9.2%
2025 (latest)
RENEWABLE SHARE OF ENERGY
percent of total US energy consumption · 1949–2025 · higher is better · EIA Monthly Energy Review, Tables 1.1 and 10.1
6.1%
1949
9.2%
high · 2024
3.4%
low · 1973
+3.1 pts
since 1949
┊ dashed lines mark 1979 Oil shock & inflation peak · 1987 Black Monday crash · 1991 Gulf War recession · 2001 Dot-com bust & 9/11 · 2008 Global financial crisis · 2020 COVID-19 pandemic
Method & caveats. Total renewable energy consumption divided by total primary energy consumption, both as published by EIA. Covers all energy use, not electricity alone, so it sits below the widely-quoted renewable share of the power grid. Includes hydro, wind, solar, biomass, and geothermal.
Sources
Every value on this page is read from the publisher below. Current and historical source documents:
- https://www.eia.gov/totalenergy/data/monthly/#renewable
- https://github.com/danielmiessler/substrate/tree/main/Data/US-Long-Run-Indicators
Data
| Year | Renewable Share of Energy | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9.2% | +0.0 pts |
| 2024 | 9.2% | +0.3 pts |
| 2023 | 8.9% | +0.2 pts |
| 2022 | 8.7% | +0.5 pts |
| 2021 | 8.2% | +0.0 pts |
| 2020 | 8.2% | +0.3 pts |
| 2019 | 7.9% | +0.2 pts |
| 2018 | 7.7% | −0.2 pts |
| 2017 | 7.9% | +0.3 pts |
| 2016 | 7.6% | +0.4 pts |
| 2015 | 7.2% | +0.1 pts |
| 2014 | 7.1% | +0.1 pts |
| 2013 | 7.0% | +0.3 pts |
| 2012 | 6.7% | +0.0 pts |
| 2011 | 6.7% | +0.5 pts |
| 2010 | 6.2% | +0.4 pts |
| 2009 | 5.8% | +0.6 pts |
| 2008 | 5.2% | +0.6 pts |
| 2007 | 4.6% | +0.0 pts |
| 2006 | 4.6% | +0.3 pts |
| 2005 | 4.3% | +0.1 pts |
| 2004 | 4.2% | +0.1 pts |
| 2003 | 4.1% | +0.2 pts |
| 2002 | 3.9% | +0.2 pts |
| 2001 | 3.7% | −0.5 pts |
| 2000 | 4.2% | −0.3 pts |
| 1999 | 4.5% | +0.0 pts |
| 1998 | 4.5% | −0.4 pts |
| 1997 | 4.9% | +0.0 pts |
| 1996 | 4.9% | +0.1 pts |
| 1995 | 4.8% | +0.1 pts |
| 1994 | 4.7% | +0.0 pts |
| 1993 | 4.7% | +0.0 pts |
| 1992 | 4.7% | +0.0 pts |
| 1991 | 4.7% | +0.0 pts |
| 1990 | 4.7% | −0.4 pts |
| 1989 | 5.1% | +0.4 pts |
| 1988 | 4.7% | −0.2 pts |
| 1987 | 4.9% | −0.4 pts |
| 1986 | 5.3% | −0.1 pts |
| 1985 | 5.4% | −0.1 pts |
| 1984 | 5.5% | −0.3 pts |
| 1983 | 5.8% | +0.5 pts |
| 1982 | 5.3% | +0.6 pts |
| 1981 | 4.7% | +0.2 pts |
| 1980 | 4.5% | +0.5 pts |
| 1979 | 4.0% | +0.1 pts |
| 1978 | 3.9% | +0.5 pts |
| 1977 | 3.4% | −0.3 pts |
| 1976 | 3.7% | +0.1 pts |
| 1975 | 3.6% | +0.0 pts |
| 1974 | 3.6% | +0.2 pts |
| 1973 | 3.4% | −0.1 pts |
| 1972 | 3.5% | +0.0 pts |
| 1971 | 3.5% | +0.0 pts |
| 1970 | 3.5% | −0.1 pts |
| 1969 | 3.6% | +0.0 pts |
| 1968 | 3.6% | −0.1 pts |
| 1967 | 3.7% | +0.0 pts |
| 1966 | 3.7% | −0.1 pts |
| 1965 | 3.8% | −0.1 pts |
| 1964 | 3.9% | +0.0 pts |
| 1963 | 3.9% | −0.2 pts |
| 1962 | 4.1% | +0.0 pts |
| 1961 | 4.1% | −0.1 pts |
| 1960 | 4.2% | −0.1 pts |
| 1959 | 4.3% | −0.2 pts |
| 1958 | 4.5% | +0.1 pts |
| 1957 | 4.4% | −0.1 pts |
| 1956 | 4.5% | −0.1 pts |
| 1955 | 4.6% | −0.4 pts |
| 1954 | 5.0% | +0.1 pts |
| 1953 | 4.9% | −0.3 pts |
| 1952 | 5.2% | −0.1 pts |
| 1951 | 5.3% | −0.4 pts |
| 1950 | 5.7% | −0.4 pts |
| 1949 | 6.1% | — |
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