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Share of primary energy from renewable sources, 2019

Renewable energy sources includes hydropower, solar, wind, geothermal, bioenergy, wave and tidal. It does not include traditional biofuels, which can be a key energy
source especially in lower-income settings.

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World

Source: Our World in Data based on BP Statistical Review of World Energy (2020)

Note: Primary energy is calculated using the 'substitution method' which takes account of the inefficiencies energy production from fossil fuels.