Renewable electricity generating capacity per capita

he dataset provides time-series information on renewable electricity-generating capacity normalized per capita for various countries and regions. Each record corresponds to a country or geographic entity and a specific year, with the associated installed renewable electricity capacity measured in watts per capita. The renewable capacity includes all renewable energy technologies such as solar, wind, hydro, geothermal, and other renewable sources. The dataset is useful for analyzing renewable energy infrastructure growth and comparing renewable energy adoption across countries relative to population size.

Data Quality

The dataset is consistently structured with standardized columns for entity name, country code, year, and renewable capacity per capita. Numeric values are well formatted for analysis. Some entries in the country code column are missing for regional or aggregated entities, but the main numerical values appear complete and consistent for most records.

Use Cases

Renewable energy adoption analysis, sustainability policy evaluation, cross-country renewable infrastructure comparison, academic research on energy transition, energy capacity benchmarking relative to population, and trend analysis of renewable energy development.

Limitations

The dataset only provides renewable capacity per capita and does not include total installed capacity, energy production levels, or breakdowns by renewable technology type. Missing country codes for some entities may limit integration with other datasets.

Methodology

The data is likely compiled from international development and energy databases tracking Sustainable Development Goal indicators, specifically SDG indicator 7.b.1. Renewable electricity generating capacity is aggregated and normalized by population to produce watts per capita values for each country and year.