Wind share of electricity — all countries

Wind share of electricity — Faroe Islands

Wind share of electricity in the Faroe Islands in 2023 — 18.37%. Ranked 16 in the world out of 207. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 18.37 pp.

2023 18.37% −0.38 pp vs 2022
World rank 16of 207
Period maximum 18.75%2015
Period minimum 0%2000

Trend over time

2000–2023 · % of generation

Wind share of electricity — Faroe Islands, 2000–2023051015202000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 0%2001: 0%2002: 0%2003: 0%2004: 4%2005: 4%2006: 4%2007: 7.41%2008: 3.7%2009: 3.7%2010: 3.57%2011: 3.7%2012: 3.45%2013: 6.9%2014: 12.9%2015: 18.75%2016: 16.13%2017: 18.18%2018: 17.14%2019: 13.16%2020: 12.2%2021: 11.63%2022: 18.75%2023: 18.37%
Change over the period: +18.37 pp Annual average: 0.8 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

Faroe Islands 18.37%
World computed 7.86%
Europe & Central Asia computed 11.98%
Northern Europe computed 22.6%
High-income countries computed 8.83%
Wind share of electricity — Faroe Islands, by year Faroe Islands All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 18.37 −0.38 pp
2022 18.75 +7.12 pp
2021 11.63 −0.57 pp
2020 12.2 −0.96 pp
2019 13.16 −3.98 pp
2018 17.14 −1.04 pp
2017 18.18 +2.05 pp
2016 16.13 −2.62 pp
2015 18.75 +5.85 pp
2014 12.9 +6 pp
2013 6.9 +3.45 pp
2012 3.45 −0.25 pp
2011 3.7 +0.13 pp
2010 3.57 −0.13 pp
2009 3.7 +0 pp
2008 3.7 −3.71 pp
2007 7.41 +3.41 pp
2006 4 +0 pp
2005 4 +0 pp
2004 4 +4 pp
2003 0 +0 pp
2002 0 +0 pp
2001 0 +0 pp
2000 0

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.