Wind share of electricity — all countries

Wind share of electricity — Upper-middle-income countries

Wind share of electricity in upper-middle-income countries in 2024 — 8.84%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 8.82 pp.

2024 8.84% +0.47 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 8.84%2024
Period minimum 0.03%2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of generation

Wind share of electricity — Upper-middle-income countries, 2000–202402.557.5102000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 0.03%2001: 0.04%2002: 0.04%2003: 0.04%2004: 0.05%2005: 0.06%2006: 0.09%2007: 0.13%2008: 0.27%2009: 0.53%2010: 0.85%2011: 1.17%2012: 1.57%2013: 1.95%2014: 2.22%2015: 2.71%2016: 3.41%2017: 4.04%2018: 4.49%2019: 4.9%2020: 5.47%2021: 6.91%2022: 7.69%2023: 8.37%2024: 8.84%
Change over the period: +8.82 pp Annual average: 0.37 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Upper-middle-income countries

Upper-middle-income countries 8.84%
World computed 8.16%
Wind share of electricity — Upper-middle-income countries, by year Upper-middle-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 8.84 +0.47 pp
2023 8.37 +0.68 pp
2022 7.69 +0.78 pp
2021 6.91 +1.44 pp
2020 5.47 +0.57 pp
2019 4.9 +0.41 pp
2018 4.49 +0.45 pp
2017 4.04 +0.62 pp
2016 3.41 +0.71 pp
2015 2.71 +0.48 pp
2014 2.22 +0.27 pp
2013 1.95 +0.38 pp
2012 1.57 +0.41 pp
2011 1.17 +0.31 pp
2010 0.85 +0.33 pp
2009 0.53 +0.26 pp
2008 0.27 +0.14 pp
2007 0.13 +0.04 pp
2006 0.09 +0.04 pp
2005 0.06 +0.01 pp
2004 0.05 +0.01 pp
2003 0.04 +0 pp
2002 0.04 +0 pp
2001 0.04 +0.01 pp
2000 0.03

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.