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Low-Carbon Share of Electricity Generation, 2014

Name: Low-Carbon Share of Electricity Generation, 2014
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Low-Carbon Share of Electricity Generation, 2014 covers 174 countries on 4 measures. 7 countries share the highest reading, 100.00; 30 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 24.78. Against 2013, 136 values changed (69 up, 67 down), the same countries are covered.

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Low-Carbon Share of Electricity Generation · Data for 2014

Highest7 countries share it

100.00

Lowest30 countries share it

0.00

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

174countries
4measures per country
2014the year it describes
137distinct 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, 2014, 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	4.72
=1	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	100.00	100.00	0.0	7.15
=1	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	100.00	100.00	0.0	0.17
=1	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	100.00	100.00	0.0	17.80
=1	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	100.00	100.00	0.0	15.12
=1	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	100.00	100.00	0.0	0.52
=1	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	100.00	100.00	0.0	3.80
8	Paraguay`PRY`South America	99.98	99.98	0.0	55.43
9	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	99.89	99.89	0.0	8.74
10	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	99.35	99.35	0.0	1.53
11	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	99.01	99.01	0.0	16.16
12	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	98.66	98.66	0.0	16.40
13	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	98.09	55.84	42.3	153.56
14	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	97.91	97.91	0.0	140.88
15	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	97.21	97.21	0.0	3.23
16	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	97.18	97.18	0.0	14.52
17	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	95.83	95.83	0.0	0.48
18	Uruguay`URY`South America	94.76	94.76	0.0	12.98
19	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	94.47	94.47	0.0	2.17
20	France`FRA`Western Europe	93.68	16.60	77.1	566.31
21	Belize`BLZ`Central America	91.67	91.67	0.0	0.36
22	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	91.20	91.20	0.0	14.43
23	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	89.77	89.77	0.0	10.17
24	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	86.21	86.21	0.0	1.16
25	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	83.33	83.33	0.0	0.18
26	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	81.56	81.56	0.0	61.55
27	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	81.25	81.25	0.0	0.48
28	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	80.18	80.18	0.0	10.29
29	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	80.13	23.00	57.1	27.13
30	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	80.00	80.00	0.0	0.15
31	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	79.10	79.10	0.0	42.92
32	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	78.44	78.44	0.0	11.41
33	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	76.41	76.41	0.0	9.20
34	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	75.63	38.48	37.1	17.15
35	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	74.01	74.01	0.0	13.43
36	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	73.22	38.59	34.6	68.10
37	Colombia`COL`South America	69.09	69.09	0.0	70.46
38	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	68.42	68.42	0.0	10.64
39	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	64.48	17.15	47.3	71.20
40	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	64.01	64.01	0.0	6.89
41	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	64.00	10.75	53.2	29.39
42	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	63.61	63.61	0.0	13.08
43	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	62.96	62.96	0.0	14.39
44	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	61.11	61.11	—	3.06
45	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	61.06	40.18	20.9	274.44
46	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	60.95	60.95	0.0	51.80
47	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	60.16	60.16	—	6.30
48	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	59.96	59.96	0.0	21.48
49	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	59.77	41.77	18.0	64.92
50	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	59.16	59.16	0.0	0.71
51	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	58.17	58.17	0.0	2.51
52	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	56.31	26.16	30.1	7.53
53	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	56.15	56.15	0.0	32.04
54	Venezuela`VEN`South America	55.87	55.87	0.0	115.23
55	Panama`PAN`Central America	55.81	55.81	0.0	9.30
56	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	55.21	55.21	0.0	3.17
57	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	55.17	55.17	0.0	9.86
58	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	55.11	55.11	0.0	1.76
59	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	54.48	54.48	0.0	5.14
60	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	53.81	53.81	0.0	4.46
61	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	52.91	52.91	0.0	1.72
62	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	52.82	52.82	0.0	9.56
63	Peru`PER`South America	52.37	52.37	0.0	45.73
64	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	51.61	51.61	0.0	0.31
65	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	49.57	15.75	33.8	46.92
66	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	48.78	48.78	0.0	0.41
67	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	48.35	48.35	0.0	0.91
68	Ecuador`ECU`South America	47.54	47.54	0.0	24.19
69	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	46.48	10.79	35.7	84.98
70	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	43.64	43.64	0.0	276.53
71	Chile`CHL`South America	42.84	42.84	0.0	70.17
72	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	42.65	42.65	0.0	6.26
73	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	40.92	40.92	0.0	3.69
74	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	40.63	40.63	0.0	0.64
75	Honduras`HND`Central America	40.60	40.60	0.0	8.30
76	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	40.20	40.20	0.0	1.99
77	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	37.08	32.83	4.2	107.91
78	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	34.86	34.86	0.0	1.09
79	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	34.29	34.29	0.0	0.35
80	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	33.41	33.41	0.0	4.28
81	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	32.98	32.98	0.0	33.44
82	United States`USA`Northern America	32.81	13.35	19.5	4,096.01
83	Suriname`SUR`South America	30.22	30.22	0.0	1.82
84	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	29.41	29.41	0.0	0.68
85	Bolivia`BOL`South America	28.68	28.68	0.0	8.30
86	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	25.61	25.61	0.0	77.23
87	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	25.02	25.02	0.0	25.86
88	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	24.55	24.55	0.0	49.62
89	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	24.38	22.07	2.3	5,781.27
90	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	23.98	23.98	0.0	5.38
91	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	23.70	23.70	0.0	8.27
92	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	23.08	23.08	0.0	0.13
93	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	21.36	21.36	0.0	1.03
94	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	20.94	20.94	0.0	1.91
95	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	20.93	20.93	0.0	0.43
96	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	20.89	20.89	0.0	251.95
97	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	20.41	20.41	0.0	2.94
98	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	20.00	20.00	0.0	0.15
99	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	17.02	17.02	0.0	0.94
100	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	16.70	16.70	0.0	32.28
101	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	15.42	11.41	4.0	102.10
102	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	14.29	14.29	0.0	0.07
103	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	12.54	12.54	0.0	158.35
104	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	12.50	12.50	0.0	0.08
105	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	11.63	11.63	0.0	3.01
106	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	11.36	11.36	0.0	0.88
107	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	11.17	11.17	0.0	12.45
108	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	11.15	11.15	0.0	21.25
109	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	10.89	10.89	0.0	55.75
110	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	10.13	10.13	0.0	17.28
111	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	9.86	9.86	0.0	4.26
112	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	9.09	9.09	0.0	4.18
113	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	8.74	8.74	0.0	1.03
=114	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	7.14	7.14	0.0	4.34
=114	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	7.14	7.14	0.0	0.14
116	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	6.15	6.15	0.0	5.37
117	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	5.56	5.56	0.0	24.63
118	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	4.55	4.55	0.0	0.22
119	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	4.38	4.38	0.0	19.43
120	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	4.33	4.33	0.0	69.03
121	Guyana`GUY`South America	4.00	4.00	0.0	1.00
122	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	3.90	3.90	0.0	5.38
123	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	3.56	3.56	0.0	2.25
124	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	3.33	3.33	0.0	0.30
125	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	3.11	3.11	0.0	18.97
126	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	2.80	2.80	—	49.30
=127	Niger`NER`Western Africa	2.22	2.22	0.0	0.45
=127	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	2.22	2.22	0.0	0.45
129	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	1.85	1.85	0.0	0.54
130	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	1.66	1.66	0.0	21.06
131	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	1.58	1.58	0.0	60.86
132	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	1.39	1.39	0.0	56.05
133	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	1.28	1.28	0.0	0.78
134	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	1.17	1.17	0.0	17.97
135	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.97	0.97	0.0	1.03
136	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.84	0.84	0.0	34.74
137	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.39	0.39	0.0	64.27
138	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.38	0.38	0.0	18.27
139	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.28	0.28	0.0	38.80
140	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.13	0.13	0.0	7.66
141	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.10	0.10	0.0	39.74
142	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.04	0.04	0.0	27.26
143	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.03	0.03	0.0	37.73
144	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.02	0.02	0.0	65.15
=145	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.15
=145	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.34
=145	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.00	0.00	0.0	1.92
=145	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.34
=145	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.00	0.00	0.0	2.31
=145	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.20
=145	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.00	0.00	0.0	4.50
=145	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.62
=145	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.05
=145	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.03
=145	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.10
=145	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.27
=145	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.25
=145	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.20
=145	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	0.00	0.00	0.0	1.70
=145	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.03
=145	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.03
=145	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.30
=145	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.01
=145	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.03
=145	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.00	0.00	0.0	29.13
=145	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.34
=145	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.38
=145	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.09
=145	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.35
=145	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.48
=145	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.05
=145	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.00	0.00	0.0	9.41
=145	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.00	0.00	0.0	20.40
=145	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.23

02In 2014

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

145British Virgin Islandsshared0.00
145Trinidad and Tobagoshared0.00
145Tongashared0.00
145Turkmenistanshared0.00
145Turks and Caicos Islandsshared0.00

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 24.78. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Renewables (% of generation)
Highest7 share it
Lowest30 share it
Middle country: 21.15
Nuclear (% of generation)
HighestFrance77.1
Lowest155 share it
Middle country: 0.0
Total generation (TWh)
HighestChina5,781.27
LowestMontserrat0.01
Middle country: 5.82

032013 → 2014

Since 2013

What changed between 2013 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
136values changed, of 174 in both
69 · 67rose · fell
38unchanged

Rose most

Togo12.50 → 34.29+21.79
Sierra Leone62.50 → 80.00+17.50
Faroe Islands37.93 → 51.61+13.68
Tanzania30.05 → 42.65+12.60
Uruguay84.13 → 94.76+10.63

Fell most

Macau58.54 → 40.63−17.91
Suriname47.16 → 30.22−16.94
Fiji63.64 → 48.35−15.28
Guinea73.85 → 59.16−14.69
Myanmar72.55 → 62.96−9.59

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

137 distinct values among 174
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 30 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 (2014). Low-Carbon Share of Electricity Generation, 2014 [data set], describing 2014. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/clean-electricity/2014

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