Renewable energy share in Nepal

Renewable sources provided 73.7% of final energy consumption in Nepal in 2021.

Measure: Renewable energy consumption share (World Bank) Unit: % of total final energy consumption Data: 1990 to 2021 Source: World Bank
Nepal, 2021 73.7% % of total final energy consumption
Change from 2020 +0.6percentage points 2020: 73.1%
World, 2020 19.7% Official aggregate Not the same period as Nepal (2021).
Position in 2021 24th of 212 See the full ranking

Renewable energy share in Nepal 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 2021
Period NepalWorld
2021 73.7% –
2020 73.1% 19.7%
2019 78.2% 18.6%
2018 75.0% 18.1%
2017 76.8% 17.9%
2016 79.4% 17.6%
2015 85.2% 17.4%
2014 84.0% 17.3%
2013 86.0% 17.2%
2012 84.7% 16.9%
2011 87.0% 16.7%
2010 87.3% 16.7%
2009 88.9% 17.1%
2008 90.5% 16.7%
2007 91.3% 16.5%
2006 91.2% 16.7%
2005 89.5% 16.6%
2004 90.3% 16.8%
2003 89.4% 17.1%
2002 90.0% 17.2%
2001 87.8% 17.2%
2000 88.3% 17.5%
1999 88.0% 17.9%
1998 90.5% 17.6%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.6 percentage points from 73.1% in 2020.
  • Since 2011, when it was 87.0%, the figure has changed by −13.3 percentage points.
  • Among the 212 countries with data for 2021, Nepal has the 24th highest value.

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 2021 for Nepal
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