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Low-Carbon Share of Electricity Generation, 2017

Name: Low-Carbon Share of Electricity Generation, 2017
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Low-Carbon Share of Electricity Generation, 2017 covers 174 countries on 4 measures. 8 countries share the highest reading, 100.000; 23 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 25.710. Against 2016, 146 values changed (79 up, 67 down), the same countries are covered.

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Low-Carbon Share of Electricity Generation · Data for 2017

Highest8 countries share it

100.000

Lowest23 countries share it

0.000

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

174countries
4measures per country
2017the year it describes
141distinct 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, 2017, 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	0.0	4.53
=1	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	100.000	100.000	0.0	7.65
=1	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	100.000	100.000	0.0	0.15
=1	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	100.000	100.000	0.0	19.07
=1	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	100.000	100.000	0.0	0.54
=1	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	100.000	100.000	0.0	1.91
=1	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	100.000	100.000	0.0	4.58
=1	Paraguay`PRY`South America	100.000	100.000	0.0	59.82
9	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	99.894	99.894	0.0	9.42
10	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	99.645	99.645	0.0	11.28
11	Uruguay`URY`South America	98.467	98.467	0.0	14.35
12	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	98.148	98.148	0.0	3.78
13	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	98.118	98.118	0.0	148.27
14	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	97.887	57.882	40.0	164.23
15	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	96.045	96.045	0.0	1.77
16	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	95.349	95.349	0.0	0.43
17	Belize`BLZ`Central America	95.000	95.000	0.0	0.40
18	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	94.589	94.589	0.0	18.11
19	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	91.477	91.477	0.0	15.37
20	France`FRA`Western Europe	88.219	16.538	71.7	555.74
21	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	86.508	86.508	0.0	1.26
22	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	86.332	86.332	0.0	14.56
23	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	81.219	81.219	0.0	43.66
24	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	80.886	80.886	0.0	10.83
25	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	80.507	80.507	0.0	11.44
26	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	80.499	80.499	0.0	17.64
27	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	79.902	46.608	33.3	67.52
28	Colombia`COL`South America	79.100	79.100	0.0	78.47
29	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	78.848	23.851	55.0	27.42
30	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	76.092	76.092	0.0	67.09
31	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	76.000	76.000	0.0	0.50
32	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	75.000	75.000	0.0	0.28
33	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	74.775	74.775	—	5.55
34	Ecuador`ECU`South America	73.518	73.518	0.0	27.83
35	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	72.510	72.510	0.0	7.53
36	Panama`PAN`Central America	71.830	71.830	0.0	11.04
37	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	71.415	71.415	0.0	10.81
38	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	71.067	71.067	0.0	3.56
39	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	70.550	70.550	0.0	30.90
40	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	69.492	69.492	0.0	1.77
41	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	68.639	68.639	0.0	12.34
42	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	67.999	18.514	49.5	85.34
43	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	66.854	27.664	39.2	16.05
44	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	66.667	66.667	0.0	0.90
45	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	64.821	64.821	0.0	31.07
46	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	63.354	63.354	0.0	8.05
47	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	61.886	29.880	32.0	7.53
48	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	60.870	60.870	0.0	0.23
49	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	60.510	60.510	0.0	15.70
50	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	60.493	60.493	0.0	11.77
51	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	59.478	10.571	48.9	32.92
52	Peru`PER`South America	58.604	58.604	0.0	52.71
53	Venezuela`VEN`South America	58.391	58.391	0.0	103.80
54	Honduras`HND`Central America	57.356	57.356	0.0	9.38
55	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	56.342	38.228	18.1	63.54
56	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	55.973	55.973	0.0	4.52
57	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	54.702	54.702	0.0	7.55
58	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	53.591	32.282	21.3	272.38
59	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	53.327	53.327	0.0	21.04
60	Suriname`SUR`South America	51.934	51.934	0.0	1.81
61	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	51.515	51.515	0.0	0.33
62	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	50.491	50.491	0.0	23.43
63	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	50.000	50.000	0.0	1.02
64	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	48.350	13.671	34.7	44.84
65	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	46.154	46.154	0.0	0.65
66	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	45.640	45.640	0.0	3.44
67	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	45.161	45.161	0.0	2.48
68	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	44.275	11.229	33.0	85.76
69	Chile`CHL`South America	43.545	43.545	0.0	78.93
70	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	42.632	42.632	0.0	13.30
71	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	41.964	41.964	0.0	2.24
72	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	41.919	41.919	0.0	1.98
73	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	41.780	41.780	—	6.63
74	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	40.940	40.940	0.0	2.98
75	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	39.208	39.208	0.0	57.59
76	United States`USA`Northern America	37.316	17.452	19.9	4,052.31
77	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	35.568	35.568	0.0	292.09
78	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	34.795	34.795	0.0	7.07
79	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	32.836	32.836	0.0	1.34
80	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	31.884	31.884	0.0	0.69
81	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	31.260	25.038	6.2	130.36
82	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	31.250	31.250	0.0	0.16
83	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	29.345	29.345	0.0	297.29
84	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	29.263	29.263	0.0	30.79
85	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	28.799	25.024	3.8	6,571.65
86	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	27.816	27.816	0.0	4.35
87	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	25.926	25.926	0.0	0.81
88	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	25.494	25.494	0.0	36.44
89	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	25.182	25.182	0.0	54.80
90	Bolivia`BOL`South America	25.130	25.130	0.0	9.59
91	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	25.000	25.000	0.0	0.04
92	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	24.555	24.555	0.0	94.36
93	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	24.444	24.444	0.0	1.35
94	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	24.194	24.194	0.0	32.24
95	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	23.077	23.077	0.0	0.13
96	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	23.036	23.036	0.0	5.60
97	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	21.245	21.245	0.0	10.12
98	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	19.936	19.936	0.0	3.11
99	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	18.605	18.605	0.0	0.43
100	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	17.951	15.021	2.9	116.04
101	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	15.833	15.833	0.0	19.20
102	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	14.433	14.433	0.0	0.97
=103	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	14.286	14.286	0.0	1.12
=103	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	14.286	14.286	0.0	1.47
=103	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	14.286	14.286	0.0	0.07
106	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	14.202	14.202	0.0	169.91
107	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	14.134	14.134	0.0	13.16
108	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	13.622	13.622	0.0	3.23
109	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	13.333	13.333	0.0	0.15
110	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	13.051	13.051	0.0	60.84
111	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	12.264	12.264	0.0	1.06
112	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	11.644	11.644	0.0	4.38
113	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	11.229	11.229	0.0	4.72
114	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	10.303	10.303	0.0	1.65
115	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	9.091	9.091	0.0	0.55
116	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	8.600	8.600	0.0	5.00
117	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	7.762	7.762	0.0	24.22
118	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	6.737	6.737	0.0	20.78
=119	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	6.250	6.250	0.0	0.32
=119	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	6.250	6.250	0.0	4.96
121	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	5.405	5.405	0.0	0.37
122	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	4.691	4.691	0.0	4.05
123	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	4.230	4.230	0.0	18.44
124	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	4.146	4.146	0.0	6.03
125	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	3.889	3.889	0.0	20.57
126	Guyana`GUY`South America	3.571	3.571	0.0	1.12
127	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	3.390	3.390	0.0	1.77
128	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	2.941	2.941	0.0	0.34
129	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	2.915	2.915	0.0	20.58
130	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	2.888	2.888	—	52.28
131	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	2.885	2.885	0.0	1.04
132	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	2.857	2.857	0.0	0.35
133	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	2.740	2.740	0.0	0.73
134	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	2.506	2.506	0.0	67.44
135	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	2.394	2.394	0.0	93.58
136	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	2.260	2.260	0.0	34.51
=137	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	2.259	2.259	0.0	21.25
=137	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	2.259	2.259	0.0	16.38
139	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	1.961	1.961	0.0	0.51
140	Niger`NER`Western Africa	1.786	1.786	0.0	0.56
141	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	1.756	1.756	0.0	73.45
142	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	1.667	1.667	0.0	0.60
143	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	1.471	1.471	0.0	0.68
144	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.841	0.841	0.0	76.07
145	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.406	0.406	0.0	36.94
146	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.306	0.306	0.0	45.70
147	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.107	0.107	0.0	9.32
148	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.058	0.058	0.0	68.89
149	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.055	0.055	0.0	36.15
150	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.034	0.034	0.0	29.23
151	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.030	0.030	0.0	33.28
=152	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.16
=152	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.0	1.99
=152	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.32
=152	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.000	0.000	0.0	3.02
=152	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.17
=152	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.000	0.000	0.0	4.16
=152	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.09
=152	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.06
=152	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.31
=152	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.23
=152	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.08
=152	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.03
=152	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.35
=152	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.01
=152	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.03
=152	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.22
=152	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.40
=152	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.10
=152	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.10
=152	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.54
=152	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.000	0.000	0.0	23.89
=152	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.29
=152	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.06

02In 2017

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

152Vanuatushared0.000
152British Virgin Islandsshared0.000
152Turkmenistanshared0.000
152Turks and Caicos Islandsshared0.000
152São Tomé and Príncipeshared0.000

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 25.710. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Renewables (% of generation)
Highest8 share it
Lowest23 share it
Middle country: 24.023
Nuclear (% of generation)
HighestFrance71.7
Lowest155 share it
Middle country: 0.0
Total generation (TWh)
HighestChina6,571.65
LowestMontserrat0.01
Middle country: 6.33

032016 → 2017

Since 2016

What changed between 2016 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
146values changed, of 174 in both
79 · 67rose · fell
28unchanged

Rose most

Cook Islands0.000 → 25.000+25.000
Latvia54.206 → 72.510+18.304
El Salvador59.416 → 74.775+15.359
Tonga0.000 → 14.286+14.286
Ecuador59.978 → 73.518+13.540

Fell most

Portugal54.699 → 39.208−15.491
Vanuatu14.286 → 0.000−14.286
Burundi88.889 → 75.000−13.889
North Macedonia36.767 → 23.036−13.731
Montenegro58.599 → 45.161−13.438

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

141 distinct values among 174
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 23 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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