Renewables share of final energy consumption — all countries

Renewables share of final energy consumption — United States

Renewables share of final energy consumption in the United States in 2021 — 10.9%. Ranked 142 in the world out of 212. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 6.7 pp.

2021 10.9% −0.1 pp vs 2020
World rank 142of 212
Period maximum 11%2020
Period minimum 4.1%1994

Trend over time

1990–2021 · % of final consumption

Renewables share of final energy consumption — United States, 1990–202146810121990199419982002200620102014201820211990: 4.2%1991: 4.5%1992: 4.8%1993: 4.3%1994: 4.1%1995: 4.7%1996: 4.8%1997: 4.5%1998: 4.5%1999: 5.7%2000: 5.4%2001: 4.7%2002: 4.8%2003: 5.3%2004: 5.5%2005: 5.8%2006: 6.4%2007: 6.3%2008: 6.8%2009: 7.3%2010: 7.4%2011: 8.4%2012: 8.5%2013: 8.9%2014: 9%2015: 8.9%2016: 9.3%2017: 9.7%2018: 9.9%2019: 10.2%2020: 11%2021: 10.9%
Change over the period: +6.7 pp Annual average: 0.22 pp
Renewables share of final energy consumption — United States, by year United States All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 10.9 −0.1 pp
2020 11 +0.8 pp
2019 10.2 +0.3 pp
2018 9.9 +0.2 pp
2017 9.7 +0.4 pp
2016 9.3 +0.4 pp
2015 8.9 −0.1 pp
2014 9 +0.1 pp
2013 8.9 +0.4 pp
2012 8.5 +0.1 pp
2011 8.4 +1 pp
2010 7.4 +0.1 pp
2009 7.3 +0.5 pp
2008 6.8 +0.5 pp
2007 6.3 −0.1 pp
2006 6.4 +0.6 pp
2005 5.8 +0.3 pp
2004 5.5 +0.2 pp
2003 5.3 +0.5 pp
2002 4.8 +0.1 pp
2001 4.7 −0.7 pp
2000 5.4 −0.3 pp
1999 5.7 +1.2 pp
1998 4.5 +0 pp
1997 4.5 −0.3 pp
1996 4.8 +0.1 pp
1995 4.7 +0.6 pp
1994 4.1 −0.2 pp
1993 4.3 −0.5 pp
1992 4.8 +0.3 pp
1991 4.5 +0.3 pp
1990 4.2

Northern America, 2021

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

CA Canada 23.8 US United States 10.9 BM Bermuda 0.9

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.