World Development Indicators data measures the proportion of non-fossil energy sources within total national energy supply. It is compiled by the World Bank's World Development Indicators team. The dataset tracks the share of clean energy, including hydropower, nuclear, geothermal, and solar power.
Use Cases
- Analyze trends in the 'Alternative and nuclear energy (% of total energy use)' metric over time for specific countries.
- Compare clean energy adoption rates between nations using the reported percentage share.
- Model the relationship between national clean energy share and other development indicators from the World Development Indicators collection.
- Benchmark a country's progress towards non-fossil energy targets against global averages using this percentage data.
Strengths
- Data originates from the authoritative World Development Indicators collection.
- Provides a standardized metric ('% of total energy use') for cross-country comparison.
Limitations
- Specific row count, column details, and temporal coverage are unknown.
- The definition of 'clean energy' may vary across sources or time, potentially affecting consistency.
Provenance
- Source
- World Development Indicators, World Bank
- Collection Method
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- Time Range
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- Freshness
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- Geography
- Global (country-level)