Bahrain's electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (% of total) was 0.04% in 2021, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 0.03 percentage points from 0.00493% in 2011.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 0.04% | 2021 |
| Five years earlier | 0.03% | 2016 |
| Ten years earlier | 0.00493% | 2011 |
| Highest | 0.04% | 2021 |
| Lowest | 0% | 1990 |
| Average since 2012 | 0.03% | 2012–2021 |
| First recorded | 0% | 1990 |
What the numbers say
In 2021, Bahrain's electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (% of total) rose 0 percentage points on 2020 (from 0.03% to 0.04%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1991 to 2020), the average change was +0 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.01 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.6 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 0.03 percentage points in 2014 and the biggest yearly fall was 0 percentage points in 2015. 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 0.00263 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 53% 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
In 2021, Bahrain had the 189th highest value of the 208 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Bahrain | 0.04% | 2021 |
| World | 12.42% | 2021 |
| High income | 14.09% | 2021 |
Closest to Bahrain in the 2021 ranking
- Timor-Leste — 186th of 208: 0.1%
- Trinidad and Tobago — 187th of 208: 0.07%
- Saudi Arabia — 188th of 208: 0.07%
- Libya — 190th of 208: 0.02%
- Brunei Darussalam — 191st of 208: 0.02%
- Bhutan — 192nd of 208: 0.00813%
What this measures
The share of electricity production from renewable sources of total electricity production. Electricity production from renewable sources, 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 weighted average using total electricity production as weights.
All 32 values
| Year | Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (% of total) |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 0.0374 |
| 2020 | 0.0336 |
| 2019 | 0.0338 |
| 2018 | 0.032 |
| 2017 | 0.0323 |
| 2016 | 0.0331 |
| 2015 | 0.0332 |
| 2014 | 0.0347 |
| 2013 | 0.0078 |
| 2012 | 0.0082 |
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (% of total) in nearby economies
- Afghanistan — 6.58% (2021)
- Algeria — 0.9% (2021)
- Djibouti — 35.35% (2021)
- Egypt, Arab Rep. — 5.13% (2021)
- Iran, Islamic Rep. — 0.79% (2021)
- Iraq — 1% (2021)
- Israel — 7.63% (2021)
- Jordan
More environment data for Bahrain
- Population in largest city — 743,066 (2025)
- Population in the largest city (% of urban population) — 46.43% (2025)
- Rural population — 0 (2025)
- Rural population (% of total population) — 0% (2025)
- Urban population — 1.6 million (2025)
- Urban population (% of total population) — 100% (2025)
- Aquaculture production (metric tons) — 63 (2024)
- Capture fisheries production (metric tons) — 15,100 (2024)
- Total fisheries production (metric tons) — 15,163 (2024)
- Urban population growth (annual %) — 0.73% (2025)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Bahrain's electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (% of total)?
- 0.04% in 2021, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1990?
- It is up 0.04 percentage points from 0% in 1990. The highest value was 0.04% in 2021 and the lowest 0% in 1990.
- How does Bahrain rank?
- 189th highest of 208 economies with data for 2021.
- Is the latest change in electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (% of total) unusual for Bahrain?
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator EG.ELC.RNWX.ZS, 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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