Renewable Electricity

Share of electricity generated from renewable sources. Our World in Data, 2017–2024.

Source: Our World in Data Licence: CC BY 4.0 Unit: % Parsed: 2026-07-13 Open source ↗

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Avg (2024)
35.9%
+2.0pp vs 2023
Improving
88
of 210 tracked
Declining
37
period over period
Stable
85
±0.5pp band

Renewable Electricity

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Trend over time

Group average by period, 2017–2024.

19%27.4%35.9%44.3%52.8% 20172018201920202021202220232024
AsiaEuropeAfricaAmericas

Movers

Biggest period-over-period changes.

Top risers

EntityNowChange
🇳🇷 Nauru 20% +20.0pp
🇵🇹 Portugal 85.2% +10.7pp
🇱🇧 Lebanon 43.8% +9.7pp
🇲🇰 North Macedonia 39.5% +7.4pp
🇵🇦 Panama 68% +7.4pp

Top fallers

EntityNowChange
🇨🇫 Central African Republic 0% -100.0pp
🇬🇫 French Guiana 0% -65.3pp
🇷🇪 Reunion 0% -56.7pp
🇫🇴 Faroe Islands 0% -46.9pp
🇬🇵 Guadeloupe 0% -35.3pp

By group

Change by group, latest period.

Americas +4.2pp
Europe +2.2pp
Asia +1.1pp
Africa +1.0pp
GroupMembersAvgChange
Europe 45 50.5% +2.2pp
Africa 50 40.8% +1.0pp
Americas 40 38.4% +4.2pp
Asia 60 28.3% +1.1pp