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
77
Highest
528.4 terawatt-hours
China
Lowest
-18.64 terawatt-hours
Thailand
Median
1.43 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 77 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 1.43 terawatt-hours, and the mean is 11.01 terawatt-hours.

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

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

About this data

Indicator
Annual change in primary energy from renewables
Unit
terawatt-hours
Source
Energy Institute - Statistical Review of World Energy (2026); Smil (2017) – 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
Last refreshed

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