Renewable energy share in South Asia
Renewable sources provided 36.9% of final energy consumption in South Asia in 2020. The value for 2020 is the highest since 2010.
South Asia is a group: World Bank region. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
South Asia, 2020
36.9%
Change from 2019
+2.5percentage points
World, 2020
19.7%
Renewable energy share in South Asia 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 | South Asia | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 36.9% | 19.7% |
| 2019 | 34.4% | 18.6% |
| 2018 | 33.9% | 18.1% |
| 2017 | 33.6% | 17.9% |
| 2016 | 34.2% | 17.6% |
| 2015 | 34.9% | 17.4% |
| 2014 | 35.5% | 17.3% |
| 2013 | 36.6% | 17.2% |
| 2012 | 36.4% | 16.9% |
| 2011 | 36.8% | 16.7% |
| 2010 | 38.2% | 16.7% |
| 2009 | 39.5% | 17.1% |
| 2008 | 41.4% | 16.7% |
| 2007 | 43.5% | 16.5% |
| 2006 | 45.2% | 16.7% |
| 2005 | 46.2% | 16.6% |
| 2004 | 47.0% | 16.8% |
| 2003 | 47.7% | 17.1% |
| 2002 | 47.9% | 17.2% |
| 2001 | 49.2% | 17.2% |
| 2000 | 49.2% | 17.5% |
| 1999 | 49.3% | 17.9% |
| 1998 | 50.2% | 17.6% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +2.5 percentage points from 34.4% in 2019.
- Since 2010, when it was 38.2%, the figure has changed by −1.3 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2020 was 19.7%.