Nepal: Renewable electricity output (% of total electricity output)

Key figures

What the numbers say

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 4.99 percentage points in 1999 and the biggest yearly fall was 5.88 percentage points in 1997. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those 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, Nepal had the 21st highest value of the 204 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.

Closest to Nepal in the 2021 ranking

• Zimbabwe — 17th of 204: 87.54%
• Kyrgyz Republic — 18th of 204: 85.59%
• Uruguay — 19th of 204: 84.35%
• Eswatini — 21st of 204: 83.07%
• Mozambique — 22nd of 204: 82.71%
• Venezuela, RB — 23rd of 204: 81.72%

What this measures

Renewable electricity is the share of electricity generated by renewable power plants in total electricity generated by all types of plants.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 23 values

Renewable electricity output (% of total electricity output) in nearby economies

• Bangladesh — 1.51% (2021)
• Bhutan — 100% (2021)
• India — 19.13% (2021)
• Maldives — 5.82% (2021)
• Sri Lanka — 49.24% (2021)

More environment data for Nepal

• Population in largest city — 1.67 million (2025)
• Population in the largest city (% of urban population) — 8.43% (2025)
• Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million — 1.67 million (2025)
• Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million (% of total population) — 5.65% (2025)
• Rural population — 9.77 million (2025)
• Rural population (% of total population) — 33% (2025)
• Urban population — 19.84 million (2025)
• Urban population (% of total population) — 67% (2025)
• Aquaculture production (metric tons) — 102,403 (2024)
• Capture fisheries production (metric tons)

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Questions people ask

What is Nepal's renewable electricity output (% of total electricity output)?

83.98% in 2021, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1990?

It is down 15.91 percentage points from 99.89% in 1990. The highest value was 99.99% in 2011 and the lowest 83.98% in 2021.

How does Nepal rank?

21st highest of 204 economies with data for 2021.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, 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.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator EG.ELC.RNEW.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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