Renewables share of final energy consumption — all countries

Renewables share of final energy consumption — Japan

Renewables share of final energy consumption in Japan in 2021 — 8.8%. Ranked 151 in the world out of 212. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 4.5 pp.

2021 8.8% +0.3 pp vs 2020
World rank 151of 212
Period maximum 8.8%2021
Period minimum 3.3%1994

Trend over time

1990–2021 · % of final consumption

Renewables share of final energy consumption — Japan, 1990–20212468101990199419982002200620102014201820211990: 4.3%1991: 4.5%1992: 4%1993: 4.2%1994: 3.3%1995: 3.7%1996: 3.6%1997: 3.8%1998: 3.8%1999: 3.7%2000: 3.7%2001: 3.5%2002: 3.7%2003: 4.2%2004: 4.3%2005: 4%2006: 4.4%2007: 4.3%2008: 4.4%2009: 4.5%2010: 4.7%2011: 4.8%2012: 4.7%2013: 5%2014: 5.6%2015: 6.2%2016: 6.4%2017: 6.9%2018: 7.3%2019: 7.8%2020: 8.5%2021: 8.8%
Change over the period: +4.5 pp Annual average: 0.15 pp
Renewables share of final energy consumption — Japan, by year Japan All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 8.8 +0.3 pp
2020 8.5 +0.7 pp
2019 7.8 +0.5 pp
2018 7.3 +0.4 pp
2017 6.9 +0.5 pp
2016 6.4 +0.2 pp
2015 6.2 +0.6 pp
2014 5.6 +0.6 pp
2013 5 +0.3 pp
2012 4.7 −0.1 pp
2011 4.8 +0.1 pp
2010 4.7 +0.2 pp
2009 4.5 +0.1 pp
2008 4.4 +0.1 pp
2007 4.3 −0.1 pp
2006 4.4 +0.4 pp
2005 4 −0.3 pp
2004 4.3 +0.1 pp
2003 4.2 +0.5 pp
2002 3.7 +0.2 pp
2001 3.5 −0.2 pp
2000 3.7 +0 pp
1999 3.7 −0.1 pp
1998 3.8 +0 pp
1997 3.8 +0.2 pp
1996 3.6 −0.1 pp
1995 3.7 +0.4 pp
1994 3.3 −0.9 pp
1993 4.2 +0.2 pp
1992 4 −0.5 pp
1991 4.5 +0.2 pp
1990 4.3

Eastern Asia, 2021

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

About the indicator

The share of energy from renewable sources in total final energy consumption — not in electricity alone, but in heating and transport as well. High values in low-income countries are often explained not by “green” energy but by the traditional use of wood fuel for cooking.

Important: There is no aggregate for groups of countries: the correct denominator is final energy consumption itself, and that is published by the Energy Institute, whose terms prohibit republication. Weighting by population would be especially wrong here — in the poorest countries the renewable share is high because of firewood, and the world figure would come out overstated.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.