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The rise of renewable electricity

Renewables were a hydro story for decades. Since 2010 solar and wind have changed the shape of electricity systems on every continent.

5 charts · 4 min read · Data refreshed 11 Sep 2026

Weighted by population, renewables supplied 25.2 % of electricity in 1985 and 35.0 % in 2025.

34 of 90 countries with data generated more than half of their electricity from renewables in 2025.

01 · World map

Share of electricity from renewables

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2025
90 countries
Renewable electricity, 2025World map of Renewable electricity (2025) for 90 countries, from 0.0 % to 100.0 %.Fiji: —Tanzania: —W. Sahara: —Canada: 63.9 %United States: 25.6 %Kazakhstan: 14.9 %Uzbekistan: 19.4 %Papua New Guinea: —Indonesia: —Argentina: 34.6 %Chile: 66.4 %DR Congo: —Somalia: —Kenya: 90.0 %Sudan: —Chad: —Haiti: —Dominican Republic: 23.8 %Russia: 17.4 %Bahamas: —Falkland Is.: —Norway: 99.0 %Greenland: —Fr. S. Antarctic Lands: —Timor-Leste: —South Africa: 13.6 %Lesotho: —Mexico: 23.1 %Uruguay: 97.8 %Brazil: 86.6 %Bolivia: 36.1 %Peru: 63.7 %Colombia: 77.0 %Panama: —Costa Rica: 100.0 %Nicaragua: —Honduras: —El Salvador: 86.5 %Guatemala: —Belize: —Venezuela: —Guyana: —Suriname: —France: 26.1 %Ecuador: 79.4 %Puerto Rico: 6.4 %Jamaica: —Cuba: —Zimbabwe: —Botswana: —Namibia: —Senegal: —Mali: —Mauritania: —Benin: —Niger: —Nigeria: 31.3 %Cameroon: —Togo: —Ghana: —Côte d'Ivoire: —Guinea: —Guinea-Bissau: —Liberia: —Sierra Leone: —Burkina Faso: —Central African Republic: —Republic of the Congo: —Gabon: —Equatorial Guinea: —Zambia: —Malawi: —Mozambique: —Eswatini: —Angola: —Burundi: —Israel: 16.9 %Lebanon: —Madagascar: —Palestine: —Gambia: —Tunisia: 4.0 %Algeria: —Jordan: —United Arab Emirates: —Qatar: 4.1 %Kuwait: 2.2 %Iraq: —Oman: 4.5 %Vanuatu: —Cambodia: 40.9 %Thailand: 16.6 %Laos: —Myanmar: —Vietnam: 45.4 %North Korea: —South Korea: 10.4 %Mongolia: 8.4 %India: 24.1 %Bangladesh: 2.1 %Bhutan: —Nepal: —Pakistan: 42.7 %Afghanistan: —Tajikistan: 94.4 %Kyrgyzstan: 84.7 %Turkmenistan: —Iran: 3.8 %Syria: —Armenia: 39.0 %Sweden: 71.2 %Belarus: 4.8 %Ukraine: —Poland: 31.5 %Austria: 83.6 %Hungary: 35.3 %Moldova: 11.2 %Romania: 47.0 %Lithuania: 77.6 %Latvia: 73.0 %Estonia: 59.6 %Germany: 59.1 %Bulgaria: 32.8 %Greece: 49.7 %Türkiye: 43.3 %Albania: —Croatia: 76.3 %Switzerland: 67.8 %Luxembourg: 91.6 %Belgium: 38.9 %Netherlands: 51.2 %Portugal: 81.0 %Spain: 55.9 %Ireland: 48.1 %New Caledonia: —Solomon Islands: —New Zealand: 88.5 %Australia: 38.6 %Sri Lanka: 61.6 %China: 37.0 %Taiwan: 12.2 %Italy: 48.8 %Denmark: 91.2 %United Kingdom: 52.0 %Iceland: —Azerbaijan: 12.1 %Georgia: 79.6 %Philippines: 23.3 %Malaysia: 20.7 %Brunei: —Slovenia: 39.6 %Finland: 56.5 %Slovakia: 18.7 %Czechia: 16.8 %Eritrea: —Japan: 23.6 %Paraguay: 100.0 %Yemen: —Saudi Arabia: —N. Cyprus: —Cyprus: 27.8 %Morocco: 24.0 %Egypt: 13.0 %Libya: —Ethiopia: 100.0 %Djibouti: —Somaliland: —Uganda: —Rwanda: —Bosnia and Herzegovina: 43.6 %North Macedonia: 47.2 %Serbia: 27.8 %Montenegro: 75.6 %Kosovo: —Trinidad and Tobago: —South Sudan: —
Renewable electricity, 2025
  • 0.0 % – 0.2 %
  • 0.2 % – 7.0 %
  • 7.0 % – 18.0 %
  • 18.0 % – 39.5 %
  • 39.5 % – 67.7 %
  • 67.7 % – 100.0 %
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Source: Our World in Data — energy · renewables_share_elec · retrieved 11 Sep 2026

02 · Trend

Renewable share of electricity

Population-weighted mean across 76–212 countries per year, computed by CountryAtlas from country values.

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  • World
  • European Union
  • East Asia & Pacific
Renewable electricity3 series from 1985 to 2025: World, European Union, East Asia & Pacific.1985199019952000200520102015202020250%10%20%30%40%50%

3 series from 1985 to 2025: World, European Union, East Asia & Pacific.

Source: Our World in Data — energy · renewables_share_elec · retrieved 11 Sep 2026

03 · Selected countries

Solar electricity generation

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  • China
  • United States
  • India
  • Germany
  • Japan
  • Brazil
Solar electricity generation6 series from 2000 to 2025: China, United States, India, Germany, Japan, Brazil.20002005201020152020202502004006008001,0001,200

6 series from 2000 to 2025: China, United States, India, Germany, Japan, Brazil.

Source: Our World in Data — energy · solar_electricity · retrieved 11 Sep 2026

04 · Selected countries

Wind electricity generation

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  • China
  • United States
  • Germany
  • India
  • Brazil
  • United Kingdom
Wind electricity generation6 series from 2000 to 2025: China, United States, Germany, India, Brazil, United Kingdom.20002005201020152020202502004006008001,0001,200

6 series from 2000 to 2025: China, United States, Germany, India, Brazil, United Kingdom.

Source: Our World in Data — energy · wind_electricity · retrieved 11 Sep 2026

05 · Ranking, 2025

Highest renewable shares

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Sources

Every figure on this page is computed from the CountryAtlas snapshot 20260911T072322Z (built 11 Sep 2026). Values carry the licence of their source; the compilation is CC BY 4.0.

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