Installed renewable energy-generating capacity per capita

RecordSTO-01M2KJ7XC4-2G6MK2ANJH-18YFER

544watts per person

Global · 2024

Installed renewable energy-generating capacity per capita worldwide was 544 watts per person in 2024 (IRENA).

Original source

Installed renewable energy-generating capacity per capita: every country and year, and how it is measured

Publisher
IRENA
Authority tier
T1 Official
Locator
Newsletter
Retrieved
15 Sep 2026
Status
Verified

What the source says

Continued growth in renewable energy deployment is an encouraging sign: installed renewable energy-generating capacity reached a global record of 544 watts per person in 2024.

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APA

IRENA. (2024). Tracking SDG7: The Energy Progress Report 2026. Retrieved September 15, 2026, from https://www.irena.org/Publications/2026/Jun/Tracking-SDG-7-The-Energy-Progress-Report-2026. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC42G6MK2ANJH18YFER

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MLA
IRENA. "Tracking SDG7: The Energy Progress Report 2026." 2024, https://www.irena.org/Publications/2026/Jun/Tracking-SDG-7-The-Energy-Progress-Report-2026. Accessed 15 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC42G6MK2ANJH18YFER.
Chicago
IRENA. "Tracking SDG7: The Energy Progress Report 2026." 2024. https://www.irena.org/Publications/2026/Jun/Tracking-SDG-7-The-Energy-Progress-Report-2026. Accessed September 15, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC42G6MK2ANJH18YFER.
BibTeX
@misc{irena2024installed18yfer, author = {{IRENA}}, title = {Tracking SDG7: The Energy Progress Report 2026}, year = {2024}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC42G6MK2ANJH18YFER}, note = {Original source: https://www.irena.org/Publications/2026/Jun/Tracking-SDG-7-The-Energy-Progress-Report-2026. Accessed September 15, 2026.} }

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Primary source

Publisher
IRENA · homepage ↗
Authority tier
Tier 1 · Multilateral Official
Report
Tracking SDG7: The Energy Progress Report 2026
Type
Press release
Published
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Locator
Newsletter
Retrieved
15 September 2026
Link status
Reachable (HTTP 200)
Report licence
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Verification

Status
Verified
Review protocol
Editorial review
Checked on
15 September 2026
Last revision
15 September 2026
Permanent URL
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