Data for 2002

Low-Carbon Share of Electricity Generation, 2002

Name: Low-Carbon Share of Electricity Generation, 2002
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Low-Carbon Share of Electricity Generation, 2002 covers 171 countries on 4 measures. 6 countries share the highest reading, 100.00; 46 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 21.36. Against 2001, 116 values changed (58 up, 58 down), the same countries are covered.

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Low-Carbon Share of Electricity Generation · Data for 2002

Highest6 countries share it

100.00

Lowest46 countries share it

0.00

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

171countries
4measures per country
2002the year it describes
120distinct values3 decimals, as published
Oct 2, 2026read from the publisher
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01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Low-Carbon Share of Electricity Generation, 2002, 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	100.00	100.00	0.0	2.18
=1	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	100.00	100.00	0.0	0.13
=1	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	100.00	100.00	0.0	0.31
=1	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	100.00	100.00	0.0	2.10
=1	Paraguay`PRY`South America	100.00	100.00	0.0	48.21
=1	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	100.00	100.00	0.0	0.39
7	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	99.88	99.88	0.0	8.35
8	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	99.84	99.84	0.0	6.06
9	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	99.76	99.76	0.0	12.58
10	Uruguay`URY`South America	99.69	99.69	0.0	9.60
11	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	99.59	99.59	0.0	130.24
12	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	99.42	99.42	0.0	1.72
13	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	99.30	99.30	0.0	1.43
14	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	99.27	99.27	0.0	8.16
15	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	99.09	99.09	0.0	15.30
16	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	98.38	98.38	0.0	7.42
17	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	96.33	96.33	0.0	3.27
18	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	95.83	95.83	0.0	0.72
19	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	95.50	95.50	0.0	2.89
20	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	94.93	48.50	46.4	146.70
21	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	93.80	93.80	0.0	3.71
22	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	93.19	93.19	0.0	7.19
23	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	90.63	90.63	0.0	1.28
24	France`FRA`Western Europe	90.61	11.37	79.2	551.24
25	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	89.92	89.92	0.0	3.57
26	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	83.81	2.02	81.8	17.29
27	Peru`PER`South America	82.90	82.90	0.0	21.99
28	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	82.28	82.28	0.0	12.98
29	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	78.87	78.87	0.0	0.71
30	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	76.70	76.70	0.0	5.15
31	Colombia`COL`South America	76.34	76.34	0.0	44.71
32	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	72.73	72.73	0.0	0.11
33	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	72.62	16.84	55.8	32.18
34	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	70.25	30.89	39.4	5.31
35	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	69.88	69.88	0.0	0.83
36	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	69.63	69.63	0.0	40.21
37	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	69.11	69.11	0.0	60.63
38	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	68.78	68.78	0.0	7.27
39	Venezuela`VEN`South America	64.81	64.81	0.0	91.85
40	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	64.77	64.77	0.0	1.76
41	Panama`PAN`Central America	64.65	64.65	0.0	5.29
42	Belize`BLZ`Central America	64.29	64.29	0.0	0.14
43	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	63.95	63.95	0.0	0.86
44	Ecuador`ECU`South America	63.08	63.08	0.0	11.81
45	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	62.59	62.59	0.0	1.47
46	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	62.47	62.47	0.0	3.97
47	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	61.23	23.36	37.9	14.60
48	Suriname`SUR`South America	60.16	60.16	0.0	1.23
49	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	59.92	1.41	58.5	80.94
50	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	58.82	58.82	0.0	0.17
51	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	58.42	58.42	0.0	1.01
52	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	58.07	58.07	0.0	0.31
53	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	56.25	56.25	0.0	0.16
54	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	56.23	26.47	29.8	74.92
55	Chile`CHL`South America	55.23	55.23	0.0	43.44
56	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	54.55	54.55	0.0	0.11
57	Bolivia`BOL`South America	53.61	53.61	0.0	4.16
58	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	53.09	5.04	48.1	42.08
59	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	50.68	50.68	—	4.40
60	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	47.27	47.27	0.0	0.55
61	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	46.33	46.33	0.0	3.00
62	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	46.10	46.10	0.0	12.69
63	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	44.41	44.41	0.0	8.58
64	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	42.86	42.86	0.0	0.07
65	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	41.67	41.67	0.0	0.24
66	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	41.62	41.62	0.0	5.07
67	Honduras`HND`Central America	40.72	40.72	0.0	4.15
68	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	40.09	13.83	26.3	239.91
69	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	39.64	39.64	0.0	6.66
70	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	39.62	29.49	10.1	54.42
71	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	39.23	0.64	38.6	36.15
72	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	38.24	38.24	0.0	21.55
73	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	35.64	35.64	0.0	48.46
74	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	32.33	32.33	0.0	5.29
75	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	32.06	32.06	0.0	2.87
76	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	31.87	29.50	2.4	75.77
77	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	29.87	29.87	0.0	33.24
78	United States`USA`Northern America	29.04	8.75	20.3	3,844.23
79	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	28.59	3.93	24.7	76.00
80	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	28.26	28.26	0.0	0.46
81	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	27.55	27.55	0.0	1.96
82	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	26.44	26.44	0.0	128.46
83	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	26.13	26.13	0.0	1.11
84	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	25.10	25.10	0.0	2.55
85	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	25.00	25.00	0.0	0.04
86	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	21.36	21.36	0.0	45.55
87	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	20.00	20.00	0.0	0.10
88	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	19.14	17.62	1.5	1,654.00
89	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	18.86	18.86	0.0	1.75
90	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	17.41	17.41	0.0	277.53
91	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	17.37	17.37	0.0	39.10
92	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	16.67	16.67	0.0	0.36
93	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	14.29	14.29	0.0	0.07
=94	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	12.50	12.50	0.0	2.08
=94	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	12.50	12.50	0.0	0.16
96	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	12.48	12.48	0.0	6.09
97	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	12.19	12.19	0.0	49.40
98	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	10.71	10.71	0.0	18.68
99	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	8.84	8.84	0.0	28.07
100	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	8.34	4.21	4.1	94.64
101	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	7.48	7.48	0.0	13.90
102	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	7.02	7.02	—	0.57
103	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	6.71	6.71	0.0	53.36
104	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	6.63	6.63	0.0	15.69
105	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	6.21	6.21	0.0	5.64
106	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	5.80	5.80	0.0	11.55
107	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	5.66	5.66	0.0	0.53
108	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	5.57	5.57	0.0	24.80
109	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	5.54	5.54	0.0	18.95
110	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	5.36	5.36	0.0	2.80
111	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	5.26	5.26	0.0	0.19
112	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	4.12	4.12	0.0	1.70
113	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	2.22	2.22	—	34.66
114	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	2.16	2.16	0.0	6.96
115	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1.94	1.94	0.0	142.49
116	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	1.54	1.54	0.0	33.86
117	Guyana`GUY`South America	1.09	1.09	0.0	0.92
118	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.76	0.76	0.0	11.84
119	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.62	0.62	0.0	8.12
120	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.53	0.53	0.0	5.64
121	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	0.48	0.48	0.0	23.16
122	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.35	0.35	0.0	8.53
123	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.22	0.22	0.0	27.65
124	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.11	0.11	0.0	26.46
125	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.07	0.07	0.0	45.50
=126	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.18
=126	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.19
=126	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.82
=126	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.00	0.00	0.0	1.89
=126	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.00	0.00	0.0	15.26
=126	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.86
=126	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.06
=126	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.00	0.00	0.0	1.15
=126	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.14
=126	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.00	0.00	0.0	2.71
=126	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.48
=126	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.10
=126	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.03
=126	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.03
=126	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.00	0.00	0.0	3.79
=126	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.20
=126	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.26
=126	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.15
=126	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.15
=126	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	0.00	0.00	0.0	1.72
=126	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.02
=126	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.00	0.00	0.0	34.23
=126	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.02
=126	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.00	0.00	0.0	36.37
=126	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.20
=126	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.00	0.00	0.0	17.53
=126	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.19
=126	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.00	0.00	0.0	2.05
=126	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.00	0.00	0.0	3.09
=126	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.01
=126	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.03
=126	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.19
=126	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.00	0.00	0.0	10.33
=126	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.15
=126	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.00	0.00	0.0	10.94
=126	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.18
=126	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.29
=126	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.23
=126	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.06
=126	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.27
=126	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.04
=126	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.00	0.00	0.0	10.70
=126	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.10
=126	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	0.00	0.00	0.0	1.04
=126	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.05
=126	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.00	0.00	0.0	3.77

02In 2002

At either end

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

Highest

1Burundishared100.00
1Bhutanshared100.00
1Republic of the Congoshared100.00
1Lesothoshared100.00
1Nepalshared100.00

Lowest

126Yemenshared0.00
126Vanuatushared0.00
126United States Virgin Islandsshared0.00
126British Virgin Islandsshared0.00
126Tongashared0.00

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 21.36. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Renewables (% of generation)
Highest6 share it
Lowest46 share it
Middle country: 13.83
Nuclear (% of generation)
HighestLithuania81.8
Lowest151 share it
Middle country: 0.0
Total generation (TWh)
HighestUnited States3,844.23
LowestMontserrat0.01
Middle country: 3.77

032001 → 2002

Since 2001

What changed between 2001 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
116values changed, of 171 in both
58 · 58rose · fell
55unchanged

Rose most

São Tomé and Príncipe0.00 → 25.00+25.00
Armenia51.39 → 70.25+18.85
Togo38.46 → 56.25+17.79
Kenya59.46 → 76.70+17.24
Panama49.22 → 64.65+15.43

Fell most

Ghana83.87 → 68.78−15.09
Luxembourg19.54 → 5.36−14.18
Portugal34.17 → 21.36−12.81
Croatia56.31 → 46.10−10.22
Suriname70.19 → 60.16−10.03

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

120 distinct values among 171
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 46 countries share 0.00. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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3 empty cells
An empty cell means the publisher gave no figure. It is never a zero.

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Ember (2002). Low-Carbon Share of Electricity Generation, 2002 [data set], describing 2002. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/clean-electricity/2002

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