Renewable energy statistics 2022

The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) produces comprehensive, reliable datasets on renewable energy capacity and use worldwide. Renewable Energy Statistics 2022 provide datasets on power-generation capacity for 2012-2021, actual power generation for 2012-2020 and renewable energy balances for over 150 countries and areas for 2019-2020. The yearbook also includes statistics on investments in renewables, compiled from the OECD-DAC database and 20 major multi-lateral, bilateral and national development financial institutions, spanning 2011-2020. The investment data is presented in millions of United States dollars (USD million) at 2020 prices. Data on renewable power capacity represents the maximum net generating capacity of power plants and other installations that use renewable energy sources to produce electricity. For most countries and technologies, the data reflects the capacity installed and connected at the end of the calendar year. Capacity is presented in megawatt (MW), while generation is presented in gigawatt-hours (GWh). Pumped storage, although included as part of hydropower data, is excluded from total renewable energy. Electricity generation and capacity datasets from the year 2000 onwards are also available through a dashboard on IRENA’s Data & Statistics page.