Countries using wind power

STO-REC-STATKAKDC3T2 National
138

Global · as of 15 Jun 2026

Countries using wind power worldwide stood at 138 as of 15 June 2026 (GWEC).

Original source
Publisher
GWEC
Authority tier
T2 National
Locator
1. Wind is Now a Mainstream Source of Electricity
Retrieved
16 Sep 2026
Status
Verified

What the source says

A total of 138 countries are now powering their economies with wind power, according to GWEC, demonstrating what was once a novel technology is now a major source of electricity generation.[1]

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APA
Global Wind Energy Council. (2026). 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_KAKDC3H21TZSZEZCNJSPS6EPNE
MLA
Global Wind Energy Council. "Global Wind Day 2026: Fast Facts about Wind." 2026, https://www.gwec.net/news/globalwindday-2026. Accessed 16 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_KAKDC3H21TZSZEZCNJSPS6EPNE.
Chicago
Global Wind Energy Council. "Global Wind Day 2026: Fast Facts about Wind." 2026. https://www.gwec.net/news/globalwindday-2026. Accessed September 16, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_KAKDC3H21TZSZEZCNJSPS6EPNE.
BibTeX
@misc{gwec2026countriess6epne, author = {{Global Wind Energy Council}}, title = {Global Wind Day 2026: Fast Facts about Wind}, year = {2026}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_KAKDC3H21TZSZEZCNJSPS6EPNE}, note = {Original source: https://www.gwec.net/news/globalwindday-2026. Accessed September 16, 2026.} }

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Primary Source

Publisher
Global Wind Energy Council · homepage ↗
Authority tier
Tier 2 · National 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 & Integrity

Audit status
Verified
Review protocol
Editorial review
Checked on
17 September 2026
Last revision
17 September 2026
Archival URI
/stat/stat_KAKDC3H21TZSZEZCNJSPS6EPNE