Wind share of electricity — all countries

Wind share of electricity — Japan

Wind share of electricity in Japan in 2025 — 1.25%. Ranked 64 in the world out of 89. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 1.24 pp.

2025 1.25% +0.11 pp vs 2024
World rank 64of 89
Period maximum 1.25%2025
Period minimum 0.01%2000

Trend over time

2000–2025 · % of generation

Wind share of electricity — Japan, 2000–202500.511.52000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 0.01%2001: 0.02%2002: 0.04%2003: 0.08%2004: 0.13%2005: 0.17%2006: 0.18%2007: 0.23%2008: 0.25%2009: 0.31%2010: 0.34%2011: 0.4%2012: 0.43%2013: 0.47%2014: 0.47%2015: 0.51%2016: 0.5%2017: 0.58%2018: 0.68%2019: 0.71%2020: 0.83%2021: 0.92%2022: 0.91%2023: 0.99%2024: 1.14%2025: 1.25%
Change over the period: +1.24 pp Annual average: 0.05 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Japan 1.25%
Eastern Asia computed 9.29%
Wind share of electricity — Japan, by year Japan All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 1.25 +0.11 pp
2024 1.14 +0.15 pp
2023 0.99 +0.08 pp
2022 0.91 −0.01 pp
2021 0.92 +0.09 pp
2020 0.83 +0.12 pp
2019 0.71 +0.03 pp
2018 0.68 +0.1 pp
2017 0.58 +0.08 pp
2016 0.5 −0.01 pp
2015 0.51 +0.04 pp
2014 0.47 +0 pp
2013 0.47 +0.04 pp
2012 0.43 +0.03 pp
2011 0.4 +0.06 pp
2010 0.34 +0.03 pp
2009 0.31 +0.06 pp
2008 0.25 +0.02 pp
2007 0.23 +0.05 pp
2006 0.18 +0.01 pp
2005 0.17 +0.04 pp
2004 0.13 +0.05 pp
2003 0.08 +0.04 pp
2002 0.04 +0.02 pp
2001 0.02 +0.01 pp
2000 0.01

Eastern Asia, 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.