Renewable energy consumption in Singapore
Singapore: Renewable energy consumption was 0.7% in 2015. ▲ Rising
Renewable energy consumption in Singapore, 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
The most recent figure for renewable energy consumption in Singapore is 0.7%, measured in 2015. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of up 14.0% on the previous year and up 32.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, renewable energy consumption in Singapore peaked at 0.7% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.2%, in 1990.
That places Singapore 201st out of 226 countries with data for 2015, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Renewable energy consumption in Singapore, year by year
| Year | % in TFEC | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.2% | — |
| 1991 | 0.5% | +154.3% |
| 1992 | 0.5% | +6.7% |
| 1993 | 0.5% | -2.4% |
| 1994 | 0.5% | -7.5% |
| 1995 | 0.5% | -5.1% |
| 1996 | 0.5% | +1.1% |
| 1997 | 0.4% | -5.8% |
| 1998 | 0.4% | +0.4% |
| 1999 | 0.4% | -1.5% |
| 2000 | 0.3% | -23.8% |
| 2001 | 0.6% | +83.3% |
| 2002 | 0.6% | -3.2% |
| 2003 | 0.6% | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 0.5% | -8.8% |
| 2005 | 0.5% | +1.9% |
| 2006 | 0.5% | -3.2% |
| 2007 | 0.5% | -2.7% |
| 2008 | 0.5% | +5.5% |
| 2009 | 0.5% | -10.0% |
| 2010 | 0.5% | -0.7% |
| 2011 | 0.5% | -1.2% |
| 2012 | 0.5% | +5.5% |
| 2013 | 0.6% | +12.3% |
| 2014 | 0.6% | +11.8% |
| 2015 | 0.7% | +14.0% |
Singapore compared with similar countries
- Singapore's 0.7% is below the median for high income countries, which is 8.7%, 8% of the median. (81 countries reporting)
- Singapore's 0.7% is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 9.2%, 8% of the median. (37 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Renewable energy consumption in Singapore changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | +154.3% | 0.2% | 0.5% |
| 2001 | +83.3% | 0.3% | 0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.5% | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.5% | 0.3% | 0.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.7% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Singapore
More reference data data for Singapore
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.008 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0066 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0618 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.0618 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0269 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.0096 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0378 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.2664 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Burning - Crop residues 0 (1992)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.2567 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is renewable energy consumption in Singapore?
- Renewable energy consumption in Singapore was 0.7% 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 Singapore?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7% in 2015.
- What is the lowest renewable energy consumption recorded in Singapore?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2% in 1990.
- How does Singapore rank for renewable energy consumption?
- Singapore ranks 201st out of 226 countries with data for 2015.
- Is renewable energy consumption rising or falling in Singapore?
- Over the last ten years it is up 32.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Singapore 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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About this data
Renewable energy consumption(% in TFEC): Share of renewables energy in total final energy consumption