Wind and solar share of electricity generation vs Renewable share of electricity generation
Wind and solar share of electricity generation and Renewable share of electricity generation 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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Wind and solar share of electricity generation and Renewable share of electricity generation
Unit: % · 12 observations
Forecast: dashed line, hollow markers, shaded band No figure published for these periods
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| Indicator | Period | Type | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wind and solar share of electricity generation | 2026 | Forecast | 20% |
| Wind and solar share of electricity generation | 2025 | Forecast | 17% |
| Wind and solar share of electricity generation | 2024 | Actual | 15% |
| Renewable share of electricity generation | 2040 | Forecast | 40% |
| Renewable share of electricity generation | 2027 | Forecast | 37% |
| Renewable share of electricity generation | 2025 | Actual | 33% |
| Renewable share of electricity generation | 2023 | Actual | 30% |
| Renewable share of electricity generation | 2022 | Forecast | 30% |
| Renewable share of electricity generation | 2021 | Forecast | 29% |
| Renewable share of electricity generation | 2020 | Forecast | 28% |
| Renewable share of electricity generation | 2018 | Actual | 25% |
| Renewable share of electricity generation | 2016 | Actual | 24% |
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Wind and solar share of electricity generation
Percentage of total electricity generation provided collectively by solar photovoltaic and wind power sources.
3 observations charted in Global · source organisations: IEA
Renewable share of electricity generation
Renewable sources' share of total electricity generation.
9 observations charted in Global · source organisations: IEA
Data published under CC BY 4.0. Series A as JSON · Series B as JSON
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