Wind share of electricity in the world in 2024 — 8.16%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 7.95 pp.
2000–2024 · % of generation
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: World
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8.16 | +0.3 pp |
| 2023 | 7.86 | +0.56 pp |
| 2022 | 7.31 | +0.72 pp |
| 2021 | 6.59 | +0.61 pp |
| 2020 | 5.97 | +0.66 pp |
| 2019 | 5.31 | +0.51 pp |
| 2018 | 4.8 | +0.31 pp |
| 2017 | 4.49 | +0.59 pp |
| 2016 | 3.9 | +0.43 pp |
| 2015 | 3.47 | +0.48 pp |
| 2014 | 2.98 | +0.23 pp |
| 2013 | 2.75 | +0.39 pp |
| 2012 | 2.36 | +0.35 pp |
| 2011 | 2.01 | +0.38 pp |
| 2010 | 1.64 | +0.24 pp |
| 2009 | 1.4 | +0.29 pp |
| 2008 | 1.11 | +0.23 pp |
| 2007 | 0.87 | +0.16 pp |
| 2006 | 0.71 | +0.13 pp |
| 2005 | 0.58 | +0.08 pp |
| 2004 | 0.5 | +0.11 pp |
| 2003 | 0.39 | +0.06 pp |
| 2002 | 0.33 | +0.08 pp |
| 2001 | 0.25 | +0.04 pp |
| 2000 | 0.21 | — |
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.
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