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Share of world electricity from clean sources, monthly

Share of the world's electricity generation from renewables and nuclear power together in each month since January 2019, as estimated by Ember.

Latest value

43.5%

World, July 2026 (preliminary). Version 2026-09-18.

Share of world electricity from clean sources, monthly (percent of electricity generation)

91 values from January 2019 to July 2026.
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Share of world electricity from clean sources, monthly, every value
PeriodValue (%)Status
2019-0134.1final
2019-0236.6final
2019-0337.7final
2019-0438.8final
2019-0539.3final
2019-0637.5final
2019-0735.7final
2019-0835.4final
2019-0936.1final
2019-1037.0final
2019-1136.4final
2019-1235.4final
2020-0134.9final
2020-0239.8final
2020-0340.1final
2020-0440.8final
2020-0540.5final
2020-0638.8final
2020-0737.4final
2020-0836.3final
2020-0938.0final
2020-1040.0final
2020-1137.1final
2020-1235.1final
2021-0134.9final
2021-0239.0final
2021-0338.2final
2021-0438.9final
2021-0540.7final
2021-0637.9final
2021-0737.0final
2021-0836.5final
2021-0938.5final
2021-1039.5final
2021-1138.1final
2021-1237.2final
2022-0135.3final
2022-0239.7final
2022-0339.6final
2022-0442.0final
2022-0542.6final
2022-0640.2final
2022-0737.6final
2022-0836.0final
2022-0937.6final
2022-1040.1preliminary
2022-1138.9preliminary
2022-1236.9preliminary
2023-0138.2preliminary
2023-0239.5preliminary
2023-0340.0preliminary
2023-0441.8preliminary
2023-0541.3preliminary
2023-0638.8preliminary
2023-0737.7preliminary
2023-0838.0preliminary
2023-0939.4preliminary
2023-1041.0preliminary
2023-1140.5preliminary
2023-1238.4preliminary
2024-0138.0preliminary
2024-0239.9preliminary
2024-0341.5preliminary
2024-0443.7preliminary
2024-0543.9preliminary
2024-0642.6preliminary
2024-0740.8preliminary
2024-0839.6preliminary
2024-0940.1preliminary
2024-1041.9preliminary
2024-1140.3preliminary
2024-1239.9preliminary
2025-0139.6preliminary
2025-0241.6preliminary
2025-0343.7preliminary
2025-0445.2preliminary
2025-0545.4preliminary
2025-0644.4preliminary
2025-0741.8preliminary
2025-0840.7preliminary
2025-0942.9preliminary
2025-1043.0preliminary
2025-1143.5preliminary
2025-1241.4preliminary
2026-0141.0preliminary
2026-0242.4preliminary
2026-0344.1preliminary
2026-0446.1preliminary
2026-0546.4preliminary
2026-0645.7preliminary
2026-0743.5preliminary
Ember, Monthly Electricity Data (file of 2026-09-18), CC BY 4.0. CC BY 4.0.

Notes on individual values

  • Ember's World estimate for this month; the file has Total generation for 84 countries and economies.
  • Ember's World estimate for this month; the file has Total generation for 86 countries and economies.
  • Ember's World estimate for this month; the file has Total generation for 87 countries and economies.
  • Ember's World estimate for this month; the file has Total generation for 87 countries and economies. 1 of the 87 with generation for an earlier month have none for this month, so their part of the World total is estimated.
  • Ember's World estimate for this month; the file has Total generation for 87 countries and economies. 1 of the 88 with generation for an earlier month have none for this month, so their part of the World total is estimated.
  • Ember's World estimate for this month; the file has Total generation for 86 countries and economies. 2 of the 88 with generation for an earlier month have none for this month, so their part of the World total is estimated.
  • Ember's World estimate for this month; the file has Total generation for 85 countries and economies. 3 of the 88 with generation for an earlier month have none for this month, so their part of the World total is estimated.
  • Ember's World estimate for this month; the file has Total generation for 84 countries and economies. 4 of the 88 with generation for an earlier month have none for this month, so their part of the World total is estimated.
  • Ember's World estimate for this month; the file has Total generation for 83 countries and economies. 5 of the 88 with generation for an earlier month have none for this month, so their part of the World total is estimated.
  • Ember's World estimate for this month; the file has Total generation for 82 countries and economies. 6 of the 88 with generation for an earlier month have none for this month, so their part of the World total is estimated.
  • Ember's World estimate for this month; the file has Total generation for 80 countries and economies. 8 of the 88 with generation for an earlier month have none for this month, so their part of the World total is estimated.
  • Ember's World estimate for this month; the file has Total generation for 72 countries and economies. 16 of the 88 with generation for an earlier month have none for this month, so their part of the World total is estimated.
  • Ember's World estimate for this month; the file has Total generation for 71 countries and economies. 17 of the 88 with generation for an earlier month have none for this month, so their part of the World total is estimated.
  • Ember's World estimate for this month; the file has Total generation for 64 countries and economies. 24 of the 88 with generation for an earlier month have none for this month, so their part of the World total is estimated.
  • Ember's World estimate for this month; the file has Total generation for 56 countries and economies. 32 of the 88 with generation for an earlier month have none for this month, so their part of the World total is estimated.

Where it comes from

Producer
Ember · Monthly electricity data
Version
2026-09-18
Fetched
2026-10-05 (automatically), 28,333,064 bytes
Fingerprint
sha256 6c8a587a5dfe32277616135e3c5af8e3cb60dff8eba1d4bc18b9b936b0c75d55ETag "1932fe694a4679159e119c2f6b9255e5" · Last-Modified Fri, 18 Sep 2026 21:29:31 GMT
Copies
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Cite the producer
Monthly electricity generation data, Ember

What was done to it

  1. Read release_generation_monthly_global.csv, last modified by Ember on 2026-09-18 (Ember gives no version label, so that date is the vintage), and kept the rows for Area 'World', 2019-01 to 2026-07.

    Code: pipeline/src/envdash/transforms/energy/ember_monthly.py · code sha256 0cc7356131783d6a… · inputs 6c8a587a5dfe…

  2. Checked that every month's shares mean what is published: the nine non-aggregated sources add up to 100%, Clean generation is Renewables plus Nuclear, Renewables is the five renewable sources, and the Clean share is Clean over Total generation, each to within the rounding of the printed values.

    Code: pipeline/src/envdash/transforms/energy/ember_monthly.py · code sha256 0cc7356131783d6a… · inputs 6c8a587a5dfe…

  3. Noted on each month how many countries and economies have Total generation in the file for it (from 84 in 2019-01 to 56 in 2026-07), and marked a month preliminary when a country with generation for an earlier month has none for it, because the World total then includes Ember's estimate for that country. Preliminary months in this vintage: 46, the first 2022-10 and the last 2026-07.

    Code: pipeline/src/envdash/transforms/energy/ember_monthly.py · code sha256 0cc7356131783d6a… · inputs 6c8a587a5dfe…

  4. Published Ember's 'Share of generation (%)' of its aggregated source 'Clean' (renewables plus nuclear) as printed.

    Code: pipeline/src/envdash/transforms/energy/ember_monthly.py · code sha256 0cc7356131783d6a… · inputs 6c8a587a5dfe…

What it covers

Geography
World
Basis
Share of electricity generation in the month, not of consumption: net imports are not included. The World total is Ember's estimate built from the countries with monthly data; values are revised as data arrive. Clean means renewables plus nuclear.
Unit
percent of electricity generation (%)