Wind share of electricity — all countries

Wind share of electricity — Ireland

Wind share of electricity in Ireland in 2025 — 38%. Ranked 4 in the world out of 89. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 36.94 pp.

2025 38% +0.68 pp vs 2024
World rank 4of 89
Period maximum 38%2025
Period minimum 1.06%2000

Trend over time

2000–2025 · % of generation

Wind share of electricity — Ireland, 2000–20250102030402000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 1.06%2001: 1.38%2002: 1.57%2003: 1.85%2004: 2.66%2005: 4.41%2006: 6.09%2007: 7.02%2008: 8.19%2009: 10.72%2010: 10.16%2011: 16.36%2012: 15.02%2013: 18.03%2014: 20.19%2015: 23.73%2016: 20.63%2017: 24.59%2018: 28.29%2019: 32.98%2020: 36.5%2021: 31.32%2022: 33.71%2023: 37.6%2024: 37.32%2025: 38%
Change over the period: +36.94 pp Annual average: 1.48 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Ireland 38%
Europe & Central Asia computed 12.05%
Northern Europe computed 25.02%
Wind share of electricity — Ireland, by year Ireland All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 38 +0.68 pp
2024 37.32 −0.28 pp
2023 37.6 +3.89 pp
2022 33.71 +2.39 pp
2021 31.32 −5.18 pp
2020 36.5 +3.52 pp
2019 32.98 +4.69 pp
2018 28.29 +3.7 pp
2017 24.59 +3.96 pp
2016 20.63 −3.1 pp
2015 23.73 +3.54 pp
2014 20.19 +2.16 pp
2013 18.03 +3.01 pp
2012 15.02 −1.34 pp
2011 16.36 +6.2 pp
2010 10.16 −0.56 pp
2009 10.72 +2.53 pp
2008 8.19 +1.17 pp
2007 7.02 +0.93 pp
2006 6.09 +1.68 pp
2005 4.41 +1.75 pp
2004 2.66 +0.81 pp
2003 1.85 +0.28 pp
2002 1.57 +0.19 pp
2001 1.38 +0.32 pp
2000 1.06

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.