Electricity from renewables by source in South Korea
South Korea: Electricity from renewables by source was 0 terawatt-hours in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Electricity from renewables by source in South Korea, 1971–2025
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
The most recent figure for electricity from renewables by source in South Korea is 0 terawatt-hours, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 55 years on record.
Over the whole period, electricity from renewables by source in South Korea peaked at 0.403 terawatt-hours in 1996 and was at its lowest, 0 terawatt-hours, in 1971.
South Korea ranks 28th of 214 countries on this measure, 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 South Korea, year by year
| Year | terawatt-hours | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1972 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1973 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1974 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1975 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1976 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1977 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1978 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1979 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1980 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1981 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1982 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1983 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1984 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1985 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1986 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1987 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1988 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1989 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1990 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1991 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1992 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1993 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1994 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1995 | 0.25 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1996 | 0.403 terawatt-hours | +61.2% |
| 1997 | 0.078 terawatt-hours | -80.6% |
| 1998 | 0.058 terawatt-hours | -25.6% |
| 1999 | 0.087 terawatt-hours | +50.0% |
| 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 | — |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 9 |
| 1980s | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0876 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 0.403 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 South Korea
- 25 Hungary 0.01 terawatt-hours compare
- 25 Martinique 0.01 terawatt-hours compare
- 25 Slovakia 0.01 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Afghanistan 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Albania 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Algeria 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 American Samoa 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Angola 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Antigua and Barbuda 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Argentina 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Armenia 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Aruba 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Australia 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Austria 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Azerbaijan 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Bahamas 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Bahrain 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Bangladesh 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Barbados 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Belarus 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Belgium 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Belize 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Benin 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Bermuda 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Bhutan 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Bolivia 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Botswana 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Brazil 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 British Virgin Islands 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Brunei 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Bulgaria 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Burkina Faso 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Burundi 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Cambodia 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Cameroon 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Canada 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Cape Verde 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Cayman Islands 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Central African Republic 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Chad 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 China 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Colombia 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Comoros 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Congo 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Cook Islands 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Cote d'Ivoire 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Croatia 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Cuba 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Cyprus 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Czechia 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Democratic Republic of Congo 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Denmark 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Djibouti 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Dominica 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Dominican Republic 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 East Timor 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Ecuador 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Egypt 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Equatorial Guinea 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Eritrea 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Estonia 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Eswatini 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Falkland Islands 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Faroe Islands 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Fiji 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 French Guiana 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 French Polynesia 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Gabon 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Gambia 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Georgia 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Germany 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Ghana 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Gibraltar 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Greece 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Greenland 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Grenada 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Guam 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Guinea 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Guinea-Bissau 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Guyana 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Haiti 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Hong Kong 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 India 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Iran 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Iraq 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Ireland 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Israel 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Jamaica 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Japan 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Jordan 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Kazakhstan 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Kiribati 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Kuwait 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Kyrgyzstan 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Laos 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Latvia 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Lebanon 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Lesotho 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Liberia 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Libya 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Lithuania 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Luxembourg 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Macao 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Madagascar 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Malawi 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Malaysia 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Maldives 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Mali 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Malta 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Mauritania 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Mauritius 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Mexico 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Moldova 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Mongolia 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Montenegro 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Montserrat 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Morocco 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Mozambique 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Myanmar 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Namibia 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Nauru 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Nepal 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Netherlands 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 New Caledonia 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Niger 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Nigeria 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Niue 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 North Korea 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 North Macedonia 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Oman 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Pakistan 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Palestine 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Panama 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Paraguay 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Peru 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Puerto Rico 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Qatar 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Reunion 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Romania 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Russia 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Rwanda 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Saint Helena 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Saint Lucia 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Samoa 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Sao Tome and Principe 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Saudi Arabia 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Senegal 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Serbia 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Seychelles 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Sierra Leone 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Singapore 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Slovenia 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Solomon Islands 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Somalia 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 South Africa 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 South Sudan 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Spain 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Sudan 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Suriname 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Sweden 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Syria 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Taiwan 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Tajikistan 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Tanzania 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Thailand 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Togo 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Tonga 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Trinidad and Tobago 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Tunisia 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Turkmenistan 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Uganda 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Ukraine 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 United Arab Emirates 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 United Kingdom 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 United States Virgin Islands 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Uruguay 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Uzbekistan 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Vanuatu 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Venezuela 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Vietnam 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Western Sahara 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Yemen 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Zambia 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Zimbabwe 0 terawatt-hours
More energy & mining data for South Korea
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary energy use, annual growth rate -1.55 % change on previous year (2025)
- Coal consumption, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2025)
- Coal consumption, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary energy use, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary energy use, per capita 0.0001 terawatt-hours per person (2025)
- Coal production, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2025)
- Coal production, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2025)
- Fuel imports 25.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is electricity from renewables by source in South Korea?
- Electricity from renewables by source in South Korea 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 South Korea?
- The highest recorded value was 0.403 terawatt-hours in 1996.
- What is the lowest electricity from renewables by source recorded in South Korea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 terawatt-hours in 1971.
- How does South Korea rank for electricity from renewables by source?
- South Korea ranks 28th out of 214 countries with data for 2025.
- Where does this South Korea 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
Measured in terawatt-hours.