Renewables share of electricity — all countries

Renewables share of electricity — World

Renewables share of electricity in the world in 2024 — 31.97%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 13.28 pp.

2024 31.97% +1.62 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 31.97%2024
Period minimum 17.42%2003

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of generation

Renewables share of electricity — World, 2000–202415202530352000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 18.69%2001: 18.02%2002: 17.89%2003: 17.42%2004: 17.96%2005: 18.07%2006: 18.21%2007: 17.96%2008: 18.89%2009: 19.44%2010: 19.69%2011: 20%2012: 20.96%2013: 21.69%2014: 22.25%2015: 22.95%2016: 23.71%2017: 24.45%2018: 25.06%2019: 26.06%2020: 27.98%2021: 28.09%2022: 29.47%2023: 30.36%2024: 31.97%
Change over the period: +13.28 pp Annual average: 0.55 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

World 31.97%
World computed 31.97%
Renewables share of electricity — World, by year World All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 31.97 +1.62 pp
2023 30.36 +0.89 pp
2022 29.47 +1.38 pp
2021 28.09 +0.11 pp
2020 27.98 +1.92 pp
2019 26.06 +1 pp
2018 25.06 +0.61 pp
2017 24.45 +0.75 pp
2016 23.71 +0.76 pp
2015 22.95 +0.7 pp
2014 22.25 +0.56 pp
2013 21.69 +0.73 pp
2012 20.96 +0.96 pp
2011 20 +0.31 pp
2010 19.69 +0.25 pp
2009 19.44 +0.55 pp
2008 18.89 +0.93 pp
2007 17.96 −0.25 pp
2006 18.21 +0.14 pp
2005 18.07 +0.12 pp
2004 17.96 +0.54 pp
2003 17.42 −0.47 pp
2002 17.89 −0.13 pp
2001 18.02 −0.67 pp
2000 18.69

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.