Renewable share of electricity generation

RecordSTO-23FHPR7331-7773WH2K7F-8NVESM

33.3%
forecast

Global · 2025

IEA projected renewable share of electricity generation worldwide at 33.3% in 2025.

Original source

Renewable share of electricity generation: every country and year, and how it is measured

Publisher
IEA
Authority tier
T1 Official
Locator
Renewables are set to lead the global electricity sector
Retrieved
16 Sep 2026
Status
Verified

What the source says

By that time, they are expected to supply one-third of the world’s electricity.

International Energy Agency, Renewables 2020, Renewables are set to lead the global electricity sector

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APA

International Energy Agency. (2025). Renewables 2020. Retrieved September 16, 2026, from https://www.iea.org/reports/renewables-2020. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_23FHPR73317773WH2K7F8NVESM

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MLA
International Energy Agency. "Renewables 2020." 2025, https://www.iea.org/reports/renewables-2020. Accessed 16 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_23FHPR73317773WH2K7F8NVESM.
Chicago
International Energy Agency. "Renewables 2020." 2025. https://www.iea.org/reports/renewables-2020. Accessed September 16, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_23FHPR73317773WH2K7F8NVESM.
BibTeX
@misc{iea2025renewable8nvesm, author = {{International Energy Agency}}, title = {Renewables 2020}, year = {2025}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_23FHPR73317773WH2K7F8NVESM}, note = {Original source: https://www.iea.org/reports/renewables-2020. Accessed September 16, 2026.} }

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Primary source

Publisher
International Energy Agency · homepage ↗
Authority tier
Tier 1 · Multilateral Official
Report
Renewables 2020
Type
Report
Published
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Locator
Renewables are set to lead the global electricity sector
Retrieved
16 September 2026
Link status
Reachable (HTTP 200)
Report licence
CC by 4.0

Verification

Status
Verified
Review protocol
Editorial review
Checked on
17 September 2026
Last revision
1 October 2026
Permanent URL
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