Wind power share of electricity mix

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9.5%

Global · 2025

Wind power share of electricity mix worldwide was 9.5% in 2025 (GWEC).

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Wind power share of electricity mix: every country and year, and how it is measured

Publisher: GWEC
Authority tier: T2 Official
Report: Global Wind Day 2026: Fast Facts about Wind
Locator: 1. Wind is Now a Mainstream Source of Electricity
Retrieved: 16 Sep 2026
Status: Verified

What the source says

Wind power made up 9.5% of the global electricity mix in 2025[2], with wind installed capacity reaching 1,299 gigawatts by end-2025.[3]
Global Wind Energy Council, Global Wind Day 2026: Fast Facts about Wind, 1. Wind is Now a Mainstream Source of Electricity

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Global Wind Energy Council. (2025). Global Wind Day 2026: Fast Facts about Wind. Retrieved September 16, 2026, from https://www.gwec.net/news/globalwindday-2026. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_6KC1WEPWNXCA59RPD0N81E92BP

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MLA: Global Wind Energy Council. "Global Wind Day 2026: Fast Facts about Wind." 2025, https://www.gwec.net/news/globalwindday-2026. Accessed 16 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_6KC1WEPWNXCA59RPD0N81E92BP.
Chicago: Global Wind Energy Council. "Global Wind Day 2026: Fast Facts about Wind." 2025. https://www.gwec.net/news/globalwindday-2026. Accessed September 16, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_6KC1WEPWNXCA59RPD0N81E92BP.
BibTeX: @misc{gwec2025wind1e92bp, author = {{Global Wind Energy Council}}, title = {Global Wind Day 2026: Fast Facts about Wind}, year = {2025}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_6KC1WEPWNXCA59RPD0N81E92BP}, note = {Original source: https://www.gwec.net/news/globalwindday-2026. Accessed September 16, 2026.} }

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Publisher: Global Wind Energy Council · homepage ↗
Authority tier: Tier 2 · National and industry official
Report: Global Wind Day 2026: Fast Facts about Wind
Type: Press release
Published: —
Locator: 1. Wind is Now a Mainstream Source of Electricity
Retrieved: 16 September 2026
Link status: Reachable (HTTP 200)
Report licence: See source

Verification

Status: Verified
Review protocol: Editorial review
Checked on: 17 September 2026
Last revision: 17 September 2026
Permanent URL: /stat/stat_6KC1WEPWNXCA59RPD0N81E92BP

Same indicator, other countries

2025 figures for the same indicator, ranked highest first.

Country or region	Value	Source	Details
Denmark	58.7%	Ember	Open record
Lithuania	44.8%	Ember	Open record
Uruguay	40.6%	Ember	Open record
Ireland	38%	Ember	Open record
Luxembourg	30.5%	Ember	Open record
United Kingdom	29.4%	Ember	Open record
Finland	27.4%	Ember	Open record
Germany	27.2%	Ember	Open record
Portugal	26.8%	Ember	Open record
Netherlands	25%	Ember	Open record
Sweden	22.8%	Ember	Open record
Croatia	21.4%	Ember	Open record
Greece	20.9%	Ember	Open record
Spain	20.4%	Ember	Open record
Belgium	20%	Ember	Open record

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