Wind share of electricity — all countries

Wind share of electricity — NATO

Wind share of electricity in NATO in 2025 — 12.85%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 12.47 pp.

2025 12.85% −0.14 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 12.99%2024
Period minimum 0.38%2000

Trend over time

2000–2025 · % of generation

Wind share of electricity — NATO, 2000–20250510152000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 0.38%2001: 0.46%2002: 0.62%2003: 0.73%2004: 0.93%2005: 1.09%2006: 1.34%2007: 1.67%2008: 2.12%2009: 2.66%2010: 3.05%2011: 3.77%2012: 4.38%2013: 5.07%2014: 5.47%2015: 6.32%2016: 6.82%2017: 7.84%2018: 8.17%2019: 9.2%2020: 10.61%2021: 10.65%2022: 11.93%2023: 12.66%2024: 12.99%2025: 12.85%
Change over the period: +12.47 pp Annual average: 0.5 pp
Wind share of electricity — NATO, by year NATO All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 12.85 −0.14 pp
2024 12.99 +0.33 pp
2023 12.66 +0.74 pp
2022 11.93 +1.28 pp
2021 10.65 +0.03 pp
2020 10.61 +1.42 pp
2019 9.2 +1.03 pp
2018 8.17 +0.33 pp
2017 7.84 +1.02 pp
2016 6.82 +0.5 pp
2015 6.32 +0.85 pp
2014 5.47 +0.39 pp
2013 5.07 +0.69 pp
2012 4.38 +0.61 pp
2011 3.77 +0.72 pp
2010 3.05 +0.39 pp
2009 2.66 +0.54 pp
2008 2.12 +0.45 pp
2007 1.67 +0.34 pp
2006 1.34 +0.25 pp
2005 1.09 +0.16 pp
2004 0.93 +0.2 pp
2003 0.73 +0.11 pp
2002 0.62 +0.16 pp
2001 0.46 +0.08 pp
2000 0.38

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.