Data for 2000

Low-Carbon Share of Electricity Generation, 2000

Name: Low-Carbon Share of Electricity Generation, 2000
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Low-Carbon Share of Electricity Generation, 2000 covers 171 countries on 4 measures. 7 countries share the highest reading, 100.000; 47 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 26.415.

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Low-Carbon Share of Electricity Generation · Data for 2000

Highest7 countries share it

100.000

Lowest47 countries share it

0.000

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end.

171countries
4measures per country
2000the year it describes
118distinct values3 decimals, as published
Oct 2, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Low-Carbon Share of Electricity Generation, 2000, as published. Ember ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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=1	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	100.000	100.000	0.0	1.79
=1	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	100.000	100.000	0.0	0.10
=1	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	100.000	100.000	0.0	5.94
=1	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	100.000	100.000	0.0	7.61
=1	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	100.000	100.000	0.0	0.29
=1	Paraguay`PRY`South America	100.000	100.000	0.0	53.49
=1	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	100.000	100.000	0.0	0.29
8	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	99.896	99.896	0.0	9.57
9	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	99.712	99.712	0.0	142.52
10	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	99.481	99.481	0.0	7.71
11	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	99.371	99.371	0.0	1.59
12	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	99.125	99.125	0.0	6.86
13	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	98.841	98.841	0.0	3.45
14	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	98.485	98.485	0.0	0.66
15	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	98.455	98.455	0.0	14.24
16	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	98.182	98.182	0.0	1.65
17	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	97.222	97.222	0.0	1.44
18	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	96.716	57.247	39.5	145.23
19	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	96.195	96.195	0.0	4.73
20	Uruguay`URY`South America	93.412	93.412	0.0	7.59
21	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	91.353	91.353	0.0	7.17
22	France`FRA`Western Europe	90.692	12.737	78.0	532.56
23	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	90.083	90.083	0.0	1.21
24	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	89.863	89.863	0.0	3.65
25	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	86.400	86.400	0.0	2.50
26	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	85.489	85.489	0.0	15.85
27	Peru`PER`South America	81.978	81.978	0.0	19.92
28	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	80.000	80.000	0.0	0.10
29	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	78.804	78.804	0.0	7.36
30	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	78.706	3.055	75.7	11.13
31	Colombia`COL`South America	75.356	75.356	0.0	42.81
32	Suriname`SUR`South America	73.958	73.958	0.0	0.96
33	Venezuela`VEN`South America	73.754	73.754	0.0	85.27
34	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	72.837	72.837	0.0	59.64
35	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	72.000	72.000	0.0	0.75
36	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	71.755	71.755	0.0	38.91
37	Ecuador`ECU`South America	71.510	71.510	0.0	10.53
38	Panama`PAN`Central America	70.348	70.348	0.0	4.89
39	Belize`BLZ`Central America	69.231	69.231	0.0	0.13
40	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	68.551	14.977	53.6	30.78
41	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	68.116	68.116	0.0	4.14
42	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	65.542	33.414	32.1	69.97
43	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	64.583	64.583	0.0	0.48
44	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	63.953	63.953	0.0	0.86
45	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	63.630	28.655	35.0	13.61
46	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	63.194	63.194	0.0	1.44
47	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	62.500	62.500	0.0	0.16
48	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	61.832	61.832	0.0	1.31
49	Honduras`HND`Central America	61.813	61.813	0.0	3.64
50	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	59.440	1.268	58.2	82.79
51	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	58.621	58.621	0.0	0.29
52	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	57.538	57.538	0.0	11.21
53	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	55.890	55.890	—	3.65
54	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	55.556	55.556	0.0	0.18
55	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	53.460	21.626	31.8	5.78
56	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	51.852	51.852	0.0	0.54
57	Bolivia`BOL`South America	51.546	51.546	0.0	3.88
58	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	51.269	6.479	44.8	40.59
59	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	50.617	50.617	0.0	0.81
60	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	50.155	50.155	0.0	6.46
=61	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	50.000	50.000	0.0	0.08
=61	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	50.000	50.000	0.0	2.54
63	Chile`CHL`South America	49.830	49.830	0.0	41.12
64	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	45.637	45.637	0.0	6.99
65	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	43.772	15.612	28.2	220.92
66	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	42.892	42.892	0.0	45.30
67	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	42.396	42.396	0.0	2.17
68	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	40.978	0.682	40.3	35.19
69	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	40.371	40.371	0.0	4.31
70	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	40.000	40.000	0.0	0.40
71	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	39.255	28.666	10.6	51.56
72	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	38.263	38.263	0.0	14.74
73	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	37.500	37.500	0.0	0.08
74	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	36.667	36.667	0.0	5.10
75	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	36.458	36.458	0.0	4.80
76	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	36.364	36.364	0.0	0.22
77	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	33.333	33.333	0.0	0.03
78	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	30.736	30.736	0.0	31.95
79	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	30.000	30.000	0.0	0.10
80	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	29.785	29.785	0.0	43.21
81	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	29.379	29.379	0.0	1.77
82	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	29.268	29.268	0.0	0.41
83	United States`USA`Northern America	29.058	9.230	19.8	3,802.10
84	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	27.439	27.439	0.0	1.64
85	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	26.425	25.854	0.6	66.49
86	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	26.415	26.415	0.0	1.06
87	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	25.641	25.641	0.0	0.39
88	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	25.052	25.052	0.0	124.38
89	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	21.770	3.128	18.6	72.90
90	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	21.491	21.491	0.0	2.28
91	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	20.000	20.000	0.0	0.05
92	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	18.845	18.845	0.0	269.94
93	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	17.874	16.639	1.2	1,355.60
94	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	17.181	17.181	0.0	6.81
95	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	15.537	15.537	0.0	35.85
96	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	12.911	12.911	0.0	25.25
97	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	11.111	11.111	0.0	0.09
98	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	8.137	8.137	0.0	18.68
99	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	7.836	3.373	4.5	88.06
100	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	7.820	7.820	0.0	52.94
101	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	7.533	7.533	0.0	46.86
102	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	7.156	7.156	0.0	5.45
103	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	7.143	7.143	0.0	0.42
104	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	6.995	6.995	0.0	13.01
105	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	6.853	6.853	0.0	15.03
106	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	6.667	6.667	0.0	0.15
107	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	6.250	6.250	—	0.48
108	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	5.897	5.897	0.0	15.94
109	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	5.036	5.036	0.0	23.63
110	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	4.579	4.579	0.0	6.77
111	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	4.422	4.422	0.0	9.95
112	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	3.356	3.356	0.0	1.49
113	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	1.912	1.912	0.0	31.90
114	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1.627	1.627	0.0	143.18
115	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	1.547	1.547	—	31.67
116	Guyana`GUY`South America	1.111	1.111	0.0	0.90
117	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.755	0.755	0.0	10.59
118	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	0.686	0.686	0.0	21.85
119	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.543	0.543	0.0	7.37
120	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.366	0.366	0.0	5.46
121	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.197	0.197	0.0	25.40
122	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.118	0.118	0.0	8.51
123	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.115	0.115	0.0	26.10
124	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.070	0.070	0.0	42.66
=125	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.17
=125	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.15
=125	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.78
=125	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.0	1.70
=125	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.000	0.000	0.0	13.86
=125	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.79
=125	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.08
=125	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.000	0.000	0.0	1.14
=125	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.11
=125	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.000	0.000	0.0	2.54
=125	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.44
=125	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.09
=125	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.03
=125	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.03
=125	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.000	0.000	0.0	3.37
=125	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.18
=125	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.21
=125	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.13
=125	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.13
=125	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	0.000	0.000	0.0	1.94
=125	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.03
=125	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.000	0.000	0.0	31.26
=125	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.01
=125	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.000	0.000	0.0	32.33
=125	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.20
=125	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.000	0.000	0.0	15.50
=125	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	0.000	0.000	0.0	1.57
=125	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.15
=125	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.000	0.000	0.0	1.92
=125	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.000	0.000	0.0	2.90
=125	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.01
=125	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.03
=125	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.21
=125	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.000	0.000	0.0	9.11
=125	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.03
=125	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.000	0.000	0.0	9.13
=125	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.15
=125	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.28
=125	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.20
=125	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.06
=125	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.25
=125	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.04
=125	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.000	0.000	0.0	9.85
=125	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.08
=125	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.0	1.03
=125	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.05
=125	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.000	0.000	0.0	3.41

02In 2000

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

1Burundishared100.000
1Bhutanshared100.000
1DR Congoshared100.000
1Republic of the Congoshared100.000
1Icelandshared100.000

Lowest

125Yemenshared0.000
125Vanuatushared0.000
125United States Virgin Islandsshared0.000
125British Virgin Islandsshared0.000
125Tongashared0.000

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 26.415. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Renewables (% of generation)
Highest7 share it
Lowest47 share it
Middle country: 15.612
Nuclear (% of generation)
HighestFrance78.0
Lowest151 share it
Middle country: 0.0
Total generation (TWh)
HighestUnited States3,802.10
Lowest2 share it
Middle country: 3.64

03Caveats

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118 distinct values among 171
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 47 countries share 0.000. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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3 empty cells
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Ember (2000). Low-Carbon Share of Electricity Generation, 2000 [data set], describing 2000. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/clean-electricity/2000

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