Arab World's electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (kWh) was 33.61 billion in 2021, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 676.07% from 4.33 billion in 2011 (22.74% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 33.61 billion | 2021 |
| Five years earlier | 9.53 billion | 2016 |
| Ten years earlier | 4.33 billion | 2011 |
| Highest | 33.61 billion | 2021 |
| Lowest | -2.26 billion | 2007 |
| Average since 2012 | 13.5 billion | 2012–2021 |
| First recorded | 1 million |
What the numbers say
In 2021, Arab World's electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (kWh) rose 5.01 billion on 2020 (from 28.61 billion to 33.61 billion).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1991 to 2020), the average change was +953.54 million and a typical year strayed about 2.28 billion from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.8 standard deviations above that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 9.21 billion in 2020 and the biggest yearly fall was 2.45 billion in 2007. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2012 to 2021 the straight-line trend is upward, about 3.28 billion a year. A straight line explains 88% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
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| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Arab World | 33.61 billion | 2021 |
| World | 3.56 trillion | 2021 |
What this measures
Electricity production from renewable sources in kilowatt-hour (kWh), excluding hydroelectric, includes geothermal, solar, tides, wind, biomass, and biofuels.
Limitations: IEA occasionally revises its time series to reflect political changes. For example, the IEA has constructed historical energy statistics for countries of the former Soviet Union. In addition, energy statistics for other countries have undergone continuous changes in coverage or methodology in recent years as more detailed energy accounts have become available. Breaks in series are therefore unavoidable.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.
All 32 values
| Year | Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (kWh) |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 33,613,560,000 |
| 2020 | 28,607,290,000 |
| 2019 | 19,393,170,000 |
| 2018 | 14,238,340,000 |
| 2017 | 11,043,010,000 |
| 2016 | 9,528,780,000 |
| 2015 | 6,546,780,000 |
| 2014 | 4,816,530,000 |
| 2013 | 3,534,500,000 |
| 2012 | 3,723,470,000 |
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (kWh) in nearby economies
- Afghanistan — 77.91 million (2021)
- Algeria — 769.11 million (2021)
- Bahrain — 12.84 million (2021)
- Djibouti — 70 million (2021)
- Egypt, Arab Rep. — 10.64 billion (2021)
- Iran, Islamic Rep. — 2.82 billion (2021)
- Iraq — 1.2 billion (2021)
- Israel — 5.63 billion (2021)
More environment data for Arab World
- Population in the largest city (% of urban population) — 27.61% (2025)
- Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million (% of total population) — 22.81% (2025)
- Rural population — 201.16 million (2025)
- Rural population (% of total population) — 39.96% (2025)
- Urban population — 302.2 million (2025)
- Urban population (% of total population) — 60.04% (2025)
- Aquaculture production (metric tons) — 1.83 million (2024)
- Capture fisheries production (metric tons) — 3.97 million (2024)
- Total fisheries production (metric tons) — 5.8 million (2024)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Arab World's electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (kWh)?
- 33.61 billion in 2021, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1990?
- It is up 3.36 million% from 1 million in 1990 (39.96% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 33.61 billion in 2021 and the lowest -2.26 billion in 2007.
- Is the latest change in electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (kWh) unusual for Arab World?
- In 2021, Arab World's electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (kWh) rose 5.01 billion on 2020 (from 28.61 billion to 33.61 billion). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1991 to 2020), the average change was +953.54 million and a typical year strayed about 2.28 billion from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.8 standard deviations above that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator EG.ELC.RNWX.KH, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA), uri: https://www.iea.org/data-and-statistics/data-tools/energy-statistics-data-browser, publisher: International Energy Agency (IEA), date accessed: 2025-03-25 Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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