Wind share of electricity — all countries

Wind share of electricity — Germany

Wind share of electricity in Germany in 2025 — 27.18%. Ranked 8 in the world out of 89. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 25.54 pp.

2025 27.18% −1.37 pp vs 2024
World rank 8of 89
Period maximum 28.55%2024
Period minimum 1.64%2000

Trend over time

2000–2025 · % of generation

Wind share of electricity — Germany, 2000–202501020302000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 1.64%2001: 1.81%2002: 2.72%2003: 3.17%2004: 4.27%2005: 4.53%2006: 4.97%2007: 6.42%2008: 6.54%2009: 6.7%2010: 6.18%2011: 8.24%2012: 8.34%2013: 8.38%2014: 9.45%2015: 12.61%2016: 12.46%2017: 16.4%2018: 17.39%2019: 20.98%2020: 23.31%2021: 19.72%2022: 22.02%2023: 27.74%2024: 28.55%2025: 27.18%
Change over the period: +25.54 pp Annual average: 1.02 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Germany 27.18%
Europe & Central Asia computed 12.05%
Western Europe computed 16.89%
Wind share of electricity — Germany, by year Germany All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 27.18 −1.37 pp
2024 28.55 +0.81 pp
2023 27.74 +5.72 pp
2022 22.02 +2.3 pp
2021 19.72 −3.59 pp
2020 23.31 +2.33 pp
2019 20.98 +3.59 pp
2018 17.39 +0.99 pp
2017 16.4 +3.94 pp
2016 12.46 −0.15 pp
2015 12.61 +3.16 pp
2014 9.45 +1.07 pp
2013 8.38 +0.04 pp
2012 8.34 +0.1 pp
2011 8.24 +2.06 pp
2010 6.18 −0.52 pp
2009 6.7 +0.16 pp
2008 6.54 +0.12 pp
2007 6.42 +1.45 pp
2006 4.97 +0.44 pp
2005 4.53 +0.26 pp
2004 4.27 +1.1 pp
2003 3.17 +0.45 pp
2002 2.72 +0.91 pp
2001 1.81 +0.17 pp
2000 1.64

Western Europe, 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.