Data for 2006

Low-Carbon Share of Electricity Generation, 2006

Name: Low-Carbon Share of Electricity Generation, 2006
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Low-Carbon Share of Electricity Generation, 2006 covers 173 countries on 4 measures. 6 countries share the highest reading, 100.000; 47 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 23.538. Against 2005, 118 values changed (53 up, 65 down), the same countries are covered.

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Low-Carbon Share of Electricity Generation · Data for 2006

Highest6 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.

173countries
4measures per country
2006the year it describes
122distinct 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, 2006, 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	4.47
=1	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	100.000	100.000	0	0.09
=1	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	100.000	100.000	0	9.85
=1	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	100.000	100.000	0	3.60
=1	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	100.000	100.000	0	0.52
=1	Paraguay`PRY`South America	100.000	100.000	0	53.77
7	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	99.897	99.897	0	9.68
8	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	99.863	99.863	0	14.59
9	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	99.632	99.632	0	2.72
10	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	99.333	99.333	0	7.50
11	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	99.324	99.324	0	121.22
12	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	98.641	98.641	0	16.93
13	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	98.214	98.214	0	5.04
14	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	97.101	97.101	0	0.69
15	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	96.343	49.595	47	143.28
16	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	93.852	93.852	0	8.62
17	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	93.789	93.789	0	1.61
18	France`FRA`Western Europe	90.093	10.737	79	567.30
19	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	89.172	89.172	0	1.57
20	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	88.735	88.735	0	5.06
21	Belize`BLZ`Central America	85.714	85.714	0	0.21
22	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	85.235	85.235	0	2.98
23	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	84.880	84.880	0	14.55
24	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	82.353	82.353	0	0.17
25	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	82.222	82.222	0	0.45
26	Colombia`COL`South America	80.446	80.446	0	53.34
27	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	76.250	76.250	0	1.60
28	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	75.228	3.563	72	12.07
29	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	74.081	31.699	42	5.71
30	Venezuela`VEN`South America	73.900	73.900	0	110.42
31	Peru`PER`South America	73.282	73.282	0	27.36
32	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	73.024	15.392	58	31.25
33	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	71.111	71.111	0	0.90
34	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	70.415	70.415	0	7.47
35	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	67.794	67.794	0	7.98
36	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	66.389	66.389	0	8.39
37	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	65.359	65.359	0	62.21
38	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	64.777	64.777	0	43.04
39	Uruguay`URY`South America	64.632	64.632	0	5.57
40	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	63.014	63.014	0	0.73
41	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	62.850	62.850	0	7.51
42	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	61.218	24.487	37	15.11
43	Panama`PAN`Central America	60.201	60.201	0	5.98
44	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	59.813	59.813	0	1.07
45	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	59.527	3.552	56	83.34
46	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	59.322	59.322	0	2.95
47	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	58.596	58.596	—	5.70
48	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	57.229	57.229	0	1.66
49	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	57.143	57.143	0	0.35
50	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	57.055	57.055	0	4.89
51	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	55.984	55.984	0	22.31
52	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	55.134	27.294	28	82.29
53	Chile`CHL`South America	55.015	55.015	0	55.04
54	Suriname`SUR`South America	54.777	54.777	0	1.57
55	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	53.883	53.883	0	6.18
56	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	53.494	53.494	0	7.87
57	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	52.222	52.222	0	0.90
58	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	52.201	9.309	43	45.44
59	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	51.510	51.510	0	12.91
60	Ecuador`ECU`South America	50.284	50.284	0	14.08
61	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	48.148	48.148	0	0.27
62	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	47.368	47.368	0	0.57
63	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	44.000	44.000	0	0.25
64	Bolivia`BOL`South America	43.600	43.600	0	5.00
65	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	42.735	42.735	0	3.51
66	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	41.702	4.156	38	35.85
67	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	41.667	41.667	0	0.12
68	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	40.909	40.909	0	0.22
69	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	38.347	29.348	9	62.56
70	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	37.985	17.643	20	295.59
71	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	37.736	37.736	0	0.53
72	Honduras`HND`Central America	36.745	36.745	0	5.96
73	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	36.034	36.034	0	56.78
74	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	35.728	33.166	3	99.53
75	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	35.345	4.208	31	83.66
76	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	33.824	33.824	0	3.40
77	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	33.758	33.758	0	1.57
78	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	32.479	32.479	0	48.40
79	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	32.258	32.258	0	4.65
80	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	30.032	30.032	0	3.13
81	United States`USA`Northern America	28.871	9.418	19	4,046.94
82	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	28.854	28.854	0	35.87
83	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	28.369	28.369	0	5.64
84	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	27.119	27.119	0	23.12
85	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	25.260	25.260	0	176.25
86	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	25.000	25.000	0	0.12
87	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	23.538	23.538	0	7.01
88	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	22.458	22.458	0	2.36
89	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	20.224	20.224	0	45.44
90	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	20.000	20.000	0	0.05
91	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	18.031	18.031	0	33.83
92	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	17.502	15.589	2	2,865.73
93	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	16.578	16.578	0	1.87
94	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	16.570	16.570	0	305.61
95	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	15.385	15.385	0	0.13
96	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	14.545	14.545	0	0.55
97	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	13.536	13.536	0	14.11
98	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	12.910	12.910	0	59.41
99	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	11.823	8.265	4	97.52
100	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	10.606	10.606	0	2.64
101	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	10.592	10.592	0	37.48
102	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	10.180	10.180	0	1.67
103	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	10.159	10.159	0	24.51
104	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	9.428	9.428	0	49.32
105	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	9.225	9.225	0	27.10
106	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	9.091	9.091	0	0.11
107	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	8.065	8.065	0	0.62
108	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	7.062	7.062	0	3.54
109	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	6.090	6.090	0	11.33
110	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	6.086	6.086	0	6.08
111	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	4.630	4.630	—	1.08
112	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	4.609	4.609	0	30.16
113	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	4.000	4.000	0	0.25
114	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	3.733	3.733	0	7.50
115	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	3.036	3.036	0	16.47
116	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	2.670	2.670	0	160.70
117	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	2.406	2.406	—	39.49
118	Guyana`GUY`South America	1.515	1.515	0	0.66
119	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1.336	1.336	0	9.73
120	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.995	0.995	0	13.07
121	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.624	0.624	0	35.23
122	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	0.561	0.561	0	24.97
123	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.540	0.540	0	11.12
124	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.418	0.418	0	7.17
125	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.126	0.126	0	31.81
126	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.040	0.040	0	50.56
=127	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.000	0.000	0	0.19
=127	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0	0.26
=127	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0	0.91
=127	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0	2.12
=127	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.000	0.000	0	21.04
=127	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0	1.02
=127	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.000	0.000	0	0.15
=127	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.000	0.000	0	0.99
=127	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0	0.17
=127	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.000	0.000	0	3.30
=127	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0	0.56
=127	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.000	0.000	0	0.12
=127	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.000	0	0.05
=127	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	0.000	0.000	0	0.03
=127	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.000	0.000	0	4.65
=127	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.000	0	0.31
=127	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.000	0	0.27
=127	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.000	0.000	0	0.22
=127	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0	0.17
=127	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	0.000	0.000	0	1.89
=127	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.000	0.000	0	0.03
=127	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.000	0.000	0	38.54
=127	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.000	0.000	0	0.03
=127	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.000	0.000	0	47.60
=127	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.000	0.000	0	0.20
=127	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.000	0.000	0	24.75
=127	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.000	0.000	0	0.31
=127	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.000	0.000	0	2.26
=127	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.000	0.000	0	3.53
=127	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0	0.01
=127	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.000	0.000	0	0.02
=127	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.000	0.000	0	0.22
=127	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.000	0.000	0	13.29
=127	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.000	0.000	0	0.35
=127	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.000	0.000	0	17.08
=127	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0	0.19
=127	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0	0.33
=127	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.000	0	0.32
=127	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.000	0.000	0	0.05
=127	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.000	0.000	0	0.07
=127	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.000	0	0.30
=127	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.000	0.000	0	0.05
=127	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.000	0.000	0	13.65
=127	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0	0.16
=127	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0	0.97
=127	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.000	0.000	0	0.05
=127	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.000	0.000	0	5.39

02In 2006

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 23.538. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Renewables (% of generation)
Highest6 share it
Lowest47 share it
Middle country: 15.392
Nuclear (% of generation)
HighestFrance79
Lowest153 share it
Middle country: 0
Total generation (TWh)
HighestUnited States4,046.94
LowestMontserrat0.01
Middle country: 5.00

032005 → 2006

Since 2005

What changed between 2005 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
118values changed, of 173 in both
53 · 65rose · fell
55unchanged

Rose most

Belize43.750 → 85.714+41.964
São Tomé and Príncipe0.000 → 20.000+20.000
Zimbabwe52.457 → 67.794+15.337
Portugal17.931 → 32.479+14.548
Suriname48.521 → 54.777+6.256

Fell most

Sierra Leone25.000 → 0.000−25.000
Uruguay87.500 → 64.632−22.868
Uganda96.429 → 76.250−20.179
Ghana82.789 → 66.389−16.400
Georgia85.694 → 70.415−15.279

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

122 distinct values among 173
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.

05The files

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Ember (2006). Low-Carbon Share of Electricity Generation, 2006 [data set], describing 2006. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/clean-electricity/2006

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