Share of primary energy from solar and wind by country

Measured as a percentage of total energy supply.

Countries reporting
79
Highest
16.4%
Denmark
Lowest
0.0%
Turkmenistan
Median
2.5%
Years covered
61
1965–2025
Data points
5,784

What the numbers show

Share of primary energy from solar and wind is currently reported for 79 countries. The highest value is 16.4% in Denmark; the lowest is 0.0% in Turkmenistan.

The median across all reporting countries is 2.5%, and the mean is 3.3%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 10,105.

Over the past decade 77 countries rose and 1 fell. The largest increase was in Oman (up 96,055.5%), and the largest decrease in Iceland (down 13.0%).

Share of primary energy from solar and wind: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Denmark 16.4% 2025 up 95.0% volatile
2 Portugal 10.3% 2025 up 112.3% volatile
3 Lithuania 9.8% 2025 up 586.1% volatile
4 Sweden 9.4% 2025 up 179.0% volatile
5 Ireland 8.7% 2025 up 109.7% volatile
6 Spain 8.6% 2025 up 97.0% volatile
7 Finland 8.2% 2025 up 981.4% volatile
8 Germany 8.1% 2025 up 144.0% volatile
9 North Macedonia 8.0% 2025 up 1,350.7% volatile
10 Chile 7.8% 2025 up 728.9% volatile
11 Greece 7.4% 2025 up 148.1% volatile
12 Netherlands 6.6% 2025 up 674.6% volatile
13 Brazil 6.6% 2025 up 773.3% volatile
14 Australia 6.4% 2025 up 447.3% volatile
15 Austria 6.2% 2025 up 248.6% volatile
16 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 6.1% 2025 up 184.3% volatile
17 Estonia 5.4% 2025 up 401.8% volatile
18 China 5.1% 2025 up 646.4% volatile
19 Israel 4.9% 2025 up 1,001.0% volatile
20 Croatia 4.8% 2025 up 344.2% volatile
21 Norway 4.8% 2025 up 487.1% volatile
22 Cyprus 4.7% 2025 up 287.8% volatile
23 Pakistan 4.7% 2025 up 3,594.8% volatile
24 Hungary 4.5% 2025 up 1,269.6% volatile
25 Italy 4.4% 2025 up 101.4% volatile
26 Poland 4.4% 2025 up 333.7% volatile
27 Bulgaria 4.2% 2025 up 221.3% volatile
28 Türkiye 4.1% 2025 up 414.0% volatile
29 Morocco 4.0% 2025 up 240.3% volatile
30 Belgium 3.9% 2025 up 196.1% volatile
31 Sri Lanka 3.8% 2025 up 681.2% volatile
32 Viet Nam 3.7% 2025 up 19,869.6% volatile
33 Latvia 3.4% 2025 up 793.2% volatile
34 Switzerland 3.4% 2025 up 669.0% volatile
35 Romania 3.3% 2025 up 26.8% volatile
36 United States of America 3.3% 2025 up 262.3% volatile
37 France 3.3% 2025 up 226.8% volatile
38 Argentina 2.7% 2025 up 4,015.9% volatile
39 Japan 2.7% 2025 up 253.8% volatile
40 India 2.5% 2025 up 379.7% volatile
41 Taiwan, China 2.4% 2025 up 1,239.7% volatile
42 Mexico 2.3% 2025 up 437.9% volatile
43 Slovenia 2.2% 2025 up 462.4% volatile
44 Luxembourg 2.2% 2025 up 362.3% volatile
45 South Africa 2.1% 2025 up 417.7% volatile
46 Peru 2.1% 2025 up 499.1% volatile
47 New Zealand 1.8% 2025 up 102.9% volatile
48 Canada 1.8% 2025 up 107.4% volatile
49 Uzbekistan 1.8% 2025 volatile
50 Egypt 1.7% 2025 up 756.1% volatile
51 United Arab Emirates 1.3% 2025 up 5,033.6% volatile
52 Czechia 1.2% 2025 up 96.0% volatile
53 Republic of Korea 1.2% 2025 up 598.9% volatile
54 Oman 1.1% 2025 up 96,055.5% volatile
55 Ukraine 1.1% 2025 up 594.2% volatile
56 Thailand 1.0% 2025 up 398.5% volatile
57 Colombia 0.9% 2025 up 5,756.7% volatile
58 Philippines 0.8% 2025 up 383.1% volatile
59 Kazakhstan 0.8% 2025 up 2,641.8% volatile
60 Saudi Arabia 0.6% 2025 up 39,324.6% volatile
61 Qatar 0.6% 2025 up 51,148.4% volatile
62 Malaysia 0.5% 2025 up 1,870.3% volatile
63 Slovakia 0.5% 2025 up 62.2% volatile
64 Azerbaijan 0.4% 2025 up 7,040.4% volatile
65 Bangladesh 0.3% 2025 up 321.3% volatile
66 Singapore 0.2% 2025 up 2,959.9% volatile
67 Hong Kong, China 0.1% 2025 up 9,690.8% volatile
68 Ecuador 0.1% 2025 up 40.2% volatile
69 Belarus 0.1% 2025 up 510.4% volatile
70 Trinidad and Tobago 0.1% 2025 up 3,354.0% volatile
71 Iran, Islamic Republic of 0.1% 2025 up 1,660.7% volatile
72 Algeria 0.1% 2025 up 563.6% volatile
73 Iraq 0.1% 2025 up 585.8% volatile
74 Indonesia 0.1% 2025 up 17,560.4% volatile
75 Russian Federation 0.1% 2025 up 1,145.4% volatile
76 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.0% 2025 up 294.6% volatile
77 Kuwait 0.0% 2025 up 1,678.9% volatile
78 Iceland 0.0% 2025 down 13.0% volatile
79 Turkmenistan 0.0% 2025 up 3.4% 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
Share of primary energy from solar and wind
Unit
%
Source
Energy Institute - Statistical Review of World Energy (2026); Smil (2017); U.S. Energy Information Administration (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
112 places, 5,784 data points, 1965–2025
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Measured as a percentage of total energy supply.