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Low-Carbon Share of Electricity Generation, 2016

Name: Low-Carbon Share of Electricity Generation, 2016
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Low-Carbon Share of Electricity Generation, 2016 covers 174 countries on 4 measures. 7 countries share the highest reading, 100.000; 26 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 27.892. Against 2015, 141 values changed (76 up, 65 down), the same countries are covered.

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Low-Carbon Share of Electricity Generation · Data for 2016

Highest7 countries share it

100.000

Lowest26 countries share it

0.000

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

174countries
4measures per country
2016the year it describes
142distinct 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, 2016, 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	0.00	7.78
=1	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	100.000	100.000	0.00	7.88
=1	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	100.000	100.000	0.00	0.17
=1	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	100.000	100.000	0.00	18.17
=1	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	100.000	100.000	0.00	0.52
=1	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	100.000	100.000	0.00	4.18
=1	Paraguay`PRY`South America	100.000	100.000	0.00	63.94
8	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	99.889	99.889	0.00	9.02
9	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	98.250	98.250	0.00	10.86
10	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	98.143	98.143	0.00	3.77
11	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	98.054	98.054	0.00	148.03
12	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	97.652	57.175	40.48	155.89
13	Uruguay`URY`South America	96.828	96.828	0.00	13.87
14	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	96.462	96.462	0.00	17.24
15	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	95.946	95.946	0.00	1.48
16	Belize`BLZ`Central America	94.737	94.737	0.00	0.38
17	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	94.308	94.308	0.00	11.77
18	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	93.953	93.953	0.00	2.15
19	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	91.667	91.667	0.00	0.36
20	France`FRA`Western Europe	89.865	17.715	72.15	558.84
21	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	89.256	89.256	0.00	9.68
22	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	88.889	88.889	0.00	0.18
23	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	87.603	87.603	0.00	1.21
24	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	86.540	86.540	0.00	13.15
25	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	84.334	84.334	0.00	43.15
26	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	83.333	83.333	0.00	0.48
27	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	82.715	82.715	0.00	18.86
28	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	80.505	80.505	0.00	11.49
29	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	79.851	24.739	55.11	26.80
30	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	78.742	78.742	0.00	64.87
31	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	77.978	44.233	33.75	68.75
32	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	68.772	68.772	0.00	25.49
33	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	68.521	16.902	51.62	84.31
34	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	68.323	68.323	0.00	1.61
35	Panama`PAN`Central America	66.636	66.636	0.00	10.88
36	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	66.420	31.177	35.24	16.23
37	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	66.349	66.349	0.00	12.60
38	Colombia`COL`South America	65.616	65.616	0.00	76.17
39	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	63.662	32.817	30.85	7.10
40	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	61.905	61.905	0.00	0.21
41	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	61.804	61.804	0.00	11.86
42	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	61.603	61.603	0.00	7.11
43	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	60.540	10.194	50.35	31.88
44	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	60.493	60.493	0.00	30.40
45	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	60.310	38.652	21.66	270.70
46	Ecuador`ECU`South America	59.978	59.978	0.00	27.16
47	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	59.576	41.996	17.58	64.22
48	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	59.416	59.416	—	6.16
49	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	58.599	58.599	0.00	3.14
50	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	58.561	58.561	0.00	10.98
51	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	58.228	58.228	0.00	0.79
52	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	57.851	57.851	0.00	3.63
53	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	56.211	56.211	0.00	14.57
54	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	55.188	55.188	0.00	18.12
55	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	54.737	54.737	0.00	0.95
56	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	54.699	54.699	0.00	59.05
57	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	54.206	54.206	0.00	6.42
58	Venezuela`VEN`South America	53.925	53.925	0.00	116.94
59	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	53.381	53.381	0.00	23.81
60	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	52.288	52.288	0.00	4.59
61	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	51.987	51.987	0.00	3.02
62	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	51.246	15.810	35.44	44.53
63	Peru`PER`South America	50.397	50.397	0.00	51.63
64	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	50.000	50.000	0.00	0.64
65	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	48.421	48.421	0.00	1.90
66	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	48.387	48.387	0.00	0.31
67	Honduras`HND`Central America	48.065	48.065	0.00	9.30
68	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	47.628	47.628	—	5.48
69	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	44.909	44.909	0.00	7.17
70	Suriname`SUR`South America	43.956	43.956	0.00	1.82
71	Chile`CHL`South America	42.890	42.890	0.00	78.83
72	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	42.217	42.217	0.00	13.17
73	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	40.841	11.451	29.39	82.00
74	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	38.721	38.721	0.00	2.97
75	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	37.900	37.900	0.00	2.19
76	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	37.772	37.772	0.00	285.95
77	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	36.767	36.767	0.00	5.63
78	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	36.217	36.217	0.00	6.82
79	United States`USA`Northern America	34.999	15.288	19.71	4,087.56
80	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	33.596	29.170	4.43	122.90
81	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	33.571	33.571	0.00	1.40
82	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	33.333	33.333	0.00	0.15
83	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	32.886	32.886	0.00	274.40
84	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	30.882	30.882	0.00	0.68
85	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	29.769	29.769	0.00	4.77
86	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	28.201	24.707	3.49	6,102.38
87	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	28.127	28.127	0.00	38.61
88	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	27.656	27.656	0.00	53.84
89	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	25.116	25.116	0.00	30.30
=90	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	25.000	25.000	0.00	0.16
=90	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	25.000	25.000	0.00	1.16
92	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	24.210	24.210	0.00	90.79
93	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	22.469	22.469	0.00	36.54
94	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	21.967	21.967	0.00	3.05
95	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	21.277	21.277	0.00	0.94
96	Bolivia`BOL`South America	20.753	20.753	0.00	9.30
97	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	20.202	20.202	0.00	0.99
98	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	20.000	20.000	0.00	0.45
99	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	16.444	12.969	3.48	113.96
100	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	16.422	16.422	0.00	10.23
101	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	16.279	16.279	0.00	0.86
102	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	16.162	16.162	0.00	0.99
103	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	14.894	14.894	0.00	0.94
104	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	14.286	14.286	0.00	0.07
105	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	13.741	13.741	0.00	166.00
106	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	13.065	13.065	0.00	12.17
107	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	12.500	12.500	0.00	0.16
108	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	12.249	12.249	0.00	4.49
109	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	11.685	11.685	0.00	58.71
110	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	11.076	11.076	0.00	18.78
111	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	9.236	9.236	0.00	3.14
112	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	9.091	9.091	0.00	0.11
113	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	8.996	8.996	0.00	4.78
114	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	8.793	8.793	0.00	4.89
115	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	8.410	8.410	0.00	24.85
116	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	7.547	7.547	0.00	0.53
117	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	6.481	6.481	0.00	1.08
118	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	6.452	6.452	0.00	0.31
119	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	5.283	5.283	0.00	18.17
120	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	4.428	4.428	0.00	20.55
121	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	4.409	4.409	0.00	5.67
122	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	4.372	4.372	0.00	19.67
123	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	4.348	4.348	0.00	0.23
124	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	4.187	4.187	0.00	81.93
125	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	4.103	4.103	0.00	5.85
126	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	4.023	4.023	0.00	1.74
127	Guyana`GUY`South America	3.636	3.636	0.00	1.10
128	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	3.326	3.326	0.00	4.81
129	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	3.209	3.209	0.00	19.63
130	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	2.908	2.908	—	51.59
131	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	2.778	2.778	0.00	0.36
132	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	2.537	2.537	0.00	67.01
133	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	2.215	2.215	0.00	19.41
134	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	2.000	2.000	0.00	0.50
135	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	1.905	1.905	0.00	1.05
136	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	1.890	1.890	0.00	20.64
137	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	1.795	1.795	0.00	69.09
138	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	1.493	1.493	0.00	0.67
139	Niger`NER`Western Africa	1.429	1.429	0.00	0.70
140	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	1.299	1.299	0.00	0.77
141	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	1.281	1.281	0.00	33.57
142	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.479	0.479	0.00	71.04
143	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.367	0.367	0.00	38.12
144	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.306	0.306	0.00	42.44
145	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.106	0.106	0.00	9.42
146	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.035	0.035	0.00	28.52
147	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.032	0.032	0.00	31.42
148	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.029	0.029	0.00	70.10
=149	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.000	0.000	0.00	0.17
=149	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.00	0.34
=149	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.00	1.97
=149	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.000	0.000	0.00	0.27
=149	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.000	0.000	0.00	2.69
=149	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.00	0.22
=149	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.000	0.000	0.00	4.27
=149	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.00	0.67
=149	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.000	0.00	0.06
=149	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	0.000	0.000	0.00	0.03
=149	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.000	0.00	0.09
=149	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.000	0.00	0.27
=149	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.000	0.000	0.00	0.30
=149	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.00	0.22
=149	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.000	0.000	0.00	0.08
=149	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.000	0.000	0.00	0.03
=149	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.000	0.000	0.00	0.30
=149	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.00	0.01
=149	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.000	0.000	0.00	0.03
=149	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.000	0.000	0.00	34.23
=149	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.00	0.39
=149	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.000	0.000	0.00	0.10
=149	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.000	0.00	0.52
=149	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.000	0.000	0.00	0.06
=149	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.000	0.000	0.00	22.53
=149	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.00	0.25

02In 2016

At either end

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

Highest

1Albaniashared100.000
1Bhutanshared100.000
1Central African Republicshared100.000
1Icelandshared100.000
1Lesothoshared100.000

Lowest

149British Virgin Islandsshared0.000
149Tongashared0.000
149Turkmenistanshared0.000
149Turks and Caicos Islandsshared0.000
149South Sudanshared0.000

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 27.892. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Renewables (% of generation)
Highest7 share it
Lowest26 share it
Middle country: 22.218
Nuclear (% of generation)
HighestFrance72.15
Lowest155 share it
Middle country: 0.00
Total generation (TWh)
HighestChina6,102.38
LowestMontserrat0.01
Middle country: 6.29

032015 → 2016

Since 2015

What changed between 2015 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
141values changed, of 174 in both
76 · 65rose · fell
33unchanged

Rose most

Luxembourg32.090 → 58.228+26.138
Lithuania39.716 → 57.851+18.135
Suriname26.344 → 43.956+17.612
Dominica13.333 → 25.000+11.667
Belgium59.243 → 68.521+9.278

Fell most

Laos86.015 → 68.772−17.243
Sierra Leone75.000 → 61.905−13.095
Faroe Islands59.375 → 48.387−10.988
Guinea78.947 → 68.323−10.624
Mozambique92.982 → 82.715−10.267

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.

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142 distinct values among 174
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 26 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 (2016). Low-Carbon Share of Electricity Generation, 2016 [data set], describing 2016. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/clean-electricity/2016

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