Wind share of electricity — all countries

Wind share of electricity — South America

Wind share of electricity in South America in 2025 — 12.43%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 12.42 pp.

2025 12.43% +1.58 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 12.43%2025
Period minimum 0%2000

Trend over time

2000–2025 · % of generation

Wind share of electricity — South America, 2000–20250510152000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 0%2001: 0.01%2002: 0.02%2003: 0.02%2004: 0.03%2005: 0.03%2006: 0.05%2007: 0.09%2008: 0.14%2009: 0.16%2010: 0.26%2011: 0.31%2012: 0.55%2013: 0.69%2014: 1.37%2015: 2.35%2016: 3.5%2017: 4.43%2018: 5.08%2019: 6.1%2020: 6.77%2021: 8.16%2022: 8.98%2023: 9.93%2024: 10.85%2025: 12.43%
Change over the period: +12.42 pp Annual average: 0.5 pp
Wind share of electricity — South America, by year South America All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 12.43 +1.58 pp
2024 10.85 +0.92 pp
2023 9.93 +0.94 pp
2022 8.98 +0.83 pp
2021 8.16 +1.38 pp
2020 6.77 +0.67 pp
2019 6.1 +1.02 pp
2018 5.08 +0.65 pp
2017 4.43 +0.93 pp
2016 3.5 +1.15 pp
2015 2.35 +0.98 pp
2014 1.37 +0.68 pp
2013 0.69 +0.14 pp
2012 0.55 +0.24 pp
2011 0.31 +0.05 pp
2010 0.26 +0.11 pp
2009 0.16 +0.02 pp
2008 0.14 +0.05 pp
2007 0.09 +0.04 pp
2006 0.05 +0.02 pp
2005 0.03 −0 pp
2004 0.03 +0 pp
2003 0.02 +0 pp
2002 0.02 +0.01 pp
2001 0.01 +0.01 pp
2000 0

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.