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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
197
Highest
100.0%
Albania
Lowest
0.0%
Trinidad and Tobago
Median
25.4%
Years covered
26
1990–2015
Data points
6,084

What the numbers show

Renewable electricity (% in total electricity output) is currently reported for 197 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Albania; the lowest is 0.0% in Trinidad and Tobago.

The median across all reporting countries is 25.4%, and the mean is 34.4%.

Over the past decade 100 countries rose and 66 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 LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
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
15 Liechtenstein 96.9% 2015 — volatile
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
83 Luxembourg 32.4% 2015 up 413.8% volatile
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
96 Ireland 28.0% 2015 up 282.6% volatile
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
120 Guadeloupe 14.4% 2015 up 50.6% 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
144 Malta 7.7% 2015 — volatile
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
150 Mayotte 5.3% 2015 — volatile
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
161 Martinique 2.7% 2015 up 16.9% 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 Kosovo 2.3% 2015 down 8.9% volatile
165 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 2.3% 2015 down 8.9% volatile
167 Solomon Islands 2.3% 2015 — volatile
168 South Africa 2.3% 2015 up 239.0% volatile
169 Niue 2.0% 2015 — volatile
170 South Korea 1.9% 2015 up 81.4% volatile
171 Israel 1.9% 2015 up 2,255.6% volatile
172 Puerto Rico 1.8% 2015 up 232.4% volatile
173 Singapore 1.8% 2015 up 45.6% rising
174 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 1.8% 2015 down 6.8% volatile
175 Micronesia (country) 1.6% 2015 up 497.2% volatile
176 British Virgin Islands 1.3% 2015 — volatile
177 Maldives 1.3% 2015 — volatile
178 Bangladesh 1.2% 2015 down 56.7% volatile
179 Jordan 1.0% 2015 up 43.7% rising
180 American Samoa 0.9% 2015 — volatile
181 Isle of Man 0.8% 2015 up 39.2% volatile
182 Belarus 0.8% 2015 up 582.5% volatile
183 Niger 0.8% 2015 down 13.7% volatile
184 South Sudan 0.6% 2015 — volatile
185 Eritrea 0.5% 2015 up 41.9% volatile
186 Nauru 0.4% 2015 — volatile
187 Algeria 0.3% 2015 down 80.3% volatile
188 Hong Kong 0.3% 2015 — volatile
189 Marshall Islands 0.2% 2015 — volatile
190 United Arab Emirates 0.2% 2015 — volatile
191 Brunei 0.0% 2015 — volatile
192 Botswana 0.0% 2015 — volatile
193 Saudi Arabia 0.0% 2015 — volatile
194 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0% 2015 — volatile
194 Guyana 0.0% 2015 — volatile
194 Turkmenistan 0.0% 2015 — volatile
194 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0% 2015 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Renewable electricity (% in total electricity output)
Unit
% in total electricity output
Source
World Bank and International Energy Agency (IEA Statistics © OECD/IEA, http://www.iea.org/stats/index.asp)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
234 places, 6,084 data points, 1990–2015
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Renewable electricity (% in total electricity output): Share of electrity generated by renewable power plants in total electricity generated by all types of plants