Data for 2010

Low-Carbon Share of Electricity Generation, 2010

Name: Low-Carbon Share of Electricity Generation, 2010
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Low-Carbon Share of Electricity Generation, 2010 covers 173 countries on 4 measures. 7 countries share the highest reading, 100.00; 44 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 25.00. Against 2009, 126 values changed (68 up, 58 down), the same countries are covered.

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Low-Carbon Share of Electricity Generation · Data for 2010

Highest7 countries share it

100.00

Lowest44 countries share it

0.00

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

173countries
4measures per country
2010the year it describes
124distinct 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, 2010, 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	100.00	100.00	0.0	7.57
=1	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	100.00	100.00	0.0	7.26
=1	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	100.00	100.00	0.0	16.74
=1	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	100.00	100.00	0.0	8.36
=1	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	100.00	100.00	0.0	0.69
=1	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	100.00	100.00	0.0	3.18
=1	Paraguay`PRY`South America	100.00	100.00	0.0	54.06
8	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	99.90	99.90	0.0	10.45
9	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	99.88	99.88	0.0	16.67
10	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	99.76	99.76	0.0	16.44
11	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	98.85	98.85	0.0	7.83
12	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	97.30	97.30	0.0	0.74
13	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	96.18	96.18	0.0	1.31
14	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	95.79	95.79	0.0	123.14
15	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	94.25	55.30	39.0	148.45
16	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	93.75	93.75	0.0	1.92
17	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	93.27	93.27	0.0	9.51
18	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	93.17	93.17	0.0	9.95
19	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	91.74	91.74	0.0	11.99
20	France`FRA`Western Europe	89.84	13.64	76.2	562.36
21	Uruguay`URY`South America	89.20	89.20	0.0	10.74
22	Belize`BLZ`Central America	88.10	88.10	0.0	0.42
23	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	87.50	87.50	0.0	0.16
24	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	85.71	85.71	0.0	0.14
25	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	85.23	85.23	0.0	0.88
26	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	82.85	82.85	0.0	7.58
27	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	81.25	81.25	0.0	0.16
28	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	77.03	40.51	36.5	6.27
29	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	76.19	76.19	0.0	0.63
30	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	74.73	21.67	53.1	27.46
31	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	74.44	74.44	0.0	7.16
32	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	73.12	73.12	0.0	44.31
33	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	73.04	73.04	0.0	5.86
34	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	71.81	71.81	0.0	8.62
35	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	70.73	70.73	0.0	0.41
36	Colombia`COL`South America	70.51	70.51	0.0	60.23
37	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	68.68	68.68	0.0	10.12
38	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	68.41	68.41	0.0	4.02
39	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	67.95	67.95	0.0	5.46
40	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	67.94	67.94	0.0	8.64
41	Venezuela`VEN`South America	67.49	67.49	0.0	113.76
42	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	66.34	66.34	0.0	67.82
43	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	65.46	65.46	—	6.05
44	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	64.02	29.21	34.8	16.26
45	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	63.69	63.69	0.0	8.84
46	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	62.88	62.88	0.0	14.79
47	Suriname`SUR`South America	61.22	61.22	0.0	1.96
48	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	59.49	59.49	0.0	2.74
49	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	58.59	7.06	51.5	93.04
50	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	58.26	29.99	28.3	80.64
51	Peru`PER`South America	57.70	57.70	0.0	35.89
52	Panama`PAN`Central America	57.05	57.05	0.0	7.38
53	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	56.79	56.79	0.0	0.81
54	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	56.30	56.30	0.0	23.57
55	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	54.90	54.90	0.0	6.63
56	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	54.62	54.62	0.0	1.30
57	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	53.65	32.83	20.8	297.80
58	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	53.01	53.01	0.0	53.48
59	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	52.83	33.60	19.2	60.42
60	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	52.27	52.27	0.0	0.88
61	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	52.16	52.16	0.0	5.33
62	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	50.27	8.08	42.2	37.36
63	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	49.15	49.15	0.0	2.36
64	Honduras`HND`Central America	48.61	48.61	0.0	7.20
65	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	47.15	47.15	0.0	1.93
66	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	45.74	12.54	33.2	45.93
67	Ecuador`ECU`South America	44.13	44.13	0.0	19.42
68	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	41.67	41.67	0.0	0.12
69	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	40.91	40.91	0.0	0.22
70	Chile`CHL`South America	40.20	40.20	0.0	60.25
71	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	39.79	6.94	32.9	85.22
72	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	39.29	39.29	0.0	0.28
73	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	37.42	34.72	2.7	94.54
74	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	36.71	36.71	0.0	3.65
75	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	35.61	35.61	0.0	3.51
76	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	34.18	34.18	0.0	0.79
77	Bolivia`BOL`South America	33.68	33.68	0.0	6.65
78	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	33.47	33.47	0.0	7.26
79	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	32.08	32.08	0.0	38.75
80	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	31.77	31.77	0.0	37.42
81	United States`USA`Northern America	29.93	10.32	19.6	4,113.94
82	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	28.57	28.57	0.0	0.28
83	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	28.07	28.07	0.0	5.95
84	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	26.39	26.39	0.0	211.18
85	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	26.30	26.30	0.0	67.73
86	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	25.95	25.95	0.0	296.63
87	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	25.00	25.00	0.0	0.68
88	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	24.42	24.42	0.0	26.13
89	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	24.16	24.16	0.0	2.69
90	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	22.41	22.41	0.0	0.58
91	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	20.35	18.57	1.8	4,196.37
92	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	20.00	20.00	0.0	0.15
93	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	18.60	18.60	0.0	56.61
94	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	18.52	18.52	0.0	1.08
95	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	18.27	18.27	0.0	18.67
96	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	18.20	18.20	0.0	5.00
97	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	15.76	15.76	0.0	51.97
98	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	14.62	14.62	0.0	2.12
99	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	14.29	14.29	0.0	0.14
100	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	14.12	14.12	0.0	0.85
101	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	13.64	13.64	0.0	0.22
102	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	13.39	13.39	0.0	28.16
103	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	12.84	9.48	3.4	118.10
104	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	11.70	11.70	0.0	0.94
105	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	10.76	10.76	0.0	14.78
106	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	9.91	9.91	0.0	3.23
107	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	9.75	9.75	0.0	48.91
108	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	8.33	8.33	0.0	3.24
109	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	8.10	8.10	0.0	12.97
110	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	7.64	7.64	0.0	4.32
111	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	6.94	6.94	0.0	156.77
112	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	6.55	6.55	0.0	6.11
113	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	5.64	5.64	0.0	46.44
114	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	5.28	5.28	0.0	15.71
115	Guyana`GUY`South America	4.44	4.44	0.0	0.90
116	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	4.12	4.12	—	0.97
117	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	3.28	3.28	0.0	17.40
118	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	2.60	2.60	—	45.36
119	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	2.03	2.03	0.0	40.86
120	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	1.50	1.50	0.0	5.33
121	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	1.20	1.20	0.0	15.89
122	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	1.16	1.16	0.0	4.32
123	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	0.69	0.69	0.0	23.25
124	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.47	0.47	0.0	14.78
125	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.40	0.40	0.0	34.90
126	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.37	0.37	0.0	45.73
127	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.29	0.29	0.0	58.55
128	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.11	0.11	0.0	38.23
129	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.03	0.03	0.0	32.56
=130	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.16
=130	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.33
=130	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.00	0.00	0.0	2.01
=130	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.00	0.00	0.0	23.82
=130	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.00	0.00	0.0	1.03
=130	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.11
=130	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.53
=130	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.20
=130	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.00	0.00	0.0	3.79
=130	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.34
=130	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.62
=130	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.19
=130	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.06
=130	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.03
=130	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.38
=130	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.31
=130	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.25
=130	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.21
=130	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	0.00	0.00	0.0	1.87
=130	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.03
=130	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.02
=130	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.00	0.00	0.0	57.03
=130	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.25
=130	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.35
=130	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.00	0.00	0.0	2.11
=130	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.01
=130	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.02
=130	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.29
=130	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.00	0.00	0.0	19.81
=130	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.47
=130	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.00	0.00	0.0	28.14
=130	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.21
=130	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.38
=130	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.05
=130	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.38
=130	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.08
=130	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.33
=130	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.05
=130	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.00	0.00	0.0	8.48
=130	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.00	0.00	0.0	16.66
=130	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.21
=130	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.96
=130	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.06
=130	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.00	0.00	0.0	7.76

02In 2010

At either end

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

Highest

1Albaniashared100.00
1Bhutanshared100.00
1Icelandshared100.00
1Laosshared100.00
1Lesothoshared100.00

Lowest

130Yemenshared0.00
130Vanuatushared0.00
130United States Virgin Islandsshared0.00
130British Virgin Islandsshared0.00
130Trinidad and Tobagoshared0.00

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 25.00. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Renewables (% of generation)
Highest7 share it
Lowest44 share it
Middle country: 18.57
Nuclear (% of generation)
HighestFrance76.2
Lowest154 share it
Middle country: 0.0
Total generation (TWh)
HighestChina4,196.37
LowestMontserrat0.01
Middle country: 6.05

032009 → 2010

Since 2009

What changed between 2009 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
126values changed, of 173 in both
68 · 58rose · fell
47unchanged

Rose most

Sierra Leone33.33 → 85.71+52.38
Sudan50.68 → 82.85+32.17
Uruguay68.17 → 89.20+21.03
Guatemala45.79 → 63.69+17.90
Portugal37.04 → 53.01+15.97

Fell most

Lithuania78.76 → 18.20−60.56
Togo73.33 → 40.91−32.42
São Tomé and Príncipe16.67 → 0.00−16.67
Burundi100.00 → 87.50−12.50
Rwanda51.61 → 39.29−12.33

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

124 distinct values among 173
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 44 countries share 0.00. 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 (2010). Low-Carbon Share of Electricity Generation, 2010 [data set], describing 2010. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/clean-electricity/2010

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