OECD
High-income countries are already meeting electricity demand growth with clean power, which grew nearly twice as fast as demand from 2022 to 2025
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52% of the OECD’s electricity was generated from clean sources in 2025, above the global average of 43%.
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) includes most high-income economies. Its 38 member countries account for 36% of global electricity demand. While electricity mixes vary widely between OECD members, all have begun their transitions to clean power.
In particular, 22 members produced more than two-thirds of their electricity from clean sources in 2025, while fossil fuels provided 48% of electricity generation across the region from 59% in 2014.
Among OECD countries, Iceland and Costa Rica have the cleanest electricity mix, with 100% of power coming from renewables. Other OECD members such as Sweden, Norway, Switzerland, France and Denmark generate more than 90% of their electricity from renewables. The highest share of fossil fuels is in Israel (83%), followed by Mexico (74%) – both rely heavily on gas generation.
Nearly three-quarters of OECD economies are on track to phase out coal by 2030. Since 2023, coal generation in OECD countries has fallen below half of its peak. Many OECD countries – including the US, Canada, the UK, the Netherlands and Germany – are already aiming for net-zero power sectors by 2035.
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Coal generation in OECD countries falls below half of its peak
Almost all OECD countries are making good progress on phasing out coal power, replacing it predominantly with solar and wind
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