Wind share of electricity — all countries

Wind share of electricity — BRICS

Wind share of electricity in BRICS in 2025 — 9.01%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 8.95 pp.

2025 9.01% +1.12 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 9.01%2025
Period minimum 0.06%2000

Trend over time

2000–2025 · % of generation

Wind share of electricity — BRICS, 2000–202502.557.5102000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 0.06%2001: 0.08%2002: 0.07%2003: 0.08%2004: 0.14%2005: 0.16%2006: 0.24%2007: 0.29%2008: 0.44%2009: 0.67%2010: 0.95%2011: 1.24%2012: 1.6%2013: 1.94%2014: 2.16%2015: 2.51%2016: 3.18%2017: 3.8%2018: 4.21%2019: 4.49%2020: 4.92%2021: 6.18%2022: 6.84%2023: 7.52%2024: 7.89%2025: 9.01%
Change over the period: +8.95 pp Annual average: 0.36 pp
Wind share of electricity — BRICS, by year BRICS All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 9.01 +1.12 pp
2024 7.89 +0.37 pp
2023 7.52 +0.68 pp
2022 6.84 +0.66 pp
2021 6.18 +1.26 pp
2020 4.92 +0.43 pp
2019 4.49 +0.28 pp
2018 4.21 +0.41 pp
2017 3.8 +0.62 pp
2016 3.18 +0.67 pp
2015 2.51 +0.36 pp
2014 2.16 +0.22 pp
2013 1.94 +0.34 pp
2012 1.6 +0.35 pp
2011 1.24 +0.29 pp
2010 0.95 +0.28 pp
2009 0.67 +0.23 pp
2008 0.44 +0.15 pp
2007 0.29 +0.05 pp
2006 0.24 +0.08 pp
2005 0.16 +0.02 pp
2004 0.14 +0.06 pp
2003 0.08 +0.01 pp
2002 0.07 −0 pp
2001 0.08 +0.02 pp
2000 0.06

About the indicator

The share of electricity generated by wind farms. Wind generation is older than solar and in most countries still larger: worldwide, wind yields about twice as much electricity. The largest shares are in countries with a long coastline and open spaces; in Denmark more than half of generation comes from wind, and that made it the first country in the world to work out how to run a power system dominated by a variable source — through links with its neighbors and flexible demand.

Important: The World Bank has no separate series for wind — it sits inside “other renewables”. Aggregates for groups of countries are weighted by generation in terawatt-hours and computed from 2000 onward.

Source: Yearly Electricity Data (Ember), license CC BY 4.0.