Ireland vs South Africa: Electricity generation from wind

Ireland

11.76 terawatt-hours

in 2025

South Africa

11.32 terawatt-hours

in 2025

Ireland rank

27th

South Africa rank

29th

Electricity generation from wind over time

Ireland currently reports 11.76 terawatt-hours against 11.32 terawatt-hours in South Africa, a difference of 0.44 terawatt-hours.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 36 shared years of data; in 1990 it was South Africa ahead.

Ireland ranks 27th and South Africa ranks 29th of 212 regions.

Indicator: Electricity generation from wind
Unit: terawatt-hours
Source: Ember (2026); Energy Institute - Statistical Review of World Energy (2026); Pinto et al. (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 214 places, 6,974 data points, 1920–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Measured in terawatt-hours.