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Low-Carbon Share of Electricity Generation, 2011

Name: Low-Carbon Share of Electricity Generation, 2011
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Low-Carbon Share of Electricity Generation, 2011 covers 173 countries on 4 measures. 6 countries share the highest reading, 100.000; 42 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 23.596. Against 2010, 125 values changed (66 up, 59 down), the same countries are covered.

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Low-Carbon Share of Electricity Generation · Data for 2011

Highest6 countries share it

100.000

Lowest42 countries share it

0.000

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

173countries
4measures per country
2011the year it describes
126distinct 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, 2011, 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	0.00	6.97
=1	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	100.000	100.000	0.00	16.85
=1	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	100.000	100.000	0.00	12.84
=1	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	100.000	100.000	0.00	0.49
=1	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	100.000	100.000	0.00	3.46
=1	Paraguay`PRY`South America	100.000	100.000	0.00	57.62
7	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	99.913	99.913	0.00	11.49
8	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	99.754	99.754	0.00	16.24
9	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	99.337	99.337	0.00	16.59
10	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	98.849	98.849	0.00	7.82
11	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	98.568	98.568	0.00	4.19
12	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	97.241	97.241	0.00	1.45
13	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	96.808	96.808	0.00	125.93
14	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	96.552	96.552	0.00	0.58
15	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	96.194	55.956	40.24	150.28
16	Belize`BLZ`Central America	93.939	93.939	0.00	0.33
17	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	93.909	93.909	0.00	1.97
18	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	93.333	93.333	0.00	0.15
19	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	93.271	93.271	0.00	15.01
20	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	91.179	91.179	0.00	9.75
21	France`FRA`Western Europe	89.562	11.630	77.93	567.66
22	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	88.235	88.235	0.00	0.17
23	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	83.333	83.333	0.00	0.18
24	Colombia`COL`South America	81.750	81.750	0.00	61.70
25	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	77.944	77.944	0.00	10.02
26	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	77.922	77.922	0.00	0.77
27	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	76.616	76.616	0.00	8.51
28	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	75.992	75.992	0.00	43.86
29	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	75.556	75.556	0.00	0.45
30	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	75.000	75.000	0.00	5.88
31	Uruguay`URY`South America	74.662	74.662	0.00	10.34
32	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	74.545	74.545	0.00	0.55
33	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	72.171	17.680	54.49	28.28
34	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	72.100	72.100	0.00	10.43
35	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	71.025	71.025	0.00	5.66
36	Venezuela`VEN`South America	70.931	70.931	0.00	117.96
37	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	69.221	69.221	0.00	7.83
38	Suriname`SUR`South America	67.320	67.320	0.00	1.53
39	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	66.852	34.119	32.73	7.21
40	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	66.401	66.401	0.00	11.31
41	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	65.772	65.772	0.00	62.20
42	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	64.449	32.898	31.55	73.50
43	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	63.533	63.533	—	6.17
44	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	63.442	24.372	39.07	15.92
45	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	63.385	9.364	54.02	89.28
46	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	62.671	62.671	0.00	8.76
47	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	62.626	62.626	0.00	20.87
48	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	61.832	61.832	0.00	1.31
49	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	61.278	61.278	0.00	2.66
50	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	57.688	57.688	0.00	9.17
51	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	57.647	57.647	0.00	0.85
52	Peru`PER`South America	56.768	56.768	0.00	39.23
53	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	56.481	56.481	0.00	2.16
54	Ecuador`ECU`South America	53.989	53.989	0.00	20.43
55	Panama`PAN`Central America	52.685	52.685	0.00	7.82
56	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	51.083	7.524	43.56	36.02
57	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	50.575	50.575	0.00	6.09
58	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	49.822	30.023	19.80	291.54
=59	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	47.619	47.619	0.00	1.47
=59	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	47.619	47.619	0.00	0.21
61	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	47.017	47.017	0.00	11.23
62	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	46.562	46.562	0.00	51.78
63	Honduras`HND`Central America	46.051	46.051	0.00	7.47
64	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	45.421	26.408	19.01	61.80
65	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	45.283	45.283	0.00	2.65
66	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	42.857	42.857	0.00	0.35
67	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	41.379	41.379	0.00	2.03
68	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	40.997	8.356	32.64	86.64
69	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	40.432	7.786	32.65	49.96
70	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	40.359	40.359	0.00	35.11
71	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	40.039	40.039	0.00	5.17
72	Chile`CHL`South America	39.528	39.528	0.00	65.65
73	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	38.462	38.462	0.00	0.13
74	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	37.466	37.466	0.00	3.63
75	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	37.037	37.037	0.00	0.27
76	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	35.347	31.298	4.05	94.83
77	Bolivia`BOL`South America	33.992	33.992	0.00	7.09
78	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	33.858	33.858	0.00	3.81
79	United States`USA`Northern America	31.792	12.467	19.33	4,088.87
80	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	31.081	31.081	0.00	0.74
81	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	29.934	29.934	0.00	6.08
82	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	28.662	28.662	0.00	69.15
83	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	27.801	27.801	0.00	298.37
84	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	26.667	26.667	0.00	0.15
85	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	26.118	26.118	0.00	4.25
86	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	25.324	25.324	0.00	229.39
87	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	23.596	23.596	0.00	0.89
88	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	22.804	22.804	0.00	38.02
89	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	21.783	21.783	0.00	27.04
90	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	21.429	21.429	0.00	0.14
91	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	21.154	21.154	0.00	6.76
92	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	20.221	20.221	0.00	27.20
93	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	19.780	19.780	0.00	2.73
94	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	18.584	18.584	0.00	2.26
95	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	18.551	16.696	1.85	4,702.12
96	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	16.667	16.667	0.00	0.54
97	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	14.943	14.943	0.00	0.87
98	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	14.613	10.938	3.68	112.64
99	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	14.286	14.286	0.00	0.07
100	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	13.944	13.944	0.00	58.45
101	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	13.074	13.074	0.00	20.27
102	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	12.121	12.121	0.00	0.99
103	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	11.828	11.828	0.00	0.93
104	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	10.795	10.795	0.00	52.80
105	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	10.787	10.787	0.00	15.76
106	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	10.030	10.030	0.00	3.29
107	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	10.000	10.000	0.00	0.30
108	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	9.154	9.154	0.00	12.89
109	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	9.091	9.091	0.00	2.64
110	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	8.716	8.716	0.00	4.36
111	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	8.108	8.108	0.00	0.37
112	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	8.062	8.062	0.00	162.87
113	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	7.242	7.242	0.00	41.84
114	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	6.308	6.308	0.00	53.90
115	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	6.055	6.055	0.00	5.78
116	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	5.882	5.882	—	1.02
117	Guyana`GUY`South America	5.263	5.263	0.00	0.95
118	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	4.908	4.908	0.00	16.30
119	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	3.455	3.455	0.00	4.92
120	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	3.211	3.211	0.00	17.75
121	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	2.609	2.609	—	46.00
122	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	2.216	2.216	0.00	44.22
123	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	1.322	1.322	0.00	4.54
124	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.982	0.982	0.00	16.30
125	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.976	0.976	0.00	51.22
126	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	0.674	0.674	0.00	22.26
127	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.503	0.503	0.00	59.60
128	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.435	0.435	0.00	32.19
129	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.410	0.410	0.00	14.64
130	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.103	0.103	0.00	38.97
131	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.038	0.038	0.00	26.01
=132	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.000	0.000	0.00	0.16
=132	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.00	0.33
=132	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.00	2.05
=132	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.000	0.000	0.00	24.34
=132	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.00	1.04
=132	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.000	0.000	0.00	0.10
=132	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.000	0.000	0.00	0.48
=132	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.00	0.19
=132	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.000	0.000	0.00	3.73
=132	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.00	0.63
=132	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.000	0.000	0.00	0.20
=132	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.000	0.00	0.06
=132	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	0.000	0.000	0.00	0.03
=132	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.000	0.00	0.39
=132	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.000	0.00	0.32
=132	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.000	0.000	0.00	0.25
=132	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.00	0.20
=132	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	0.000	0.000	0.00	1.84
=132	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.000	0.000	0.00	0.03
=132	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.000	0.000	0.00	0.02
=132	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.000	0.000	0.00	57.46
=132	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.000	0.000	0.00	0.30
=132	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.000	0.000	0.00	0.38
=132	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.000	0.000	0.00	2.17
=132	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.00	0.01
=132	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.000	0.000	0.00	0.02
=132	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.000	0.000	0.00	0.34
=132	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.000	0.000	0.00	21.87
=132	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.000	0.000	0.00	0.57
=132	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.000	0.000	0.00	30.73
=132	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.00	0.22
=132	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.00	0.39
=132	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.000	0.00	0.40
=132	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.000	0.000	0.00	0.08
=132	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.000	0.00	0.33
=132	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.000	0.000	0.00	0.05
=132	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.00	8.76
=132	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.000	0.000	0.00	17.22
=132	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.00	0.21
=132	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.00	0.95
=132	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.000	0.000	0.00	0.06
=132	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.000	0.000	0.00	6.21

02In 2011

At either end

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

Highest

1Bhutanshared100.000
1Icelandshared100.000
1Laosshared100.000
1Lesothoshared100.000
1Nepalshared100.000

Lowest

132Yemenshared0.000
132Vanuatushared0.000
132United States Virgin Islandsshared0.000
132British Virgin Islandsshared0.000
132Trinidad and Tobagoshared0.000

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 23.596. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Renewables (% of generation)
Highest6 share it
Lowest42 share it
Middle country: 18.584
Nuclear (% of generation)
HighestFrance77.93
Lowest154 share it
Middle country: 0.00
Total generation (TWh)
HighestChina4,702.12
LowestMontserrat0.01
Middle country: 5.88

032010 → 2011

Since 2010

What changed between 2010 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
125values changed, of 173 in both
66 · 59rose · fell
48unchanged

Rose most

São Tomé and Príncipe0.000 → 14.286+14.286
Dominica14.286 → 26.667+12.381
Colombia70.513 → 81.750+11.237
Ecuador44.130 → 53.989+9.859
Faroe Islands28.571 → 37.037+8.466

Fell most

Montenegro68.408 → 45.283−23.125
Croatia62.880 → 47.017−15.863
Georgia93.166 → 77.944−15.222
Uruguay89.199 → 74.662−14.537
Haiti25.000 → 12.121−12.879

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

126 distinct values among 173
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 42 countries share 0.000. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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3 empty cells
An empty cell means the publisher gave no figure. It is never a zero.

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Ember (2011). Low-Carbon Share of Electricity Generation, 2011 [data set], describing 2011. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/clean-electricity/2011

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