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Renewable energy electricity output (GWh) by country

Renewable energy electricity output (GWh): Total number of GWh generated by renewable power plants, including wind, solar PV, solar thermal, hydro, marine, geothermal, biomass, renewable municipal waste, liquid biofuels and biogas. Electricity production for hydro pumpted storage is excluded.

Countries reporting
223
Highest
1.40 million GWh
China
Lowest
0 GWh
Wallis and Futuna
Median
880.6 GWh
Years covered
26
1990–2015
Data points
6,032

What the numbers show

Renewable energy electricity output (GWh) is currently reported for 223 countries. The highest value is 1.40 million GWh in China; the lowest is 0 GWh in Wallis and Futuna.

The median across all reporting countries is 880.6 GWh, and the mean is 24,838 GWh.

Over the past decade 132 countries rose and 28 fell. The largest increase was in Cyprus (up 39,700.0%), and the largest decrease in Trinidad and Tobago (down 100.0%).

Renewable energy electricity output: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China 1.40 million GWh 2015 up 245.7% volatile
2 United States 568,439 GWh 2015 up 55.2% rising
3 Brazil 430,230 GWh 2015 up 22.5% rising
4 Canada 422,643 GWh 2015 up 13.5% rising
5 India 212,195 GWh 2015 up 78.4% rising
6 Germany 187,366 GWh 2015 up 199.8% volatile
7 Russia 168,963 GWh 2015 down 2.4% flat
8 Japan 165,485 GWh 2015 up 74.3% rising
9 Norway 140,626 GWh 2015 up 3.0% rising
10 Italy 108,906 GWh 2015 up 124.8% rising
11 Sweden 102,442 GWh 2015 up 26.1% rising
12 Spain 97,088 GWh 2015 up 129.7% volatile
13 France 89,357 GWh 2015 up 58.6% rising
14 Turkey 83,657 GWh 2015 up 110.5% rising
15 United Kingdom 83,551 GWh 2015 up 393.3% volatile
16 Venezuela 74,899 GWh 2015 down 3.0% rising
17 Vietnam 56,304 GWh 2015 up 231.3% volatile
18 Paraguay 55,743 GWh 2015 up 8.9% rising
19 Mexico 47,897 GWh 2015 up 25.7% rising
20 Austria 47,243 GWh 2015 up 15.1% rising
21 Colombia 47,095 GWh 2015 up 16.7% rising
22 Switzerland 41,111 GWh 2015 up 27.4% rising
23 Argentina 40,791 GWh 2015 up 15.3% rising
24 New Zealand 35,400 GWh 2015 up 28.3% rising
25 Pakistan 34,844 GWh 2015 up 12.9% rising
26 Australia 34,405 GWh 2015 up 71.1% rising
27 Chile 32,872 GWh 2015 up 16.2% rising
28 Finland 30,525 GWh 2015 up 30.1% rising
29 Romania 26,202 GWh 2015 up 29.6% rising
30 Peru 25,443 GWh 2015 up 38.1% rising
31 Indonesia 24,922 GWh 2015 up 43.6% rising
32 Portugal 24,372 GWh 2015 up 195.1% rising
33 Poland 22,683 GWh 2015 up 489.6% volatile
34 Philippines 20,944 GWh 2015 up 14.4% rising
35 Denmark 18,962 GWh 2015 up 93.3% volatile
36 Iceland 18,795 GWh 2015 up 116.5% volatile
37 Mozambique 17,207 GWh 2015 up 29.7% volatile
38 Tajikistan 16,900 GWh 2015 down 0.4% rising
39 Thailand 15,178 GWh 2015 up 107.1% rising
40 Egypt 15,030 GWh 2015 up 13.9% rising
41 Malaysia 14,948 GWh 2015 up 187.9% rising
42 Greece 14,850 GWh 2015 up 131.8% volatile
43 Belgium 14,466 GWh 2015 up 586.9% volatile
44 Iran 14,326 GWh 2015 down 11.4% rising
45 Laos 14,252 GWh 2015 up 306.0% volatile
46 Netherlands 13,695 GWh 2015 up 83.9% volatile
47 Ecuador 13,639 GWh 2015 up 95.2% rising
48 Zambia 13,035 GWh 2015 up 46.7% rising
49 Uruguay 12,168 GWh 2015 up 81.0% rising
50 Uzbekistan 11,830 GWh 2015 up 37.1% rising
51 Kyrgyzstan 11,100 GWh 2015 down 13.2% rising
52 Costa Rica 10,704 GWh 2015 up 34.0% rising
53 Ethiopia 10,433 GWh 2015 up 268.3% volatile
54 South Korea 10,406 GWh 2015 up 156.8% rising
55 Serbia 10,115 GWh 2015 down 15.9% falling
56 North Korea 10,000 GWh 2015 down 23.9% falling
57 Kazakhstan 9,448 GWh 2015 up 20.3% rising
58 Czechia 9,422 GWh 2015 up 200.8% volatile
59 Myanmar 9,399 GWh 2015 up 213.6% volatile
60 Taiwan 9,004 GWh 2015 up 52.1% rising
61 Democratic Republic of Congo 8,926 GWh 2015 up 21.2% rising
62 Bulgaria 8,768 GWh 2015 up 101.9% volatile
63 Georgia 8,454 GWh 2015 up 35.6% rising
64 Kenya 8,446 GWh 2015 up 103.0% rising
65 Sudan 8,420 GWh 2015 up 567.7% volatile
67 Bhutan 7,747 GWh 2015 up 192.8% volatile
68 Croatia 7,510 GWh 2015 up 6.4% rising
69 Ukraine 7,103 GWh 2015 down 42.7% rising
70 Panama 6,726 GWh 2015 up 79.5% rising
71 Guatemala 6,678 GWh 2015 up 74.7% rising
72 Sri Lanka 6,390 GWh 2015 up 84.1% rising
73 Slovakia 6,040 GWh 2015 up 29.2% rising
74 Albania 5,895 GWh 2015 up 9.7% rising
75 Ghana 5,848 GWh 2015 up 3.9% rising
76 Nigeria 5,718 GWh 2015 down 26.4% flat
77 South Africa 5,564 GWh 2015 up 245.6% volatile
78 Bosnia and Herzegovina 5,551 GWh 2015 down 7.5% rising
79 Angola 5,192 GWh 2015 up 134.0% volatile
80 Cameroon 5,144 GWh 2015 up 36.4% rising
81 Zimbabwe 5,119 GWh 2015 up 4.2% rising
82 Morocco 4,410 GWh 2015 up 272.2% volatile
83 Slovenia 4,355 GWh 2015 up 21.8% rising
84 Honduras 3,790 GWh 2015 up 105.3% rising
85 Nepal 3,503 GWh 2015 up 39.2% rising
86 El Salvador 3,463 GWh 2015 up 23.3% rising
87 Uganda 3,228 GWh 2015 up 78.0% rising
88 Hungary 3,211 GWh 2015 up 71.7% volatile
89 Latvia 2,776 GWh 2015 down 18.7% flat
90 Bolivia 2,678 GWh 2015 up 32.6% rising
91 Iraq 2,572 GWh 2015 down 57.1% volatile
92 Nicaragua 2,292 GWh 2015 up 117.0% rising
93 Armenia 2,210 GWh 2015 up 24.6% falling
94 Tanzania 2,150 GWh 2015 up 20.9% rising
95 Dominican Republic 2,147 GWh 2015 down 10.2% rising
96 Cambodia 2,041 GWh 2015 up 3,359.3% volatile
97 North Macedonia 2,029 GWh 2015 up 36.0% rising
98 Malawi 1,920 GWh 2015 up 45.0% rising
99 Azerbaijan 1,738 GWh 2015 down 42.2% rising
100 Lithuania 1,678 GWh 2015 up 264.8% volatile
101 Estonia 1,502 GWh 2015 up 1,253.2% volatile
101 Namibia 1,502 GWh 2015 down 9.3% rising
103 Montenegro 1,491 GWh 2015 down 20.1% volatile
104 Cote d'Ivoire 1,457 GWh 2015 down 5.8% rising
105 Papua New Guinea 1,442 GWh 2015 up 45.2% rising
106 Suriname 1,356 GWh 2015 up 69.5% volatile
107 Israel 1,214 GWh 2015 up 3,012.8% volatile
108 Madagascar 934.82 GWh 2015 up 44.3% rising
109 Gabon 930 GWh 2015 up 13.4% rising
110 Congo 925 GWh 2015 up 160.6% rising
111 Singapore 918 GWh 2015 up 92.1% rising
112 Afghanistan 889.5 GWh 2015 up 32.6% rising
113 Guinea 880.6 GWh 2015 up 78.3% rising
114 Cuba 801 GWh 2015 up 64.1% falling
115 Reunion 756.3 GWh 2015 up 48.0% rising
116 Mali 745 GWh 2015 up 15.9% volatile
117 Bangladesh 724 GWh 2015 down 3.3% flat
118 Mauritius 681 GWh 2015 up 19.9% rising
119 Tunisia 558 GWh 2015 up 198.4% volatile
120 French Guiana 546 GWh 2015 up 27.9% volatile
121 Equatorial Guinea 543 GWh 2015 up 1,292.3% volatile
122 Lesotho 532.2 GWh 2015 up 16.4% volatile
123 Lebanon 479 GWh 2015 down 54.2% rising
125 Jamaica 423 GWh 2015 up 54.4% rising
126 Greenland 422.86 GWh 2015 up 108.2% volatile
127 Syria 413 GWh 2015 down 90.5% flat
128 Senegal 412 GWh 2015 up 28.0% volatile
129 Fiji 411.62 GWh 2015 up 21.5% rising
130 New Caledonia 409.23 GWh 2015 up 14.6% rising
131 Cyprus 398 GWh 2015 up 39,700.0% volatile
132 Puerto Rico 388.8 GWh 2015 up 181.7% rising
133 Moldova 327 GWh 2015 down 13.3% rising
134 Rwanda 297.95 GWh 2015 up 353.5% flat
135 United Arab Emirates 296 GWh 2015 — volatile
136 Belarus 278 GWh 2015 up 651.4% volatile
138 Eswatini 231 GWh 2015 up 44.8% rising
139 French Polynesia 229.69 GWh 2015 up 27.7% rising
140 Algeria 222 GWh 2015 down 60.0% volatile
141 Faroe Islands 188.87 GWh 2015 up 73.3% rising
142 Belize 188.63 GWh 2015 up 173.5% volatile
143 Jordan 184 GWh 2015 up 183.1% volatile
144 Central African Republic 170 GWh 2015 up 26.9% rising
144 Mongolia 170 GWh 2015 — volatile
146 Aruba 138.4 GWh 2015 — volatile
147 Burundi 137.29 GWh 2015 up 36.9% rising
148 Mauritania 134 GWh 2015 — volatile
149 Sierra Leone 125 GWh 2015 up 564.9% volatile
150 Hong Kong 106 GWh 2015 — volatile
152 Burkina Faso 93.46 GWh 2015 down 7.0% rising
153 Andorra 85.6 GWh 2015 up 1.9% falling
154 Cape Verde 85.1 GWh 2015 up 1,219.4% volatile
155 Haiti 83 GWh 2015 down 68.7% falling
157 Togo 61 GWh 2015 down 19.7% falling
159 Samoa 40.7 GWh 2015 down 20.2% rising
160 Curacao 32 GWh 2015 unchanged volatile
161 United States Virgin Islands 30.9 GWh 2015 — volatile
162 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 26 GWh 2015 up 2.0% rising
163 Dominica 24.44 GWh 2015 down 12.4% rising
164 Benin 19 GWh 2015 up 1,800.0% volatile
166 Vanuatu 13.5 GWh 2015 up 800.0% volatile
167 Saint Kitts and Nevis 10.3 GWh 2015 — volatile
168 Seychelles 9 GWh 2015 — volatile
169 Sao Tome and Principe 7.3 GWh 2015 up 73.8% flat
170 Falkland Islands 5.69 GWh 2015 up 2,176.0% volatile
171 Maldives 5 GWh 2015 — volatile
172 Isle of Man 4.2 GWh 2015 up 61.5% volatile
173 Niger 4 GWh 2015 up 100.0% volatile
174 Tonga 3.27 GWh 2015 — volatile
175 Cook Islands 2.4 GWh 2015 — volatile
176 Saint Helena 2.28 GWh 2015 — volatile
177 Solomon Islands 2.19 GWh 2015 — volatile
178 Brunei 2 GWh 2015 — volatile
178 Eritrea 2 GWh 2015 up 100.0% volatile
178 Kiribati 2 GWh 2015 — volatile
178 South Sudan 2 GWh 2015 — volatile
178 Tuvalu 2 GWh 2015 — volatile
183 British Virgin Islands 1.72 GWh 2015 — volatile
184 American Samoa 1.5 GWh 2015 — volatile
185 Micronesia (country) 1.1 GWh 2015 up 450.0% volatile
186 Botswana 1 GWh 2015 — volatile
186 Saudi Arabia 1 GWh 2015 — volatile
188 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.87 GWh 2015 up 8.8% volatile
189 Marshall Islands 0.2 GWh 2015 — volatile
190 Nauru 0.1 GWh 2015 — volatile
191 Niue 0.0667 GWh 2015 — volatile
192 Antigua and Barbuda 0 GWh 2015 — volatile
192 Bahrain 0 GWh 2015 — flat
192 Bahamas 0 GWh 2015 — flat
192 Bermuda 0 GWh 2015 — flat
192 Barbados 0 GWh 2015 — flat
192 Comoros 0 GWh 2015 — flat
192 Cayman Islands 0 GWh 2015 — flat
192 Djibouti 0 GWh 2015 — flat
192 Gibraltar 0 GWh 2015 — flat
192 Gambia 0 GWh 2015 — flat
192 Guinea-Bissau 0 GWh 2015 — flat
192 Grenada 0 GWh 2015 — flat
192 Guam 0 GWh 2015 — flat
192 Guyana 0 GWh 2015 — volatile
192 Kuwait 0 GWh 2015 — flat
192 Liberia 0 GWh 2015 — flat
192 Libya 0 GWh 2015 — flat
192 Saint Lucia 0 GWh 2015 — flat
192 Macao 0 GWh 2015 — flat
192 Saint Martin (French part) 0 GWh 2015 — flat
192 Monaco 0 GWh 2015 — flat
192 Northern Mariana Islands 0 GWh 2015 — flat
192 Oman 0 GWh 2015 — flat
192 Palau 0 GWh 2015 — flat
192 Palestine 0 GWh 2015 — flat
192 Qatar 0 GWh 2015 — flat
192 San Marino 0 GWh 2015 — flat
192 Somalia 0 GWh 2015 — flat
192 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0 GWh 2015 — flat
192 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 GWh 2015 — flat
192 Chad 0 GWh 2015 — flat
192 Turkmenistan 0 GWh 2015 — volatile
192 East Timor 0 GWh 2015 — flat
192 Trinidad and Tobago 0 GWh 2015 down 100.0% volatile
192 Yemen 0 GWh 2015 — flat
192 Western Sahara 0 GWh 2015 — flat
192 Anguilla 0 GWh 2015 — flat
192 Montserrat 0 GWh 2015 — flat
192 Wallis and Futuna 0 GWh 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 electricity output (GWh)
Unit
GWh
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 electricity output (GWh): Total number of GWh generated by renewable power plants, including wind, solar PV, solar thermal, hydro, marine, geothermal, biomass, renewable municipal waste, liquid biofuels and biogas. Electricity production for hydro pumpted storage is excluded.