Data for 2008

Low-Carbon Share of Electricity Generation, 2008

Name: Low-Carbon Share of Electricity Generation, 2008
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Low-Carbon Share of Electricity Generation, 2008 covers 173 countries on 4 measures. 7 countries share the highest reading, 100.000; 44 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 25.806. Against 2007, 119 values changed (74 up, 45 down), the same countries are covered.

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Low-Carbon Share of Electricity Generation · Data for 2008

Highest7 countries share it

100.000

Lowest44 countries share it

0.000

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

173countries
4measures per country
2008the year it describes
123distinct 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, 2008, 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	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	100.000	100.000	0.0	3.76
=1	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	100.000	100.000	0.0	6.89
=1	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	100.000	100.000	0.0	0.11
=1	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	100.000	100.000	0.0	16.34
=1	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	100.000	100.000	0.0	3.72
=1	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	100.000	100.000	0.0	0.58
=1	Paraguay`PRY`South America	100.000	100.000	0.0	55.46
8	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	99.933	99.933	0.0	14.97
9	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	99.895	99.895	0.0	9.53
10	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	99.642	99.642	0.0	2.79
11	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	99.405	99.405	0.0	141.19
12	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	98.668	98.668	0.0	7.51
13	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	97.833	97.833	0.0	16.15
14	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	97.101	97.101	0.0	0.69
15	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	96.931	54.310	42.6	149.90
16	Belize`BLZ`Central America	95.238	95.238	0.0	0.21
17	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	92.941	92.941	0.0	1.70
18	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	92.766	92.766	0.0	9.40
19	France`FRA`Western Europe	90.264	12.757	77.5	566.98
20	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	88.535	88.535	0.0	1.57
21	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	87.500	87.500	0.0	0.16
22	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	85.714	85.714	0.0	11.69
23	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	84.606	84.606	0.0	8.38
24	Colombia`COL`South America	83.886	83.886	0.0	55.48
25	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	80.435	80.435	0.0	0.46
26	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	78.695	4.501	74.2	13.33
27	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	77.778	77.778	0.0	4.05
28	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	75.885	75.885	0.0	7.63
29	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	75.709	75.709	0.0	5.64
30	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	74.249	74.249	0.0	2.33
31	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	74.111	15.923	58.2	28.70
32	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	73.918	73.918	0.0	8.32
33	Venezuela`VEN`South America	72.791	72.791	0.0	119.30
34	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	72.683	72.683	0.0	6.15
=35	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	69.231	69.231	0.0	0.78
=35	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	69.231	69.231	0.0	0.13
37	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	69.167	69.167	0.0	64.38
38	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	68.644	30.169	38.5	5.90
39	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	67.857	67.857	0.0	0.84
40	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	65.585	35.902	29.7	77.35
41	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	64.473	26.264	38.2	16.41
42	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	64.231	64.231	0.0	43.39
43	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	64.198	64.198	0.0	0.81
44	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	63.279	63.279	—	6.10
45	Panama`PAN`Central America	62.053	62.053	0.0	6.43
46	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	61.480	61.480	0.0	6.62
47	Uruguay`URY`South America	61.231	61.231	0.0	8.77
48	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	60.911	60.911	0.0	5.27
49	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	60.899	60.899	0.0	4.45
50	Ecuador`ECU`South America	60.573	60.573	0.0	18.49
51	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	60.408	60.408	0.0	23.06
52	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	60.185	5.321	54.9	83.06
53	Peru`PER`South America	60.130	60.130	0.0	32.43
54	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	59.322	59.322	0.0	1.18
55	Suriname`SUR`South America	56.954	56.954	0.0	1.51
56	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	55.172	55.172	0.0	0.29
57	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	54.954	54.954	0.0	8.68
58	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	54.417	54.417	0.0	2.83
59	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	54.054	54.054	0.0	0.37
60	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	49.171	49.171	0.0	1.81
61	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	45.696	45.696	0.0	12.78
62	Chile`CHL`South America	45.526	45.526	0.0	59.46
63	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	45.455	45.455	0.0	0.11
64	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	43.864	26.549	17.3	64.86
65	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	42.904	5.872	37.0	40.02
66	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	42.032	6.586	35.4	44.49
67	Bolivia`BOL`South America	39.696	39.696	0.0	5.92
68	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	39.097	20.062	19.0	309.79
69	Honduras`HND`Central America	38.117	38.117	0.0	6.48
70	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	37.037	37.037	0.0	0.27
71	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	36.842	36.842	0.0	0.57
72	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	36.735	36.735	0.0	0.49
73	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	36.657	36.657	0.0	3.41
74	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	36.347	4.467	31.9	83.28
75	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	35.417	35.417	0.0	3.36
76	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	34.542	34.542	0.0	5.79
77	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	34.254	34.254	0.0	1.81
78	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	33.903	33.903	0.0	60.82
79	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	33.333	33.333	0.0	0.06
80	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	33.115	31.244	1.9	93.01
81	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	32.289	32.289	0.0	45.34
82	United States`USA`Northern America	28.809	9.181	19.6	4,107.53
83	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	28.369	28.369	0.0	5.64
84	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	27.686	27.686	0.0	36.48
85	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	27.131	27.131	0.0	21.12
86	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	25.964	25.964	0.0	36.82
87	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	25.806	25.806	0.0	1.86
88	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	25.000	25.000	0.0	0.20
89	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	23.438	23.438	0.0	2.56
90	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	21.311	21.311	0.0	0.61
91	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	20.982	19.025	2.0	3,495.76
92	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	20.000	20.000	0.0	0.05
93	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	18.667	18.667	0.0	311.57
94	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	17.351	17.351	0.0	198.37
95	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	15.385	15.385	0.0	0.13
96	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	14.876	14.876	0.0	1.21
97	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	14.286	14.286	0.0	0.14
98	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	13.312	13.312	0.0	6.31
99	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	12.899	8.973	3.9	106.21
100	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	12.162	12.162	0.0	29.93
101	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	10.541	10.541	0.0	14.61
102	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	10.294	10.294	0.0	2.72
103	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	10.222	10.222	0.0	21.62
104	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	9.436	9.436	0.0	36.88
105	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	9.247	9.247	0.0	62.18
106	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	9.122	9.122	0.0	2.96
107	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	8.941	8.941	0.0	50.22
108	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	8.333	8.333	0.0	0.72
109	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	7.063	7.063	0.0	41.06
110	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	6.323	6.323	0.0	6.01
111	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	6.147	6.147	0.0	4.23
112	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	4.278	4.278	0.0	154.50
113	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	3.959	3.959	0.0	17.68
114	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	3.448	3.448	0.0	0.29
115	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	3.378	3.378	—	1.48
116	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	2.972	2.972	0.0	12.45
117	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	2.805	2.805	0.0	34.23
118	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	2.496	2.496	—	41.67
119	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1.890	1.890	0.0	10.58
120	Guyana`GUY`South America	1.408	1.408	0.0	0.71
121	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.696	0.696	0.0	40.23
122	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	0.688	0.688	0.0	23.25
123	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.495	0.495	0.0	14.15
124	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.487	0.487	0.0	14.37
125	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.259	0.259	0.0	7.73
126	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.250	0.250	0.0	4.00
127	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.200	0.200	0.0	35.05
128	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.197	0.197	0.0	5.07
129	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.070	0.070	0.0	56.79
=130	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.19
=130	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.30
=130	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.91
=130	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.0	2.25
=130	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.000	0.000	0.0	22.82
=130	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.0	1.05
=130	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.23
=130	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.70
=130	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.18
=130	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.000	0.000	0.0	3.42
=130	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.62
=130	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.14
=130	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.04
=130	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.03
=130	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.34
=130	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.28
=130	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.24
=130	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.19
=130	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	0.000	0.000	0.0	1.88
=130	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.03
=130	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.000	0.000	0.0	37.93
=130	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.02
=130	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.000	0.000	0.0	51.75
=130	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.25
=130	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.000	0.000	0.0	28.67
=130	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.41
=130	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.000	0.000	0.0	2.31
=130	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.01
=130	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.02
=130	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.22
=130	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.000	0.000	0.0	16.05
=130	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.43
=130	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.000	0.000	0.0	21.62
=130	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.20
=130	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.35
=130	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.34
=130	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.08
=130	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.32
=130	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.05
=130	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.000	0.000	0.0	15.04
=130	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.19
=130	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.97
=130	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.06
=130	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.000	0.000	0.0	6.55

02In 2008

At either end

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

Highest

1Albaniashared100.000
1Burundishared100.000
1Bhutanshared100.000
1Icelandshared100.000
1Laosshared100.000

Lowest

130Yemenshared0.000
130Vanuatushared0.000
130United States Virgin Islandsshared0.000
130British Virgin Islandsshared0.000
130Tongashared0.000

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 25.806. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Renewables (% of generation)
Highest7 share it
Lowest44 share it
Middle country: 15.923
Nuclear (% of generation)
HighestFrance77.5
Lowest153 share it
Middle country: 0.0
Total generation (TWh)
HighestUnited States4,107.53
LowestMontserrat0.01
Middle country: 5.64

032007 → 2008

Since 2007

What changed between 2007 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
119values changed, of 173 in both
74 · 45rose · fell
54unchanged

Rose most

Ghana53.161 → 73.918+20.757
Equatorial Guinea7.692 → 25.000+17.308
Togo52.632 → 69.231+16.599
Belize81.818 → 95.238+13.420
Ecuador52.000 → 60.573+8.573

Fell most

Uruguay86.994 → 61.231−25.763
Namibia98.089 → 88.535−9.554
Iraq17.268 → 9.436−7.832
Faroe Islands44.444 → 37.037−7.407
Peru66.722 → 60.130−6.592

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

123 distinct values among 173
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 44 countries share 0.000. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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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 (2008). Low-Carbon Share of Electricity Generation, 2008 [data set], describing 2008. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/clean-electricity/2008

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