Data for 2003

Low-Carbon Share of Electricity Generation, 2003

Name: Low-Carbon Share of Electricity Generation, 2003
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Low-Carbon Share of Electricity Generation, 2003 covers 172 countries on 4 measures. 5 countries share the highest reading, 100.000; 47 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 25.113. Against 2002, 114 values changed (51 up, 63 down), 1 country joined.

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Low-Carbon Share of Electricity Generation · Data for 2003

Highest5 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.

172countries
4measures per country
2003the year it describes
120distinct 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, 2003, 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	2.50
=1	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	100.000	100.000	0.0	0.10
=1	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	100.000	100.000	0.0	0.32
=1	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	100.000	100.000	0.0	2.26
=1	Paraguay`PRY`South America	100.000	100.000	0.0	51.77
6	Uruguay`URY`South America	99.883	99.883	0.0	8.58
7	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	99.882	99.882	0.0	8.44
8	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	99.836	99.836	0.0	6.11
9	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	99.722	99.722	0.0	10.79
10	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	99.444	99.444	0.0	1.80
11	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	99.400	99.400	0.0	106.67
12	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	99.301	99.301	0.0	1.43
13	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	99.279	99.279	0.0	8.32
14	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	98.970	98.970	0.0	16.51
15	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	97.897	97.897	0.0	5.23
16	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	97.808	97.808	0.0	7.30
17	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	95.941	95.941	0.0	2.71
18	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	95.616	95.616	0.0	3.65
19	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	95.312	95.312	0.0	0.64
20	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	93.175	43.378	49.8	135.39
21	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	92.366	92.366	0.0	1.31
22	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	90.986	90.986	0.0	7.10
23	France`FRA`Western Europe	89.879	10.994	78.9	559.13
24	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	89.841	89.841	0.0	3.15
25	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	86.658	86.658	0.0	15.44
26	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	85.000	85.000	0.0	0.40
27	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	84.006	1.753	82.3	18.82
28	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	81.934	81.934	0.0	5.48
29	Peru`PER`South America	81.683	81.683	0.0	22.93
30	Colombia`COL`South America	78.615	78.615	0.0	46.20
31	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	72.727	72.727	0.0	0.11
32	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	71.321	36.981	34.3	5.30
33	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	69.231	69.231	0.0	0.91
34	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	69.206	11.556	57.7	30.98
=35	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	66.667	66.667	0.0	0.18
=35	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	66.667	66.667	0.0	0.18
37	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	66.089	66.089	0.0	40.37
38	Venezuela`VEN`South America	65.829	65.829	0.0	91.95
39	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	65.646	65.646	0.0	5.88
40	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	63.542	63.542	0.0	0.96
41	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	62.312	62.312	0.0	1.99
42	Ecuador`ECU`South America	61.934	61.934	0.0	11.48
43	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	60.790	60.790	0.0	57.97
44	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	60.751	60.751	0.0	8.79
45	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	59.942	22.270	37.7	13.83
46	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	58.942	58.942	0.0	3.97
47	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	58.824	58.824	0.0	1.53
48	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	58.131	1.436	56.7	83.57
49	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	58.065	58.065	0.0	0.31
50	Suriname`SUR`South America	57.692	57.692	0.0	1.30
51	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	56.317	56.317	—	4.67
52	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	55.556	55.556	0.0	20.88
53	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	54.023	54.023	0.0	0.87
54	Panama`PAN`Central America	50.987	50.987	0.0	5.57
55	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	50.000	50.000	0.0	0.10
56	Chile`CHL`South America	49.925	49.925	0.0	46.63
57	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	49.585	22.615	27.0	84.28
58	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	48.770	48.770	0.0	6.91
59	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	47.942	7.072	40.9	42.28
60	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	47.170	47.170	0.0	0.53
61	Bolivia`BOL`South America	46.651	46.651	0.0	4.33
62	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	46.512	46.512	0.0	0.86
63	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	45.717	21.667	24.1	257.30
64	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	41.489	41.489	0.0	13.16
65	Honduras`HND`Central America	41.026	41.026	0.0	4.68
66	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	38.376	38.376	0.0	5.42
67	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	38.155	38.155	0.0	46.39
=68	Belize`BLZ`Central America	37.500	37.500	0.0	0.16
=68	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	37.500	37.500	0.0	0.08
70	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	36.931	36.931	0.0	20.20
71	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	36.888	36.888	0.0	3.47
72	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	36.489	34.284	2.2	82.08
73	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	35.630	35.630	0.0	5.08
74	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	33.506	2.259	31.2	82.79
75	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	33.415	33.415	0.0	52.94
76	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	33.333	33.333	0.0	0.24
77	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	33.226	0.967	32.3	34.13
78	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	33.133	24.179	9.0	54.84
79	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	31.915	31.915	0.0	0.47
80	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	30.124	30.124	0.0	3.22
81	United States`USA`Northern America	28.765	9.025	19.7	3,868.94
82	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	27.407	27.407	0.0	2.70
83	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	27.273	27.273	0.0	2.09
84	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	25.511	25.511	0.0	34.26
85	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	25.484	25.484	0.0	139.54
86	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	25.225	25.225	0.0	1.11
87	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	25.000	25.000	0.0	0.04
88	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	22.222	22.222	0.0	0.45
89	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	20.357	20.357	0.0	6.73
90	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	18.286	18.286	0.0	1.75
91	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	18.182	18.182	0.0	0.11
92	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	17.555	17.555	0.0	45.97
93	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	17.305	15.036	2.3	1,910.57
94	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	16.762	16.762	0.0	48.74
95	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	16.369	16.369	0.0	286.27
96	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	16.309	16.309	0.0	2.33
97	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	14.286	14.286	0.0	0.07
98	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	13.333	13.333	0.0	0.15
99	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	11.477	11.477	0.0	21.26
100	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	10.441	10.441	0.0	12.93
101	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	10.283	10.283	0.0	57.28
102	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	9.591	9.591	0.0	14.18
103	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	9.178	9.178	0.0	30.40
104	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	8.359	4.148	4.2	95.47
105	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	8.333	8.333	0.0	1.80
106	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	8.000	8.000	0.0	0.50
107	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	6.250	6.250	—	0.64
108	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	6.239	6.239	0.0	5.77
109	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	5.580	5.580	0.0	20.07
110	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	5.376	5.376	0.0	15.81
111	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	5.018	5.018	0.0	2.79
112	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	4.631	4.631	0.0	24.83
113	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	2.803	2.803	—	35.32
114	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	2.507	2.507	0.0	7.18
115	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	1.684	1.684	0.0	11.28
116	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	1.518	1.518	0.0	28.33
117	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1.500	1.500	0.0	150.01
118	Guyana`GUY`South America	1.220	1.220	0.0	0.82
119	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.879	0.879	0.0	29.57
120	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.623	0.623	0.0	8.03
121	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.492	0.492	0.0	10.16
122	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	0.418	0.418	0.0	23.92
123	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.155	0.155	0.0	6.44
124	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.113	0.113	0.0	26.63
125	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.085	0.085	0.0	47.04
=126	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.19
=126	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.21
=126	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.84
=126	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.0	2.00
=126	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.000	0.000	0.0	15.70
=126	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.87
=126	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.08
=126	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.000	0.000	0.0	1.04
=126	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.14
=126	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.000	0.000	0.0	3.20
=126	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.19
=126	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.51
=126	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.11
=126	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.04
=126	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.03
=126	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.000	0.000	0.0	4.05
=126	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.20
=126	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.28
=126	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.17
=126	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.16
=126	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	0.000	0.000	0.0	1.78
=126	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.02
=126	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.000	0.000	0.0	35.43
=126	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.02
=126	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.000	0.000	0.0	39.80
=126	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.20
=126	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.000	0.000	0.0	18.95
=126	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.22
=126	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.000	0.000	0.0	2.24
=126	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.000	0.000	0.0	3.11
=126	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.01
=126	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.03
=126	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.20
=126	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.000	0.000	0.0	10.71
=126	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.34
=126	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.000	0.000	0.0	12.01
=126	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.18
=126	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.30
=126	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.23
=126	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.06
=126	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.28
=126	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.04
=126	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.000	0.000	0.0	10.80
=126	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.11
=126	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.0	1.04
=126	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.05
=126	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.000	0.000	0.0	4.10

02In 2003

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
1Lesothoshared100.000
1Nepalshared100.000
1Paraguayshared100.000

Lowest

126Yemenshared0.000
126Vanuatushared0.000
126United States Virgin Islandsshared0.000
126British Virgin Islandsshared0.000
126Tongashared0.000

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 25.113. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Renewables (% of generation)
Highest5 share it
Lowest47 share it
Middle country: 16.339
Nuclear (% of generation)
HighestLithuania82.3
Lowest152 share it
Middle country: 0.0
Total generation (TWh)
HighestUnited States3,868.94
LowestMontserrat0.01
Middle country: 4.07

032002 → 2003

Since 2002

What changed between 2002 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −0countries joined / left
114values changed, of 171 in both
51 · 63rose · fell
57unchanged

Rose most

Portugal21.361 → 38.155+16.794
Zimbabwe44.406 → 60.751+16.345
Togo56.250 → 66.667+10.417
Guatemala39.640 → 48.770+9.130
North Macedonia12.479 → 20.357+7.878

Fell most

Belize64.286 → 37.500−26.786
Fiji69.880 → 54.023−15.857
Republic of the Congo100.000 → 85.000−15.000
Panama64.650 → 50.987−13.663
Guinea58.416 → 46.512−11.904

+ North Korea

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 172
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 47 countries share 0.000. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The position is ours
Ember publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
3 empty cells
An empty cell means the publisher gave no figure. It is never a zero.

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Ember (2003). Low-Carbon Share of Electricity Generation, 2003 [data set], describing 2003. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/clean-electricity/2003

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