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 183rd of 224 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
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 |
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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 183rd out of 224 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.
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Renewable energy consumption(% in TFEC): Share of renewables energy in total final energy consumption