Renewables share of electricity — all countries

Renewables share of electricity — United Arab Emirates

Renewables share of electricity in the United Arab Emirates in 2024 — 8.81%. Ranked 152 in the world out of 196. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 8.81 pp.

2024 8.81% +0.04 pp vs 2023
World rank 152of 196
Period maximum 8.81%2024
Period minimum 0%2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of generation

Renewables share of electricity — United Arab Emirates, 2000–202402.557.5102000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 0%2001: 0%2002: 0%2003: 0%2004: 0%2005: 0%2006: 0%2007: 0%2008: 0%2009: 0.01%2010: 0.02%2011: 0.02%2012: 0.02%2013: 0.08%2014: 0.27%2015: 0.24%2016: 0.25%2017: 0.56%2018: 0.88%2019: 2.64%2020: 3.77%2021: 4.19%2022: 4.99%2023: 8.77%2024: 8.81%
Change over the period: +8.81 pp Annual average: 0.37 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates 8.81%
World computed 31.97%
Western Asia computed 14.78%
High-income countries computed 30.61%
Renewables share of electricity — United Arab Emirates, by year United Arab Emirates All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 8.81 +0.04 pp
2023 8.77 +3.78 pp
2022 4.99 +0.8 pp
2021 4.19 +0.42 pp
2020 3.77 +1.13 pp
2019 2.64 +1.76 pp
2018 0.88 +0.32 pp
2017 0.56 +0.31 pp
2016 0.25 +0.01 pp
2015 0.24 −0.03 pp
2014 0.27 +0.19 pp
2013 0.08 +0.06 pp
2012 0.02 +0 pp
2011 0.02 +0 pp
2010 0.02 +0.01 pp
2009 0.01 +0.01 pp
2008 0 +0 pp
2007 0 +0 pp
2006 0 +0 pp
2005 0 +0 pp
2004 0 +0 pp
2003 0 +0 pp
2002 0 +0 pp
2001 0 +0 pp
2000 0

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.