Wind share of electricity — all countries

Wind share of electricity — Southern Asia

Wind share of electricity in Southern Asia in 2024 — 3.2%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 2.99 pp.

2024 3.2% −0.2 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 3.41%2023
Period minimum 0.21%2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of generation

Wind share of electricity — Southern Asia, 2000–2024012342000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 0.21%2001: 0.26%2002: 0.25%2003: 0.29%2004: 0.54%2005: 0.6%2006: 0.87%2007: 1.03%2008: 1.23%2009: 1.31%2010: 1.48%2011: 1.7%2012: 1.85%2013: 1.95%2014: 2.02%2015: 1.9%2016: 2.38%2017: 2.77%2018: 3.04%2019: 3.09%2020: 3.01%2021: 3.18%2022: 3.09%2023: 3.41%2024: 3.2%
Change over the period: +2.99 pp Annual average: 0.12 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Southern Asia 3.2%
World computed 8.16%
Wind share of electricity — Southern Asia, by year Southern Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 3.2 −0.2 pp
2023 3.41 +0.31 pp
2022 3.09 −0.09 pp
2021 3.18 +0.17 pp
2020 3.01 −0.09 pp
2019 3.09 +0.05 pp
2018 3.04 +0.27 pp
2017 2.77 +0.39 pp
2016 2.38 +0.48 pp
2015 1.9 −0.11 pp
2014 2.02 +0.07 pp
2013 1.95 +0.1 pp
2012 1.85 +0.15 pp
2011 1.7 +0.22 pp
2010 1.48 +0.17 pp
2009 1.31 +0.08 pp
2008 1.23 +0.2 pp
2007 1.03 +0.16 pp
2006 0.87 +0.27 pp
2005 0.6 +0.06 pp
2004 0.54 +0.24 pp
2003 0.29 +0.05 pp
2002 0.25 −0.02 pp
2001 0.26 +0.05 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.