Wind share of electricity — all countries

Wind share of electricity — G7

Wind share of electricity in the G7 in 2025 — 10.45%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 10.22 pp.

2025 10.45% −0.04 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 10.49%2024
Period minimum 0.23%2000

Trend over time

2000–2025 · % of generation

Wind share of electricity — G7, 2000–20250510152000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 0.23%2001: 0.28%2002: 0.41%2003: 0.47%2004: 0.62%2005: 0.72%2006: 0.93%2007: 1.2%2008: 1.55%2009: 1.98%2010: 2.26%2011: 2.91%2012: 3.37%2013: 3.87%2014: 4.23%2015: 5%2016: 5.49%2017: 6.42%2018: 6.77%2019: 7.6%2020: 8.78%2021: 8.76%2022: 9.79%2023: 10.27%2024: 10.49%2025: 10.45%
Change over the period: +10.22 pp Annual average: 0.41 pp
Wind share of electricity — G7, by year G7 All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 10.45 −0.04 pp
2024 10.49 +0.22 pp
2023 10.27 +0.48 pp
2022 9.79 +1.03 pp
2021 8.76 −0.02 pp
2020 8.78 +1.18 pp
2019 7.6 +0.83 pp
2018 6.77 +0.35 pp
2017 6.42 +0.94 pp
2016 5.49 +0.49 pp
2015 5 +0.76 pp
2014 4.23 +0.36 pp
2013 3.87 +0.5 pp
2012 3.37 +0.46 pp
2011 2.91 +0.64 pp
2010 2.26 +0.29 pp
2009 1.98 +0.43 pp
2008 1.55 +0.35 pp
2007 1.2 +0.26 pp
2006 0.93 +0.21 pp
2005 0.72 +0.1 pp
2004 0.62 +0.15 pp
2003 0.47 +0.06 pp
2002 0.41 +0.13 pp
2001 0.28 +0.05 pp
2000 0.23

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.