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Japan - Renewable Energy Adoption 8.8

World Bank WDI · updated 2026-10-15 · 212 economies tracked

Latest value

8.8 (2021)

Global rank

##153 of 212 economies

Share of global total

0.1%

Growth since 1990

2.05×

Ranking Race — Renewable Energy Adoption

1 = global #1 · higher value ranks higher

#1#27#53#79#105#131#15719901995200020052010201520202022#132#1532019 overtook Netherlands2021 overtook Dominica
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Real annual global ranks, 1990 - 2022. Japan climbed from #132 to #153 (overtook Netherlands). Gaps in a lane = missing data that year.

Key events for Japan ↓

Key Events — Japan

Auto-detected from rank data + curated milestones

1991
Asset bubble bursts curated

Equity and land prices collapse, opening the lost decades.

2011
Earthquake, tsunami, nuclear crisis curated

Triple disaster disrupts supply chains and energy supply.

2019
Overtook Netherlands in global rank auto
2021
Overtook Dominica in global rank auto

Renewable Energy Adoption, 1990-2021

World Bank WDI · % (share) of final energy consumption · linear scale · ranking in the race above
199020002010202020213.35.136.978.8
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