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Renewable energy consumption (TJ) by country

Renewable energy consumption (TJ): This indicator includes renewable energy consumption of all technologies: hydro, modern and traditional biomass, wind, solar, liquid biofuels, biogas, geothermal, marine and waste

Countries reporting
223
Highest
9.08 million TJ
China
Lowest
0 TJ
Wallis and Futuna
Median
37,353 TJ
Years covered
26
1990–2015
Data points
6,032

What the numbers show

Renewable energy consumption (TJ) is currently reported for 223 countries. The highest value is 9.08 million TJ in China; the lowest is 0 TJ in Wallis and Futuna.

The median across all reporting countries is 37,353 TJ, and the mean is 276,124 TJ.

Over the past decade 150 countries rose and 47 fell. The largest increase was in Niue (up 4,101.7%), and the largest decrease in Saint Kitts and Nevis (down 93.9%).

Renewable energy consumption: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China 9.08 million TJ 2015 up 9.0% falling
2 India 8.01 million TJ 2015 up 18.7% rising
3 United States 5.10 million TJ 2015 up 48.2% rising
4 Nigeria 4.32 million TJ 2015 up 33.0% rising
5 Brazil 3.89 million TJ 2015 up 26.0% rising
6 Indonesia 2.40 million TJ 2015 up 13.8% rising
7 Canada 1.59 million TJ 2015 down 1.5% rising
8 Ethiopia 1.57 million TJ 2015 up 32.2% rising
9 Pakistan 1.45 million TJ 2015 up 23.3% rising
10 Germany 1.18 million TJ 2015 up 102.7% volatile
11 Democratic Republic of Congo 862,514 TJ 2015 up 29.6% rising
12 Tanzania 804,532 TJ 2015 up 42.5% rising
13 Vietnam 800,190 TJ 2015 up 25.4% rising
14 Italy 778,697 TJ 2015 up 109.2% volatile
15 France 760,300 TJ 2015 up 38.5% rising
16 Thailand 722,011 TJ 2015 up 47.2% rising
17 Sweden 679,812 TJ 2015 up 25.9% rising
18 Japan 664,987 TJ 2015 up 51.4% rising
19 Russia 522,370 TJ 2015 down 6.1% falling
20 Spain 513,541 TJ 2015 up 79.6% rising
21 South Africa 504,710 TJ 2015 up 19.7% rising
22 Turkey 485,425 TJ 2015 up 24.0% rising
23 Kenya 475,942 TJ 2015 up 32.9% rising
24 Uganda 471,009 TJ 2015 up 40.6% rising
25 Myanmar 449,994 TJ 2015 up 5.6% rising
26 Mexico 441,721 TJ 2015 up 2.3% flat
27 Norway 436,883 TJ 2015 down 1.9% rising
28 United Kingdom 429,158 TJ 2015 up 451.4% volatile
29 Finland 418,361 TJ 2015 up 31.3% rising
30 Nepal 412,328 TJ 2015 up 21.8% rising
31 Bangladesh 386,059 TJ 2015 up 12.5% rising
32 Mozambique 376,700 TJ 2015 up 23.7% rising
33 Austria 362,356 TJ 2015 up 39.7% rising
34 Philippines 328,178 TJ 2015 up 9.8% falling
35 Zimbabwe 324,423 TJ 2015 up 19.8% rising
36 Poland 302,286 TJ 2015 up 74.7% rising
37 Zambia 301,680 TJ 2015 up 38.0% rising
38 Australia 296,838 TJ 2015 up 57.1% rising
39 Guatemala 273,673 TJ 2015 up 81.4% rising
40 Sudan 268,611 TJ 2015 down 3.0% rising
41 Chile 259,607 TJ 2015 down 1.0% rising
42 Colombia 251,834 TJ 2015 up 4.3% falling
43 Angola 243,771 TJ 2015 up 27.3% rising
44 Argentina 239,471 TJ 2015 up 38.6% rising
45 Sri Lanka 219,348 TJ 2015 up 9.1% rising
46 Cameroon 217,575 TJ 2015 down 11.5% rising
47 Romania 211,769 TJ 2015 up 16.7% rising
48 Venezuela 195,468 TJ 2015 down 10.8% rising
49 Switzerland 195,366 TJ 2015 up 21.4% rising
50 Peru 188,380 TJ 2015 up 27.2% rising
51 Cote d'Ivoire 182,271 TJ 2015 up 11.1% rising
52 Denmark 181,411 TJ 2015 up 83.6% rising
53 Portugal 169,816 TJ 2015 up 25.2% rising
54 New Zealand 163,271 TJ 2015 up 11.2% rising
55 Gabon 162,175 TJ 2015 up 63.5% volatile
56 Cambodia 159,807 TJ 2015 up 75.6% volatile
57 South Korea 143,838 TJ 2015 up 257.5% volatile
58 Czechia 142,773 TJ 2015 up 80.6% rising
59 Belgium 128,345 TJ 2015 up 264.1% volatile
60 Paraguay 126,352 TJ 2015 up 20.0% rising
61 Egypt 119,104 TJ 2015 up 18.8% rising
62 Ghana 117,256 TJ 2015 down 2.8% falling
63 Greece 112,744 TJ 2015 up 74.1% rising
64 Hungary 110,073 TJ 2015 up 218.8% volatile
65 Burkina Faso 108,924 TJ 2015 up 28.6% rising
66 Netherlands 107,380 TJ 2015 up 87.5% volatile
67 Uruguay 107,022 TJ 2015 up 175.2% rising
68 Guinea 105,240 TJ 2015 up 4.2% rising
69 Haiti 103,984 TJ 2015 up 20.9% rising
70 Honduras 102,278 TJ 2015 up 37.3% rising
71 Malaysia 99,298 TJ 2015 up 34.4% rising
72 Somalia 98,912 TJ 2015 up 28.3% rising
73 Madagascar 91,950 TJ 2015 up 15.5% rising
74 Iceland 91,393 TJ 2015 up 86.4% rising
75 Niger 89,828 TJ 2015 up 51.5% volatile
76 Croatia 89,590 TJ 2015 up 11.7% rising
77 Ukraine 82,441 TJ 2015 up 112.0% rising
78 Benin 76,473 TJ 2015 up 36.4% rising
79 Bosnia and Herzegovina 73,353 TJ 2015 up 251.6% volatile
80 Laos 72,480 TJ 2015 up 26.1% rising
81 Serbia 69,936 TJ 2015 up 9.1% flat
82 Bulgaria 69,035 TJ 2015 up 75.0% volatile
83 Rwanda 68,930 TJ 2015 up 30.0% rising
84 Liberia 68,916 TJ 2015 up 42.9% rising
85 Morocco 68,360 TJ 2015 down 27.4% rising
86 Ecuador 68,349 TJ 2015 up 81.4% rising
87 Togo 65,966 TJ 2015 up 41.2% rising
88 North Korea 63,731 TJ 2015 down 9.5% falling
89 Papua New Guinea 60,750 TJ 2015 up 2.2% rising
90 Iran 59,942 TJ 2015 down 12.5% rising
91 Chad 59,317 TJ 2015 up 15.9% rising
92 Costa Rica 58,767 TJ 2015 up 13.8% rising
93 Latvia 58,759 TJ 2015 down 2.6% rising
94 Lithuania 57,859 TJ 2015 up 71.0% rising
95 Cuba 57,732 TJ 2015 down 21.6% volatile
96 Bhutan 54,615 TJ 2015 up 26.4% rising
97 Congo 53,145 TJ 2015 up 171.2% volatile
98 Malawi 50,723 TJ 2015 up 8.7% rising
99 Slovakia 50,517 TJ 2015 up 83.4% rising
100 Nicaragua 50,040 TJ 2015 up 14.2% rising
101 Burundi 49,456 TJ 2015 down 36.2% rising
102 Bolivia 48,839 TJ 2015 up 48.1% rising
103 Senegal 48,778 TJ 2015 up 66.7% rising
104 Mali 47,817 TJ 2015 up 5.5% rising
105 Georgia 45,195 TJ 2015 up 32.5% falling
106 Belarus 44,549 TJ 2015 up 9.7% rising
107 Tajikistan 44,130 TJ 2015 down 14.9% falling
108 Sierra Leone 42,555 TJ 2015 up 3.3% rising
109 Taiwan 41,598 TJ 2015 up 74.4% rising
110 Slovenia 40,763 TJ 2015 up 37.9% rising
111 Tunisia 39,989 TJ 2015 up 5.1% rising
113 Dominican Republic 37,353 TJ 2015 down 5.9% rising
114 Uzbekistan 34,727 TJ 2015 up 34.3% rising
115 Kyrgyzstan 32,595 TJ 2015 up 54.0% rising
116 Estonia 31,571 TJ 2015 up 41.8% rising
117 Albania 31,555 TJ 2015 up 12.4% rising
118 Panama 30,722 TJ 2015 up 12.1% rising
119 Lesotho 29,038 TJ 2015 up 9.4% rising
120 El Salvador 25,172 TJ 2015 down 61.1% falling
121 Afghanistan 25,134 TJ 2015 up 89.8% rising
122 Kazakhstan 24,725 TJ 2015 down 4.2% falling
123 Guinea-Bissau 23,674 TJ 2015 up 15.0% rising
124 Eswatini 23,522 TJ 2015 up 39.7% rising
125 Botswana 23,156 TJ 2015 up 21.3% rising
126 Israel 18,988 TJ 2015 down 38.4% rising
127 North Macedonia 18,886 TJ 2015 up 36.5% rising
128 Namibia 18,869 TJ 2015 up 17.2% rising
129 Eritrea 18,745 TJ 2015 up 30.1% rising
130 Jamaica 13,776 TJ 2015 up 4.6% rising
131 Moldova 13,722 TJ 2015 up 223.1% volatile
132 Central African Republic 13,518 TJ 2015 down 25.7% falling
133 Armenia 13,446 TJ 2015 up 195.4% rising
134 Mauritania 13,415 TJ 2015 up 23.9% rising
136 Montenegro 11,911 TJ 2015 down 19.7% volatile
137 Azerbaijan 7,681 TJ 2015 down 19.9% rising
138 Fiji 7,491 TJ 2015 down 17.2% falling
139 Jordan 7,401 TJ 2015 up 134.4% rising
140 Lebanon 7,379 TJ 2015 down 26.7% rising
141 Reunion 6,968 TJ 2015 up 168.0% rising
142 South Sudan 6,898 TJ 2015 — volatile
143 Guyana 6,724 TJ 2015 down 34.8% falling
144 Palestine 6,702 TJ 2015 down 11.4% rising
145 Libya 6,351 TJ 2015 up 1.4% rising
146 Suriname 6,267 TJ 2015 up 41.5% volatile
147 Iraq 5,867 TJ 2015 down 65.2% volatile
148 Cyprus 5,858 TJ 2015 up 174.3% volatile
149 Equatorial Guinea 5,277 TJ 2015 up 32.2% rising
150 Gambia 5,257 TJ 2015 up 14.6% rising
151 Mongolia 4,468 TJ 2015 up 0.3% rising
152 Belize 4,280 TJ 2015 up 65.7% rising
153 Mauritius 3,862 TJ 2015 down 27.5% falling
154 Solomon Islands 3,215 TJ 2015 down 0.6% rising
155 Hong Kong 3,174 TJ 2015 up 35.3% rising
156 Singapore 3,115 TJ 2015 up 94.9% volatile
157 French Guiana 2,929 TJ 2015 up 33.8% volatile
158 United Arab Emirates 2,870 TJ 2015 up 145.2% volatile
159 Yemen 2,433 TJ 2015 up 33.9% rising
160 Macao 2,406 TJ 2015 down 38.5% volatile
162 Cape Verde 1,728 TJ 2015 up 10.3% rising
163 Andorra 1,643 TJ 2015 down 1.1% rising
164 Comoros 1,608 TJ 2015 up 28.5% rising
165 New Caledonia 1,586 TJ 2015 up 28.6% rising
166 Samoa 1,423 TJ 2015 down 5.6% rising
167 Syria 1,299 TJ 2015 down 87.9% rising
168 Greenland 1,240 TJ 2015 up 129.4% volatile
169 Puerto Rico 1,157 TJ 2015 up 163.0% rising
171 East Timor 886.1 TJ 2015 down 34.5% volatile
172 Vanuatu 873.38 TJ 2015 up 6.5% rising
174 Algeria 833.67 TJ 2015 down 81.7% rising
175 Sao Tome and Principe 802.7 TJ 2015 up 9.9% rising
176 French Polynesia 766.21 TJ 2015 up 22.9% rising
177 Djibouti 760.9 TJ 2015 down 59.2% rising
178 Faroe Islands 623.25 TJ 2015 up 69.8% rising
179 Trinidad and Tobago 488.52 TJ 2015 down 20.6% falling
181 Aruba 437.77 TJ 2015 up 3,851.9% volatile
183 Barbados 315.08 TJ 2015 down 72.3% falling
184 Grenada 314.05 TJ 2015 up 14.2% rising
185 Bahamas 310.33 TJ 2015 up 14.7% volatile
186 Turkmenistan 307.98 TJ 2015 down 17.4% volatile
187 Saudi Arabia 285.31 TJ 2015 up 29.9% falling
188 Marshall Islands 185.63 TJ 2015 down 11.6% rising
189 Maldives 160.23 TJ 2015 up 25.9% rising
190 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 140.99 TJ 2015 down 1.9% flat
191 Bermuda 123.37 TJ 2015 — volatile
192 Dominica 117.06 TJ 2015 down 11.0% falling
193 Isle of Man 95.54 TJ 2015 down 10.4% volatile
194 United States Virgin Islands 91.5 TJ 2015 — volatile
195 Curacao 85.95 TJ 2015 down 0.0% volatile
196 Saint Lucia 81.32 TJ 2015 down 1.5% rising
197 Seychelles 57.87 TJ 2015 up 100.5% falling
198 Saint Kitts and Nevis 30.47 TJ 2015 down 93.9% volatile
199 Falkland Islands 26.29 TJ 2015 up 357.9% volatile
200 Kiribati 25.75 TJ 2015 up 44.4% rising
201 Tonga 23.76 TJ 2015 down 18.1% rising
202 Micronesia (country) 19.76 TJ 2015 up 29.1% rising
203 British Virgin Islands 18.58 TJ 2015 up 81.5% rising
204 Niue 16.63 TJ 2015 up 4,101.7% volatile
205 Saint Helena 12.41 TJ 2015 up 65.7% falling
206 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 8.3 TJ 2015 up 2.6% volatile
207 Turks and Caicos Islands 6.78 TJ 2015 up 59.7% rising
208 Brunei 5.81 TJ 2015 — volatile
209 American Samoa 4.97 TJ 2015 — volatile
210 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 3.86 TJ 2015 — volatile
211 Anguilla 1.83 TJ 2015 unchanged flat
212 Nauru 0.3299 TJ 2015 — volatile
213 Antigua and Barbuda 0 TJ 2015 — flat
213 Bahrain 0 TJ 2015 — flat
213 Cayman Islands 0 TJ 2015 — flat
213 Gibraltar 0 TJ 2015 — flat
213 Guam 0 TJ 2015 — flat
213 Kuwait 0 TJ 2015 — volatile
213 Saint Martin (French part) 0 TJ 2015 — flat
213 Monaco 0 TJ 2015 — flat
213 Northern Mariana Islands 0 TJ 2015 — flat
213 Oman 0 TJ 2015 — flat
213 Palau 0 TJ 2015 — flat
213 Qatar 0 TJ 2015 — flat
213 San Marino 0 TJ 2015 — flat
213 Tuvalu 0 TJ 2015 — flat
213 Western Sahara 0 TJ 2015 — flat
213 Cook Islands 0 TJ 2015 — flat
213 Montserrat 0 TJ 2015 — flat
213 Wallis and Futuna 0 TJ 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 (TJ)
Unit
TJ
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
232 places, 6,032 data points, 1990–2015
Last refreshed

Renewable energy consumption (TJ): This indicator includes renewable energy consumption of all technologies: hydro, modern and traditional biomass, wind, solar, liquid biofuels, biogas, geothermal, marine and waste