Data for 2004

Low-Carbon Share of Electricity Generation, 2004

Name: Low-Carbon Share of Electricity Generation, 2004
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Low-Carbon Share of Electricity Generation, 2004 covers 172 countries on 4 measures. 7 countries share the highest reading, 100.000; 46 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 25.000. Against 2003, 120 values changed (65 up, 55 down), the same countries are covered.

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Low-Carbon Share of Electricity Generation · Data for 2004

Highest7 countries share it

100.000

Lowest46 countries share it

0.000

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

172countries
4measures per country
2004the 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, 2004, 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	2.33
=1	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	100.000	100.000	0.0	0.09
=1	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	100.000	100.000	0.0	8.54
=1	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	100.000	100.000	0.0	3.00
=1	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	100.000	100.000	0.0	0.30
=1	Paraguay`PRY`South America	100.000	100.000	0.0	51.93
=1	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	100.000	100.000	0.0	1.94
8	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	99.858	99.858	0.0	7.02
9	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	99.582	99.582	0.0	2.39
10	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	99.569	99.569	0.0	11.60
11	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	99.412	99.412	0.0	8.51
12	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	99.355	99.355	0.0	110.10
13	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	99.275	99.275	0.0	1.38
14	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	99.123	99.123	0.0	7.98
15	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	99.090	99.090	0.0	16.49
16	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	97.477	97.477	0.0	5.55
17	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	96.114	44.985	51.1	151.56
18	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	95.332	95.332	0.0	4.07
19	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	94.828	94.828	0.0	0.58
20	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	90.476	90.476	0.0	1.47
21	France`FRA`Western Europe	90.175	11.022	79.2	566.30
22	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	87.333	87.333	0.0	6.00
23	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	87.318	87.318	0.0	6.86
24	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	86.324	86.324	0.0	16.16
25	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	82.827	2.293	80.5	18.75
26	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	82.500	82.500	0.0	0.40
27	Uruguay`URY`South America	81.695	81.695	0.0	5.90
28	Colombia`COL`South America	81.512	81.512	0.0	49.33
29	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	80.000	80.000	0.0	0.15
30	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	78.927	78.927	0.0	2.61
31	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	78.125	78.125	0.0	2.24
32	Peru`PER`South America	72.866	72.866	0.0	24.25
33	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	72.392	72.392	0.0	42.27
34	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	72.193	34.197	38.0	5.79
35	Venezuela`VEN`South America	71.101	71.101	0.0	98.55
36	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	70.886	70.886	0.0	0.79
37	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	70.455	70.455	0.0	6.16
38	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	69.468	13.559	55.9	30.46
39	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	68.230	68.230	0.0	4.69
40	Panama`PAN`Central America	65.972	65.972	0.0	5.76
41	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	64.058	64.058	0.0	61.85
42	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	63.327	27.570	35.8	15.27
43	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	61.111	61.111	0.0	0.90
44	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	60.952	60.952	0.0	1.05
45	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	58.871	1.809	57.1	82.91
46	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	58.170	58.170	0.0	1.53
47	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	57.576	57.576	0.0	0.33
48	Ecuador`ECU`South America	57.344	57.344	0.0	12.80
49	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	57.143	57.143	0.0	0.14
50	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	56.818	56.818	0.0	0.88
51	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	56.633	56.633	0.0	21.86
52	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	56.584	56.584	0.0	9.72
53	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	56.326	29.858	26.5	85.84
54	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	55.011	55.011	0.0	13.87
55	Suriname`SUR`South America	53.147	53.147	0.0	1.43
56	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	52.795	52.795	—	4.83
57	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	50.935	50.935	0.0	6.42
58	Bolivia`BOL`South America	48.344	48.344	0.0	4.53
59	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	48.259	7.592	40.7	41.36
60	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	47.273	47.273	0.0	0.55
61	Chile`CHL`South America	46.667	46.667	0.0	51.00
62	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	45.455	45.455	0.0	0.11
63	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	42.959	42.959	0.0	5.61
64	Belize`BLZ`Central America	42.857	42.857	0.0	0.14
65	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	42.105	42.105	0.0	0.19
66	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	41.119	18.123	23.0	276.61
67	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	40.000	40.000	0.0	0.25
68	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	39.065	29.237	9.8	56.47
69	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	38.119	2.788	35.3	33.71
70	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	34.694	3.270	31.4	83.79
71	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	34.444	34.444	0.0	3.60
72	Honduras`HND`Central America	34.109	34.109	0.0	5.16
73	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	33.733	33.733	0.0	55.94
74	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	33.504	31.259	2.2	85.96
75	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	33.455	33.455	0.0	5.50
76	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	33.429	33.429	0.0	24.29
77	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	33.333	33.333	0.0	0.54
78	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	30.925	30.925	0.0	149.75
79	United States`USA`Northern America	28.686	8.733	20.0	3,951.95
80	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	28.556	28.556	0.0	37.19
81	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	28.114	28.114	0.0	2.81
82	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	27.551	27.551	0.0	44.68
83	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	27.315	27.315	0.0	2.16
84	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	27.273	27.273	0.0	0.11
85	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	26.781	26.781	0.0	3.51
=86	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	25.000	25.000	0.0	0.12
=86	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	25.000	25.000	0.0	0.04
88	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	23.810	23.810	0.0	1.26
89	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	23.683	23.683	0.0	40.24
90	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	22.222	22.222	0.0	6.66
91	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	21.277	21.277	0.0	0.47
92	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	19.760	19.760	0.0	1.67
93	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	18.513	16.222	2.3	2,203.31
94	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	18.341	18.341	0.0	293.71
95	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	16.667	16.667	0.0	0.12
96	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	14.476	14.476	0.0	12.02
97	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	13.808	13.808	0.0	2.39
98	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	13.087	13.087	0.0	32.17
99	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	12.569	12.569	0.0	21.72
100	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	12.274	12.274	0.0	49.70
101	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	11.111	11.111	0.0	0.09
102	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	10.151	10.151	0.0	58.22
103	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	9.703	9.703	0.0	11.44
104	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	9.136	5.310	3.8	99.82
105	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	7.614	7.614	0.0	1.97
106	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	7.407	7.407	0.0	0.54
107	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	6.034	6.034	0.0	5.80
108	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	5.638	5.638	0.0	3.37
109	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	5.627	5.627	0.0	15.64
110	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	5.595	5.595	0.0	25.20
111	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	4.815	4.815	0.0	25.13
112	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	4.545	4.545	0.0	0.22
113	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	4.054	4.054	—	0.74
114	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	3.172	3.172	0.0	7.25
115	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	2.607	2.607	—	36.82
116	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	2.098	2.098	0.0	152.54
117	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	1.593	1.593	0.0	11.93
118	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	1.517	1.517	0.0	32.29
119	Guyana`GUY`South America	1.163	1.163	0.0	0.86
120	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.800	0.800	0.0	31.25
121	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.670	0.670	0.0	8.96
122	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.582	0.582	0.0	10.31
123	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	0.580	0.580	0.0	24.15
124	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.311	0.311	0.0	6.43
125	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.096	0.096	0.0	31.20
126	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.085	0.085	0.0	47.28
=127	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.19
=127	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.22
=127	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.87
=127	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.0	1.98
=127	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.000	0.000	0.0	16.15
=127	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.89
=127	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.08
=127	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.97
=127	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.15
=127	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.000	0.000	0.0	3.26
=127	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.45
=127	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.12
=127	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.04
=127	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.03
=127	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.000	0.000	0.0	4.20
=127	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.22
=127	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.28
=127	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.19
=127	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.14
=127	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	0.000	0.000	0.0	1.88
=127	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.03
=127	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.000	0.000	0.0	37.05
=127	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.02
=127	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.000	0.000	0.0	41.26
=127	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.20
=127	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.000	0.000	0.0	20.20
=127	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.24
=127	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.000	0.000	0.0	2.22
=127	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.000	0.000	0.0	3.28
=127	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.01
=127	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.03
=127	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.20
=127	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.000	0.000	0.0	11.50
=127	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.40
=127	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.000	0.000	0.0	13.23
=127	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.18
=127	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.31
=127	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.23
=127	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.06
=127	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.28
=127	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.05
=127	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.000	0.000	0.0	11.92
=127	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.12
=127	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.0	1.05
=127	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.05
=127	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.000	0.000	0.0	4.36

02In 2004

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
1Icelandshared100.000
1Laosshared100.000
1Lesothoshared100.000

Lowest

127Yemenshared0.000
127Vanuatushared0.000
127United States Virgin Islandsshared0.000
127British Virgin Islandsshared0.000
127Tongashared0.000

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 25.000. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Renewables (% of generation)
Highest7 share it
Lowest46 share it
Middle country: 16.445
Nuclear (% of generation)
HighestLithuania80.5
Lowest152 share it
Middle country: 0.0
Total generation (TWh)
HighestUnited States3,951.95
LowestMontserrat0.01
Middle country: 4.45

032003 → 2004

Since 2003

What changed between 2003 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
120values changed, of 172 in both
65 · 55rose · fell
52unchanged

Rose most

Ghana65.646 → 87.333+21.687
Angola62.312 → 78.125+15.813
Panama50.987 → 65.972+14.985
Guinea46.512 → 61.111+14.599
Croatia41.489 → 55.011+13.522

Fell most

Togo66.667 → 42.105−24.562
Uruguay99.883 → 81.695−18.188
Tanzania95.941 → 78.927−17.014
Kenya81.934 → 70.455−11.479
Portugal38.155 → 27.551−10.604

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. 46 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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