Variable: Renewable electricity output (% of total electricity output)

QoG Code: (wdi_elerenew)


Dataset: World Development Indicators

Description:

Renewable electricity is the share of electrity generated by renewable power plants in total electricity generated by all types of plants.

Type of variable: Continuous

Downloaded by QoG on: 2025-12-19
Last updated by source: 2025-12-19


Categories:

Energy and Infrastructure


Find this variable in:

Basic Cross-section - 2026 Basic Time-series - 2026 OECD Cross-section - 2026 OECD Time-series - 2026 Standard Cross-section - 2026 Standard Time-series - 2026 Original Dataset

Details of this variable in our compilations datasets
Dataset No. Countries
Basic cross-section: 186
Basic time-series: 189
Standard cross-section: 186
Standard time-series: 189
OECD cross-section: 31
OECD time-series: 32

Dataset Available for years:
Standard time-series: 1990-2021
Basic time-series: 1990-2021
OECD time-series: 1990-2021

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This variable has information from the year 1990 to the year 2021