Renewable electricity generation growth vs Fossil CO2 emissions
Renewable electricity generation growth and Fossil CO2 emissions worldwide, drawn over time. No period has an observed value for both, so the two are not set side by side.
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Over time
Global, annual figures, spaced by time . Different units, drawn on separate scales . Read the values, not the heights.
Renewable electricity generation growth
Unit: % · 2 observations
Forecast: dashed line, hollow markers, shaded band
Fossil CO2 emissions
Unit: million tonnes · 35 observations
Estimates are listed as such in the table below
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| Period | Type | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Estimate | 22,732.1 million tonnes |
| 1991 | Estimate | 23,205.6 million tonnes |
| 1992 | Estimate | 22,520.4 million tonnes |
| 1993 | Estimate | 22,749.9 million tonnes |
| 1994 | Estimate | 22,974.6 million tonnes |
| 1995 | Estimate | 23,516.6 million tonnes |
| 1996 | Estimate | 24,233.5 million tonnes |
| 1997 | Estimate | 24,380.3 million tonnes |
| 1998 | Estimate | 24,295.7 million tonnes |
| 1999 | Estimate | 24,837.8 million tonnes |
| 2000 | Estimate | 25,511.5 million tonnes |
| 2001 | Estimate | 25,693 million tonnes |
| 2002 | Estimate | 26,265.3 million tonnes |
| 2003 | Estimate | 27,652.7 million tonnes |
| 2004 | Estimate | 28,610 million tonnes |
| 2005 | Estimate | 29,599 million tonnes |
| 2006 | Estimate | 30,594.2 million tonnes |
| 2007 | Estimate | 31,499.3 million tonnes |
| 2008 | Estimate | 32,049.7 million tonnes |
| 2009 | Estimate | 31,513 million tonnes |
| 2010 | Estimate | 33,317.7 million tonnes |
| 2011 | Estimate | 34,480 million tonnes |
| 2012 | Estimate | 34,954.7 million tonnes |
| 2013 | Estimate | 35,275.8 million tonnes |
| 2014 | Estimate | 35,465.7 million tonnes |
| 2015 | Estimate | 35,403.5 million tonnes |
| 2016 | Estimate | 35,392.8 million tonnes |
| 2017 | Estimate | 35,974.6 million tonnes |
| 2018 | Estimate | 36,734 million tonnes |
| 2019 | Estimate | 37,086.6 million tonnes |
| 2020 | Estimate | 35,158.2 million tonnes |
| 2021 | Estimate | 36,866.9 million tonnes |
| 2022 | Estimate | 37,527.8 million tonnes |
| 2023 | Estimate | 38,094 million tonnes |
| 2024 | Estimate | 38,598.6 million tonnes |
Shared periods
Side by side
The periods both series cover pair an actual figure with a forecast, so no row sets them side by side.
Provenance
Where these numbers come from
Renewable electricity generation growth
Year-on-year percentage change in electricity generated from renewable sources.
2 observations charted in Global · source organisations: IEA
Fossil CO2 emissions
Annual carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel combustion and industrial processes (such as cement manufacture).
35 observations charted in Global · source organisations: GCP
Data published under CC BY 4.0. Series A as JSON · Series B as JSON
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