Renewable share of electricity, 2000 to 2025
World
33.8%
of the world's electricity came from renewable sources in 2025, up from 18.7 percent in 2000.
Source: Our World in Data, CC BY 4.0.
91.2%
Denmark, 2025
Highest of the ten; 15.5% in 2000
+52.9
Germany, points since 2000
6.2% to 59.1%
86.6%
Brazil, 2025
The only fall: 89.5% in 2000
Source for all figures: Our World in Data, share of electricity production from renewables.
By country
| Denmark | 15.5 | 32.1 | 82.1 | 91.2 | +75.6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 6.2 | 16.9 | 44.4 | 59.1 | +52.9 |
| United Kingdom | 2.6 | 6.9 | 43.1 | 52.0 | +49.3 |
| China | 16.6 | 18.7 | 28.1 | 37.0 | +20.4 |
| United States | 9.2 | 10.3 | 20.3 | 25.6 | +16.4 |
| World | 18.7 | 19.7 | 28.0 | 33.8 | +15.0 |
| Japan | 9.2 | 10.2 | 19.1 | 23.6 | +14.4 |
| France | 12.7 | 13.6 | 23.7 | 26.1 | +13.3 |
| India | 14.0 | 15.1 | 19.0 | 24.1 | +10.0 |
| Brazil | 89.5 | 84.8 | 83.2 | 86.6 | −2.9 |
Source: Our World in Data, CC BY 4.0. Change is the 2025 share minus the 2000 share, from unrounded values.
Year by year
Share of electricity from renewables
Percent of generation, 2000 to 2025, World and five countries
- World
- Germany
- United Kingdom
- United States
- China
- India
Source: Our World in Data, CC BY 4.0.
Notes
- Renewables include hydropower, solar, wind, geothermal, bioenergy, wave, and tidal. Nuclear is not counted.
- The share is of electricity generated, not of all energy used. Heating and transport are outside it.
- 2025 values are the latest published when the data was downloaded and may be revised.
- Brazil's high share comes mostly from hydropower, which was already large in 2000.
This page is an Unbranded example. Figures are rounded to one decimal from the downloaded file.