List of countries by renewable electricity production

This is a list of countries and dependencies by electricity generation from renewable sources each year.

Renewables accounted for 28% of electric generation in 2021, consisting of hydro (55%), wind (23%), biomass (13%), solar (7%) and geothermal (1%). China produced 31% of global renewable electricity, followed by the United States (11%), Brazil (6.4%), Canada (5.4%) and India (3.9%).

Renewable investment reached almost $500 billion globally in 2022, amounting to 83% of new electric capacity that year. The renewable energy industry employs almost 14 million people.

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Data are from IRENA unless otherwise specified, and are for the year 2021.