Wind share of electricity — all countries

Wind share of electricity — OPEC

Wind share of electricity in OPEC in 2024 — 0.33%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 0.32 pp.

2024 0.33% +0.01 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 0.33%2024
Period minimum 0%2001

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of generation

Wind share of electricity — OPEC, 2000–202400.10.20.30.42000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 0.01%2001: 0%2002: 0%2003: 0.01%2004: 0.01%2005: 0.01%2006: 0.02%2007: 0.02%2008: 0.03%2009: 0.03%2010: 0.02%2011: 0.02%2012: 0.03%2013: 0.03%2014: 0.03%2015: 0.02%2016: 0.03%2017: 0.03%2018: 0.07%2019: 0.07%2020: 0.09%2021: 0.09%2022: 0.26%2023: 0.32%2024: 0.33%
Change over the period: +0.32 pp Annual average: 0.01 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

OPEC 0.33%
World computed 8.16%
Wind share of electricity — OPEC, by year OPEC All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 0.33 +0.01 pp
2023 0.32 +0.06 pp
2022 0.26 +0.17 pp
2021 0.09 −0 pp
2020 0.09 +0.03 pp
2019 0.07 −0 pp
2018 0.07 +0.03 pp
2017 0.03 +0.01 pp
2016 0.03 +0 pp
2015 0.02 −0 pp
2014 0.03 −0 pp
2013 0.03 −0 pp
2012 0.03 +0.01 pp
2011 0.02 +0 pp
2010 0.02 −0.01 pp
2009 0.03 +0 pp
2008 0.03 +0.01 pp
2007 0.02 −0 pp
2006 0.02 +0.01 pp
2005 0.01 +0 pp
2004 0.01 +0 pp
2003 0.01 +0 pp
2002 0 +0 pp
2001 0 −0 pp
2000 0.01

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.