Data for 2018

Low-Carbon Share of Electricity Generation, 2018

Name: Low-Carbon Share of Electricity Generation, 2018
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Low-Carbon Share of Electricity Generation, 2018 covers 174 countries on 4 measures. 7 countries share the highest reading, 100.000; 18 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 31.193. Against 2017, 144 values changed (87 up, 57 down), the same countries are covered.

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Low-Carbon Share of Electricity Generation · Data for 2018

Highest7 countries share it

100.000

Lowest18 countries share it

0.000

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

174countries
4measures per country
2018the year it describes
149distinct 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, 2018, 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	8.55
=1	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	100.000	100.000	0	6.89
=1	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	100.000	100.000	0	0.15
=1	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	100.000	100.000	0	19.69
=1	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	100.000	100.000	0	0.52
=1	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	100.000	100.000	0	4.84
=1	Paraguay`PRY`South America	100.000	100.000	0	59.34
8	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	99.904	99.904	0	10.46
9	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	98.601	98.601	0	11.44
10	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	98.582	98.582	0	1.41
11	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	98.020	98.020	0	145.94
12	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	97.760	55.797	42	163.36
13	Uruguay`URY`South America	97.536	97.536	0	14.61
14	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	95.918	95.918	0	0.49
15	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	93.161	93.161	0	19.74
16	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	92.791	92.791	0	4.30
17	Belize`BLZ`Central America	92.683	92.683	0	0.41
18	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	91.834	91.834	0	15.43
19	France`FRA`Western Europe	91.419	19.757	72	576.24
20	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	86.283	86.283	0	11.30
21	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	84.644	84.644	0	16.28
22	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	83.398	83.398	0	43.73
23	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	82.906	82.906	0	1.17
24	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	82.475	82.475	0	12.04
25	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	81.797	81.797	0	17.14
26	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	81.768	81.768	0	1.81
27	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	80.769	80.769	0	0.52
28	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	79.452	79.452	0	13.14
29	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	78.214	45.764	32	70.23
30	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	77.941	77.941	—	5.44
31	Panama`PAN`Central America	77.768	77.768	0	11.20
32	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	77.457	21.793	56	26.66
33	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	77.408	77.408	0	64.67
34	Colombia`COL`South America	76.333	76.333	0	78.21
35	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	75.342	75.342	0	2.92
36	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	72.337	72.337	0	13.52
37	Ecuador`ECU`South America	71.912	71.912	0	29.23
38	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	71.429	71.429	0	0.35
39	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	70.833	70.833	0	0.96
40	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	68.686	68.686	0	30.21
41	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	68.238	32.382	36	16.12
42	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	66.667	66.667	0	0.27
43	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	66.113	66.113	0	13.25
44	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	65.078	65.078	0	34.42
45	Honduras`HND`Central America	62.822	62.822	0	9.71
46	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	62.371	62.371	0	1.94
47	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	61.947	23.230	39	73.87
48	Peru`PER`South America	61.131	61.131	0	54.62
49	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	60.842	11.763	49	32.05
50	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	59.756	59.756	0	16.40
51	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	59.211	59.211	0	3.80
52	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	59.091	59.091	0	1.10
53	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	58.924	58.924	—	8.18
54	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	58.899	58.899	0	8.54
55	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	58.821	38.272	21	271.40
56	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	58.710	58.710	0	4.65
57	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	58.639	40.877	18	64.07
58	Venezuela`VEN`South America	58.369	58.369	0	99.71
59	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	58.179	58.179	0	21.64
60	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	55.673	55.673	0	9.43
61	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	55.468	30.435	25	7.59
62	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	54.848	20.168	35	46.51
63	Suriname`SUR`South America	53.158	53.158	0	1.90
64	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	51.935	51.935	0	6.72
65	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	51.269	51.269	0	24.83
66	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	50.403	50.403	0	58.35
67	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	48.571	48.571	0	0.35
68	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	47.122	47.122	0	2.78
69	Chile`CHL`South America	45.866	45.866	0	81.76
70	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	45.313	10.859	34	86.84
71	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	43.277	43.277	0	2.38
72	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	41.463	41.463	0	0.82
73	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	40.711	40.711	0	14.91
74	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	40.166	40.166	0	3.61
=75	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	40.000	40.000	0	0.05
=75	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	40.000	40.000	0	0.15
77	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	39.995	39.995	0	286.06
78	United States`USA`Northern America	36.659	17.450	19	4,201.55
79	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	35.065	35.065	0	3.08
80	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	35.000	35.000	0	0.60
81	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	34.938	34.938	0	5.61
82	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	33.312	33.312	0	31.04
83	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	32.879	25.678	7	129.02
84	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	32.593	32.593	0	1.35
85	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	32.257	32.257	0	300.15
86	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	31.737	31.737	0	7.31
87	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	31.707	31.707	0	0.41
88	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	30.679	30.679	0	52.61
89	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	30.137	30.137	0	1.46
90	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	29.880	29.880	0	10.04
91	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	29.725	29.725	0	36.67
92	Bolivia`BOL`South America	29.582	29.582	0	10.04
93	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	29.468	25.332	4	7,133.23
94	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	29.412	29.412	0	0.68
95	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	27.692	27.692	0	0.65
96	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	25.000	25.000	0	0.08
97	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	23.371	23.371	0	99.74
98	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	22.936	22.936	0	4.36
99	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	21.166	21.166	0	36.71
100	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	20.930	20.930	0	0.43
101	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	20.513	20.513	0	3.12
102	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	19.797	16.693	3	113.10
103	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	18.269	18.269	0	1.04
104	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	18.182	18.182	0	0.11
105	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	16.495	16.495	0	0.97
106	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	16.087	16.087	0	12.37
107	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	14.646	14.646	0	3.96
108	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	14.439	14.439	0	1.87
=109	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	14.286	14.286	0	0.42
=109	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	14.286	14.286	0	0.07
111	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	14.170	14.170	0	4.94
112	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	13.776	13.776	0	19.60
113	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	13.754	13.754	0	3.49
114	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	13.333	13.333	0	0.15
115	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	12.821	12.821	0	0.39
116	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	12.760	12.760	0	169.43
117	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	12.000	12.000	0	3.50
118	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	10.604	10.604	0	20.37
119	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	10.152	10.152	0	1.97
120	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	9.486	9.486	0	5.06
121	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	9.359	9.359	0	63.15
122	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	7.760	7.760	0	25.13
123	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	6.697	6.697	0	6.57
124	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	5.948	5.948	0	5.38
125	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	5.882	5.882	0	0.34
126	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	5.405	5.405	0	0.37
127	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	4.348	4.348	0	0.23
128	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	4.046	4.046	0	1.73
129	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	3.797	3.797	0	0.79
130	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	3.495	3.495	0	22.32
131	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	3.462	3.462	0	20.80
132	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	2.885	2.885	0	1.04
133	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	2.813	2.813	—	52.97
134	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	2.778	2.778	0	0.36
135	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	2.724	2.724	0	69.02
136	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	2.657	2.657	0	17.69
137	Guyana`GUY`South America	2.632	2.632	0	1.14
138	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	2.629	2.629	0	20.92
139	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	2.439	2.439	0	0.41
140	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	2.209	2.209	0	21.28
141	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	2.077	2.077	0	38.99
142	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	1.923	1.923	0	0.52
143	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	1.910	1.910	0	98.41
144	Niger`NER`Western Africa	1.887	1.887	0	0.53
145	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	1.769	1.769	0	79.15
146	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	1.613	1.613	0	0.62
147	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	1.493	1.493	0	0.67
148	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	1.068	1.068	0	76.75
149	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.410	0.410	0	36.57
150	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.322	0.322	0	3.11
151	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.312	0.312	0	48.06
152	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.132	0.132	0	37.76
153	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.121	0.121	0	74.13
154	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.108	0.108	0	9.23
155	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.034	0.034	0	29.55
156	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.029	0.029	0	34.18
=157	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.000	0.000	0	0.16
=157	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0	2.00
=157	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.000	0.000	0	0.19
=157	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0	0.16
=157	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.000	0.000	0	4.30
=157	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.000	0	0.10
=157	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.000	0	0.05
=157	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.000	0.000	0	0.39
=157	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0	0.23
=157	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.000	0.000	0	0.08
=157	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.000	0.000	0	0.03
=157	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0	0.01
=157	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.000	0.000	0	0.04
=157	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.000	0.000	0	0.10
=157	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.000	0.000	0	0.10
=157	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.000	0	0.54
=157	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.000	0.000	0	25.36
=157	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0	0.26

02In 2018

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

157British Virgin Islandsshared0.000
157Turkmenistanshared0.000
157Turks and Caicos Islandsshared0.000
157São Tomé and Príncipeshared0.000
157South Sudanshared0.000

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 31.193. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Renewables (% of generation)
Highest7 share it
Lowest18 share it
Middle country: 25.505
Nuclear (% of generation)
HighestFrance72
Lowest155 share it
Middle country: 0
Total generation (TWh)
HighestChina7,133.23
LowestMontserrat0.01
Middle country: 6.81

032017 → 2018

Since 2017

What changed between 2017 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
144values changed, of 174 in both
87 · 57rose · fell
30unchanged

Rose most

Liberia0.000 → 31.707+31.707
Vanuatu0.000 → 25.000+25.000
Cambodia41.780 → 58.924+17.144
Cook Islands25.000 → 40.000+15.000
Montenegro45.161 → 59.211+14.050

Fell most

Latvia72.510 → 51.935−20.575
Malawi100.000 → 81.768−18.232
Guinea69.492 → 62.371−7.121
Armenia61.886 → 55.468−6.418
Belgium67.999 → 61.947−6.052

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

149 distinct values among 174
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 18 countries share 0.000. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The position is ours
Ember publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
3 empty cells
An empty cell means the publisher gave no figure. It is never a zero.

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Ember (2018). Low-Carbon Share of Electricity Generation, 2018 [data set], describing 2018. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/clean-electricity/2018

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