern Asia, 2000–202412141618202000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 13.92%2001: 13.22%2002: 13.07%2003: 13.49%2004: 15.97%2005: 16.13%2006: 17.79%2007: 17.84%2008: 16.09%2009: 14.69%2010: 15.23%2011: 16.04%2012: 14.67%2013: 15.9%2014: 15.45%2015: 14.67%2016: 14.3%2017: 14.78%2018: 15.14%2019: 17.52%2020: 18.03%2021: 17.51%2022: 18.66%2023: 18.6%2024: 19.16%
Change over the period: +5.24 pp Annual average: 0.22 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Southern Asia 19.16%
World computed 31.97%
Renewables share of electricity — Southern Asia, by year Southern Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 19.16 +0.56 pp
2023 18.6 −0.06 pp
2022 18.66 +1.15 pp
2021 17.51 −0.52 pp
2020 18.03 +0.51 pp
2019 17.52 +2.39 pp
2018 15.14 +0.36 pp
2017 14.78 +0.48 pp
2016 14.3 −0.37 pp
2015 14.67 −0.78 pp
2014 15.45 −0.45 pp
2013 15.9 +1.23 pp
2012 14.67 −1.36 pp
2011 16.04 +0.81 pp
2010 15.23 +0.53 pp
2009 14.69 −1.39 pp
2008 16.09 −1.75 pp
2007 17.84 +0.05 pp
2006 17.79 +1.65 pp
2005 16.13 +0.17 pp
2004 15.97 +2.47 pp
2003 13.49 +0.42 pp
2002 13.07 −0.15 pp
2001 13.22 −0.71 pp
2000 13.92

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.