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Renewable energy consumption

Renewable energy consumption is the share of renewable energy in total final energy consumption.

Unit
% of total final energy consumption
Geographic coverage
213 of 217 countries have numeric values
Source dataset update
8 October 2026
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Renewable energy consumption

% of total final energy consumption · 2000–2026

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Selected window: 2000–2026. Solid: observed · Dashed: estimate/projection · Dotted: source status unclassified · Diamond: 2026.

Portugal · Latest value: 2023United States · Latest value: 2023Japan · Latest value: 2023
Renewable energy consumption by country010.120.330.440.5200020132026Estimate or projection; source editions and methods may differ.Portugal · 2000 · 20.1 % of total final energy consumption · UNCLASSIFIED · World Bank · WDIPortugal · 2001 · 20.8 % of total final energy consumption · UNCLASSIFIED · World Bank · WDIPortugal · 2002 · 18.3 % of total final energy consumption · UNCLASSIFIED · World Bank · WDIPortugal · 2003 · 22.1 % of total final energy consumption · UNCLASSIFIED · World Bank · WDIPortugal · 2004 · 19.9 % of total final energy consumption · UNCLASSIFIED · World Bank · WDIPortugal · 2005 · 18.1 % of total final energy consumption · UNCLASSIFIED · World Bank · WDIPortugal · 2006 · 22.3 % of total final energy consumption · UNCLASSIFIED · World Bank · WDIPortugal · 2007 · 23.1 % of total final energy consumption · UNCLASSIFIED · World Bank · WDIPortugal · 2008 · 23.2 % of total final energy consumption · UNCLASSIFIED · World Bank · WDIPortugal · 2009 · 24.9 % of total final energy consumption · UNCLASSIFIED · World Bank · WDIPortugal · 2010 · 27.8 % of total final energy consumption · UNCLASSIFIED · World Bank · WDIPortugal · 2011 · 27.2 % of total final energy consumption · UNCLASSIFIED · World Bank · WDIPortugal · 2012 · 25.5 % of total final energy consumption · UNCLASSIFIED · World Bank · WDIPortugal · 2013 · 30.2 % of total final energy consumption · UNCLASSIFIED · World Bank · WDIPortugal · 2014 · 30.5 % of total final energy consumption · UNCLASSIFIED · World Bank · WDIPortugal · 2015 · 27.2 % of total final energy consumption · UNCLASSIFIED · World Bank · WDIPortugal · 2016 · 29 % of total final energy consumption · UNCLASSIFIED · World Bank · WDIPortugal · 2017 · 24.4 % of total final energy consumption · UNCLASSIFIED · World Bank · WDIPortugal · 2018 · 27.5 % of total final energy consumption · UNCLASSIFIED · World Bank · WDIPortugal · 2019 · 28.2 % of total final energy consumption · UNCLASSIFIED · World Bank · WDIPortugal · 2020 · 31.3 % of total final energy consumption · UNCLASSIFIED · World Bank · WDIPortugal · 2021 · 32.3 % of total final energy consumption · UNCLASSIFIED · World Bank · WDIPortugal · 2023 · 35.42 % of total final energy consumption · ESTIMATE · UNSD SDG database · IEA/UNSD energy balances · snapshot 15 October 2026Estimate or projection; source editions and methods may differ.United States · 2000 · 5.4 % of total final energy consumption · UNCLASSIFIED · World Bank · WDIUnited States · 2001 · 4.7 % of total final energy consumption · UNCLASSIFIED · World Bank · WDIUnited States · 2002 · 4.8 % of total final energy consumption · UNCLASSIFIED · World Bank · WDIUnited States · 2003 · 5.3 % of total final energy consumption · UNCLASSIFIED · World Bank · WDIUnited States · 2004 · 5.5 % of total final energy consumption · UNCLASSIFIED · World Bank · WDIUnited States · 2005 · 5.8 % of total final energy consumption · UNCLASSIFIED · World Bank · WDIUnited States · 2006 · 6.4 % of total final energy consumption · UNCLASSIFIED · World Bank · WDIUnited States · 2007 · 6.3 % of total final energy consumption · UNCLASSIFIED · World Bank · WDIUnited States · 2008 · 6.8 % of total final energy consumption · UNCLASSIFIED · World Bank · WDIUnited States · 2009 · 7.3 % of total final energy consumption · UNCLASSIFIED · World Bank · WDIUnited States · 2010 · 7.4 % of total final energy consumption · UNCLASSIFIED · World Bank · WDIUnited States · 2011 · 8.4 % of total final energy consumption · UNCLASSIFIED · World Bank · WDIUnited States · 2012 · 8.5 % of total final energy consumption · UNCLASSIFIED · World Bank · WDIUnited States · 2013 · 8.9 % of total final energy consumption · UNCLASSIFIED · World Bank · WDIUnited States · 2014 · 9 % of total final energy consumption · UNCLASSIFIED · World Bank · WDIUnited States · 2015 · 8.9 % of total final energy consumption · UNCLASSIFIED · World Bank · WDIUnited States · 2016 · 9.3 % of total final energy consumption · UNCLASSIFIED · World Bank · WDIUnited States · 2017 · 9.7 % of total final energy consumption · UNCLASSIFIED · World Bank · WDIUnited States · 2018 · 9.9 % of total final energy consumption · UNCLASSIFIED · World Bank · WDIUnited States · 2019 · 10.2 % of total final energy consumption · UNCLASSIFIED · World Bank · WDIUnited States · 2020 · 11 % of total final energy consumption · UNCLASSIFIED · World Bank · WDIUnited States · 2021 · 10.9 % of total final energy consumption · UNCLASSIFIED · World Bank · WDIUnited States · 2023 · 12.25 % of total final energy consumption · ESTIMATE · UNSD SDG database · IEA/UNSD energy balances · snapshot 15 October 2026Estimate or projection; source editions and methods may differ.Japan · 2000 · 3.7 % of total final energy consumption · UNCLASSIFIED · World Bank · WDIJapan · 2001 · 3.5 % of total final energy consumption · UNCLASSIFIED · World Bank · WDIJapan · 2002 · 3.7 % of total final energy consumption · UNCLASSIFIED · World Bank · WDIJapan · 2003 · 4.2 % of total final energy consumption · UNCLASSIFIED · World Bank · WDIJapan · 2004 · 4.3 % of total final energy consumption · UNCLASSIFIED · World Bank · WDIJapan · 2005 · 4 % of total final energy consumption · UNCLASSIFIED · World Bank · WDIJapan · 2006 · 4.4 % of total final energy consumption · UNCLASSIFIED · World Bank · WDIJapan · 2007 · 4.3 % of total final energy consumption · UNCLASSIFIED · World Bank · WDIJapan · 2008 · 4.4 % of total final energy consumption · UNCLASSIFIED · World Bank · WDIJapan · 2009 · 4.5 % of total final energy consumption · UNCLASSIFIED · World Bank · WDIJapan · 2010 · 4.7 % of total final energy consumption · UNCLASSIFIED · World Bank · WDIJapan · 2011 · 4.8 % of total final energy consumption · UNCLASSIFIED · World Bank · WDIJapan · 2012 · 4.7 % of total final energy consumption · UNCLASSIFIED · World Bank · WDIJapan · 2013 · 5 % of total final energy consumption · UNCLASSIFIED · World Bank · WDIJapan · 2014 · 5.6 % of total final energy consumption · UNCLASSIFIED · World Bank · WDIJapan · 2015 · 6.2 % of total final energy consumption · UNCLASSIFIED · World Bank · WDIJapan · 2016 · 6.4 % of total final energy consumption · UNCLASSIFIED · World Bank · WDIJapan · 2017 · 6.9 % of total final energy consumption · UNCLASSIFIED · World Bank · WDIJapan · 2018 · 7.3 % of total final energy consumption · UNCLASSIFIED · World Bank · WDIJapan · 2019 · 7.8 % of total final energy consumption · UNCLASSIFIED · World Bank · WDIJapan · 2020 · 8.5 % of total final energy consumption · UNCLASSIFIED · World Bank · WDIJapan · 2021 · 8.8 % of total final energy consumption · UNCLASSIFIED · World Bank · WDIJapan · 2023 · 9.68 % of total final energy consumption · ESTIMATE · UNSD SDG database · IEA/UNSD energy balances · snapshot 15 October 2026
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Unclassified means the provider did not supply an explicit observation/estimate flag. It does not mean the value is unreliable. Source or methodology changes can affect trends across editions.

Countries publish data on different schedules. A shorter line or a gap means the source has no value for that country and year. Missing values are not zero. Only separately sourced official estimates or projections may fill gaps; we do not invent intermediate values. Use Table to inspect individual years.

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Compare the same definition and period. Differences are descriptive, not causal. National measurement methods may differ; crude rates are not age-standardised. Missing uncertainty intervals in this feed do not mean an estimate is exact.

At the same point in time

Latest comparable common year within this selection: 2023.

United States minus Portugal: -23.17 percentage points.

Japan minus Portugal: -25.74 percentage points.

Calculated by World in Stats from the named source values. Differences are not causal effects.
Where did these numbers come from?
Dataset
World Development Indicators
Original indicator
EG.FEC.RNEW.ZS · Original source
Data providers
IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA), uri: https://www.iea.org/data-and-statistics/data-tools/energy-statistics-data-browser, publisher: International Energy Agency (IEA), date accessed: 2025-03-25
Source dataset update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
13 October 2026
Publication date
Not supplied separately by the API
Definition
Renewable energy consumption is the share of renewable energy in total final energy consumption.
Unit
% of total final energy consumption
Transformations
None. Display values may be rounded; CSV retains source precision.
Licence & attribution
IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA), uri: https://www.iea.org/data-and-statistics/data-tools/energy-statistics-data-browser, publisher: International Energy Agency (IEA), date accessed: 2025-03-25. Source attribution and terms. No endorsement implied.
Verification
Exact API query · Indicator metadata

Interpreting this indicator

The denominator is total final energy consumption, including uses beyond electricity. This share therefore cannot be compared as if it were the renewable share of electricity generation. A changing share can reflect changes in either renewable use or total consumption.

Understand percentages, rates and uncertainty

Data availability varies by country and year. Compare the same definition and time period. Revisions may change historical observations; these values belong to the snapshot retrieved on 13 October 2026.

This feed does not supply uncertainty intervals for these observations. No ranking or causal explanation is inferred.