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Topic 16 of 18 · Country Index 2026
Uzbekistan: Energy
Where does a country’s electricity come from, and who can get it?
Uzbekistan is placed joint 144th of 165 countries on energy in the Country Index 2026, from 2 of its 3 key statistics. Readings behind it: Carbon Intensity of Electricity 1,040 (2024); Renewable Share of Electricity Generation 15.95 (2024).
Share
Energy
joint144th
of 165 countries placed
Placed from 2 of 3 key statistics
01The evidence
The 3 key statistics that decide it
Only these place Uzbekistan on energy — one vote each. Every value is the publisher’s own, read at the edition the Country Index 2026 used; the grey ticks are every other country it was compared with, lowest on the left.
1,040
Carbon intensity (gCO₂e per kWh generated)
Lower is better
Uzbekistan: 1,040. Across the 165 countries in this edition, values run from 23.73 (Bhutan) to 1,306 (Turkmenistan); the world median is 433.75.
- World median
- 433.75
- Best in Central Asia
- 70.81 Tajikistan
- Land neighbours
- Afghanistan 117.17 · Kyrgyzstan 120.17 · Tajikistan 70.81 · Turkmenistan 1,306
15.95
Renewables (% of electricity generated)
Higher is better
Uzbekistan: 15.95. Across the 165 countries in this edition, values run from 0 (Gambia) to 100 (Paraguay); the world median is 32.06.
- World median
- 32.06
- Best in Central Asia
- 94.59 Tajikistan
- Land neighbours
- Afghanistan 86.87 · Kyrgyzstan 88.78 · Tajikistan 94.59 · Turkmenistan 0.03
Key 3 of 3
World Energy Trilemma Index
World Energy Council
2023 edition · data for 2023 · Express reuse grant (no Creative Commons licence named)
No reading
Trilemma score (0–100)
Higher is better
World Energy Council publishes no 2023 figure for Uzbekistan, so the standing rests on the other keys.
Across the 126 countries in this edition, values run from 27.7 (Niger) to 83.2 (Denmark); the world median is 63.8.
- World median
- 63.8
- Best in Central Asia
- 63.4 Kazakhstan
- Land neighbours
- Kazakhstan 63.4 · Tajikistan 57.5
02Over time
Which way Uzbekistan is moving
Each key’s published value, edition by edition, beside the world median. The Country Index 2026 is the first edition of the standing, so the standing itself has no history to chart yet.
Carbon Intensity of Electricity
Carbon intensity (gCO₂e per kWh generated) · lower is better
UzbekistanWorld median
Uzbekistan fell from 1,104 in 2000 to 1,040 in 2024; the world median went from 540.34 to 433.75.
Every year’s figures
Year Uzbekistan World median 2024 1,040.2 433.7 2023 1,113.2 452.7 2022 1,121.4 476.3 2021 1,150.5 469.0 2020 1,149.0 482.0 2019 1,119.3 488.2 2018 1,139.2 500.4 2017 1,096.9 506.3 2016 1,114.2 521.9 2015 1,111.8 524.8 2014 1,121.2 522.3 2013 1,126.0 508.8 2012 1,098.3 525.4 2011 1,118.3 521.4 2010 1,053.7 515.5 2009 1,085.2 533.6 2008 1,129.7 517.2 2007 1,114.9 535.3 2006 1,105.7 537.5 2005 984.8 521.4 2004 1,058.0 523.1 2003 997.5 543.1 2002 1,049.5 551.3 2001 1,085.1 559.3 2000 1,103.7 540.3 Renewable Share of Electricity Generation
Renewables (% of electricity generated) · higher is better
UzbekistanWorld median
Uzbekistan rose from 7.533 in 2000 to 15.95 in 2024; the world median went from 15.61 to 32.06.
Every year’s figures
Year Uzbekistan World median 2024 15.951 32.062 2023 9.896 28.000 2022 9.218 28.881 2021 7.027 28.286 2020 7.530 27.125 2019 10.179 26.296 2018 9.359 25.505 2017 13.051 24.023 2016 11.685 22.218 2015 11.879 21.915 2014 10.888 21.151 2013 10.438 21.593 2012 12.547 19.869 2011 10.795 18.584 2010 15.759 18.572 2009 12.934 17.886 2008 8.941 15.923 2007 9.527 15.586 2006 9.428 15.392 2005 18.733 16.438 2004 12.274 16.445 2003 16.762 16.339 2002 12.186 13.826 2001 9.091 14.023 2000 7.533 15.612
03In context
Uzbekistan beside its neighbours
A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place among all 165 countries on energy, never a place within the region.
Uzbekistan and the countries it borders
Standing among all 165; the key columns are the publishers’ own values.
| Country | Standing | Carbon Intensity of ElectricityCarbon intensity (gCO₂e per kWh generated) | Renewable Share of Electricity GenerationRenewables (% of electricity generated) | World Energy Trilemma IndexTrilemma score (0–100) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Kyrgyzstan | 15th | 120.17 | 88.78 | — |
 Afghanistan | 16th | 117.17 | 86.87 | — |
 Tajikistan | 45th | 70.81 | 94.59 | 57.5 |
| Uzbekistan | =144th | 1,040 | 15.95 | — |
 Turkmenistan | 165th | 1,306 | 0.03 | — |
 Kazakhstan | not placed | — | — | 63.4 |
“—”: no published reading in that edition. What a standing is
Across Central Asia
Every country in the sub-region, by its place among all 165.
Placed either side on energy
The countries immediately above and below Uzbekistan in the topic’s list.
04Context, no vote
Where Uzbekistan is ahead of the world, and behind
25 more statistics filed under energy, published in full and deliberately given no vote in the standing. Select a row for the publisher, the rank and the links.
Ahead of the world median4
Statistics on which Uzbekistan does better than the middle country measured.
Firms Identifying Electricity as a Major ConstraintWorld Bank Group · 2026 · world median 25.773.43325.77No earlier reading
Uzbekistan: 3.433 · world median 25.77 · Firms rating electricity a major or very severe constraint (%). World Bank Group, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 84.77; lower is better.
Position 170th of 179 · derived, 1st = worst.
Firms Owning or Sharing a GeneratorWorld Bank Group · 2026 · world median 24.859.94524.85No earlier reading
Uzbekistan: 9.945 · world median 24.85 · Firms owning or sharing a generator (%). World Bank Group, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 0.158 to 90.51; lower is better.
RISE Energy Efficiency Policy ScoreESMAP · 2023 · world median 48.2351.5748.23▲ Improved since 2013
Uzbekistan: 51.57 · world median 48.23 · Energy efficiency policy score (0–100). World Bank Group (ESMAP), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 1.975 to 95.93; higher is better.
Wind and Solar Share of Electricity GenerationEmber · 2024 · world median 5.2795.895.279▲ Improved since 2014
Uzbekistan: 5.89 · world median 5.279 · Wind and solar (% of electricity generated). Ember, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 69.12; higher is better.
Behind the world median5
Statistics on which Uzbekistan does worse than the middle country measured.
CO₂ Emissions per CapitaGlobal Carbon Project · 2024 · world median 3.213.8293.21▼ Worsened since 2014
Uzbekistan: 3.829 · world median 3.21 · Fossil CO₂ (tonnes per person). Global Carbon Project, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.054 to 41.27; lower is better.
Position 88th of 210 · derived, 1st = worst.
Low-Carbon Share of Electricity GenerationEmber · 2024 · world median 37.3215.9537.32▼ Worsened since 2014
Uzbekistan: 15.95 · world median 37.32 · Low-carbon sources (% of electricity generated). Ember, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 100; higher is better.
Position 116th of 162 · derived.
Coal Share of Electricity GenerationEmber · 2024 · world median 06.9940▼ Worsened since 2014
Uzbekistan: 6.994 · world median 0 · Coal (% of electricity generated). Ember, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 98.25; lower is better.
RISE Renewable Energy Policy ScoreESMAP · 2023 · world median 33.2616.2133.26▼ Worsened since 2013
Uzbekistan: 16.21 · world median 33.26 · Renewable energy policy score (0–100). World Bank Group (ESMAP), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 3.056 to 89.52; higher is better.
Energy Intensity of GDP (PPP)EIA · 2024 · world median 2.7386.4542.738▲ Improved since 2014
Uzbekistan: 6.454 · world median 2.738 · Energy use per dollar of GDP (thousand Btu per US$ at PPP). U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.666 to 17.45; lower is better.
Level with the median, or no median to compare3
Access to ElectricityWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 100100100▲ Improved since 2014
Uzbekistan: 100 · world median 100 · Population with electricity access (%). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 5.4 to 100; higher is better.
Access to Electricity, RuralWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 100100100▲ Improved since 2014
Uzbekistan: 100 · world median 100 · Rural population with electricity access (%). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.7 to 100; higher is better.
Primary Schools with ElectricityUIS · 2024 · world median 100100100No real change since 2017
Uzbekistan: 100 · world median 100 · Primary schools with access to electricity (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 1.246 to 100; higher is better.
No better end13
These describe the shape of a country — more is not better or worse, only different — so they are never ahead or behind.
Gas Share of Electricity GenerationEmber · 2024 · world median 2.58575.222.585No real change since 2014
Uzbekistan: 75.22 · world median 2.585 · Natural gas (% of electricity generated). Ember, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 99.97.
Natural Gas ProductionEIA · 2024 · world median 046.20No real change since 2014
Uzbekistan: 46.2 · world median 0 · Dry natural gas produced (billion cubic metres). U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 1,069.
Primary Energy ProductionEIA · 2024 · world median 0.0771.8310.077No real change since 2014
Uzbekistan: 1.831 · world median 0.077 · Primary energy produced (quadrillion Btu). U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 130.76.
Solar Electricity Installed CapacityEIA · 2024 · world median 0.1442.2750.144Moved since 2014
Uzbekistan: 2.275 · world median 0.144 · Solar generating capacity installed (gigawatts). U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 886.66.
Operating Wind Power CapacityGlobal Energy Monitor · 2026 · world median 1001,600100No earlier reading
Uzbekistan: 1,600 · world median 100 · Wind farm capacity in operation (megawatts). Global Energy Monitor, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 542,758.
Crude Oil ProductionEIA · 2025 · world median 029.580Moved since 2015
Uzbekistan: 29.58 · world median 0 · Crude oil produced (thousand barrels per day). U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 13,586.
Net Electricity Imports (share of generation)Ember · 2024 · world median 03.5950Moved since 2014
Uzbekistan: 3.595 · world median 0 · Net electricity imports (% of domestic generation). Ember, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from -70.16 to 707.07.
Operating Coal Power CapacityGlobal Energy Monitor · 2026 · world median 5252,386525No earlier reading
Uzbekistan: 2,386 · world median 525 · Coal-fired capacity in operation (megawatts). Global Energy Monitor, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 1,263,101.
Primary Energy Consumption per CapitaEIA · 2024 · world median 49.563.1249.5Moved since 2014
Uzbekistan: 63.12 · world median 49.5 · Energy use per person (million Btu). U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.95 to 766.07.
Solar Share of Electricity GenerationEmber · 2024 · world median 3.0493.5583.049Moved since 2014
Uzbekistan: 3.558 · world median 3.049 · Solar (% of electricity generated). Ember, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 50.
Photovoltaic Power Potential (PVOUT)World Bank Group (ESMAP), data by Solargis · 2020 · world median 4.2734.2694.273No earlier reading
Uzbekistan: 4.269 · world median 4.273 · Practical solar power potential (kWh per kWp per day, long-term average). World Bank Group (ESMAP), data by Solargis, 2020 edition, data for 2020.
Published values in that edition run from 2.513 to 5.379.
Hydro Share of Electricity GenerationEmber · 2024 · world median 12.8510.0612.85Moved since 2014
Uzbekistan: 10.06 · world median 12.85 · Hydropower (% of electricity generated). Ember, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 100.
Nuclear Share of Electricity GenerationEmber · 2024 · world median 000No real change since 2014
Uzbekistan: 0 · world median 0 · Nuclear (% of electricity generated). Ember, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 67.4.
No current reading for Uzbekistan
RISE Clean Cooking Policy Score, RISE Electricity Access Policy Score and World Energy Trilemma Index. Listed rather than hidden, so the page can be checked against it.
“Position · derived” is this site’s ordering of the published values, 1st = best unless the row says otherwise; the publisher ranks no country on it. Rank, position and standing
05Country Index 2026
Energy among Uzbekistan’s 16 topics
Energy is Uzbekistan’s 15th best-placed topic of 16. Strongest first, each marker at its share of that topic’s field.
- Education & Knowledge25th of 1984/4 keys
- Risk & Resilience58th of 1934/4 keys
- Digital & Technology79th of 1984/4 keys
- Peace & Securityjoint 72nd of 1773/4 keys
- Poverty & Inequality67th of 1593/3 keys
- Health & Wellbeing86th of 2003/4 keys
- Development & Human Capital93rd of 1963/3 keys
- Food & Agriculture89th of 1844/4 keys
- Work & Labourjoint 110th of 1824/4 keys
- Economy & Innovation118th of 1764/4 keys
- Governance & Institutionsjoint 131st of 1944/4 keys
- Gender & Equalityjoint 131st of 1833/4 keys
- Democracy & Civil Libertiesjoint 145th of 1984/4 keys
- Mobility & Tradejoint 132nd of 1772/4 keys
- Energyjoint 144th of 1652/3 keys
- Environment & Sustainabilityjoint 166th of 1864/4 keys
06The top of the list
Who leads on energy
The three countries placed highest of 165, and the leaders Uzbekistan can most readily be measured against.
1
BhutanSouthern Asia
1st of 165 · 2 of 3 keys
Photo: VIkramjit Kakati derivative work: ויקיג'אנקי · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
2
NorwayNorthern Europe
2nd of 165 · 3 of 3 keys
Photo: Ximonic , Simo Räsänen · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
3
UgandaEastern Africa
3rd of 165 · 2 of 3 keys
Photo: Rod Waddington from Kergunyah, Australia · CC BY-SA 2.0, greyscale
Placed highest nearby
Highest in Asia
Bhutan1st2/3 keysHighest in Central Asia
Kyrgyzstan15th2/3 keysThis page
Uzbekistan=144th2/3 keys
Positions out of 165 placed on the topic. A country needs readings on enough keys to be placed, and the top of the list is often held on fewer of them.
07Questions
Uzbekistan on energy: questions answered
Every answer is built from the numbers on this page, so none can say something the page does not.
How does Uzbekistan rank on energy?
Uzbekistan is placed joint 144th of 165 countries on Energy in the Country Index 2026, from 2 of its 3 key statistics (Carbon Intensity of Electricity and Renewable Share of Electricity Generation). The position is this site’s ordering of published statistics, not a rank any publisher printed.
What is the latest Carbon Intensity of Electricity figure for Uzbekistan?
1,040 in 2024 (carbon intensity (gCO₂e per kWh generated)), according to Ember. The world median in the same edition was 433.75.
What is the latest Renewable Share of Electricity Generation figure for Uzbekistan?
15.95 in 2024 (renewables (% of electricity generated)), according to Ember. The world median in the same edition was 32.06.
How does Uzbekistan compare with Afghanistan on energy?
Afghanistan is placed 16th of 165, and Uzbekistan joint 144th. Carbon Intensity of Electricity: Afghanistan 117.17, Uzbekistan 1,040; Renewable Share of Electricity Generation: Afghanistan 86.87, Uzbekistan 15.95.
How have Uzbekistan’s energy figures changed?
Carbon Intensity of Electricity fell from 1,104 in 2000 to 1,040 in 2024; Renewable Share of Electricity Generation rose from 7.533 in 2000 to 15.95 in 2024.
Which energy statistics are missing for Uzbekistan?
No current reading is published for Uzbekistan on RISE Clean Cooking Policy Score, RISE Electricity Access Policy Score and World Energy Trilemma Index. They are listed rather than hidden, so the evidence on the page can be checked against it.
08Method
Method, sources and how to cite
What this topic does not measure
This is deliberately the electricity and energy-system subject, not an infrastructure one: roads, railways, ports, water and telecommunications would each need a global series this site does not hold. Emissions are under Environment & Sustainability. Access to electricity is published here in full but takes no part in any ranking — more than half the world’s countries now report 100%, and a position derived from that would read “1, 1, 1 … 123”, which is noise rather than information.
How the Energy standing is decided
A standing is this site’s ordering, named with its edition — never a publisher’s rank. 3 key statistics vote, one vote each; every country’s published value becomes a place within that key’s own field, the places are averaged, and the average is never published. A country needs 2 of the 3 keys to be placed.
The energy method, step by stepHow every standing on this site is built
The key statistics and their licences
- Carbon Intensity of Electricity — Ember, CC BY 4.0
- Renewable Share of Electricity Generation — Ember, CC BY 4.0
- World Energy Trilemma Index — World Energy Council, Express reuse grant (no Creative Commons licence named)
The other 25 statistics on this page come from 8 publishers, each named beside its numbers, with every edition and licence on the datasets pages.
The standing itself is part of the Country Index 2026, published under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photographs
Uzbekistan’s banner and the countries placed highest, from their profiles: Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale, each used under the licence named.
- Uzbekistan (banner) — Jean-Pierre Dalbéra, CC BY 2.0
- Bhutan — VIkramjit Kakati derivative work: ויקיג'אנקי, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Norway — Ximonic , Simo Räsänen, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Uganda — Rod Waddington from Kergunyah, Australia, CC BY-SA 2.0
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). Uzbekistan: Energy — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/uzbekistan/energy