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Renewable energy consumption

The share of total final energy consumption that comes from renewable sources, including hydro, wind, solar, geothermal, and biomass.

Weighted average · not a median

First official point · 1990

16.7

% of total final energy consumption

Latest official point · 2020

19.7

% of total final energy consumption

Published World points

31

1990–2020

Gaps are years without a published World value. The line is not interpolated.

How this series is built

Energy-weighted average. Not a median of countries.

Official SDG 7.2.1 series from Tracking SDG7 (IEA, IRENA, UNSD, World Bank, WHO), accessed via World Bank WDI (EG.FEC.RNEW.ZS). Includes traditional biomass as well as modern renewables, so the World share can fall while wind and solar grow. Only years with a published World value are shown.

Source

Aggregate
Weighted average · not a median
Producer
IEA, IRENA, UNSD, World Bank, WHO
Series
Tracking SDG7 renewable energy dataset
Series code
EG.FEC.RNEW.ZS
License
CC BY 4.0
Fetched
2026-08-17