Based on a comparison of 68 countries in 2017, Denmark ranked the highest in electricity production from wind power sources as a percentage of total with 47.9% followed by Lithuania and Ireland. On the other end of the scale was United Arab Emirates with < 0.001%, Venezuela with 0.001% and Indonesia with 0.002%.
Average electricity production from wind power sources as a percentage of total reached 4.39% in 2017 in the World according to World Bank / EIA. This is 12.4 % more than in the previous year and 80.6 % more than 10 years ago.
Historically, average electricity production from wind power sources as a percentage of total reached an all time high of 4.39% in 2017 and an all time low of < 0.001% in 1983. The average annual growth amounted to 32.1 % since 1976.
Data for more countries are available at Electricity Production from Wind Power Sources (As % of Total) indicator page.
| Electricity Production from Wind Power Sources (As % of Total) | Unit | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
| Austria | % | 2.94% | 3.40% | 4.63% | 5.91% | 7.45% | ||||||||||||||||
| Croatia | % | ... | ... | ... | 1.77% | 3.06% | 3.68% | 5.39% | 6.98% | |||||||||||||
| Denmark | % | 27.7% | 33.5% | 32.0% | 40.6% | 48.8% | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | % | 8.13% | 8.20% | 8.26% | 9.33% | 12.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| Greece | % | 5.58% | 6.32% | 7.24% | 7.31% | 8.91% | ||||||||||||||||
| Ireland | % | 15.9% | 14.5% | 17.4% | 19.5% | 23.2% | ||||||||||||||||
| Lithuania | % | 9.85% | 10.7% | 12.7% | 14.5% | 16.4% | ||||||||||||||||
| Luxembourg | % | 1.72% | 2.03% | 2.87% | 2.69% | 3.68% | ||||||||||||||||
| Netherlands | % | 4.51% | 4.86% | 5.58% | 5.61% | 6.86% | ||||||||||||||||
| Poland | % | 1.96% | 2.93% | 3.65% | 4.83% | 6.58% | ||||||||||||||||
| Portugal | % | 17.5% | 22.0% | 23.3% | 22.9% | 22.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Romania | % | 2.23% | 4.47% | 7.68% | 7.46% | 10.7% | ||||||||||||||||
| Spain | % | 14.5% | 16.6% | 19.5% | 18.7% | 17.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| Sweden | % | 4.02% | 4.31% | 6.43% | 7.31% | 10.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | % | 4.34% | 5.45% | 7.93% | 9.45% | 11.9% |
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