Wind share of electricity — all countries

Wind share of electricity — China

Wind share of electricity in China in 2025 — 10.73%. Ranked 29 in the world out of 89. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 10.69 pp.

2025 10.73% +0.85 pp vs 2024
World rank 29of 89
Period maximum 10.73%2025
Period minimum 0.04%2000

Trend over time

2000–2025 · % of generation

Wind share of electricity — China, 2000–20250510152000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 0.04%2001: 0.05%2002: 0.05%2003: 0.05%2004: 0.06%2005: 0.08%2006: 0.13%2007: 0.17%2008: 0.37%2009: 0.74%2010: 1.17%2011: 1.57%2012: 2.07%2013: 2.55%2014: 2.76%2015: 3.19%2016: 3.93%2017: 4.61%2018: 5.1%2019: 5.4%2020: 6%2021: 7.68%2022: 8.62%2023: 9.37%2024: 9.88%2025: 10.73%
Change over the period: +10.69 pp Annual average: 0.43 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

China 10.73%
Eastern Asia computed 9.29%
Wind share of electricity — China, by year China All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 10.73 +0.85 pp
2024 9.88 +0.51 pp
2023 9.37 +0.75 pp
2022 8.62 +0.94 pp
2021 7.68 +1.68 pp
2020 6 +0.6 pp
2019 5.4 +0.3 pp
2018 5.1 +0.49 pp
2017 4.61 +0.68 pp
2016 3.93 +0.74 pp
2015 3.19 +0.43 pp
2014 2.76 +0.21 pp
2013 2.55 +0.48 pp
2012 2.07 +0.5 pp
2011 1.57 +0.4 pp
2010 1.17 +0.43 pp
2009 0.74 +0.37 pp
2008 0.37 +0.2 pp
2007 0.17 +0.04 pp
2006 0.13 +0.05 pp
2005 0.08 +0.02 pp
2004 0.06 +0.01 pp
2003 0.05 +0 pp
2002 0.05 +0 pp
2001 0.05 +0.01 pp
2000 0.04

Eastern Asia, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

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.