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Wind Share of Electricity

Share of electricity generation from wind power, both onshore and offshore.

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Key Insights

Global Average
N/A
Median: 1.1%
Countries Covered
119
with available data
Highest
Denmark
58.4%
Lowest
Myanmar
0.0%
Top 5 Countries
1Denmark58.4%
2Lithuania45.5%
3Ireland36.8%
4Portugal30.4%
5Luxembourg30.0%
By Region
EuropeN/A(41 countries)
AsiaN/A(37 countries)
North AmericaN/A(8 countries)
AfricaN/A(20 countries)
South AmericaN/A(10 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.0%)High (30.0%)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: N/A)

Europe (41)
Asia (37)
North America (8)
Africa (20)
South America (10)
Oceania (3)

About This Statistic

The percentage of total electricity generated from wind turbines. Wind power has become one of the cheapest sources of new electricity generation in many regions.

Full Data

Rank Country Value
1Denmark58.4%
2Lithuania45.5%
3Ireland36.8%
4Portugal30.4%
5Luxembourg30.0%
6United Kingdom29.3%
7Germany28.1%
8Uruguay27.5%
9Netherlands27.5%
10Finland24.5%
11Sweden23.4%
12Spain22.3%
13Greece21.9%
14Morocco21.3%
15Estonia18.7%
16Belgium18.5%
17Croatia16.3%
18Brazil14.5%
19Poland14.5%
20Kenya14.1%
21Romania12.2%
22Austria12.0%
23Chile11.9%
24Australia11.6%
25Türkiye10.7%
26Argentina10.6%
27United States of America10.3%
28Costa Rica10.2%
29New Zealand9.9%
30People's Republic of China9.9%
31Norway9.3%
32Italy8.3%
33Montenegro8.1%
34France7.7%
35Canada7.4%
36Mongolia6.7%
37Peru6.1%
38Mexico5.6%
39South Africa4.5%
40Latvia4.3%
41Dominican Republic4.2%
42Vietnam4.2%
43Kazakhstan4.1%
44Moldova, Republic of4.0%
45India4.0%
46Bulgaria3.9%
47Taiwan, Province of China3.6%
48Bolivia3.6%
49Cyprus3.5%
50The Republic of North Macedonia3.3%
51Pakistan3.0%
52Serbia2.9%
53Egypt2.6%
54Kuwait2.0%
55Bosnia and Herzegovina1.8%
56Hungary1.8%
57Thailand1.7%
58Tunisia1.6%
59El Salvador1.6%
60Japan1.1%
61Philippines1.0%
62Czech Republic0.9%
63Georgia0.6%
64South Korea0.5%
65Belarus0.4%
66Russian Federation0.4%
67Saudi Arabia0.4%
68Islamic Republic of Iran0.3%
69Azerbaijan0.3%
70Oman0.3%
71Ecuador0.2%
72Switzerland0.2%
73Indonesia0.1%
74United Arab Emirates0.1%
75Slovenia0.1%
76Myanmar0.0%
77Cambodia0.0%
78Sri Lanka%
79Chad%
80Colombia0.0%
81Republic of the Congo%
82Democratic Republic of the Congo%
83Cuba%
84Equatorial Guinea%
85Gabon%
86Guyana%
87Hong Kong%
88Iceland%
89Iraq%
90Israel%
91Kyrgyzstan0.0%
92Libya%
93Madagascar%
94Malaysia0.0%
95Malta0.0%
96Mozambique%
97Nigeria0.0%
98Papua New Guinea%
99Qatar0.0%
100Singapore%
101Slovakia0.0%
102Zimbabwe%
103South Sudan%
104Sudan%
105Syrian Arab Republic%
106Tajikistan0.0%
107Trinidad and Tobago%
108Turkmenistan%
109Ukraine%
110Uzbekistan%
111Venezuela%
112Yemen%
113Zambia%
114Algeria%
115Angola%
116Bahrain%
117Bangladesh0.0%
118Armenia0.0%
119Brunei Darussalam%
Showing 119 of 119 countries

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Data Source

This data comes from Our World in Data based on Energy Institute (2024).

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