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Electricity from Wind Power
WorldEconomicTotal annual production of electricity from wind power as a percentage of total electricity production, by country
Global distribution of electricity from wind power. Dark blue indicates the highest, 49 percent and 29 percent, in Denmark and Ireland. Light blue shows the lowest, 0 to 9 percent, in many countries across Africa, Asia, and South America.
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Class | Rank | Percent of electricity generation | Class | Rank | Percent of world consumption | Class | Rank | Millions of U.S. dollars | Arctic Cordillera | Tundra | Taiga | Hudson Plain | Boreal forests | Northwestern forested mountains | Eastern temperate forests | Great Plains | Deserts and steppes | Mediterranean California | Southern semi-arid highlands | Temperate sierras | Tropical dry forests | Tropical wet forests | |
| 1.08% | 3.57% | 4.43% | 2.73% | 12.4% | 5.44% | 22.2% | 10.2% | 1.91% | 1.48% | 4.09% | 2.82% | 1.51% | 11.2% | ||||||||||
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