Renewable energy share in World
Renewable sources provided 19.7% of final energy consumption in the world in 2020. The value for 2020 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1990.
World is a group: All economies covered by the World Bank. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
World, 2020
19.7%
Change from 2019
+1.2percentage points
European Union, 2020
21.1%
Renewable energy share in World 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 | World | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 19.7% | 21.1% |
| 2019 | 18.6% | 19.3% |
| 2018 | 18.1% | 18.7% |
| 2017 | 17.9% | 17.7% |
| 2016 | 17.6% | 17.5% |
| 2015 | 17.4% | 17.6% |
| 2014 | 17.3% | 17.4% |
| 2013 | 17.2% | 16.8% |
| 2012 | 16.9% | 16.1% |
| 2011 | 16.7% | 14.6% |
| 2010 | 16.7% | 14.5% |
| 2009 | 17.1% | 13.6% |
| 2008 | 16.7% | 12.5% |
| 2007 | 16.5% | 11.8% |
| 2006 | 16.7% | 10.7% |
| 2005 | 16.6% | 10.0% |
| 2004 | 16.8% | 9.5% |
| 2003 | 17.1% | 9.2% |
| 2002 | 17.2% | 8.9% |
| 2001 | 17.2% | 9.0% |
| 2000 | 17.5% | 9.0% |
| 1999 | 17.9% | 8.6% |
| 1998 | 17.6% | 8.6% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +1.2 percentage points from 18.6% in 2019.
- Since 2010, when it was 16.7%, the figure has changed by +3.0 percentage points.
- The figure for the European Union in 2020 was 21.1%.