Electricity from Wind Power
WorldEconomicTotal annual production of electricity from wind power as a percentage of total electricity production, by country
U.S. Energy Information AdministrationGlobal distribution of electricity from wind power. Dark blue indicates the highest, 49 percent and 29 percent, in Denmark and Ireland. Light blue shows the lowest, 0 to 9 percent, in many countries across Africa, Asia, and South America.
Class | Rank | Percent of electricity generation | Atlantic Ocean Seaboard | Baja California | California | Churchill | Columbia and Northwestern United States | Fraser | Great Basin | Gulf Coast | Gulf of Mexico, North Atlantic Coast | Hudson Bay Coast | Mackenzie | Mexico, Northwest Coast | Mississippi - Missouri | North America, Colorado | Northwest Territories | Pacific and Arctic Coast | Río Grande - Bravo | Saskatchewan - Nelson | St John | St Lawrence | United States, North Atlantic Coast | |
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26.8% | 0.273% | 42.5% | 4.84% | 23.3% | 22.5% | 22.1% | 40.8% | 69.5% | 22.9% | 43.3% | 5.78% | 45.4% | 30.9% | 63.9% | 49.2% | 24.7% | 28.5% | 2.90% | 27.2% | 47.9% |