${eyebrow} · ${title} · In ten years renewables went from a quarter of the world's electricity to more than a third. Solar and wind did most of the lifting, while hydropower quietly kept the lights on. Here is who moved, how fast, and what the grid looks like now. · 34.5% · of global electricity came
from renewables in 2025 · +11.2 pts · rise in the renewable
share since 2015 · 6.8× · growth in solar generation
over the decade · 01 · Who's leading the switch · Renewable share of electricity generation, 2025, with the 2015 level marked · 2025 share · 2015 level · Norway · 98.4% · Brazil · 88.6% · New Zealand · 86.9% · Denmark · 84.1% · Portugal · 71.3% · Spain · 56.0% · Germany · 54.7% · United Kingdom · 49.8% · China · 36.2% · Japan · 25.8% · United States · 25.1% · India · 23.9% · 0% · 25% · 50% · 75% · 100% · World average 34.5% · 02 · A decade of steady climbing · World: renewable share of electricity, and the part from solar and wind · 40% · 30% · 20% · 10% · 0% · 2015 · 2016 · 2017 · 2018 · 2019 · 2020 · 2021 · 2022 · 2023 · 2024 · 2025 · 34.5% · All renewables · 18.0% · Solar + wind · 2020: demand dips during
lockdowns, share jumps · 2023: record 450 GW of
new solar connected · 03 · Today's power mix · World electricity mix, 2025 · 04 · Every hundred homes · Each house = 1% of 2025 generation · 34.5% · renewable · Solar · 8.5% · Wind · 9.5% · Hydro · 14.0% · Bio & other · 2.5% · Nuclear · 9.0% · Fossil fuels · 56.5% · 35 of 100 houses run on renewables;
56 still burn coal, gas or oil. · * Illustrative dataset created for a Vixl layout exploration; values are invented and must not be cited. Shares are of electricity generation, not total energy. · Method: shares of annual generation (TWh). Isotype rounded with the largest-remainder method. · VIXL / FIELD NOTES · Palette: Okabe–Ito (colour-blind safe)
