Renewable energy share in North America
Renewable sources provided 12.5% of final energy consumption in North America in 2020. The value for 2020 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1990.
North America is a group: World Bank region. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
North America, 2020
12.5%
Change from 2019
+0.9percentage points
World, 2020
19.7%
Renewable energy share in North America 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.
| Period | North America | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 12.5% | 19.7% |
| 2019 | 11.6% | 18.6% |
| 2018 | 11.3% | 18.1% |
| 2017 | 11.2% | 17.9% |
| 2016 | 10.7% | 17.6% |
| 2015 | 10.4% | 17.4% |
| 2014 | 10.5% | 17.3% |
| 2013 | 10.4% | 17.2% |
| 2012 | 10.0% | 16.9% |
| 2011 | 9.9% | 16.7% |
| 2010 | 8.9% | 16.7% |
| 2009 | 8.9% | 17.1% |
| 2008 | 8.4% | 16.7% |
| 2007 | 7.9% | 16.5% |
| 2006 | 8.0% | 16.7% |
| 2005 | 7.5% | 16.6% |
| 2004 | 7.2% | 16.8% |
| 2003 | 6.9% | 17.1% |
| 2002 | 6.5% | 17.2% |
| 2001 | 6.3% | 17.2% |
| 2000 | 7.0% | 17.5% |
| 1999 | 7.5% | 17.9% |
| 1998 | 6.4% | 17.6% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.9 percentage points from 11.6% in 2019.
- Since 2010, when it was 8.9%, the figure has changed by +3.6 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2020 was 19.7%.