Renewable energy consumption in Bhutan
Bhutan: Renewable energy consumption was 86.9% in 2015. ▼ Falling
Renewable energy consumption in Bhutan, 1990–2015
Source: World Bank and International Energy Agency (IEA Statistics © OECD/IEA, http://www.iea.org/stats/index.asp). Measured in % in TFEC.
Analysis
Bhutan recorded 86.9% for renewable energy consumption in 2015. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 5.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, renewable energy consumption in Bhutan peaked at 95.9% in 1991 and was at its lowest, 86.9%, in 2015.
Bhutan ranks 8th of 224 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 94.0% | 91.4% | 95.9% | 10 |
| 2000s | 92.0% | 91.2% | 93.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 88.3% | 86.9% | 90.9% | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is renewable energy consumption in Bhutan?
- Renewable energy consumption in Bhutan was 86.9% in 2015, according to World Bank and International Energy Agency (IEA Statistics © OECD/IEA, http://www.iea.org/stats/index.asp).
- What is the highest renewable energy consumption recorded in Bhutan?
- The highest recorded value was 95.9% in 1991.
- What is the lowest renewable energy consumption recorded in Bhutan?
- The lowest recorded value was 86.9% in 2015.
- How does Bhutan rank for renewable energy consumption?
- Bhutan ranks 8th out of 224 countries with data for 2015.
- Is renewable energy consumption rising or falling in Bhutan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bhutan data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank and International Energy Agency (IEA Statistics © OECD/IEA, http://www.iea.org/stats/index.asp), published as part of Renewable energy consumption(% in TFEC). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Renewable energy consumption(% in TFEC): Share of renewables energy in total final energy consumption