Renewable energy share in Laos

Renewable sources provided 49.2% of final energy consumption in Laos in 2022. The value for 2022 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1990.

Measure: Renewable energy consumption share (World Bank) Unit: % of total final energy consumption Data: 1990 to 2022 Source: World Bank
Laos, 2022 49.2% % of total final energy consumption
Change from 2021 −2.3percentage points 2021: 51.5%
World, 2020 19.7% Official aggregate Not the same period as Laos (2022).

Renewable energy share in Laos over time

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% of total final energy consumption. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Renewable energy consumption share (World Bank) (% of total final energy consumption), 1998 to 2022
Period LaosWorld
2022 49.2% –
2021 51.5% –
2020 50.6% 19.7%
2019 50.5% 18.6%
2018 50.2% 18.1%
2017 50.6% 17.9%
2016 51.7% 17.6%
2015 53.3% 17.4%
2014 58.2% 17.3%
2013 58.6% 17.2%
2012 62.4% 16.9%
2011 63.6% 16.7%
2010 64.8% 16.7%
2009 66.4% 17.1%
2008 69.3% 16.7%
2007 70.7% 16.5%
2006 69.8% 16.7%
2005 73.9% 16.6%
2004 74.0% 16.8%
2003 78.7% 17.1%
2002 80.2% 17.2%
2001 81.1% 17.2%
2000 81.5% 17.5%
1999 86.6% 17.9%
1998 86.6% 17.6%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −2.3 percentage points from 51.5% in 2021.
  • Since 2012, when it was 62.4%, the figure has changed by −13.2 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
International Energy Agency and IRENA via Tracking SDG 7
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
EG.FEC.RNEW.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1990 to 2022 for Laos
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: International Energy Agency and IRENA via Tracking SDG 7