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Electricity from renewables by source in Brazil

Brazil: Electricity from renewables by source was 0 terawatt-hours in 2025. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2025)
0 terawatt-hours
World rank
28th
of 214 countries
All-time high
8.38 terawatt-hours
in 1999
All-time low
0 terawatt-hours
in 2000
Years of data
56
1970–2025

Electricity from renewables by source in Brazil, 1970–2025

02468197019972025

Source: Ember (2026); Pinto et al. (2023); Energy Institute – Statistical Review of World Energy (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in terawatt-hours.

Analysis

In 2025, electricity from renewables by source in Brazil stood at 0 terawatt-hours. That is the lowest value across all 56 years on record.

Over the whole period, electricity from renewables by source in Brazil peaked at 8.38 terawatt-hours in 1999 and was at its lowest, 0 terawatt-hours, in 2000.

That places Brazil 28th out of 214 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

Electricity from renewables by source in Brazil, year by year

Year terawatt-hours Change
1970 0.5147 terawatt-hours —
1971 0.6334 terawatt-hours +23.1%
1972 0.7166 terawatt-hours +13.1%
1973 0.7508 terawatt-hours +4.8%
1974 0.7852 terawatt-hours +4.6%
1975 0.8672 terawatt-hours +10.4%
1976 0.8643 terawatt-hours -0.3%
1977 1.12 terawatt-hours +29.2%
1978 1.33 terawatt-hours +19.3%
1979 1.78 terawatt-hours +33.3%
1980 1.81 terawatt-hours +1.7%
1981 1.87 terawatt-hours +3.8%
1982 2.18 terawatt-hours +16.3%
1983 2.98 terawatt-hours +37.0%
1984 2.85 terawatt-hours -4.4%
1985 3.07 terawatt-hours +7.6%
1986 3.19 terawatt-hours +4.1%
1987 3.57 terawatt-hours +11.6%
1988 3.34 terawatt-hours -6.3%
1989 3.4 terawatt-hours +1.9%
1990 3.86 terawatt-hours +13.4%
1991 4 terawatt-hours +3.6%
1992 4.93 terawatt-hours +23.2%
1993 4.98 terawatt-hours +1.1%
1994 5.39 terawatt-hours +8.1%
1995 5.59 terawatt-hours +3.8%
1996 6.75 terawatt-hours +20.7%
1997 7.38 terawatt-hours +9.3%
1998 7.51 terawatt-hours +1.7%
1999 8.38 terawatt-hours +11.6%
2000 0 terawatt-hours -100.0%
2001 0 terawatt-hours —
2002 0 terawatt-hours —
2003 0 terawatt-hours —
2004 0 terawatt-hours —
2005 0 terawatt-hours —
2006 0 terawatt-hours —
2007 0 terawatt-hours —
2008 0 terawatt-hours —
2009 0 terawatt-hours —
2010 0 terawatt-hours —
2011 0 terawatt-hours —
2012 0 terawatt-hours —
2013 0 terawatt-hours —
2014 0 terawatt-hours —
2015 0 terawatt-hours —
2016 0 terawatt-hours —
2017 0 terawatt-hours —
2018 0 terawatt-hours —
2019 0 terawatt-hours —
2020 0 terawatt-hours —
2021 0 terawatt-hours —
2022 0 terawatt-hours —
2023 0 terawatt-hours —
2024 0 terawatt-hours —
2025 0 terawatt-hours —

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Electricity from renewables by source in Brazil changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.

YearChange FromTo
2000 -100.0% 8.38 terawatt-hours 0 terawatt-hours

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.9357 terawatt-hours 0.5147 terawatt-hours 1.78 terawatt-hours 10
1980s 2.83 terawatt-hours 1.81 terawatt-hours 3.57 terawatt-hours 10
1990s 5.88 terawatt-hours 3.86 terawatt-hours 8.38 terawatt-hours 10
2000s 0 terawatt-hours 0 terawatt-hours 0 terawatt-hours 10
2010s 0 terawatt-hours 0 terawatt-hours 0 terawatt-hours 10
2020s 0 terawatt-hours 0 terawatt-hours 0 terawatt-hours 6

Countries ranked near Brazil

  1. 25 Hungary 0.01 terawatt-hours compare
  2. 25 Martinique 0.01 terawatt-hours compare
  3. 25 Slovakia 0.01 terawatt-hours compare
  4. 28 Afghanistan 0 terawatt-hours
  5. 28 Albania 0 terawatt-hours
  6. 28 Algeria 0 terawatt-hours
  7. 28 American Samoa 0 terawatt-hours
  8. 28 Angola 0 terawatt-hours
  9. 28 Antigua and Barbuda 0 terawatt-hours
  10. 28 Argentina 0 terawatt-hours compare
  11. 28 Armenia 0 terawatt-hours
  12. 28 Aruba 0 terawatt-hours
  13. 28 Australia 0 terawatt-hours compare
  14. 28 Austria 0 terawatt-hours compare
  15. 28 Azerbaijan 0 terawatt-hours
  16. 28 Bahamas 0 terawatt-hours
  17. 28 Bahrain 0 terawatt-hours
  18. 28 Bangladesh 0 terawatt-hours
  19. 28 Barbados 0 terawatt-hours
  20. 28 Belarus 0 terawatt-hours
  21. 28 Belgium 0 terawatt-hours compare
  22. 28 Belize 0 terawatt-hours
  23. 28 Benin 0 terawatt-hours
  24. 28 Bermuda 0 terawatt-hours
  25. 28 Bhutan 0 terawatt-hours
  26. 28 Bolivia 0 terawatt-hours
  27. 28 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 terawatt-hours
  28. 28 Botswana 0 terawatt-hours
  29. 28 British Virgin Islands 0 terawatt-hours
  30. 28 Brunei 0 terawatt-hours
  31. 28 Bulgaria 0 terawatt-hours
  32. 28 Burkina Faso 0 terawatt-hours
  33. 28 Burundi 0 terawatt-hours
  34. 28 Cambodia 0 terawatt-hours
  35. 28 Cameroon 0 terawatt-hours
  36. 28 Canada 0 terawatt-hours compare
  37. 28 Cape Verde 0 terawatt-hours
  38. 28 Cayman Islands 0 terawatt-hours
  39. 28 Central African Republic 0 terawatt-hours
  40. 28 Chad 0 terawatt-hours
  41. 28 China 0 terawatt-hours compare
  42. 28 Colombia 0 terawatt-hours compare
  43. 28 Comoros 0 terawatt-hours
  44. 28 Congo 0 terawatt-hours
  45. 28 Cook Islands 0 terawatt-hours
  46. 28 Cote d'Ivoire 0 terawatt-hours
  47. 28 Croatia 0 terawatt-hours compare
  48. 28 Cuba 0 terawatt-hours
  49. 28 Cyprus 0 terawatt-hours
  50. 28 Czechia 0 terawatt-hours
  51. 28 Democratic Republic of Congo 0 terawatt-hours
  52. 28 Denmark 0 terawatt-hours compare
  53. 28 Djibouti 0 terawatt-hours
  54. 28 Dominica 0 terawatt-hours
  55. 28 Dominican Republic 0 terawatt-hours
  56. 28 East Timor 0 terawatt-hours
  57. 28 Ecuador 0 terawatt-hours
  58. 28 Egypt 0 terawatt-hours
  59. 28 Equatorial Guinea 0 terawatt-hours
  60. 28 Eritrea 0 terawatt-hours
  61. 28 Estonia 0 terawatt-hours
  62. 28 Eswatini 0 terawatt-hours
  63. 28 Falkland Islands 0 terawatt-hours
  64. 28 Faroe Islands 0 terawatt-hours
  65. 28 Fiji 0 terawatt-hours
  66. 28 French Guiana 0 terawatt-hours
  67. 28 French Polynesia 0 terawatt-hours
  68. 28 Gabon 0 terawatt-hours
  69. 28 Gambia 0 terawatt-hours
  70. 28 Georgia 0 terawatt-hours
  71. 28 Germany 0 terawatt-hours compare
  72. 28 Ghana 0 terawatt-hours
  73. 28 Gibraltar 0 terawatt-hours
  74. 28 Greece 0 terawatt-hours
  75. 28 Greenland 0 terawatt-hours
  76. 28 Grenada 0 terawatt-hours
  77. 28 Guam 0 terawatt-hours
  78. 28 Guinea 0 terawatt-hours
  79. 28 Guinea-Bissau 0 terawatt-hours
  80. 28 Guyana 0 terawatt-hours
  81. 28 Haiti 0 terawatt-hours
  82. 28 Hong Kong 0 terawatt-hours
  83. 28 India 0 terawatt-hours compare
  84. 28 Iran 0 terawatt-hours
  85. 28 Iraq 0 terawatt-hours
  86. 28 Ireland 0 terawatt-hours
  87. 28 Israel 0 terawatt-hours
  88. 28 Jamaica 0 terawatt-hours
  89. 28 Japan 0 terawatt-hours compare
  90. 28 Jordan 0 terawatt-hours
  91. 28 Kazakhstan 0 terawatt-hours
  92. 28 Kiribati 0 terawatt-hours
  93. 28 Kuwait 0 terawatt-hours
  94. 28 Kyrgyzstan 0 terawatt-hours
  95. 28 Laos 0 terawatt-hours
  96. 28 Latvia 0 terawatt-hours
  97. 28 Lebanon 0 terawatt-hours
  98. 28 Lesotho 0 terawatt-hours
  99. 28 Liberia 0 terawatt-hours
  100. 28 Libya 0 terawatt-hours
  101. 28 Lithuania 0 terawatt-hours
  102. 28 Luxembourg 0 terawatt-hours compare
  103. 28 Macao 0 terawatt-hours
  104. 28 Madagascar 0 terawatt-hours
  105. 28 Malawi 0 terawatt-hours
  106. 28 Malaysia 0 terawatt-hours
  107. 28 Maldives 0 terawatt-hours
  108. 28 Mali 0 terawatt-hours
  109. 28 Malta 0 terawatt-hours
  110. 28 Mauritania 0 terawatt-hours
  111. 28 Mauritius 0 terawatt-hours
  112. 28 Mexico 0 terawatt-hours compare
  113. 28 Moldova 0 terawatt-hours
  114. 28 Mongolia 0 terawatt-hours
  115. 28 Montenegro 0 terawatt-hours
  116. 28 Montserrat 0 terawatt-hours
  117. 28 Morocco 0 terawatt-hours
  118. 28 Mozambique 0 terawatt-hours
  119. 28 Myanmar 0 terawatt-hours
  120. 28 Namibia 0 terawatt-hours
  121. 28 Nauru 0 terawatt-hours
  122. 28 Nepal 0 terawatt-hours
  123. 28 Netherlands 0 terawatt-hours compare
  124. 28 New Caledonia 0 terawatt-hours
  125. 28 Niger 0 terawatt-hours
  126. 28 Nigeria 0 terawatt-hours
  127. 28 Niue 0 terawatt-hours
  128. 28 North Korea 0 terawatt-hours
  129. 28 North Macedonia 0 terawatt-hours
  130. 28 Oman 0 terawatt-hours
  131. 28 Pakistan 0 terawatt-hours
  132. 28 Palestine 0 terawatt-hours
  133. 28 Panama 0 terawatt-hours
  134. 28 Paraguay 0 terawatt-hours
  135. 28 Peru 0 terawatt-hours compare
  136. 28 Puerto Rico 0 terawatt-hours
  137. 28 Qatar 0 terawatt-hours
  138. 28 Reunion 0 terawatt-hours
  139. 28 Romania 0 terawatt-hours
  140. 28 Russia 0 terawatt-hours compare
  141. 28 Rwanda 0 terawatt-hours
  142. 28 Saint Helena 0 terawatt-hours
  143. 28 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 terawatt-hours
  144. 28 Saint Lucia 0 terawatt-hours
  145. 28 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0 terawatt-hours
  146. 28 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 terawatt-hours
  147. 28 Samoa 0 terawatt-hours
  148. 28 Sao Tome and Principe 0 terawatt-hours
  149. 28 Saudi Arabia 0 terawatt-hours
  150. 28 Senegal 0 terawatt-hours
  151. 28 Serbia 0 terawatt-hours
  152. 28 Seychelles 0 terawatt-hours
  153. 28 Sierra Leone 0 terawatt-hours
  154. 28 Singapore 0 terawatt-hours compare
  155. 28 Slovenia 0 terawatt-hours
  156. 28 Solomon Islands 0 terawatt-hours
  157. 28 Somalia 0 terawatt-hours
  158. 28 South Africa 0 terawatt-hours compare
  159. 28 South Korea 0 terawatt-hours compare
  160. 28 South Sudan 0 terawatt-hours
  161. 28 Spain 0 terawatt-hours compare
  162. 28 Sudan 0 terawatt-hours
  163. 28 Suriname 0 terawatt-hours
  164. 28 Sweden 0 terawatt-hours compare
  165. 28 Syria 0 terawatt-hours
  166. 28 Taiwan 0 terawatt-hours compare
  167. 28 Tajikistan 0 terawatt-hours
  168. 28 Tanzania 0 terawatt-hours
  169. 28 Thailand 0 terawatt-hours compare
  170. 28 Togo 0 terawatt-hours
  171. 28 Tonga 0 terawatt-hours
  172. 28 Trinidad and Tobago 0 terawatt-hours compare
  173. 28 Tunisia 0 terawatt-hours
  174. 28 Turkmenistan 0 terawatt-hours
  175. 28 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 terawatt-hours
  176. 28 Uganda 0 terawatt-hours
  177. 28 Ukraine 0 terawatt-hours
  178. 28 United Arab Emirates 0 terawatt-hours
  179. 28 United Kingdom 0 terawatt-hours compare
  180. 28 United States Virgin Islands 0 terawatt-hours
  181. 28 Uruguay 0 terawatt-hours
  182. 28 Uzbekistan 0 terawatt-hours
  183. 28 Vanuatu 0 terawatt-hours
  184. 28 Venezuela 0 terawatt-hours
  185. 28 Vietnam 0 terawatt-hours
  186. 28 Western Sahara 0 terawatt-hours
  187. 28 Yemen 0 terawatt-hours
  188. 28 Zambia 0 terawatt-hours
  189. 28 Zimbabwe 0 terawatt-hours

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Frequently asked questions

What is electricity from renewables by source in Brazil?
Electricity from renewables by source in Brazil was 0 terawatt-hours in 2025, according to Ember (2026); Pinto et al. (2023); Energy Institute – Statistical Review of World Energy (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
What is the highest electricity from renewables by source recorded in Brazil?
The highest recorded value was 8.38 terawatt-hours in 1999.
What is the lowest electricity from renewables by source recorded in Brazil?
The lowest recorded value was 0 terawatt-hours in 2000.
How does Brazil rank for electricity from renewables by source?
Brazil ranks 28th out of 214 countries with data for 2025.
Where does this Brazil data come from?
The figures come from Ember (2026); Pinto et al. (2023); Energy Institute – Statistical Review of World Energy (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Electricity from renewables by source. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
Electricity from renewables by source
Unit
terawatt-hours
Source
Ember (2026); Pinto et al. (2023); 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
216 places, 7,365 data points, 1920–2025
Last refreshed

Measured in terawatt-hours.