Renewable energy consumption(% in TFEC) by country

Renewable energy consumption(% in TFEC): Share of renewables energy in total final energy consumption

Countries reporting
217
Highest
95.8%
Democratic Republic of Congo
Lowest
0.0%
Wallis and Futuna
Median
17.7%
Years covered
26
1990–2015
Data points
5,737

What the numbers show

Renewable energy consumption(% in TFEC) is currently reported for 217 countries. The highest value is 95.8% in Democratic Republic of Congo; the lowest is 0.0% in Wallis and Futuna.

The median across all reporting countries is 17.7%, and the mean is 28.3%.

Over the past decade 86 countries rose and 112 fell. The largest increase was in Aruba (up 3,504.9%), and the largest decrease in Saint Kitts and Nevis (down 93.6%).

Renewable energy consumption: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Democratic Republic of Congo 95.8% 2015 down 1.6% flat
2 Burundi 95.7% 2015 down 1.7% flat
3 Somalia 94.3% 2015 up 1.1% rising
4 Ethiopia 92.2% 2015 down 3.1% flat
5 Chad 89.4% 2015 down 2.6% falling
6 Uganda 89.1% 2015 down 4.0% falling
7 Zambia 88.0% 2015 down 1.1% rising
8 Bhutan 86.9% 2015 down 5.2% falling
9 Guinea-Bissau 86.9% 2015 down 1.9% flat
10 Rwanda 86.7% 2015 down 2.9% rising
11 Nigeria 86.6% 2015 up 3.0% flat
12 Mozambique 86.4% 2015 down 7.7% flat
13 Tanzania 85.7% 2015 down 5.8% falling
14 Nepal 85.3% 2015 down 4.8% falling
15 Liberia 83.8% 2015 down 5.0% flat
16 Malawi 83.6% 2015 down 0.2% flat
17 Gabon 82.0% 2015 down 3.8% rising
18 Zimbabwe 81.8% 2015 up 2.1% rising
19 Eritrea 79.8% 2015 up 6.6% flat
20 Niger 78.9% 2015 down 9.9% falling
21 Sierra Leone 77.7% 2015 down 11.0% falling
22 Iceland 77.0% 2015 up 23.3% rising
23 Central African Republic 76.6% 2015 down 10.6% falling
24 Cameroon 76.5% 2015 down 11.2% falling
25 Guinea 76.3% 2015 down 6.5% falling
26 Haiti 76.1% 2015 down 1.1% falling
27 Burkina Faso 74.2% 2015 down 14.3% falling
28 Kenya 72.7% 2015 down 10.5% flat
29 Togo 71.3% 2015 down 7.7% falling
30 Madagascar 70.2% 2015 down 12.8% falling
31 Eswatini 66.1% 2015 up 33.1% falling
32 Cambodia 64.9% 2015 down 14.7% falling
33 Cote d'Ivoire 64.5% 2015 down 17.3% flat
34 Guatemala 63.7% 2015 up 11.0% falling
35 Solomon Islands 63.3% 2015 down 5.6% rising
37 Congo 62.4% 2015 down 1.7% falling
38 Paraguay 61.7% 2015 down 10.4% falling
39 Sudan 61.6% 2015 down 15.0% falling
40 Myanmar 61.5% 2015 down 22.7% falling
41 Mali 61.5% 2015 down 28.3% falling
42 Laos 59.3% 2015 down 23.2% falling
43 Uruguay 58.0% 2015 up 45.4% rising
44 Norway 57.8% 2015 down 1.4% falling
45 Sweden 53.2% 2015 up 33.1% rising
46 Sri Lanka 52.9% 2015 down 12.0% falling
47 Papua New Guinea 52.5% 2015 down 10.4% falling
48 Lesotho 52.1% 2015 down 5.7% flat
49 Honduras 51.5% 2015 up 3.5% falling
50 Gambia 51.5% 2015 down 14.2% falling
51 Benin 50.9% 2015 down 14.1% falling
52 Angola 49.6% 2015 down 30.1% falling
53 Nicaragua 48.2% 2015 down 10.6% falling
54 Pakistan 46.5% 2015 down 2.2% falling
55 Comoros 45.3% 2015 up 2.4% falling
56 Tajikistan 44.7% 2015 down 29.9% rising
57 Brazil 43.8% 2015 down 5.5% falling
58 Finland 43.2% 2015 up 37.2% rising
59 Montenegro 43.0% 2015 down 9.7% flat
60 Senegal 42.7% 2015 up 3.6% falling
61 Ghana 41.4% 2015 down 32.6% falling
62 Sao Tome and Principe 41.1% 2015 down 14.4% falling
63 Bosnia and Herzegovina 40.8% 2015 up 106.5% rising
64 Costa Rica 38.7% 2015 down 7.9% rising
65 Albania 38.6% 2015 up 4.7% falling
66 Latvia 38.1% 2015 up 5.0% rising
67 Indonesia 36.9% 2015 down 11.0% falling
68 Vanuatu 36.1% 2015 down 43.8% rising
69 India 36.0% 2015 down 25.8% falling
70 Belize 35.0% 2015 up 12.9% falling
71 Vietnam 35.0% 2015 down 21.1% falling
72 Bangladesh 34.7% 2015 down 31.6% falling
73 Austria 34.4% 2015 up 42.3% rising
74 Samoa 34.3% 2015 down 23.9% falling
75 Denmark 33.2% 2015 up 105.7% volatile
76 Croatia 33.1% 2015 up 23.4% flat
77 French Guiana 32.4% 2015 up 13.8% rising
78 Mauritania 32.2% 2015 down 17.0% falling
79 Fiji 31.3% 2015 down 28.3% falling
80 New Zealand 30.8% 2015 up 5.2% rising
81 Lithuania 29.0% 2015 up 65.4% rising
82 Botswana 28.9% 2015 down 6.1% falling
83 Georgia 28.7% 2015 down 30.9% rising
84 Estonia 27.5% 2015 up 45.7% rising
85 Philippines 27.5% 2015 down 12.7% falling
86 Portugal 27.2% 2015 up 50.3% rising
87 Cape Verde 26.6% 2015 down 0.1% falling
88 Namibia 26.5% 2015 down 17.4% falling
89 Peru 25.5% 2015 down 22.1% falling
90 Switzerland 25.3% 2015 up 31.0% rising
91 Guyana 25.3% 2015 down 41.8% falling
92 Suriname 24.9% 2015 up 12.6% falling
93 Chile 24.9% 2015 down 22.9% falling
94 El Salvador 24.4% 2015 down 48.3% falling
95 North Macedonia 24.2% 2015 up 27.8% rising
96 Romania 23.7% 2015 up 28.0% rising
97 Colombia 23.6% 2015 down 18.0% falling
98 Kyrgyzstan 23.3% 2015 down 16.9% rising
99 North Korea 23.1% 2015 up 150.6% rising
100 Thailand 22.9% 2015 up 12.9% falling
101 Niue 22.4% 2015 up 2,594.2% volatile
102 Canada 22.0% 2015 down 1.0% flat
103 Panama 21.2% 2015 down 21.5% falling
104 Serbia 21.2% 2015 up 29.3% flat
105 Slovenia 20.9% 2015 up 43.3% rising
106 Andorra 19.7% 2015 up 16.8% rising
107 Cuba 19.3% 2015 down 26.7% falling
108 Afghanistan 18.4% 2015 down 54.9% falling
109 East Timor 18.2% 2015 down 58.2% falling
110 Bulgaria 17.7% 2015 up 78.4% volatile
111 Bolivia 17.5% 2015 down 25.3% falling
112 Reunion 17.5% 2015 up 104.0% falling
113 Greece 17.2% 2015 up 122.3% rising
114 South Africa 17.2% 2015 up 5.6% falling
115 Jamaica 16.8% 2015 up 48.1% rising
116 Italy 16.5% 2015 up 146.4% volatile
117 Dominican Republic 16.5% 2015 down 14.8% falling
118 Spain 16.3% 2015 up 123.0% rising
119 Armenia 15.8% 2015 up 143.3% rising
120 Hungary 15.6% 2015 up 233.6% volatile
121 Greenland 15.5% 2015 up 133.9% rising
122 Djibouti 15.4% 2015 down 53.5% rising
123 Czechia 14.8% 2015 up 97.4% rising
124 Moldova 14.3% 2015 up 231.0% volatile
125 Germany 14.2% 2015 up 110.0% volatile
126 Ecuador 13.8% 2015 up 13.6% falling
127 France 13.5% 2015 up 57.0% rising
128 Slovakia 13.4% 2015 up 112.6% rising
129 Turkey 13.4% 2015 down 12.6% falling
130 Venezuela 12.8% 2015 down 4.9% flat
131 Saint Helena 12.6% 2015 up 54.7% falling
132 Tunisia 12.6% 2015 down 11.4% falling
133 China 12.4% 2015 down 31.8% falling
134 Poland 11.9% 2015 up 65.1% rising
135 Mauritius 11.5% 2015 down 35.0% falling
136 Morocco 11.3% 2015 down 45.2% falling
137 Marshall Islands 11.2% 2015 down 39.2% falling
138 Grenada 10.9% 2015 up 3.6% rising
139 Palestine 10.5% 2015 down 54.0% falling
141 Argentina 10.0% 2015 up 12.1% falling
142 Cyprus 9.9% 2015 up 195.5% volatile
143 French Polynesia 9.8% 2015 up 20.6% rising
144 Mexico 9.2% 2015 down 10.6% falling
145 Belgium 9.2% 2015 up 273.0% volatile
146 Australia 9.2% 2015 up 36.8% flat
149 United States 8.7% 2015 up 49.2% rising
150 United Kingdom 8.7% 2015 up 544.2% volatile
151 Dominica 7.8% 2015 down 18.4% falling
152 Equatorial Guinea 7.8% 2015 down 0.5% volatile
153 Faroe Islands 7.5% 2015 up 95.7% rising
154 Macao 7.1% 2015 down 69.7% volatile
155 Belarus 6.8% 2015 up 10.0% rising
156 Aruba 6.7% 2015 up 3,504.9% volatile
157 Japan 6.3% 2015 up 72.3% rising
158 Netherlands 5.9% 2015 up 112.5% volatile
159 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 5.8% 2015 down 0.1% falling
160 Egypt 5.7% 2015 down 12.1% falling
162 Malaysia 5.2% 2015 up 5.5% falling
163 New Caledonia 4.8% 2015 up 0.2% falling
165 Kiribati 4.3% 2015 up 52.5% falling
166 Isle of Man 4.2% 2015 down 17.4% rising
167 Ukraine 4.1% 2015 up 231.2% volatile
168 Falkland Islands 3.9% 2015 up 292.9% volatile
169 United States Virgin Islands 3.9% 2015 volatile
170 Israel 3.7% 2015 down 47.0% flat
171 Lebanon 3.6% 2015 down 47.3% falling
172 Mongolia 3.4% 2015 down 35.6% rising
173 Russia 3.3% 2015 down 8.6% falling
174 Jordan 3.2% 2015 up 91.3% rising
175 Uzbekistan 3.0% 2015 up 59.5% rising
176 Barbados 2.8% 2015 down 71.9% falling
177 South Korea 2.7% 2015 up 210.2% volatile
179 Bermuda 2.4% 2015 volatile
180 Azerbaijan 2.3% 2015 down 31.3% rising
181 Yemen 2.3% 2015 up 154.5% falling
182 Saint Lucia 2.1% 2015 down 14.7% falling
183 Taiwan 2.1% 2015 up 70.4% rising
184 Libya 2.0% 2015 up 8.4% falling
185 Tonga 1.9% 2015 down 13.4% rising
186 Puerto Rico 1.8% 2015 up 232.4% volatile
187 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1.6% 2015 down 93.6% volatile
188 Kazakhstan 1.6% 2015 down 25.6% falling
189 Seychelles 1.4% 2015 up 259.7% volatile
190 British Virgin Islands 1.2% 2015 up 31.1% falling
191 Bahamas 1.2% 2015 down 34.1% volatile
192 Micronesia (country) 1.2% 2015 up 8.6% falling
193 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 1.1% 2015 down 16.6% volatile
194 Maldives 1.0% 2015 down 42.7% volatile
195 Iran 0.9% 2015 down 34.8% falling
196 American Samoa 0.9% 2015 volatile
197 Hong Kong 0.9% 2015 up 12.3% falling
198 Iraq 0.8% 2015 down 65.3% volatile
199 Singapore 0.7% 2015 up 32.4% rising
200 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.6% 2015 up 5.3% falling
201 Syria 0.5% 2015 down 75.3% falling
202 Curacao 0.3% 2015 up 33.6% volatile
203 Trinidad and Tobago 0.3% 2015 down 46.5% volatile
204 United Arab Emirates 0.1% 2015 up 30.1% rising
205 Anguilla 0.1% 2015 down 19.5% falling
206 Nauru 0.1% 2015 volatile
207 Algeria 0.1% 2015 down 89.9% falling
208 Turkmenistan 0.0% 2015 down 44.8% volatile
209 Brunei 0.0% 2015 volatile
210 Saudi Arabia 0.0% 2015 down 28.1% volatile
211 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0% 2015 flat
211 Bahrain 0.0% 2015 flat
211 Cayman Islands 0.0% 2015 flat
211 Gibraltar 0.0% 2015 flat
211 Guam 0.0% 2015 flat
211 Kuwait 0.0% 2015 volatile
211 Northern Mariana Islands 0.0% 2015 flat
211 Oman 0.0% 2015 flat
211 Palau 0.0% 2015 flat
211 Qatar 0.0% 2015 flat
211 Tuvalu 0.0% 2015 flat
211 Cook Islands 0.0% 2015 flat
211 Montserrat 0.0% 2015 flat
211 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.

About this data

Indicator
Renewable energy consumption(% in TFEC)
Unit
% in TFEC
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
225 places, 5,737 data points, 1990–2015
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Renewable energy consumption(% in TFEC): Share of renewables energy in total final energy consumption