Renewable energy consumption in Taiwan
Taiwan: Renewable energy consumption was 2.1% in 2015. ▲ Rising
Renewable energy consumption in Taiwan, 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
Taiwan recorded 2.1% for renewable energy consumption in 2015.
That represents a change of up 3.5% on the previous year and up 70.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, renewable energy consumption in Taiwan peaked at 2.3% in 2012 and was at its lowest, 1.0%, in 2002.
Taiwan ranks 185th of 226 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Renewable energy consumption in Taiwan, year by year
| Year | % in TFEC | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 1.9% | — |
| 1991 | 1.2% | -40.3% |
| 1992 | 1.8% | +56.5% |
| 1993 | 1.2% | -36.6% |
| 1994 | 1.3% | +16.2% |
| 1995 | 1.3% | -6.1% |
| 1996 | 1.2% | -5.1% |
| 1997 | 1.5% | +23.0% |
| 1998 | 1.6% | +10.2% |
| 1999 | 1.4% | -14.8% |
| 2000 | 1.3% | -6.1% |
| 2001 | 1.4% | +8.8% |
| 2002 | 1.0% | -31.9% |
| 2003 | 1.0% | +9.4% |
| 2004 | 1.1% | +5.8% |
| 2005 | 1.2% | +11.9% |
| 2006 | 1.3% | +5.2% |
| 2007 | 1.5% | +12.8% |
| 2008 | 1.5% | +2.1% |
| 2009 | 1.5% | -0.9% |
| 2010 | 1.6% | +4.1% |
| 2011 | 1.9% | +21.6% |
| 2012 | 2.3% | +19.7% |
| 2013 | 2.2% | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 2.0% | -9.0% |
| 2015 | 2.1% | +3.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.4% | 1.2% | 1.9% | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.3% | 1.0% | 1.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.0% | 1.6% | 2.3% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Taiwan
- 182 Azerbaijan 2.3% compare
- 183 Yemen 2.3% compare
- 184 Saint Lucia 2.1% compare
- 186 Libya 2.0% compare
- 187 Tonga 1.9% compare
- 188 Puerto Rico 1.8% compare
More reference data data for Taiwan
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture 2,323 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - IPCC Agriculture 111.86 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - Manure Management 46.04 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 1.84 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 1.51 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0594 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.4506 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 7.6 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Manure left on 360.08 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Agricultural 2,013 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is renewable energy consumption in Taiwan?
- Renewable energy consumption in Taiwan was 2.1% 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 Taiwan?
- The highest recorded value was 2.3% in 2012.
- What is the lowest renewable energy consumption recorded in Taiwan?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.0% in 2002.
- How does Taiwan rank for renewable energy consumption?
- Taiwan ranks 185th out of 226 countries with data for 2015.
- Is renewable energy consumption rising or falling in Taiwan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 70.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Taiwan 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 26 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
About this data
Renewable energy consumption(% in TFEC): Share of renewables energy in total final energy consumption