North America - Renewable electricity output (% of total electricity output)

Renewable electricity output (% of total electricity output) in North America was 19.95 as of 2015. Its highest value over the past 25 years was 19.95 in 2015, while its lowest value was 13.61 in 2001.

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

Source: IEA Statistics © OECD/IEA 2018 (http://www.iea.org/stats/index.asp), subject to https://www.iea.org/t&c/termsandconditions/

See also:

Year Value
1990 18.18
1991 17.60
1992 17.02
1993 17.43
1994 16.77
1995 17.63
1996 18.57
1997 17.92
1998 16.14
1999 15.84
2000 15.05
2001 13.61
2002 15.30
2003 15.24
2004 14.92
2005 15.12
2006 15.50
2007 14.94
2008 15.64
2009 16.97
2010 16.29
2011 18.59
2012 18.62
2013 19.40
2014 19.53
2015 19.95

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

General Comments: Restricted use: Please contact the International Energy Agency for third-party use of these data.

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Energy production & use