Wind share of electricity — all countries

Wind share of electricity — Europe & Central Asia

Wind share of electricity in Europe & Central Asia in 2025 — 12.05%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 11.54 pp.

2025 12.05% −0.02 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 12.07%2024
Period minimum 0.51%2000

Trend over time

2000–2025 · % of generation

Wind share of electricity — Europe & Central Asia, 2000–20250510152000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 0.51%2001: 0.61%2002: 0.8%2003: 0.96%2004: 1.23%2005: 1.43%2006: 1.64%2007: 2.05%2008: 2.33%2009: 2.74%2010: 2.96%2011: 3.59%2012: 4.05%2013: 4.69%2014: 5.09%2015: 6.05%2016: 6.05%2017: 7.12%2018: 7.43%2019: 8.6%2020: 9.86%2021: 9.22%2022: 10.51%2023: 11.98%2024: 12.07%2025: 12.05%
Change over the period: +11.54 pp Annual average: 0.46 pp
Wind share of electricity — Europe & Central Asia, by year Europe & Central Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 12.05 −0.02 pp
2024 12.07 +0.09 pp
2023 11.98 +1.47 pp
2022 10.51 +1.29 pp
2021 9.22 −0.64 pp
2020 9.86 +1.25 pp
2019 8.6 +1.17 pp
2018 7.43 +0.31 pp
2017 7.12 +1.07 pp
2016 6.05 +0.01 pp
2015 6.05 +0.95 pp
2014 5.09 +0.4 pp
2013 4.69 +0.64 pp
2012 4.05 +0.46 pp
2011 3.59 +0.63 pp
2010 2.96 +0.22 pp
2009 2.74 +0.4 pp
2008 2.33 +0.28 pp
2007 2.05 +0.41 pp
2006 1.64 +0.21 pp
2005 1.43 +0.2 pp
2004 1.23 +0.27 pp
2003 0.96 +0.15 pp
2002 0.8 +0.2 pp
2001 0.61 +0.1 pp
2000 0.51

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.