Name: Electricity generation has grown much more quickly in Asia than elsewhere in the world since 2000
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Published: 2026-07-20
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A worker carries a solar panel in Karachi, Pakistan, on June 23, 2025. (Asif Hassan/AFP via Getty Images)

The world is using more electricity than ever, but where this energy comes from is changing. Renewable sources like wind and solar power are growing rapidly, especially in certain parts of the world.

Here’s a closer look at long-term trends in global energy production, based on a Pew Research Center analysis of data from Ember, an independent think tank focusing on global energy trends.

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This Pew Research Center analysis examines how global energy production has changed over the long term.

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Data in this analysis comes from Ember, an independent think tank focusing on global energy trends, and Our World in Data, a collaboration between researchers at the University of Oxford and the nonprofit Global Change Data Lab.

Most electricity still comes from burning fossil fuels. But a growing share comes from wind and solar power. Worldwide, 57% of all electricity generated in 2025 came from burning coal, gas or other fossil fuels, down from 65% in 2000.

Coal in particular has seen a decline over the past decade: In 2025, a third of all global electricity came from burning coal, down from a peak of 41% in 2013.

By contrast, wind and solar power account for a rising share of global electricity generation. These two sources together accounted for 17% of all global electricity in 2025, compared with less than 5% in 2015.

In 2025, renewable sources – wind, solar, bioenergy, hydropower, geothermal, tidal and wave – accounted for a slightly larger share of global electricity production than coal for the first time (34% vs. 33%).

Nuclear energy, meanwhile, has declined as a source of electricity, falling from 17% of global generation in 2000 to 9% in 2025.

It’s important to note that global electricity demand has increased sharply in recent decades. As a result, the use of certain energy sources has increased in absolute terms, even as those sources have decreased as a share of total electricity production. Hydropower, for example, is producing a far greater volume of electricity today than in 2000, even though it has declined as a share of all electricity.

Solar power has grown especially rapidly in recent years. In 2025, 9% of the world’s electricity came from solar power. That was up from 3% in 2020 and just 0.01% at the turn of the century.

One reason for this increase is that solar panels have become far more affordable over the last 50 years. The price of a single panel has fallen by more than 99%, from an average of $128 in 1975 to just $0.26 in 2024, the most recent year with available data.

In the European Union and elsewhere, renewables are now the biggest source of electricity. In 2025, nearly half of all electricity in the EU (48%) came from renewables, while 29% came from fossil fuels and 23% came from nuclear power.

In Brazil and Canada, renewables have long accounted for the majority of all electricity generated (87% and 64% in 2025), driven largely by hydropower but also the expansion of wind and solar.

China and the United States have both increased their use of renewables and decreased their reliance on fossil fuels for electricity in the last 25 years. Today, 37% of China’s electricity and 26% of U.S. electricity comes from renewable sources.

And in Pakistan – where around three-quarters of electricity came from fossil fuels in 2000 – a recent surge in solar adoption led renewable sources to overtake fossil fuels as of 2025.

Nuclear energy as a source of electricity varies considerably by country. Japan, for example, shut down most of its nuclear power plants after the Fukushima accident in 2011 but has steadily returned to this source in recent years, along with increased use of renewables.

Australia has maintained a strict ban on nuclear energy since 1998. Saudi Arabia – a major producer of oil and natural gas – also has no nuclear energy generation, and nearly all of its electricity (98%) came from fossil fuels in 2025. Saudi Arabia plans to develop a civil nuclear program under its Vision 2030 plan, which in part aims to reduce the country’s dependency on fossil fuels.

In addition to generating far more total electricity than any other country, China leads the world in solar and wind energy production. By total output in 2025, it generated more solar and wind power than the 38 nations in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development combined. The U.S. led the world in nuclear and natural gas electricity generation that year.

China’s solar and wind electricity generation have surged in recent years. Each year since 2020, it has produced at least 25% more solar electricity than in the previous year. In 2025, that growth scaled up to an added 336 terawatt-hours of annual electricity production – put another way, China added more electricity from solar than the United Kingdom produced, across all sources, in 2025.

It’s a similar story with wind energy, but with more modest growth. Every year since 2020, China has produced at least 100 terawatt-hours more wind electricity than it did the prior year.

Adding its growth in hydropower, bioenergy and other renewables, China generated more than 500 terawatt-hours of renewable electricity in 2025 than it did the previous year. The same was also true in 2024.

As these sectors develop, China has become the world’s dominant manufacturer and exporter of clean-energy technologies – including solar panels, wind turbines, batteries and electric vehicles.

In Africa and North America, natural gas has largely replaced coal as a source of electricity. Gas now far exceeds coal as a source on both continents. That wasn’t the case at the turn of the century.

Several African countries have recently expanded their infrastructure for fracking – a drilling technique used to extract oil and natural gas from rock – which has coincided with a steep rise in their share of total power from gas. Natural gas electricity generation in Africa rose from 92 terawatt-hours in 2000 to 419 terawatt-hours in 2025, while coal generation increased only slightly year over year.

In North America, gas production has also gone up while coal production has declined. Natural gas generated 37% of North America’s electricity in 2025, up from 15% in 2000. Coal generated 15% in 2025, down from 47% in 2000.

The Middle East has also increased its reliance on natural gas: Nearly three-quarters of the region’s electricity (73%) came from this source in 2025, up from half at the turn of the century.

In other regions, however, coal accounts for a rising share of electricity. Southeast Asia is a prime example. Countries that make up the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) more than doubled their collective reliance on coal electricity between 2000 and 2025 (20% vs. 45%).

Total global electricity production has more than doubled since 2000, driven in part by large increases in Asia. The world generated 108% more electricity in 2025 than in 2000.

Electricity generation in Asia increased 298% in that period. Much of this growth was in China, which generated 680% more electricity in 2025 than at the turn of the century. India’s electricity generation grew 264% in that span.

In fact, Asia’s growth in electricity generation over the last 25 years accounted for 76% of the world’s demand growth. China alone accounted for more than half (56%) of global demand growth between 2000 and 2025.

Not all of Asia has grown its power capacity: Japan’s electricity generation has slowly declined since 2000. (The country had to largely replace its electricity sources after Fukushima.)

Year	Coal (%)	Gas	Nuclear	Solar	Wind	Hydropower	Bioenergy	Other fossil	Other renewables
2000	38.02	17.97	16.63	0.01	0.2	17.21	1.01	8.67	0.29
2001	38	18.8	16.86	0.01	0.25	16.54	0.96	8.29	0.28
2002	38.28	19.34	16.54	0.01	0.33	16.27	1.01	7.92	0.29
2003	39.54	19.58	15.64	0.01	0.38	15.71	1.06	7.8	0.28
2004	39.03	20.12	15.62	0.02	0.49	16.09	1.1	7.26	0.28
2005	39.52	20.3	15.04	0.02	0.58	16.06	1.17	7.05	0.27
2006	40.17	20.7	14.66	0.03	0.71	16.02	1.2	6.24	0.27
2007	40.84	21.4	13.71	0.04	0.87	15.54	1.26	6.07	0.27
2008	40.16	21.69	13.4	0.06	1.1	16.14	1.33	5.83	0.28
2009	39.87	21.97	13.32	0.1	1.39	16.25	1.44	5.37	0.29
2010	39.78	22.61	12.82	0.15	1.63	16.12	1.54	5.07	0.28
2011	40.56	22.15	11.88	0.29	2	15.88	1.57	5.4	0.28
2012	39.8	22.92	10.8	0.43	2.35	16.26	1.66	5.5	0.28
2013	40.7	21.85	10.57	0.57	2.74	16.37	1.76	5.17	0.28
2014	40.44	21.96	10.52	0.83	2.97	16.3	1.86	4.82	0.29
2015	38.68	23.08	10.55	1.07	3.46	16.17	1.97	4.72	0.3
2016	37.77	23.69	10.41	1.33	3.89	16.26	1.95	4.39	0.31
2017	37.95	23.48	10.2	1.75	4.48	15.94	1.99	3.91	0.31
2018	37.91	23.52	10.05	2.17	4.79	15.78	2.03	3.43	0.31
2019	36.62	23.86	10.26	2.6	5.3	15.76	2.11	3.19	0.31
2020	35.32	23.89	9.91	3.19	5.96	16.27	2.25	2.88	0.32
2021	35.96	23.22	9.78	3.73	6.57	15.18	2.32	2.94	0.31
2022	35.43	22.93	9.13	4.61	7.29	14.97	2.31	3.02	0.3
2023	35.05	22.59	9.09	5.61	7.82	14.31	2.3	2.91	0.3
2024	34.1	22.25	8.98	6.93	8.11	14.35	2.27	2.71	0.29
2025	33.06	21.73	8.85	8.76	8.55	13.97	2.22	2.58	0.28

Year	Solar panel price	Global solar electricity generation
1975	128.27
1976	96.51
1977	70.41
1978	49.81
1979	41.86
1980	35.47
1981	28.36
1982	25.48
1983	20.57
1984	19.11
1985	16.69
1986	13.80
1987	11.73
1988	10.96
1989	11.33
1990	11.72
1991	10.85
1992	10.11
1993	9.46
1994	8.95
1995	8.27
1996	7.73
1997	7.71
1998	6.94
1999	6.41
2000	6.29	1.02
2001	6.09	1.36
2002	5.57	1.72
2003	5.29	2.11
2004	4.56	2.78
2005	4.60	3.95
2006	5.02	5.42
2007	5.06	7.29
2008	4.61	11.85
2009	3.08	19.82
2010	2.44	32.21
2011	2.00	63.56
2012	1.08	96.92
2013	0.83	131.75
2014	0.77	197.74
2015	0.72	256.01
2016	0.66	327.47
2017	0.56	444.65
2018	0.50	575.16
2019	0.45	697.94
2020	0.36	853.39
2021	0.32	1053.99
2022	0.36	1333.12
2023	0.31	1664.16
2024	0.26	2142.91
2025		2778.6

Year	World Fossil (%)	World Nuclear	World Renewables	U.S. Fossil	U.S. Nuclear	U.S. Renewables	China Fossil	China Nuclear	China Renewables	EU Fossil	EU Nuclear	EU Renewables	Japan Fossil	Japan Nuclear	Japan Renewables	Brazil Fossil	Brazil Nuclear	Brazil Renewables	Australia Fossil	Australia Renewables	India Fossil	India Nuclear	India Renewables	South Africa Fossil	South Africa Nuclear	South Africa Renewables	Canada Fossil	Canada Nuclear	Canada Renewables	Saudi Arabia Fossil	Saudi Arabia Nuclear	Saudi Arabia Renewables	South Korea Fossil	South Korea Nuclear	South Korea Renewables	Indonesia Fossil	Indonesia Nuclear	Indonesia Renewables	Nigeria Fossil	Nigeria Renewables	Pakistan Fossil	Pakistan Nuclear	Pakistan Renewables
2000	64.66	16.63	18.72	70.95	19.83	9.23	82.13	1.23	16.64	51.69	32.8	15.51	61.79	29.02	9.18	8.78	1.73	89.49	91.91	8.09	83.18	2.76	14.05	93.07	6.18	0.75	27.42	11.97	60.6	100	0	0	61.06	37.51	1.42	80.01	0	20	61.74	38.27	73.58	0.57	25.85
2001	65.09	16.86	18.04	71.87	20.63	7.5	79.86	1.18	18.96	50.9	32.94	16.17	61.32	29.59	9.08	11.36	4.35	84.29	92.3	7.7	83.77	3.22	13	93.88	5.1	1.02	28.94	12.96	58.11	100	0	0	63.03	36.18	0.78	79.1	0	20.89	61.73	38.26	70.99	2.75	26.27
2002	65.54	16.54	17.91	70.97	20.29	8.75	80.86	1.52	17.61	52.53	33.15	14.32	62.56	28.49	8.95	10.26	4	85.74	91.97	8.04	84.88	3.17	11.93	93.4	5.44	1.16	27.52	12.5	59.98	100	0	0	63.09	35.87	1.02	81.42	0	18.58	61.76	38.24	68.13	2.38	29.5
2003	66.92	15.64	17.44	71.24	19.74	9.03	82.7	2.27	15.03	53.4	32.4	14.19	68.68	21.06	10.27	9.17	3.67	87.17	91.74	8.26	85.46	2.84	11.69	94.05	5.4	0.54	28.49	12.64	58.86	100	0	0	61.25	37.29	1.47	83.12	0	16.88	63.07	36.93	63.51	2.21	34.28
2004	66.41	15.62	17.98	71.32	19.95	8.73	81.48	2.29	16.22	52.27	32.38	15.35	64.48	25.5	10.03	10.97	3	86.04	91.55	8.45	81.32	3.04	15.63	93.98	5.47	0.56	26.67	15	58.34	100	0	0	63.22	35.52	1.26	83.2	0	16.81	66.57	33.43	66.5	2.25	31.26
2005	66.87	15.04	18.1	71.88	19.38	8.75	81.71	2.12	16.17	52.86	31.76	15.36	65.67	25.41	8.92	10.43	2.44	87.12	91.02	8.97	82.23	2.52	15.25	94.66	4.61	0.73	25.2	14.73	60.06	100	0	0	61.27	37.69	1.04	82.95	0	17.05	66.96	33.03	63.77	2.55	33.7
2006	67.11	14.66	18.23	71.13	19.45	9.43	82.49	1.91	15.59	52.88	31.18	15.94	64.03	26.13	9.83	9.97	3.28	86.76	91.12	8.88	80.49	2.37	17.13	94.73	3.95	1.31	24.13	15.99	59.88	100	0	0	62.1	36.91	0.99	84.65	0	15.35	72.88	27.12	64.27	2.56	33.17
2007	68.31	13.71	17.98	72.14	19.47	8.39	82.85	1.89	15.26	53.57	29.59	16.83	67.73	23.64	8.62	8.99	2.77	88.23	91.65	8.35	79.96	2.24	17.81	94.43	4.3	1.26	25.5	14.64	59.86	100	0	0	65.35	33.6	1.05	83.63	0	16.37	72.86	27.14	66.44	2.4	31.16
2008	67.68	13.4	18.91	71.2	19.63	9.18	79.02	1.96	19.02	51.85	29.89	18.27	70.11	21.27	8.62	12.66	3.02	84.31	92.21	7.8	81.39	1.84	16.77	94.28	5.03	0.69	23.69	15.01	61.31	100	0	0	64.89	34.11	1	83.11	0	16.9	72.87	27.13	66.89	1.87	31.25
2009	67.21	13.32	19.47	69.18	20.28	10.54	80.23	1.89	17.88	50.29	29.37	20.34	66.61	24.65	8.73	8.17	2.78	89.05	91.93	8.08	82.92	1.91	15.16	94.08	5.13	0.78	22.81	14.57	62.62	100	0	0	66.32	32.66	1.02	83.56	0	16.45	77.06	22.94	66.97	2.75	30.28
2010	67.46	12.82	19.72	70.06	19.62	10.31	79.54	1.78	18.69	48.83	29.01	22.16	64.49	25.29	10.23	12.38	2.82	84.8	91.17	8.83	82.41	2.46	15.11	94.18	5.21	0.61	24.1	14.83	61.07	100	0	0	68.83	30.02	1.15	80.5	0	19.5	75.58	24.42	62.58	2.71	34.72
2011	68.11	11.88	20.02	68.2	19.33	12.46	81.34	1.85	16.82	48.99	28.8	22.21	74.97	14.76	10.27	9.86	2.94	87.2	88.06	11.95	80.23	3.12	16.66	93.74	4.91	1.36	23.29	14.56	62.16	100	0	0	68.71	29.86	1.44	84.13	0	15.87	78.22	21.79	64.66	4.05	31.29
2012	68.22	10.8	20.98	68.78	19.04	12.19	77.99	1.97	20.04	46.93	27.96	25.11	88.31	1.63	10.07	14.53	2.9	82.55	87.92	12.08	82.09	3.04	14.87	94.39	5.03	0.59	21.82	14.8	63.37	99.99	0	0.01	70.16	28.3	1.54	85.11	0	14.89	80.2	19.79	62.92	5.37	31.71
2013	67.72	10.57	21.72	67.72	19.46	12.83	77.82	2.05	20.13	44.07	27.96	27.97	87.57	1.34	11.08	20.47	2.71	76.82	85.77	14.23	81.04	2.92	16.03	93.83	5.51	0.66	20.97	15.67	63.36	99.99	0	0.01	72.26	25.84	1.9	84.23	0	15.76	81.44	18.56	63.61	4.2	32.19
2014	67.22	10.52	22.25	67.2	19.46	13.35	75.46	2.3	22.26	41.58	28.77	29.64	87.4	0	12.6	24.12	2.6	73.28	86.77	13.23	81.48	2.76	15.77	92.9	5.41	1.69	21.32	16.32	62.36	99.99	0	0.02	68.67	28.94	2.39	85.52	0	14.48	83.3	16.69	62.92	4.24	32.83
2015	66.48	10.55	22.97	66.85	19.52	13.63	73.09	2.95	23.97	42.77	27.41	29.82	84.61	0.44	14.96	23.26	2.53	74.2	85.9	14.1	82.45	2.92	14.62	92.5	4.9	2.61	20.87	15.29	63.84	99.98	0	0.01	67.16	30.08	2.77	86.2	0	13.8	80.49	19.5	62.51	3.84	33.65
2016	65.85	10.41	23.74	65.01	19.71	15.29	71.7	3.48	24.82	43.3	26.56	30.14	84.07	1.66	14.27	16.79	2.74	80.48	83.83	16.17	82.84	2.72	14.43	90.82	5.95	3.24	20.35	15.1	64.56	99.99	0	0.01	67.9	28.88	3.23	84.63	0	15.36	77.53	22.46	66.4	4.43	29.16
2017	65.34	10.2	24.47	62.69	19.86	17.46	71.01	3.76	25.24	44.11	25.98	29.92	82.13	2.7	15.17	18.08	2.67	79.25	84.86	15.12	81.99	2.56	15.46	89.69	5.56	4.75	19.15	15.03	65.82	99.98	0	0.02	70.37	25.75	3.88	83.75	0	16.24	75.81	24.19	68.74	6.22	25.04
2018	64.86	10.05	25.08	63.35	19.21	17.44	70.28	4.12	25.61	41.45	26.2	32.36	79.27	4.53	16.19	15.04	2.61	82.36	81.15	18.84	81.22	2.48	16.29	90.61	4.52	4.87	19.33	15.13	65.54	99.96	0	0.04	72.8	22.52	4.69	82.95	0	17.05	78.83	21.17	67.12	7.2	25.68
2019	63.67	10.26	26.08	62.25	19.46	18.3	68.51	4.65	26.85	39.32	26.63	34.05	76.89	6.27	16.85	16.06	2.55	81.38	79.21	20.78	79.56	2.82	17.62	89.55	5.24	5.21	19.29	15.33	65.37	99.94	0	0.06	69.51	24.87	5.64	83.73	0	16.26	76.66	23.34	63.07	6.72	30.21
2020	62.09	9.92	27.99	60.15	19.54	20.31	67.21	4.71	28.09	36.68	24.83	38.5	76.65	4.25	19.09	14.6	2.23	83.16	75.76	24.25	78.14	2.85	19.01	89.55	4.11	6.34	18.53	14.87	66.6	99.76	0	0.24	65.24	27.76	7	81.87	0	18.13	79.45	20.56	62.17	7.44	30.38
2021	62.12	9.78	28.11	60.49	18.77	20.75	66.53	4.77	28.69	37.09	25.45	37.45	73.97	5.92	20.12	20.39	2.24	77.36	71.11	28.89	78.59	2.62	18.8	87.26	5.03	7.7	19.16	14.1	66.74	99.75	0	0.25	66.09	26	7.91	81.83	0	18.16	79.34	20.67	61.1	9.61	29.28
2022	61.38	9.14	29.48	59.65	18	22.34	65.09	4.72	30.18	39.18	21.94	38.88	74.54	4.98	20.5	10.15	2.15	87.7	67.96	32.03	77.25	2.56	20.19	85.9	4.22	9.88	18.82	13.05	68.13	99.51	0	0.49	62.8	28.28	8.92	80.38	0	19.6	75.29	24.71	53.86	14.85	31.3
2023	60.55	9.11	30.34	59.11	18.22	22.68	64.79	4.6	30.61	31.9	22.86	45.24	70.17	7.69	22.13	8.96	2.05	89	65.19	34.81	78.2	2.51	19.29	84.13	3.48	12.4	20.81	13.79	65.4	98.9	0	1.1	61.21	29.23	9.56	81.41	0	18.59	77.32	22.68	46.08	17.19	36.73
2024	59.06	8.99	31.95	58.12	17.81	24.07	61.83	4.47	33.7	28.56	23.42	48.02	68.72	8.35	22.94	10.55	2.12	87.33	64.92	35.07	77.5	2.69	19.81	84.33	3.15	12.5	22.31	13.42	64.27	97.84	0	2.16	60.11	30.18	9.71	81.91	0	18.09	75	25	43.21	15.66	41.13
2025	57.37	8.86	33.78	57	17.36	25.63	58.42	4.6	36.98	28.76	23.36	47.89	67.3	9.14	23.56	11.29	2.11	86.6	61.29	38.7	73.35	2.59	24.08	82.16	4.21	13.62	23.03	13.08	63.89				60.04	29.56	10.39				68.68	31.31	38.86	14.36	46.78

Year	Chinese solar generation (TWh)	Chinese wind generation (TWh)
2000	0.02	0.59
2001	0.03	0.72
2002	0.05	0.84
2003	0.06	1.00
2004	0.08	1.28
2005	0.08	1.95
2006	0.09	3.71
2007	0.11	5.48
2008	0.15	13.10
2009	0.28	27.61
2010	0.70	49.40
2011	2.61	74.10
2012	3.59	103.05
2013	8.37	138.26
2014	23.51	159.76
2015	39.48	185.59
2016	66.53	240.86
2017	117.80	304.60
2018	176.90	365.80
2019	224.00	405.30
2020	261.10	466.50
2021	327.00	655.80
2022	427.27	762.67
2023	584.15	885.87
2024	839.04	997.04
2025	1174.94	1135.43

Year	World Coal (%)	World Gas	World Renewables	Middle East Coal	Middle East Gas	Middle East Renewables	Africa Coal	Africa Gas	Africa Renewables	North America Coal	North AmericaGas	North America Renewables	Europe Coal	Europe Gas	Europe Renewables	Latin America and the Caribbean Coal	Latin America and the Caribbean Gas	Latin America and the Caribbean Renewables	Oceania Coal	Oceania Gas	Oceania Renewables	Asia Coal	Asia Gas	Asia Renewables
2000	38.02	17.97	18.72	6.15	50.24	1.7	47.96	20.82	17.57	47.26	14.77	16.27	27.26	21.3	18.58	4.36	13.65	60.03	68.95	10.15	18.07	48.55	15.29	13.62
2001	38	18.8	18.04	6.55	52.89	1.69	47.17	21.98	18.13	46.71	15.79	14.41	26.79	21.51	18.58	4.48	15.92	56.65	66.87	13.71	16.31	49.63	15.64	14.26
2002	38.28	19.34	17.91	6.55	53.69	2.17	46.09	23.78	18.05	45.99	16.42	15.65	26.82	22.33	17.43	4.55	17.09	57.15	63.87	15.18	17.64	51.06	15.47	13.69
2003	39.54	19.58	17.44	6.34	54.75	2.48	46.7	24.35	16.87	46.74	15.45	15.61	27.33	23.47	16.55	5.09	18.33	56.61	64.41	14.69	17.2	53.73	15.61	13.28
2004	39.03	20.12	17.98	6.08	55.95	2.95	46.04	26.12	16.84	45.67	16.49	15.25	25.97	24.42	17.97	4.61	19.8	56.46	65.33	12.41	18.53	53.7	15.25	14.04
2005	39.52	20.3	18.1	5.56	58.06	3.93	44.83	26.99	16.75	45.44	17.14	15.59	25.41	25.54	18.17	5.23	18.46	57.36	66.67	11.71	17.81	55.45	14.35	13.85
2006	40.17	20.7	18.23	5.17	57.24	4.21	44.05	28	16.69	44.81	18.4	16.01	26	25.61	18.11	5.3	20.09	57.44	65.76	12.9	17.64	56.94	14.33	14.04
2007	40.84	21.4	17.98	5.07	58.55	3.76	43.43	28.62	16.47	44.44	19.67	15.23	25.71	27.3	18.6	5.32	20.38	57	63.64	15.46	17.34	58.7	14.09	13.83
2008	40.16	21.69	18.91	4.61	58.42	1.88	41.8	29.62	16.49	43.99	19.45	16.17	24.53	28.18	19.34	4.52	21.21	56.6	63.31	15.93	16.63	58.04	14.27	15.57
2009	39.87	21.97	19.47	4.27	58.81	1.58	40.05	30.13	17.07	40.42	21.22	17.56	23.38	27.59	21.09	5.03	20.86	57.12	61.24	16.74	17.69	59.59	14.46	15.02
2010	39.78	22.61	19.72	3.84	60.72	2.1	38.61	32.55	17.29	40.96	22.04	16.85	22.48	28.35	22.01	5.33	23.16	56.21	58.36	18.75	18.66	59.16	14.4	15.86
2011	40.56	22.15	20.02	3.86	56.6	2	38.15	34.39	17.32	38.36	22.76	19.17	23.47	27.39	21.84	5.44	22.09	57.15	56.18	18.62	21.45	60.92	14.35	15.29
2012	39.8	22.92	20.98	4.06	57.45	2.26	35.53	36.36	16.87	33.85	27.56	19.16	24.47	24.81	24.12	5.87	24.28	54.36	55.49	19.43	21.13	60.49	14.74	16.92
2013	40.7	21.85	21.72	3.25	55.97	2.48	34.22	36.13	17.2	35.05	25.15	19.87	23.98	23.6	26.51	6.5	26.57	52.07	52.16	20.44	23.09	61.61	14.03	17.49
2014	40.44	21.96	22.25	2.85	60.56	2.02	33.22	36.12	17.88	34.76	25.09	20.08	22.84	23.34	27.21	6.64	28.08	51.29	52.15	20.31	22.93	60.92	13.85	18.84
2015	38.68	23.08	22.97	2.63	63.63	1.7	32.23	36.59	17.99	29.87	29.53	20.62	22.22	23.31	28.25	6.72	28.55	50.88	53.17	18.51	23.72	59.65	13.87	19.81
2016	37.77	23.69	23.74	2.12	67.11	2.04	31.85	38.35	17.96	27.43	30.37	22.21	20.84	24.89	28.79	6.76	27.83	52.61	52.32	17.44	25.75	58.62	14.09	20.4
2017	37.95	23.48	24.47	1.83	69.31	2.05	31.14	39.32	18.75	26.87	28.76	24.31	20.05	25.99	28.79	6	28.05	54.21	51.25	20.02	24.55	58.95	13.61	21.22
2018	37.91	23.52	25.08	1.7	72.8	1.62	30.97	40.42	19.64	24.73	31.66	23.99	19.3	25	30.71	5.75	28.07	55.22	49.93	18.22	27.77	59.08	13.06	21.78
2019	36.62	23.86	26.08	1.76	70.23	4.13	30.16	41.31	20.58	21.08	34.45	24.72	16.63	25.97	32.39	6.23	28.24	55.14	47.56	19.2	29.23	58.25	12.64	22.73
2020	35.32	23.89	27.99	1.57	71.6	3.61	29.24	41.6	22.3	17.29	36.17	26.78	14.68	25.49	36.15	5.04	27.62	58.33	45.67	18.69	31.91	57.2	12.47	24.21
2021	35.96	23.22	28.11	1.52	72.65	3.01	27.46	42.76	22.82	19.41	34.59	26.99	15.4	25.86	34.85	4.57	27.66	57.45	43.75	16.47	35.86	56.87	11.85	25.02
2022	35.43	22.93	29.48	1.23	72.79	3.5	26.12	42.67	23.94	17.33	35.9	28.51	16.42	25.92	35.67	3.83	24.49	62.05	39.94	17.08	39.01	55.82	11.3	26.45
2023	35.05	22.59	30.34	0.93	70.56	4.72	24.88	42.77	24.5	14.27	38.99	28.28	14.26	24.14	39.73	3.72	24.46	62.35	38.78	15.52	41.65	56.1	10.81	26.78
2024	34.1	22.25	31.95	0.79	71.29	4.93	25.44	42.32	24.85	13.47	39.37	29.17	13.2	23	41.83	3.73	24.66	62.55	38.37	16.07	41.4	54.25	10.59	29.05
2025	33.06	21.73	33.78	0.25	73.25	5.09	23.83	42.03	26.18	14.75	37.19	30.47	12.79	23.66	41.71	3.46	24.34	63.49	36.18	15.13	44.58	51.76	10.12	32.03

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How global energy production is changing, in 6 charts

Region	Electricity generation in 2000 (TWh)	Electricity generation in 2025 (TWh)	Percent change
World	15279	31734	108
Asia	4199	16703	298
China	1356	10578	680
India	571	2082	264
Japan	1100	1030	-6
ASEAN	379	1370	262
North America	4406	5173	17
U.S.	3802	4520	19
Europe	4478	5093	14
EU	2622	2792	6
Russia	878	1193	36
Latin America	1008	1846	83
Brazil	349	751	115
Middle East	483	1578	227
Iran	119	396	232
Africa	441	998	126
Nigeria	15	42	182
Oceania	263	343	30
Australia	217	287	32

How global energy production is changing, in 6 charts

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