Wind share of electricity — all countries

Wind share of electricity — South Asia

Wind share of electricity in South Asia in 2024 — 3.69%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 3.45 pp.

2024 3.69% −0.25 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 3.94%2023
Period minimum 0.24%2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of generation

Wind share of electricity — South Asia, 2000–2024012342000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 0.24%2001: 0.31%2002: 0.29%2003: 0.35%2004: 0.64%2005: 0.71%2006: 1.04%2007: 1.24%2008: 1.48%2009: 1.57%2010: 1.79%2011: 2.01%2012: 2.19%2013: 2.31%2014: 2.39%2015: 2.25%2016: 2.79%2017: 3.25%2018: 3.53%2019: 3.58%2020: 3.5%2021: 3.7%2022: 3.58%2023: 3.94%2024: 3.69%
Change over the period: +3.45 pp Annual average: 0.14 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

South Asia 3.69%
World computed 8.16%
Wind share of electricity — South Asia, by year South Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 3.69 −0.25 pp
2023 3.94 +0.36 pp
2022 3.58 −0.12 pp
2021 3.7 +0.2 pp
2020 3.5 −0.08 pp
2019 3.58 +0.06 pp
2018 3.53 +0.28 pp
2017 3.25 +0.46 pp
2016 2.79 +0.54 pp
2015 2.25 −0.14 pp
2014 2.39 +0.07 pp
2013 2.31 +0.12 pp
2012 2.19 +0.18 pp
2011 2.01 +0.23 pp
2010 1.79 +0.21 pp
2009 1.57 +0.1 pp
2008 1.48 +0.24 pp
2007 1.24 +0.2 pp
2006 1.04 +0.33 pp
2005 0.71 +0.08 pp
2004 0.64 +0.29 pp
2003 0.35 +0.06 pp
2002 0.29 −0.02 pp
2001 0.31 +0.07 pp
2000 0.24

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.