Renewable electricity (% in total electricity output) by country
Renewable electricity (% in total electricity output): Share of electrity generated by renewable power plants in total electricity generated by all types of plants
Countries reporting
223
Highest
100.0%
Albania
Lowest
0.0%
Wallis and Futuna
Median
15.9%
Years covered
26
1990–2015
Data points
6,032
What the numbers show
Renewable electricity (% in total electricity output) is currently reported for 223 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Albania; the lowest is 0.0% in Wallis and Futuna.
The median across all reporting countries is 15.9%, and the mean is 29.6%.
Over the past decade 96 countries rose and 64 fell. The largest increase was in Cyprus (up 38,330.3%), and the largest decrease in Trinidad and Tobago (down 100.0%).
Renewable electricity: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Albania | 100.0% | 2015 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 1 | Lesotho | 100.0% | 2015 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Nepal | 100.0% | 2015 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 4 | Paraguay | 100.0% | 2015 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 5 | Bhutan | 100.0% | 2015 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 6 | Iceland | 100.0% | 2015 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 7 | Ethiopia | 100.0% | 2015 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 8 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 99.8% | 2015 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 9 | Central African Republic | 99.4% | 2015 | up 18.7% | rising |
| 10 | Costa Rica | 99.0% | 2015 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 11 | Tajikistan | 98.5% | 2015 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 12 | Namibia | 97.8% | 2015 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 13 | Norway | 97.7% | 2015 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 14 | Zambia | 97.0% | 2015 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 16 | Uganda | 93.0% | 2015 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 17 | Malawi | 91.3% | 2015 | up 6.4% | flat |
| 18 | Uruguay | 88.6% | 2015 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 19 | Kenya | 87.5% | 2015 | up 22.1% | falling |
| 20 | Mozambique | 86.4% | 2015 | down 13.5% | rising |
| 21 | Laos | 86.4% | 2015 | down 13.6% | flat |
| 22 | Andorra | 86.1% | 2015 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 23 | Afghanistan | 86.1% | 2015 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 24 | Kyrgyzstan | 85.2% | 2015 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 25 | Burundi | 82.7% | 2015 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 26 | Greenland | 81.3% | 2015 | up 39.3% | rising |
| 27 | New Zealand | 80.1% | 2015 | up 24.7% | falling |
| 28 | Guinea | 78.8% | 2015 | up 26.1% | rising |
| 29 | Georgia | 78.0% | 2015 | down 9.1% | rising |
| 30 | Austria | 76.5% | 2015 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 31 | Cameroon | 76.1% | 2015 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 32 | Togo | 75.3% | 2015 | up 87.3% | rising |
| 33 | Brazil | 74.0% | 2015 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 34 | North Korea | 72.8% | 2015 | up 27.0% | rising |
| 35 | Colombia | 68.2% | 2015 | down 14.9% | flat |
| 36 | Croatia | 66.8% | 2015 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 37 | Denmark | 65.5% | 2015 | up 142.0% | volatile |
| 38 | Panama | 65.3% | 2015 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 39 | Sudan | 64.5% | 2015 | up 95.8% | rising |
| 40 | Venezuela | 63.7% | 2015 | down 13.1% | flat |
| 41 | Sweden | 63.3% | 2015 | up 23.3% | rising |
| 42 | Canada | 63.0% | 2015 | up 5.0% | flat |
| 43 | Switzerland | 62.2% | 2015 | up 11.3% | flat |
| 44 | Sierra Leone | 61.0% | 2015 | up 171.1% | volatile |
| 45 | Guatemala | 60.4% | 2015 | up 27.2% | falling |
| 46 | Faroe Islands | 60.1% | 2015 | up 35.0% | rising |
| 47 | Suriname | 60.1% | 2015 | up 14.0% | volatile |
| 48 | French Guiana | 59.2% | 2015 | up 0.0% | volatile |
| 49 | Myanmar | 58.9% | 2015 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 50 | Equatorial Guinea | 57.8% | 2015 | up 135.8% | volatile |
| 51 | El Salvador | 57.8% | 2015 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 52 | Rwanda | 56.9% | 2015 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 53 | Madagascar | 54.6% | 2015 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 54 | Congo | 53.3% | 2015 | down 34.9% | falling |
| 55 | Angola | 53.2% | 2015 | down 33.2% | falling |
| 56 | Ecuador | 52.8% | 2015 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 57 | Peru | 52.7% | 2015 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 58 | Zimbabwe | 52.7% | 2015 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 59 | Ghana | 50.9% | 2015 | down 38.6% | falling |
| 60 | Latvia | 50.2% | 2015 | down 27.9% | falling |
| 61 | Nicaragua | 50.1% | 2015 | up 44.6% | falling |
| 62 | Montenegro | 49.7% | 2015 | down 23.8% | volatile |
| 63 | Sri Lanka | 48.5% | 2015 | up 30.2% | falling |
| 64 | Portugal | 47.5% | 2015 | up 165.8% | rising |
| 65 | Eswatini | 46.6% | 2015 | up 19.1% | flat |
| 66 | Cambodia | 46.4% | 2015 | up 658.4% | volatile |
| 67 | Belize | 45.2% | 2015 | up 2.5% | volatile |
| 68 | Fiji | 45.0% | 2015 | up 9.4% | falling |
| 69 | Finland | 44.5% | 2015 | up 33.8% | rising |
| 70 | Gabon | 43.7% | 2015 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 71 | Chile | 43.6% | 2015 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 72 | Mali | 43.5% | 2015 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 73 | Honduras | 42.3% | 2015 | up 28.3% | falling |
| 74 | Romania | 39.7% | 2015 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 75 | Lithuania | 39.4% | 2015 | up 1,134.9% | volatile |
| 76 | Italy | 38.7% | 2015 | up 137.0% | rising |
| 77 | Vietnam | 36.7% | 2015 | up 16.0% | falling |
| 78 | North Macedonia | 35.9% | 2015 | up 67.2% | rising |
| 79 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 35.5% | 2015 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 80 | Spain | 34.9% | 2015 | up 139.4% | rising |
| 81 | Papua New Guinea | 34.5% | 2015 | up 19.6% | falling |
| 82 | Tanzania | 34.2% | 2015 | down 31.7% | falling |
| 84 | Falkland Islands | 32.2% | 2015 | up 2,072.8% | volatile |
| 85 | French Polynesia | 32.0% | 2015 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 86 | Turkey | 32.0% | 2015 | up 30.2% | falling |
| 87 | Pakistan | 31.4% | 2015 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 88 | Bolivia | 31.4% | 2015 | down 23.9% | falling |
| 89 | Samoa | 30.4% | 2015 | down 34.2% | falling |
| 90 | Slovenia | 29.4% | 2015 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 91 | Germany | 29.2% | 2015 | up 188.0% | volatile |
| 92 | Greece | 28.7% | 2015 | up 165.8% | volatile |
| 93 | Armenia | 28.3% | 2015 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 94 | Tuvalu | 28.2% | 2015 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Argentina | 28.1% | 2015 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 97 | Serbia | 26.9% | 2015 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 98 | Reunion | 26.2% | 2015 | up 16.3% | falling |
| 99 | Philippines | 25.4% | 2015 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 100 | United Kingdom | 24.8% | 2015 | up 479.9% | volatile |
| 101 | China | 23.9% | 2015 | up 47.9% | rising |
| 102 | Mauritius | 22.7% | 2015 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 103 | Slovakia | 22.7% | 2015 | up 52.1% | rising |
| 104 | Saint Helena | 22.5% | 2015 | — | volatile |
| 105 | Vanuatu | 21.3% | 2015 | up 607.8% | volatile |
| 106 | Belgium | 20.8% | 2015 | up 746.5% | volatile |
| 107 | Uzbekistan | 20.7% | 2015 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 108 | Cape Verde | 20.2% | 2015 | up 642.7% | volatile |
| 109 | Nigeria | 18.2% | 2015 | down 44.9% | falling |
| 110 | Bulgaria | 18.0% | 2015 | up 82.2% | rising |
| 111 | Cote d'Ivoire | 16.7% | 2015 | down 38.6% | falling |
| 112 | Dominica | 16.2% | 2015 | down 31.2% | falling |
| 113 | Japan | 16.0% | 2015 | up 90.1% | rising |
| 114 | France | 15.9% | 2015 | up 60.8% | flat |
| 115 | Russia | 15.9% | 2015 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 116 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 15.7% | 2015 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 117 | Mexico | 15.4% | 2015 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 118 | India | 15.3% | 2015 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 119 | Aruba | 14.9% | 2015 | — | volatile |
| 121 | Estonia | 14.4% | 2015 | up 1,225.6% | volatile |
| 122 | Morocco | 14.3% | 2015 | up 132.9% | rising |
| 123 | New Caledonia | 14.1% | 2015 | down 25.7% | falling |
| 124 | Poland | 13.8% | 2015 | up 457.4% | volatile |
| 125 | Australia | 13.6% | 2015 | up 54.9% | rising |
| 126 | Mauritania | 13.4% | 2015 | — | volatile |
| 127 | United States | 13.2% | 2015 | up 54.2% | rising |
| 128 | Netherlands | 12.4% | 2015 | up 67.0% | volatile |
| 129 | Dominican Republic | 11.6% | 2015 | down 34.6% | rising |
| 130 | Czechia | 11.4% | 2015 | up 198.3% | volatile |
| 131 | Indonesia | 10.7% | 2015 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 132 | Hungary | 10.6% | 2015 | up 102.3% | volatile |
| 133 | Sao Tome and Principe | 10.5% | 2015 | up 3.2% | volatile |
| 134 | Senegal | 10.4% | 2015 | down 17.7% | volatile |
| 135 | Jamaica | 10.3% | 2015 | up 178.0% | rising |
| 136 | Malaysia | 10.0% | 2015 | up 58.5% | falling |
| 137 | Burkina Faso | 9.4% | 2015 | down 51.9% | falling |
| 138 | Kazakhstan | 8.9% | 2015 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 139 | Cyprus | 8.8% | 2015 | up 38,330.3% | volatile |
| 140 | Thailand | 8.5% | 2015 | up 54.0% | falling |
| 141 | Egypt | 8.3% | 2015 | down 32.0% | falling |
| 142 | Cook Islands | 8.2% | 2015 | — | volatile |
| 143 | Haiti | 8.0% | 2015 | down 83.2% | falling |
| 145 | Kiribati | 7.3% | 2015 | — | volatile |
| 146 | Azerbaijan | 7.0% | 2015 | down 46.5% | rising |
| 147 | Tonga | 5.9% | 2015 | — | volatile |
| 148 | Benin | 5.6% | 2015 | up 494.4% | volatile |
| 149 | Moldova | 5.4% | 2015 | down 14.7% | rising |
| 151 | Iran | 5.1% | 2015 | down 43.8% | falling |
| 152 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 4.6% | 2015 | — | volatile |
| 153 | Ukraine | 4.4% | 2015 | down 34.3% | rising |
| 154 | Cuba | 3.9% | 2015 | up 24.1% | falling |
| 155 | United States Virgin Islands | 3.9% | 2015 | — | volatile |
| 156 | Iraq | 3.7% | 2015 | down 81.1% | volatile |
| 157 | Curacao | 3.7% | 2015 | up 44.8% | volatile |
| 158 | Taiwan | 3.5% | 2015 | up 33.3% | falling |
| 159 | Mongolia | 3.1% | 2015 | — | volatile |
| 160 | Tunisia | 2.8% | 2015 | up 92.0% | volatile |
| 162 | Lebanon | 2.6% | 2015 | down 69.3% | volatile |
| 163 | Seychelles | 2.4% | 2015 | — | volatile |
| 164 | Syria | 2.3% | 2015 | down 81.3% | falling |
| 165 | Solomon Islands | 2.3% | 2015 | — | volatile |
| 166 | South Africa | 2.3% | 2015 | up 239.0% | volatile |
| 167 | Niue | 2.0% | 2015 | — | volatile |
| 168 | South Korea | 1.9% | 2015 | up 81.4% | volatile |
| 169 | Israel | 1.9% | 2015 | up 2,255.6% | volatile |
| 170 | Puerto Rico | 1.8% | 2015 | up 232.4% | volatile |
| 171 | Singapore | 1.8% | 2015 | up 45.6% | rising |
| 172 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 1.8% | 2015 | down 6.8% | volatile |
| 173 | Micronesia (country) | 1.6% | 2015 | up 497.2% | volatile |
| 174 | British Virgin Islands | 1.3% | 2015 | — | volatile |
| 175 | Maldives | 1.3% | 2015 | — | volatile |
| 176 | Bangladesh | 1.2% | 2015 | down 56.7% | volatile |
| 177 | Jordan | 1.0% | 2015 | up 43.7% | rising |
| 178 | American Samoa | 0.9% | 2015 | — | volatile |
| 179 | Isle of Man | 0.8% | 2015 | up 39.2% | volatile |
| 180 | Belarus | 0.8% | 2015 | up 582.5% | volatile |
| 181 | Niger | 0.8% | 2015 | down 13.7% | volatile |
| 182 | South Sudan | 0.6% | 2015 | — | volatile |
| 183 | Eritrea | 0.5% | 2015 | up 41.9% | volatile |
| 184 | Nauru | 0.4% | 2015 | — | volatile |
| 185 | Algeria | 0.3% | 2015 | down 80.3% | volatile |
| 186 | Hong Kong | 0.3% | 2015 | — | volatile |
| 187 | Marshall Islands | 0.2% | 2015 | — | volatile |
| 188 | United Arab Emirates | 0.2% | 2015 | — | volatile |
| 189 | Brunei | 0.0% | 2015 | — | volatile |
| 190 | Botswana | 0.0% | 2015 | — | volatile |
| 191 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0% | 2015 | — | volatile |
| 192 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0% | 2015 | — | volatile |
| 192 | Bahrain | 0.0% | 2015 | — | flat |
| 192 | Bahamas | 0.0% | 2015 | — | flat |
| 192 | Bermuda | 0.0% | 2015 | — | flat |
| 192 | Barbados | 0.0% | 2015 | — | flat |
| 192 | Comoros | 0.0% | 2015 | — | flat |
| 192 | Cayman Islands | 0.0% | 2015 | — | flat |
| 192 | Djibouti | 0.0% | 2015 | — | flat |
| 192 | Gibraltar | 0.0% | 2015 | — | flat |
| 192 | Gambia | 0.0% | 2015 | — | flat |
| 192 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0% | 2015 | — | flat |
| 192 | Grenada | 0.0% | 2015 | — | flat |
| 192 | Guam | 0.0% | 2015 | — | flat |
| 192 | Guyana | 0.0% | 2015 | — | volatile |
| 192 | Kuwait | 0.0% | 2015 | — | flat |
| 192 | Liberia | 0.0% | 2015 | — | flat |
| 192 | Libya | 0.0% | 2015 | — | flat |
| 192 | Saint Lucia | 0.0% | 2015 | — | flat |
| 192 | Macao | 0.0% | 2015 | — | flat |
| 192 | Saint Martin (French part) | 0.0% | 2015 | — | flat |
| 192 | Monaco | 0.0% | 2015 | — | flat |
| 192 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0.0% | 2015 | — | flat |
| 192 | Oman | 0.0% | 2015 | — | flat |
| 192 | Palau | 0.0% | 2015 | — | flat |
| 192 | Palestine | 0.0% | 2015 | — | flat |
| 192 | Qatar | 0.0% | 2015 | — | flat |
| 192 | San Marino | 0.0% | 2015 | — | flat |
| 192 | Somalia | 0.0% | 2015 | — | flat |
| 192 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 0.0% | 2015 | — | flat |
| 192 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.0% | 2015 | — | flat |
| 192 | Chad | 0.0% | 2015 | — | flat |
| 192 | Turkmenistan | 0.0% | 2015 | — | volatile |
| 192 | East Timor | 0.0% | 2015 | — | flat |
| 192 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0% | 2015 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 192 | Yemen | 0.0% | 2015 | — | flat |
| 192 | Western Sahara | 0.0% | 2015 | — | flat |
| 192 | Anguilla | 0.0% | 2015 | — | flat |
| 192 | Montserrat | 0.0% | 2015 | — | flat |
| 192 | Wallis and Futuna | 0.0% | 2015 | — | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Kosovo 2.3%
- Channel Islands 0.0%
About this data
Renewable electricity (% in total electricity output): Share of electrity generated by renewable power plants in total electricity generated by all types of plants