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Low-Carbon Share of Electricity Generation, 2019

Name: Low-Carbon Share of Electricity Generation, 2019
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Low-Carbon Share of Electricity Generation, 2019 covers 174 countries on 4 measures. 7 countries share the highest reading, 100.00; 15 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 31.06. Against 2018, 145 values changed (81 up, 64 down), the same countries are covered.

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Low-Carbon Share of Electricity Generation · Data for 2019

Highest7 countries share it

100.00

Lowest15 countries share it

0.00

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

174countries
4measures per country
2019the year it describes
151distinct 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, 2019, 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	5.20
=1	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	100.00	100.00	0.0	8.65
=1	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	100.00	100.00	0.0	0.15
=1	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	100.00	100.00	0.0	19.36
=1	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	100.00	100.00	0.0	0.39
=1	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	100.00	100.00	0.0	6.15
=1	Paraguay`PRY`South America	100.00	100.00	0.0	49.59
8	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	99.92	99.92	0.0	11.79
9	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	99.12	99.12	0.0	11.42
10	Uruguay`URY`South America	98.26	98.26	0.0	16.07
11	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	98.01	58.75	39.3	168.42
12	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	97.94	97.94	0.0	133.83
13	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	96.94	96.94	0.0	4.58
14	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	96.38	96.38	0.0	1.38
15	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	96.11	96.11	0.0	1.80
16	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	95.00	95.00	0.0	0.20
17	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	91.84	91.84	0.0	0.49
18	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	91.58	91.58	0.0	14.97
19	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	91.46	91.46	0.0	20.96
20	France`FRA`Western Europe	90.52	19.96	70.6	565.52
21	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	88.67	88.67	0.0	11.56
22	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	87.67	87.67	0.0	1.46
23	Belize`BLZ`Central America	86.54	86.54	0.0	0.52
24	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	84.65	84.65	0.0	14.79
25	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	83.67	83.67	0.0	0.49
26	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	82.42	82.42	0.0	43.75
27	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	81.26	46.47	34.8	68.61
28	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	79.36	79.36	0.0	18.99
29	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	78.55	78.55	0.0	29.37
30	Ecuador`ECU`South America	77.78	77.78	0.0	32.45
31	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	77.74	23.57	54.2	28.21
32	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	77.30	77.30	0.0	70.69
33	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	76.05	76.05	0.0	11.86
34	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	74.77	74.77	0.0	1.07
35	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	73.95	73.95	0.0	3.34
36	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	73.20	73.20	0.0	15.82
37	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	71.48	71.48	—	6.17
38	Colombia`COL`South America	69.49	69.49	0.0	78.78
39	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	69.23	69.23	0.0	0.39
40	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	68.35	31.72	36.6	15.89
41	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	67.94	20.98	47.0	92.69
42	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	66.01	66.01	0.0	12.65
43	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	63.90	63.90	0.0	2.05
44	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	63.86	63.86	0.0	12.70
45	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	63.75	63.75	0.0	16.22
46	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	63.48	63.48	0.0	31.24
47	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	61.47	61.47	0.0	8.28
48	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	61.23	13.71	47.5	34.28
49	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	61.11	41.92	19.2	58.76
50	Peru`PER`South America	60.54	60.54	0.0	56.87
51	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	59.28	32.18	27.1	7.49
52	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	58.90	37.33	21.6	270.52
53	Venezuela`VEN`South America	58.38	58.38	0.0	85.15
54	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	57.90	57.90	0.0	1.14
55	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	56.99	56.99	0.0	4.58
56	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	56.27	56.27	0.0	3.43
57	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	56.26	56.26	0.0	19.32
58	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	55.01	17.13	37.9	43.72
59	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	53.12	53.12	0.0	51.60
60	Honduras`HND`Central America	52.91	52.91	0.0	10.66
61	Panama`PAN`Central America	52.75	52.75	0.0	11.64
62	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	51.65	51.65	0.0	8.48
63	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	50.59	50.59	0.0	0.85
64	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	49.53	49.53	0.0	6.44
65	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	48.56	48.56	—	8.67
66	Suriname`SUR`South America	47.55	47.55	0.0	2.04
67	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	47.03	11.74	35.3	85.72
68	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	46.48	46.48	0.0	2.84
69	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	46.40	46.40	0.0	23.88
70	Chile`CHL`South America	46.21	46.21	0.0	83.98
71	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	43.80	43.80	0.0	300.18
72	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	42.31	42.31	0.0	17.30
73	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	41.18	41.18	0.0	0.17
74	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	39.94	39.94	0.0	289.99
75	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	39.47	39.47	0.0	0.38
76	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	38.71	38.71	0.0	30.87
77	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	38.46	38.46	0.0	2.47
78	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	38.32	38.32	0.0	3.81
79	United States`USA`Northern America	37.76	18.30	19.5	4,158.38
80	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	36.93	30.21	6.7	134.97
81	Bolivia`BOL`South America	36.16	36.16	0.0	10.37
82	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	33.58	33.58	0.0	47.95
83	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	33.33	33.33	0.0	0.09
84	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	33.21	33.21	0.0	7.77
85	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	33.11	33.11	0.0	10.66
86	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	32.14	32.14	0.0	1.40
87	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	31.16	26.49	4.7	7,471.53
88	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	30.95	30.95	0.0	0.42
89	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	29.94	29.94	0.0	1.57
90	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	28.99	28.99	0.0	0.69
91	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	28.51	28.51	0.0	36.86
92	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	28.12	28.12	0.0	7.61
93	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	27.76	27.76	0.0	3.89
94	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	26.40	26.40	0.0	4.28
95	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	26.19	26.19	0.0	0.84
=96	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	25.00	25.00	0.0	0.04
=96	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	25.00	25.00	0.0	0.04
98	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	23.34	23.34	0.0	36.46
99	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	22.83	22.83	0.0	5.87
100	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	22.25	18.99	3.3	120.05
101	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	21.67	21.67	0.0	3.23
102	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	21.31	21.31	0.0	0.61
103	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	20.79	20.79	0.0	106.03
104	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	18.18	18.18	0.0	0.44
105	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	17.17	17.17	0.0	0.99
106	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	16.25	16.25	0.0	1.60
107	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	16.04	16.04	0.0	1.06
108	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	15.60	15.60	0.0	163.22
109	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	14.82	14.82	0.0	0.81
110	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	14.63	14.63	0.0	3.28
111	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	14.42	14.42	0.0	20.53
=112	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	14.29	14.29	0.0	0.14
=112	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	14.29	14.29	0.0	0.07
114	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	13.81	13.81	0.0	3.33
115	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	13.40	13.40	0.0	5.82
116	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	13.33	13.33	0.0	0.15
117	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	12.72	12.72	0.0	4.64
118	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	12.55	12.55	0.0	21.28
119	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	12.50	12.50	0.0	0.40
120	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	10.18	10.18	0.0	63.56
121	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	10.15	10.15	0.0	2.07
122	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	10.10	10.10	0.0	5.15
123	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	9.94	9.94	0.0	6.94
124	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	9.09	9.09	0.0	0.11
125	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	7.02	7.02	0.0	0.57
126	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	6.90	6.90	0.0	25.95
127	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	6.50	6.50	0.0	5.69
128	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	5.71	5.71	0.0	0.35
129	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	5.41	5.41	0.0	0.37
130	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	5.19	5.19	0.0	21.59
131	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	4.83	4.83	0.0	72.71
132	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	4.57	4.57	0.0	1.75
133	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	4.36	4.36	0.0	115.21
134	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	4.35	4.35	0.0	0.23
135	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	4.30	4.30	0.0	20.70
136	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	3.81	3.81	0.0	19.15
137	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	3.77	3.77	0.0	1.06
138	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	3.70	3.70	0.0	0.81
139	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	3.50	3.50	0.0	22.32
140	Guyana`GUY`South America	3.48	3.48	0.0	1.15
141	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	3.13	3.13	0.0	22.02
142	Niger`NER`Western Africa	2.99	2.99	0.0	0.67
143	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	2.79	2.79	—	54.14
=144	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	2.78	2.78	0.0	0.36
=144	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	2.78	2.78	0.0	0.72
146	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	2.57	2.57	0.0	40.46
147	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	2.38	2.38	0.0	0.42
148	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1.85	1.85	0.0	0.54
149	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	1.52	1.52	0.0	0.66
150	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	1.40	1.40	0.0	85.11
151	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	1.07	1.07	0.0	81.61
152	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.43	0.43	0.0	36.94
153	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.40	0.40	0.0	2.51
154	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.26	0.26	0.0	50.00
155	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.15	0.15	0.0	38.89
156	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.13	0.13	0.0	75.04
157	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.11	0.11	0.0	9.20
158	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.06	0.06	0.0	33.11
159	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.03	0.03	0.0	34.63
=160	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.16
=160	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.00	0.00	0.0	2.01
=160	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.16
=160	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.00	0.00	0.0	4.93
=160	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.11
=160	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.09
=160	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.46
=160	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.24
=160	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.08
=160	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.01
=160	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.04
=160	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.10
=160	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.55
=160	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.00	0.00	0.0	22.50
=160	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.26

02In 2019

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
1Lesothoshared100.00

Lowest

160British Virgin Islandsshared0.00
160Turkmenistanshared0.00
160Turks and Caicos Islandsshared0.00
160South Sudanshared0.00
160Solomon Islandsshared0.00

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 31.06. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Renewables (% of generation)
Highest7 share it
Lowest15 share it
Middle country: 26.30
Nuclear (% of generation)
HighestFrance70.6
Lowest155 share it
Middle country: 0.0
Total generation (TWh)
HighestChina7,471.53
LowestMontserrat0.01
Middle country: 6.69

032018 → 2019

Since 2018

What changed between 2018 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
145values changed, of 174 in both
81 · 64rose · fell
29unchanged

Rose most

Sierra Leone66.67 → 95.00+28.33
Kiribati0.00 → 25.00+25.00
Malawi81.77 → 96.11+14.34
Estonia16.09 → 28.12+12.03
Türkiye32.26 → 43.80+11.54

Fell most

Panama77.77 → 52.75−25.02
Cook Islands40.00 → 25.00−15.00
Togo35.00 → 21.31−13.69
North Macedonia34.94 → 22.83−12.11
Cambodia58.92 → 48.56−10.37

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

151 distinct values among 174
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 15 countries share 0.00. 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 (2019). Low-Carbon Share of Electricity Generation, 2019 [data set], describing 2019. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/clean-electricity/2019

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