Wind share of electricity — all countries

Wind share of electricity — United States

Wind share of electricity in the United States in 2025 — 10.27%. Ranked 30 in the world out of 89. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 10.12 pp.

2025 10.27% −0.02 pp vs 2024
World rank 30of 89
Period maximum 10.29%2024
Period minimum 0.15%2000

Trend over time

2000–2025 · % of generation

Wind share of electricity — United States, 2000–20250510152000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 0.15%2001: 0.18%2002: 0.27%2003: 0.29%2004: 0.36%2005: 0.44%2006: 0.66%2007: 0.83%2008: 1.35%2009: 1.88%2010: 2.3%2011: 2.94%2012: 3.49%2013: 4.14%2014: 4.43%2015: 4.67%2016: 5.55%2017: 6.28%2018: 6.49%2019: 7.12%2020: 8.36%2021: 9.11%2022: 10.13%2023: 9.9%2024: 10.29%2025: 10.27%
Change over the period: +10.12 pp Annual average: 0.4 pp
Wind share of electricity — United States, by year United States All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 10.27 −0.02 pp
2024 10.29 +0.39 pp
2023 9.9 −0.23 pp
2022 10.13 +1.02 pp
2021 9.11 +0.75 pp
2020 8.36 +1.24 pp
2019 7.12 +0.63 pp
2018 6.49 +0.21 pp
2017 6.28 +0.73 pp
2016 5.55 +0.88 pp
2015 4.67 +0.24 pp
2014 4.43 +0.29 pp
2013 4.14 +0.65 pp
2012 3.49 +0.55 pp
2011 2.94 +0.64 pp
2010 2.3 +0.42 pp
2009 1.88 +0.53 pp
2008 1.35 +0.52 pp
2007 0.83 +0.17 pp
2006 0.66 +0.22 pp
2005 0.44 +0.08 pp
2004 0.36 +0.07 pp
2003 0.29 +0.02 pp
2002 0.27 +0.09 pp
2001 0.18 +0.03 pp
2000 0.15

Northern America, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

US United States 10.27 CA Canada 7.89

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.