Renewable Energy Capacity Through Time (2000–2023)

What We’re Showing

This visualization displays the rise in renewable energy capacity across countries and regions since 2000, highlighting the progress in some nations, like China, while contrasting it with slower growth in others, such as Canada.

Key Takeaways

• Global renewable energy capacity has grown by 415% since 2000, averaging 17% per year. 
• China's growth in renewables is slowing. While their average annual growth since 2000 has been 76% per year, their growth between 2022 and 2023 was down to 26%. 
• Canada has fared significantly worse than the rest of the developed world between 2000 and 2023; the country’s renewable capacity grew only by 57%, or an average of 2% annually.