Geothermal and other renewables around the world

In 2025, geothermal and other renewables made 0.3% of the world's electricity, 89.3 TWh, the same share as in 2020. That was 3.7% more electricity than in 2020. In 2000 its share was 0.3%.

Ember's "other renewables": mostly geothermal power, which uses steam and hot water from deep underground, with small amounts of tidal and wave power and, in a few countries, other renewables that national statistics do not list separately.

The countries that made the most electricity from geothermal and other renewables were the United States (18.1 TWh), Indonesia (16.7 TWh) and Turkey (10.6 TWh). Kenya relied on it most: 46% of its electricity.

Over the five years to each country's latest figures, the share of electricity from geothermal and other renewables rose most in New Zealand (from 18% to 22%), Kenya (from 43% to 46%) and Guadeloupe (from 6% to 7%).

See the same figures for any region, with a chart you can read year by year, on the dashboard's World tab.

The world's share over time

Year	Share of electricity	Electricity (TWh)
2000	0.3%	43.6
2005	0.3%	48.6
2010	0.3%	59.7
2015	0.3%	73.1
2020	0.3%	86.1
2024	0.3%	88.4
2025	0.3%	89.3

By region in 2025

Region	Share of electricity	Electricity (TWh)
Oceania	2.8%	9.53
Africa	0.6%	6.48
Europe	0.5%	24.1
North America	0.3%	17.7
Latin America and Caribbean	0.3%	4.64
Asia	0.2%	26.8
Middle East	0%	0.00

Highest share

Share of each country's electricity from geothermal and other renewables in its latest full year (2025 unless shown). Countries generating under 1 TWh a year are left out.

Country	Share	Electricity (TWh)
1. 🇰🇪 Kenya	46%	6.43
2. 🇮🇸 Iceland (2024)	29%	5.58
3. 🇳🇿 New Zealand	22%	9.44
4. 🇸🇻 El Salvador	21%	1.34
5. 🇳🇮 Nicaragua (2024)	15%	0.69
6. 🇨🇷 Costa Rica	12%	1.52
7. 🇵🇭 Philippines	8.2%	10.1
8. 🇬🇵 Guadeloupe (2023)	6.6%	0.11
9. 🇮🇩 Indonesia (2024)	4.5%	16.7
10. 🇹🇷 Turkey	3%	10.6
11. 🇭🇳 Honduras (2024)	2.8%	0.35
12. 🇬🇹 Guatemala (2024)	2.2%	0.35
13. 🇮🇹 Italy	2.1%	5.57
14. 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea (2024)	2.1%	0.10
15. 🇨🇭 Switzerland	1.6%	1.04

Most electricity generated

Electricity from geothermal and other renewables in each country's latest full year (2025 unless shown), in terawatt hours (TWh).

Country	Electricity (TWh)	Share
1. 🇺🇸 United States	18.1	0.4%
2. 🇮🇩 Indonesia (2024)	16.7	4.5%
3. 🇹🇷 Turkey	10.6	3%
4. 🇵🇭 Philippines	10.1	8.2%
5. 🇳🇿 New Zealand	9.44	22%
6. 🇰🇪 Kenya	6.43	46%
7. 🇮🇸 Iceland (2024)	5.58	29%
8. 🇮🇹 Italy	5.57	2.1%
9. 🇨🇷 Costa Rica	1.52	12%
10. 🇸🇻 El Salvador	1.34	21%
11. 🇨🇭 Switzerland	1.04	1.6%
12. 🇳🇮 Nicaragua (2024)	0.69	15%
13. 🇫🇷 France	0.57	0.1%
14. 🇭🇳 Honduras (2024)	0.35	2.8%
15. 🇬🇹 Guatemala (2024)	0.35	2.2%

Biggest rises in five years

Each country's share of electricity from geothermal and other renewables five years before its latest figures, in its latest full year (2025 unless shown), and the rise in percentage points: from 3% to 21% is a rise of 18 points.

Country	Before	Latest	Rise (points)
1. 🇳🇿 New Zealand	18%	22%	+4
2. 🇰🇪 Kenya	43%	46%	+3
3. 🇬🇵 Guadeloupe (2023)	6%	7%	+1

Other energy sources

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Source: Ember yearly electricity data (CC BY 4.0), figures up to 2025; Ember's latest-year figures are first estimates and may be revised. Countries are compared on their latest full year. Amounts for countries are worked out from each country's total and its share, rounded to three significant figures; changes over five years use whole percentages. TWh: terawatt hours (one billion kWh).