Annual change in primary energy from renewables by country

Change in total energy supply relative to the previous year, measured in terawatt-hours.

Countries reporting
80
Highest
528.4 terawatt-hours
China
Lowest
-18.64 terawatt-hours
Thailand
Median
1.45 terawatt-hours
Years covered
60
1966–2025
Data points
4,604

What the numbers show

Annual change in primary energy from renewables is currently reported for 80 countries. The highest value is 528.4 terawatt-hours in China; the lowest is -18.64 terawatt-hours in Thailand.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.45 terawatt-hours, and the mean is 10.89 terawatt-hours.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 28.

Over the past decade 44 countries rose and 35 fell. The largest increase was in Trinidad and Tobago (up 516,666.0%), and the largest decrease in Kuwait (down 3,465.2%).

Annual change in primary energy from renewables: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China 528.4 terawatt-hours 2025 up 404.2% volatile
2 India 103.04 terawatt-hours 2025 up 966.7% volatile
3 United States 45.49 terawatt-hours 2025 up 74.6% volatile
4 Brazil 31.3 terawatt-hours 2025 down 14.0% volatile
5 USSR 22.63 terawatt-hours 1984 up 133.6% volatile
6 Japan 19.34 terawatt-hours 2025 down 38.1% volatile
7 Pakistan 16.97 terawatt-hours 2025 up 1,480.7% volatile
8 Vietnam 16.41 terawatt-hours 2025 up 375.5% volatile
9 Colombia 16.36 terawatt-hours 2025 up 5,112.0% volatile
10 Australia 11.41 terawatt-hours 2025 up 345.9% volatile
11 Canada 11.33 terawatt-hours 2025 down 18.1% volatile
12 United Kingdom 10.38 terawatt-hours 2025 down 64.9% volatile
13 New Zealand 9.06 terawatt-hours 2025 up 45.8% volatile
14 Saudi Arabia 8.7 terawatt-hours 2025 volatile
15 Italy 7.32 terawatt-hours 2025 up 206.6% volatile
16 Egypt 6.21 terawatt-hours 2025 up 618.1% volatile
17 Poland 6.01 terawatt-hours 2025 up 267.6% volatile
18 Norway 5.32 terawatt-hours 2025 up 133.2% volatile
19 Ecuador 5.29 terawatt-hours 2025 up 199.3% volatile
20 Mexico 5.13 terawatt-hours 2025 up 294.6% volatile
21 Spain 5.11 terawatt-hours 2025 up 142.1% volatile
22 Taiwan 4.13 terawatt-hours 2025 up 1,467.6% volatile
23 United Arab Emirates 3.99 terawatt-hours 2025 up 36,993.6% volatile
24 Uzbekistan 3.86 terawatt-hours 2025 up 2,445.6% volatile
25 Sweden 3.4 terawatt-hours 2025 down 81.5% volatile
26 Israel 3.35 terawatt-hours 2025 up 765.4% volatile
27 Netherlands 3.18 terawatt-hours 2025 up 166.5% volatile
28 Peru 3.16 terawatt-hours 2025 up 169.9% volatile
29 Belgium 2.85 terawatt-hours 2025 up 8.1% volatile
30 Hungary 2.79 terawatt-hours 2025 up 37,144.3% volatile
31 Oman 2.64 terawatt-hours 2025 up 105,346.0% volatile
32 Turkey 2.56 terawatt-hours 2025 down 93.7% volatile
33 Sri Lanka 2.21 terawatt-hours 2025 up 41.9% volatile
34 South Africa 2.17 terawatt-hours 2025 down 15.5% volatile
35 Malaysia 2.11 terawatt-hours 2025 up 17.7% volatile
36 Ireland 1.75 terawatt-hours 2025 up 19.8% volatile
37 Lithuania 1.6 terawatt-hours 2025 up 401.4% volatile
38 Germany 1.6 terawatt-hours 2025 down 94.5% volatile
39 Bulgaria 1.53 terawatt-hours 2025 down 20.3% volatile
40 Qatar 1.48 terawatt-hours 2025 up 2,679.6% volatile
41 Philippines 1.43 terawatt-hours 2025 down 83.5% volatile
42 North Macedonia 1.11 terawatt-hours 2025 up 42.9% volatile
43 Czechia 0.8583 terawatt-hours 2025 up 210.9% volatile
44 Finland 0.767 terawatt-hours 2025 down 78.5% volatile
45 France 0.5856 terawatt-hours 2025 up 169.5% volatile
46 Hong Kong 0.5633 terawatt-hours 2025 up 201.0% volatile
47 Cyprus 0.2349 terawatt-hours 2025 up 182.1% volatile
48 Argentina 0.2267 terawatt-hours 2025 down 81.0% volatile
49 Bangladesh 0.2214 terawatt-hours 2025 down 30.7% volatile
50 Morocco 0.2027 terawatt-hours 2025 down 76.1% volatile
51 Denmark 0.1772 terawatt-hours 2025 down 77.0% volatile
52 Singapore 0.1644 terawatt-hours 2025 down 30.4% volatile
53 Belarus 0.1518 terawatt-hours 2025 up 1,307.5% volatile
54 Estonia 0.1495 terawatt-hours 2025 down 34.0% volatile
55 Trinidad and Tobago 0.1395 terawatt-hours 2025 up 516,666.0% volatile
56 Azerbaijan 0.0823 terawatt-hours 2025 down 76.7% volatile
57 Turkmenistan -0 terawatt-hours 2025 down 101.3% volatile
58 Algeria -0.0138 terawatt-hours 2025 up 56.8% volatile
59 Kazakhstan -0.0183 terawatt-hours 2025 down 101.6% volatile
60 Latvia -0.0207 terawatt-hours 2025 down 109.1% volatile
61 Kuwait -0.061 terawatt-hours 2025 down 3,465.2% volatile
62 Venezuela -0.0754 terawatt-hours 2025 up 98.7% volatile
63 Croatia -0.1618 terawatt-hours 2025 up 92.9% volatile
64 Ukraine -0.1767 terawatt-hours 2025 up 94.3% volatile
65 Luxembourg -0.3889 terawatt-hours 2025 down 294.8% volatile
66 South Korea -0.4129 terawatt-hours 2025 down 107.9% volatile
67 Portugal -0.5683 terawatt-hours 2025 up 90.9% volatile
68 Slovenia -0.7645 terawatt-hours 2025 up 68.1% volatile
69 Iraq -0.8278 terawatt-hours 2025 down 186.4% volatile
70 Romania -0.9819 terawatt-hours 2025 down 166.1% volatile
71 Slovakia -2.35 terawatt-hours 2025 down 607.5% volatile
72 Greece -2.35 terawatt-hours 2025 down 184.4% volatile
73 Iceland -3.99 terawatt-hours 2025 down 196.5% volatile
74 Chile -5.44 terawatt-hours 2025 down 239.6% volatile
75 Iran -5.68 terawatt-hours 2025 down 305.1% volatile
76 Austria -7.19 terawatt-hours 2025 down 226.3% volatile
77 Indonesia -8.03 terawatt-hours 2025 up 11.6% volatile
78 Switzerland -8.66 terawatt-hours 2025 down 1,482.2% volatile
79 Russia -10.36 terawatt-hours 2025 down 75.9% volatile
80 Thailand -18.64 terawatt-hours 2025 down 186.8% volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Annual change in primary energy from renewables
Unit
terawatt-hours
Source
Energy Institute – Statistical Review of World Energy (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
82 places, 4,604 data points, 1966–2025
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Change in total energy supply relative to the previous year, measured in terawatt-hours.