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Low-Carbon Share of Electricity Generation, 2013

Name: Low-Carbon Share of Electricity Generation, 2013
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Low-Carbon Share of Electricity Generation, 2013 covers 174 countries on 4 measures. 8 countries share the highest reading, 100.00; 36 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 25.76. Against 2012, 129 values changed (75 up, 54 down), the same countries are covered.

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Low-Carbon Share of Electricity Generation · Data for 2013

Highest8 countries share it

100.00

Lowest36 countries share it

0.00

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

174countries
4measures per country
2013the year it describes
129distinct 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, 2013, 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	6.96
=1	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	100.00	100.00	0.0	7.53
=1	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	100.00	100.00	0.0	0.14
=1	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	100.00	100.00	0.0	17.99
=1	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	100.00	100.00	0.0	15.36
=1	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	100.00	100.00	0.0	0.51
=1	Paraguay`PRY`South America	100.00	100.00	0.0	60.51
=1	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	100.00	100.00	0.0	3.07
9	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	99.88	99.88	0.0	8.16
10	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	99.85	99.85	0.0	13.30
11	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	99.77	99.77	0.0	17.11
12	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	99.71	99.71	0.0	3.50
13	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	98.59	98.59	0.0	14.87
14	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	97.96	97.96	0.0	133.14
15	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	97.47	54.04	43.4	153.03
16	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	95.56	95.56	0.0	1.35
17	Belize`BLZ`Central America	94.60	94.60	0.0	0.37
18	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	93.66	93.66	0.0	2.05
19	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	93.39	93.39	0.0	13.92
20	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	93.33	93.33	0.0	0.60
21	France`FRA`Western Europe	90.70	17.24	73.5	576.75
22	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	88.24	88.24	0.0	0.17
23	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	88.22	88.22	0.0	10.19
24	Uruguay`URY`South America	84.13	84.13	0.0	11.66
25	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	82.06	82.06	0.0	9.98
26	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	80.97	80.97	0.0	10.35
27	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	80.44	80.44	0.0	0.46
28	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	80.18	80.18	0.0	1.11
29	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	78.34	78.34	0.0	8.08
30	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	78.23	78.23	0.0	64.55
31	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	77.47	22.32	55.2	28.50
32	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	74.19	74.19	0.0	42.70
33	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	73.85	73.85	0.0	0.65
34	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	72.55	72.55	0.0	12.46
35	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	69.40	69.40	0.0	6.34
36	Colombia`COL`South America	69.22	69.22	0.0	73.51
37	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	69.10	35.97	33.1	71.26
38	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	67.59	67.59	0.0	10.12
39	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	66.57	66.57	0.0	13.94
40	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	66.33	14.30	52.0	81.95
41	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	65.89	32.34	33.5	15.80
42	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	63.64	63.64	0.0	0.88
43	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	63.45	63.45	0.0	3.94
44	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	62.90	62.90	0.0	12.99
45	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	62.68	62.68	0.0	21.97
46	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	62.50	62.50	0.0	0.16
47	Venezuela`VEN`South America	61.89	61.89	0.0	135.13
48	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	60.76	60.76	—	6.32
49	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	59.96	9.18	50.8	30.27
50	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	59.74	39.58	20.2	281.46
51	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	58.54	58.54	0.0	0.41
52	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	58.53	58.53	0.0	50.35
53	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	58.04	58.04	0.0	8.15
54	Panama`PAN`Central America	57.88	57.88	0.0	8.95
55	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	57.87	57.87	—	1.78
56	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	57.68	28.71	29.0	7.49
57	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	57.23	57.23	0.0	1.73
58	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	56.94	56.94	0.0	6.20
59	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	54.60	34.63	20.0	58.19
60	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	54.09	54.09	0.0	2.20
61	Peru`PER`South America	53.94	53.94	0.0	43.51
62	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	53.77	53.77	0.0	9.54
63	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	52.28	52.28	0.0	4.17
64	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	50.30	50.30	0.0	1.65
65	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	49.00	16.06	32.9	43.02
66	Ecuador`ECU`South America	47.63	47.63	0.0	23.16
67	Suriname`SUR`South America	47.16	47.16	0.0	1.76
68	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	46.62	10.83	35.8	85.91
69	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	46.11	46.11	0.0	34.61
70	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	44.98	44.98	0.0	2.09
71	Honduras`HND`Central America	44.09	44.09	0.0	8.21
72	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	40.54	40.54	0.0	0.37
73	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	39.16	39.16	0.0	286.02
74	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	37.93	37.93	0.0	0.29
75	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	36.52	36.52	0.0	4.19
76	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	36.38	32.19	4.2	104.88
77	Chile`CHL`South America	35.70	35.70	0.0	72.84
78	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	35.16	35.16	0.0	4.01
79	Bolivia`BOL`South America	33.80	33.80	0.0	7.81
80	United States`USA`Northern America	32.29	12.83	19.5	4,055.61
81	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	30.05	30.05	0.0	5.99
82	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	29.41	29.41	0.0	0.85
83	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	28.82	28.82	0.0	240.15
84	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	26.67	26.67	0.0	0.15
85	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	26.41	26.41	0.0	75.23
86	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	26.11	26.11	0.0	6.09
87	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	26.05	26.05	0.0	39.23
88	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	25.48	25.48	0.0	56.37
=89	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	25.00	25.00	0.0	0.68
=89	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	25.00	25.00	0.0	0.12
91	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	22.29	22.29	0.0	25.62
92	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	22.05	20.00	2.1	5,420.96
93	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	21.95	21.95	0.0	0.41
94	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	21.76	21.76	0.0	7.63
95	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	21.43	21.43	0.0	0.98
96	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	20.32	20.32	0.0	2.51
97	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	20.28	20.28	0.0	2.86
98	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	19.57	19.57	0.0	1.84
99	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	18.56	18.56	0.0	28.93
100	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	16.00	16.00	0.0	0.75
101	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	15.96	15.96	0.0	0.94
102	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	14.91	12.03	2.9	100.56
=103	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	14.29	14.29	0.0	0.14
=103	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	14.29	14.29	0.0	0.07
=103	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	14.29	14.29	0.0	0.07
106	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	13.33	13.33	0.0	1.05
107	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	13.04	13.04	0.0	17.72
108	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	12.50	12.50	0.0	0.32
109	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	12.04	12.04	0.0	25.17
110	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	10.44	10.44	0.0	54.61
111	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	10.42	10.42	0.0	163.78
112	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	9.71	9.71	0.0	3.81
113	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	9.32	9.32	0.0	4.29
114	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	9.26	9.26	0.0	13.28
115	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	8.17	8.17	0.0	58.90
116	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	7.69	7.69	0.0	4.29
117	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	6.87	6.87	0.0	4.51
118	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	6.71	6.71	0.0	23.25
119	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	6.70	6.70	0.0	18.80
120	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	4.88	4.88	0.0	19.25
121	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	4.55	4.55	0.0	0.22
122	Guyana`GUY`South America	4.08	4.08	0.0	0.98
123	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	3.57	3.57	0.0	0.28
124	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	3.52	3.52	—	47.97
125	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	2.39	2.39	0.0	5.02
126	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	2.37	2.37	0.0	18.14
127	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	2.27	2.27	0.0	0.44
128	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	2.01	2.01	0.0	53.34
129	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	1.77	1.77	0.0	2.26
130	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	1.35	1.35	0.0	21.48
131	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.95	0.95	0.0	31.51
132	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.93	0.93	0.0	61.32
133	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.55	0.55	0.0	59.89
134	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.35	0.35	0.0	17.26
135	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.23	0.23	0.0	34.75
136	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.10	0.10	0.0	39.01
137	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.03	0.03	0.0	37.93
138	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.02	0.02	0.0	60.99
=139	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.15
=139	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.33
=139	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.00	0.00	0.0	1.88
=139	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.00	0.00	0.0	25.91
=139	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.00	0.00	0.0	1.01
=139	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.13
=139	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.92
=139	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.20
=139	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.00	0.00	0.0	4.40
=139	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.62
=139	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.06
=139	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.03
=139	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.43
=139	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.27
=139	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.25
=139	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.20
=139	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	0.00	0.00	0.0	1.74
=139	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.02
=139	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.03
=139	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.30
=139	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.42
=139	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.01
=139	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.02
=139	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.44
=139	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.00	0.00	0.0	26.24
=139	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.53
=139	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.38
=139	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.08
=139	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.35
=139	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.47
=139	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.05
=139	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.00	0.00	0.0	9.50
=139	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.00	0.00	0.0	18.87
=139	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.21
=139	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.82
=139	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.00	0.00	0.0	8.50

02In 2013

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
1Central African Republicshared100.00
1Icelandshared100.00
1Laosshared100.00

Lowest

139Yemenshared0.00
139United States Virgin Islandsshared0.00
139British Virgin Islandsshared0.00
139Trinidad and Tobagoshared0.00
139Tongashared0.00

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 25.76. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Renewables (% of generation)
Highest8 share it
Lowest36 share it
Middle country: 21.59
Nuclear (% of generation)
HighestFrance73.5
Lowest155 share it
Middle country: 0.0
Total generation (TWh)
HighestChina5,420.96
LowestMontserrat0.01
Middle country: 6.26

032012 → 2013

Since 2012

What changed between 2012 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
129values changed, of 174 in both
75 · 54rose · fell
45unchanged

Rose most

Cambodia37.06 → 57.87+20.80
Uruguay64.62 → 84.13+19.51
Macau41.07 → 58.54+17.47
Croatia49.76 → 66.57+16.81
Central African Republic83.33 → 100.00+16.67

Fell most

Togo28.13 → 12.50−15.63
Angola70.98 → 58.04−12.95
Burundi100.00 → 88.24−11.77
Samoa36.36 → 25.00−11.36
Latvia66.61 → 56.94−9.68

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

129 distinct values among 174
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 36 countries share 0.00. 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 (2013). Low-Carbon Share of Electricity Generation, 2013 [data set], describing 2013. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/clean-electricity/2013

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