Wind power around the world

In 2025, wind power made 8.5% of the world's electricity, 2,710 TWh, up from 6.0% in 2020. That was 70% more electricity than in 2020. In 2000 its share was 0.2%.

Wind turbines on land and at sea turn the movement of the wind into electricity. They give off no carbon dioxide while they run, and how much they make rises and falls with the weather.

The countries that made the most electricity from wind power were China (1,130 TWh), the United States (466 TWh) and Germany (136 TWh). Denmark relied on it most: 59% of its electricity. In one country generating at least 1 TWh a year, it made more than half of all electricity.

Over the five years to each country's latest figures, the share of electricity from wind power rose most in Finland (from 12% to 27%), Lithuania (from 33% to 45%) and the Netherlands (from 13% to 25%).

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

By region in 2025

Biggest rises in five years

Each country's share of electricity from wind power 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.

Other energy sources

• Solar power
• Hydropower
• Nuclear power
• Gas power
• Coal power
• Oil and other fossil fuels
• Bioenergy
• Geothermal and other renewables

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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).