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United States - Renewable Energy Adoption 10.9

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

Latest value

10.9 (2021)

Global rank

#n/a of 212 economies

Share of global total

0.2%

Growth since 1990

2.6×

Ranking Race — Renewable Energy Adoption

1 = global #1 · higher value ranks higher

#1#26#51#76#101#126#15119901995200020052010201520202022#134#1432018 overtook Belgium2019 overtook United Kingdom
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Real annual global ranks, 1990 - 2022. United States climbed from #134 to #143 (overtook Belgium). Gaps in a lane = missing data that year.

Key events for United States ↓

Key Events — United States

Auto-detected from rank data + curated milestones

2008
Global financial crisis curated

Lehman Brothers collapse sets off the worst recession since the 1930s.

2018
Overtook Belgium in global rank auto
2019
Overtook United Kingdom in global rank auto
2020
COVID-19 recession curated

Sharpest quarterly GDP contraction on record as the pandemic hits.

Renewable Energy Adoption, 1990-2021

World Bank WDI · % (share) of final energy consumption · linear scale · ranking in the race above
199020002010202020214.16.48.711
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