Data on renewable energy consumption are available through national Energy
Balances produced by the International Energy Agency and the United Nations
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Statistics Division (UNSD) for more than 180 countries. The energy balances
make it possible to trace all the different sources and uses of energy at the
national level.
Some technical assistance may be needed to improve these statistics, particularly
in the case of renewable energy sources. Specialized industry surveys (e.g. on
bioenergy use) or household surveys (in combination with the measurement of
other indicators) would be feasible approaches to filling in data gaps (e.g. for use
of firewood, off-grid solar energy).