Wind share of electricity — all countries

Wind share of electricity — Melanesia

Wind share of electricity in Melanesia in 2024 — 0.44%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 0.22 pp.

2024 0.44% +0 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 1%2012
Period minimum 0%2003

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of generation

Wind share of electricity — Melanesia, 2000–202400.250.50.7512000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 0.21%2001: 0.19%2002: 0.18%2003: 0%2004: 0.16%2005: 0.31%2006: 0.48%2007: 0.79%2008: 0.8%2009: 0.8%2010: 0.9%2011: 0.73%2012: 1%2013: 0.79%2014: 0.84%2015: 0.94%2016: 0.66%2017: 0.57%2018: 0.55%2019: 0.78%2020: 0.7%2021: 0.46%2022: 0.45%2023: 0.44%2024: 0.44%
Change over the period: +0.22 pp Annual average: 0.01 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Melanesia 0.44%
World computed 8.16%
Wind share of electricity — Melanesia, by year Melanesia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 0.44 +0 pp
2023 0.44 −0.01 pp
2022 0.45 −0.01 pp
2021 0.46 −0.24 pp
2020 0.7 −0.09 pp
2019 0.78 +0.23 pp
2018 0.55 −0.02 pp
2017 0.57 −0.09 pp
2016 0.66 −0.28 pp
2015 0.94 +0.1 pp
2014 0.84 +0.04 pp
2013 0.79 −0.2 pp
2012 1 +0.27 pp
2011 0.73 −0.18 pp
2010 0.9 +0.11 pp
2009 0.8 −0 pp
2008 0.8 +0.01 pp
2007 0.79 +0.32 pp
2006 0.48 +0.17 pp
2005 0.31 +0.14 pp
2004 0.16 +0.16 pp
2003 0 −0.18 pp
2002 0.18 −0.01 pp
2001 0.19 −0.03 pp
2000 0.21

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.