Electricity production from wind power sources as a percentage of total rose 32.4% to 16.3% in Germany in 2017, according to World Bank / EIA.
Historically, electricity production from wind power sources as a percentage of total in Germany reached an all time high of 16.3% in 2017 and an all time low of 0% in 1985. When compared to Germany's main peers, electricity production from wind power sources as a percentage of total in Austria amounted to 9.31%, 7.68% in Belgium, 4.39% in France and 8.75% in Poland in 2017.
Germany has been ranked 6th within the group of 71 countries we follow in terms of electricity production from wind power sources as a percentage of total, 1 place below the position seen 10 years ago.
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% | ||||||||||||||||
Belgium | % | 2.56% | 3.32% | 4.39% | 6.35% | 7.98% | ||||||||||||||||
Czechia | % | ... | ... | ... | 0.453% | 0.477% | 0.549% | 0.554% | 0.683% | |||||||||||||
France | % | 2.13% | 2.64% | 2.79% | 3.06% | 3.73% | ||||||||||||||||
Germany | % | 8.13% | 8.20% | 8.26% | 9.33% | 12.5% | ||||||||||||||||
Hungary | % | ... | 1.74% | 2.23% | 2.37% | 2.23% | 2.28% | |||||||||||||||
Italy | % | 3.26% | 4.48% | 5.14% | 5.42% | 5.25% | ||||||||||||||||
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% | ||||||||||||||||
Russia | % | < 0.001% | < 0.001% | < 0.001% | 0.009% | 0.014% | ||||||||||||||||
Spain | % | 14.5% | 16.6% | 19.5% | 18.7% | 17.6% | ||||||||||||||||
Switzerland | % | 0.107% | 0.124% | 0.126% | 0.139% | 0.160% | ||||||||||||||||
Ukraine | % | 0.046% | 0.145% | 0.329% | 0.618% | 0.662% |