Renewables share of electricity — all countries

Renewables share of electricity — Upper-middle-income countries

Renewables share of electricity in upper-middle-income countries in 2024 — 34.91%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 7.71 pp.

2024 34.91% +2.25 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 34.91%2024
Period minimum 22.26%2007

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of generation

Renewables share of electricity — Upper-middle-income countries, 2000–2024202530352000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 27.19%2001: 26.35%2002: 25.81%2003: 23.9%2004: 24.14%2005: 23.86%2006: 23.11%2007: 22.26%2008: 24.18%2009: 23.58%2010: 24.15%2011: 22.68%2012: 24.3%2013: 23.92%2014: 24.82%2015: 26.19%2016: 27.3%2017: 27.58%2018: 28.1%2019: 29.19%2020: 30.33%2021: 30.44%2022: 32.31%2023: 32.66%2024: 34.91%
Change over the period: +7.71 pp Annual average: 0.32 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Upper-middle-income countries 34.91%
World computed 31.97%
Renewables share of electricity — Upper-middle-income countries, by year Upper-middle-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 34.91 +2.25 pp
2023 32.66 +0.35 pp
2022 32.31 +1.87 pp
2021 30.44 +0.11 pp
2020 30.33 +1.14 pp
2019 29.19 +1.09 pp
2018 28.1 +0.51 pp
2017 27.58 +0.29 pp
2016 27.3 +1.1 pp
2015 26.19 +1.37 pp
2014 24.82 +0.9 pp
2013 23.92 −0.38 pp
2012 24.3 +1.63 pp
2011 22.68 −1.48 pp
2010 24.15 +0.57 pp
2009 23.58 −0.59 pp
2008 24.18 +1.92 pp
2007 22.26 −0.86 pp
2006 23.11 −0.75 pp
2005 23.86 −0.29 pp
2004 24.14 +0.24 pp
2003 23.9 −1.91 pp
2002 25.81 −0.53 pp
2001 26.35 −0.84 pp
2000 27.19

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.