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Brazil - Renewable Energy Adoption 46.5

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

Latest value

46.5 (2021)

Global rank

##53 of 212 economies

Share of global total

0.8%

Growth since 1990

0.93×

Ranking Race — Renewable Energy Adoption

1 = global #1 · higher value ranks higher

#1#13#25#37#49#6119901995200020052010201520202022#65#532016 overtook Kiribati2019 overtook Gambia
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Real annual global ranks, 1990 - 2022. Brazil climbed from #65 to #53 (overtook Kiribati). Gaps in a lane = missing data that year.

Key events for Brazil ↓

Key Events — Brazil

Auto-detected from rank data + curated milestones

1994
Real Plan curated

New currency ends hyperinflation and stabilises the economy.

2002
Emerging-market crisis curated

Currency and debt fears peak ahead of the 2002 election.

2015
Deep recession curated

GDP contracts for two consecutive years amid political turmoil.

2016
Overtook Kiribati in global rank auto
2019
Overtook Gambia in global rank auto
2020
COVID-19 recession curated

Pandemic and commodity shock hit output hard.

Renewable Energy Adoption, 1990-2021

World Bank WDI · % (share) of final energy consumption · linear scale · ranking in the race above
1990200020102020202141.344.247.150
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