Annual percentage change in primary energy from renewables by country

Percentage change in total energy supply relative to the previous year.

Countries reporting
77
Highest
1,976.7%
Trinidad and Tobago
Lowest
-37.5%
Kuwait
Median
3.1%
Years covered
60
1966–2025
Data points
4,226

What the numbers show

Annual percentage change in primary energy from renewables is currently reported for 77 countries. The highest value is 1,976.7% in Trinidad and Tobago; the lowest is -37.5% in Kuwait.

The median across all reporting countries is 3.1%, and the mean is 32.8%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 53.

Over the past decade 33 countries rose and 43 fell. The largest increase was in Trinidad and Tobago (up 455,866.0%), and the largest decrease in Switzerland (down 1,142.0%).

Annual percentage change in primary energy from renewables: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Trinidad and Tobago 1,976.7% 2025 up 455,866.0% volatile
2 Oman 108.4% 2025 down 48.0% volatile
3 Saudi Arabia 78.6% 2025 volatile
4 Qatar 61.3% 2025 up 263.6% volatile
5 North Macedonia 42.7% 2025 down 28.9% volatile
6 Uzbekistan 29.8% 2025 up 1,220.3% volatile
7 Israel 27.4% 2025 down 16.2% volatile
8 Pakistan 26.6% 2025 up 715.8% volatile
9 United Arab Emirates 23.9% 2025 up 787.3% volatile
10 Egypt 22.3% 2025 up 280.0% volatile
11 Hong Kong 21.7% 2025 down 45.8% volatile
12 Sri Lanka 21.6% 2025 down 30.7% volatile
13 Colombia 21.6% 2025 up 3,886.0% volatile
14 Ecuador 21.4% 2025 up 55.7% volatile
15 India 20.8% 2025 up 528.0% volatile
16 Lithuania 16.2% 2025 up 55.1% volatile
17 China 14.6% 2025 up 92.8% volatile
18 Hungary 14.6% 2025 up 18,746.8% volatile
19 Cyprus 13.3% 2025 down 14.8% volatile
20 Vietnam 11.9% 2025 up 225.1% volatile
21 Taiwan 11.3% 2025 up 436.3% volatile
22 Australia 10.4% 2025 up 74.6% volatile
23 Bangladesh 9.3% 2025 down 72.6% volatile
24 Bulgaria 9.1% 2025 down 57.2% volatile
25 New Zealand 7.4% 2025 up 21.6% volatile
26 Poland 7.1% 2025 up 109.0% volatile
27 Peru 7.0% 2025 up 83.3% volatile
28 South Africa 6.9% 2025 down 84.9% volatile
29 Belgium 6.9% 2025 down 32.4% volatile
30 Belarus 6.2% 2025 up 277.8% volatile
31 Japan 5.5% 2025 down 64.3% volatile
32 Mexico 4.3% 2025 up 295.2% volatile
33 United Kingdom 4.1% 2025 down 82.6% volatile
34 Singapore 4.1% 2025 down 60.6% volatile
35 Netherlands 3.5% 2025 down 22.4% volatile
36 Malaysia 3.4% 2025 down 63.4% volatile
37 Norway 3.3% 2025 up 103.0% volatile
38 Italy 3.2% 2025 up 203.7% volatile
39 Czechia 3.1% 2025 up 153.1% volatile
40 Brazil 2.9% 2025 down 43.5% volatile
41 Spain 2.6% 2025 up 128.6% volatile
42 United States 2.5% 2025 up 14.1% volatile
43 Canada 2.4% 2025 down 21.2% volatile
44 Sweden 2.3% 2025 down 85.3% volatile
45 Estonia 2.3% 2025 down 68.9% volatile
46 Azerbaijan 2.1% 2025 down 90.6% volatile
47 Morocco 1.8% 2025 down 92.5% volatile
48 Philippines 1.1% 2025 down 85.7% volatile
49 Finland 1.0% 2025 down 83.8% volatile
50 Turkey 0.9% 2025 down 98.3% volatile
51 Germany 0.4% 2025 down 96.1% volatile
52 Denmark 0.4% 2025 down 86.1% volatile
53 Argentina 0.3% 2025 down 86.5% volatile
54 France 0.3% 2025 up 146.9% volatile
55 Venezuela -0.1% 2025 up 98.5% volatile
56 Kazakhstan -0.1% 2025 down 100.7% volatile
57 Turkmenistan -0.3% 2025 down 100.8% volatile
58 Latvia -0.3% 2025 down 106.1% volatile
59 South Korea -0.4% 2025 down 102.1% volatile
60 Ukraine -0.9% 2025 up 96.9% volatile
61 Portugal -1.0% 2025 up 92.8% volatile
62 Croatia -1.2% 2025 up 94.3% volatile
63 Algeria -2.0% 2025 up 84.4% volatile
64 Indonesia -2.1% 2025 up 69.2% volatile
65 Romania -3.2% 2025 down 159.7% volatile
66 Russia -4.5% 2025 down 37.1% volatile
67 Iceland -5.4% 2025 down 162.5% volatile
68 Chile -6.6% 2025 down 167.5% volatile
69 Greece -7.4% 2025 down 138.0% volatile
70 Austria -8.7% 2025 down 155.9% volatile
71 Slovenia -9.1% 2025 up 71.2% volatile
72 Thailand -14.6% 2025 down 130.8% volatile
73 Switzerland -14.7% 2025 down 1,142.0% volatile
74 Slovakia -19.1% 2025 down 541.6% volatile
75 Iraq -21.4% 2025 down 114.4% volatile
76 Iran -26.9% 2025 down 184.8% volatile
77 Kuwait -37.5% 2025 down 167.8% 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 percentage change in primary energy from renewables
Unit
%
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, 4,226 data points, 1966–2025
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Percentage change in total energy supply relative to the previous year.