The worldwide total cumulative installed electricity generation capacity from wind power has increased rapidly since the start of the third millennium, and as of the end of 2022, it amounts to almost 900 GW. Since 2010, more than half of all new wind power was added outside the traditional markets of Europe and North America, mainly driven by the continuing boom in China and India. China alone had over 40% of the world's capacity by 2022.[3]
Wind power is used on a commercial basis in more than half of all the countries of the world.[4] Denmark produced 55% of its electricity from wind in 2022, a larger share than any other country. Latvia's wind capacity grew by 75%, the largest percent increase in 2022.[3]
In November 2018, wind power generation in Scotland was higher than the country's electricity consumption during the month.[5] Wind power's share of worldwide electricity usage in 2022 was 7.3%, up from 8.9% from the prior year.[3] In Europe, wind was 11.2% of generation in 2022.[3] In 2018, upcoming wind power markets rose from 8% to 10% across the Middle East, Latin America, South East Asia, and Africa.[6]
Generation by country
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Number of countries with wind capacities in the gigawatt-scale
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Growing number of wind gigawatt-markets
Over 1 GW
2021
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2006
2005
2004
1999
1997
1995
1986
Over 10 GW
2021
2018
2016
2015
2013
2009
2008
2006
2002
Over 100 GW
2019
2014
The following table lists these data for each country:
Data are sourced from Ember and refer to the year 2022 unless otherwise specified.[3] The table only includes countries with more than 0.1 TWh of generation.