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Low-Carbon Share of Electricity Generation, 2020

Name: Low-Carbon Share of Electricity Generation, 2020
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Low-Carbon Share of Electricity Generation, 2020 covers 174 countries on 4 measures. 7 countries share the highest reading, 100.00; 13 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 32.84. Against 2019, 141 values changed (103 up, 38 down), the same countries are covered.

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Low-Carbon Share of Electricity Generation · Data for 2020

Highest7 countries share it

100.00

Lowest13 countries share it

0.00

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

174countries
4measures per country
2020the 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, 2020, 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	5.31
=1	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	100.00	100.00	0.0	11.37
=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	18.89
=1	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	100.00	100.00	0.0	0.43
=1	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	100.00	100.00	0.0	6.18
=1	Paraguay`PRY`South America	100.00	100.00	0.0	46.63
8	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	99.92	99.92	0.0	12.49
9	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	99.83	99.83	0.0	11.72
10	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	99.43	99.43	0.0	1.75
11	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	98.52	98.52	0.0	154.32
12	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	98.51	68.47	30.0	163.78
13	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	97.39	97.39	0.0	4.60
14	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	96.50	96.50	0.0	2.00
15	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	95.92	95.92	0.0	0.49
16	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	95.00	95.00	0.0	0.20
17	Uruguay`URY`South America	94.03	94.03	0.0	13.57
18	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	93.58	93.58	0.0	11.68
19	France`FRA`Western Europe	90.82	23.71	67.1	527.25
20	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	90.78	90.78	0.0	15.40
21	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	90.10	90.10	0.0	20.10
22	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	89.83	89.83	0.0	1.18
23	Belize`BLZ`Central America	88.64	88.64	0.0	0.44
24	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	85.53	51.89	33.6	69.24
25	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	85.49	85.49	0.0	15.23
26	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	84.76	84.76	—	6.43
27	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	83.49	83.49	0.0	19.02
28	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	82.69	82.69	0.0	0.52
29	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	82.05	82.05	0.0	28.58
30	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	80.92	80.92	0.0	43.35
31	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	80.28	80.28	0.0	69.03
32	Ecuador`ECU`South America	79.64	79.64	0.0	31.29
33	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	79.51	79.51	0.0	1.22
34	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	78.18	24.03	54.2	28.51
35	Venezuela`VEN`South America	77.68	77.68	0.0	80.51
36	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	75.77	75.77	0.0	12.42
37	Panama`PAN`Central America	75.69	75.69	0.0	10.94
38	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	75.68	75.68	0.0	0.37
39	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	75.61	75.61	0.0	16.81
40	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	74.73	74.73	0.0	11.16
41	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	71.60	71.60	0.0	39.96
42	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	70.63	33.04	37.6	16.89
43	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	69.92	69.92	0.0	3.79
44	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	66.32	43.86	22.5	259.47
45	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	65.56	26.56	39.0	88.29
46	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	65.35	44.58	20.8	55.21
47	Colombia`COL`South America	65.33	65.33	0.0	77.75
48	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	64.83	64.83	0.0	17.20
49	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	64.63	64.63	0.0	13.23
50	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	63.64	63.64	0.0	5.72
51	Peru`PER`South America	63.48	63.48	0.0	52.99
52	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	62.96	62.96	0.0	1.08
53	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	62.92	62.92	0.0	0.89
54	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	61.80	15.81	46.0	34.92
55	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	60.89	60.89	0.0	2.48
56	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	60.11	60.11	0.0	8.80
57	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	60.04	18.61	41.4	40.14
58	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	58.59	58.59	0.0	51.39
59	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	58.57	58.57	0.0	6.71
60	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	58.51	25.13	33.4	7.64
61	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	55.19	55.19	—	7.52
62	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	54.68	54.68	0.0	4.70
63	Honduras`HND`Central America	54.64	54.64	0.0	10.14
64	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	53.53	53.53	0.0	24.10
65	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	52.21	52.21	0.0	3.39
66	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	50.41	12.91	37.5	80.10
67	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	48.85	48.85	0.0	6.08
68	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	48.81	48.81	0.0	2.93
69	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	48.67	48.67	0.0	18.78
70	Chile`CHL`South America	48.45	48.45	0.0	83.58
71	Suriname`SUR`South America	48.29	48.29	0.0	2.05
72	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	42.44	42.44	0.0	32.16
73	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	42.23	42.23	0.0	276.81
74	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	42.16	42.16	0.0	302.00
75	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	41.38	41.38	0.0	7.83
76	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	40.86	40.86	0.0	3.94
77	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	40.74	40.74	0.0	2.16
78	United States`USA`Northern America	39.85	20.32	19.5	4,043.18
79	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	39.02	39.02	0.0	0.41
80	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	38.89	38.89	0.0	0.18
81	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	37.83	30.39	7.4	135.57
82	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	37.35	37.35	0.0	19.73
83	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	36.94	36.94	0.0	47.51
84	Bolivia`BOL`South America	35.64	35.64	0.0	10.27
85	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	34.75	34.75	0.0	1.41
86	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	33.93	33.93	0.0	0.56
87	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	33.33	33.33	0.0	0.09
88	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	32.35	27.63	4.7	7,745.56
89	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	30.55	30.55	0.0	11.26
90	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	30.30	30.30	0.0	0.66
91	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	30.19	26.84	3.4	121.96
92	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	28.89	28.89	0.0	0.45
93	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	28.83	28.83	0.0	1.63
94	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	27.72	27.72	0.0	5.34
95	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	27.33	27.33	0.0	37.18
96	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	27.32	27.32	0.0	4.10
97	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	26.93	26.93	0.0	4.01
=98	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	25.00	25.00	0.0	0.04
=98	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	25.00	25.00	0.0	0.04
100	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	24.14	24.14	0.0	2.90
101	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	21.43	21.43	0.0	0.84
102	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	21.23	21.23	0.0	101.75
103	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	20.55	20.55	0.0	38.00
104	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	18.94	18.94	0.0	20.70
105	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	18.87	18.87	0.0	1.59
106	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	17.96	17.96	0.0	157.15
107	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	17.17	17.17	0.0	0.99
108	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	16.83	16.83	0.0	6.06
=109	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	16.67	16.67	0.0	0.42
=109	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	16.67	16.67	0.0	2.94
111	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	16.16	16.16	0.0	19.49
112	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	15.74	15.74	0.0	3.24
113	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	14.75	14.75	0.0	0.61
=114	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	14.29	14.29	0.0	0.14
=114	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	14.29	14.29	0.0	0.07
116	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	13.79	13.79	0.0	4.28
117	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	13.73	13.73	0.0	1.02
118	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	13.33	13.33	0.0	0.15
119	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	12.37	12.37	0.0	4.85
120	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	12.20	12.20	0.0	0.41
121	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	11.86	11.86	0.0	0.59
122	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	11.63	11.63	0.0	2.15
123	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	10.24	10.24	0.0	6.64
124	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	9.09	9.09	0.0	0.11
125	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	8.11	8.11	0.0	0.37
126	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	7.53	7.53	0.0	66.53
127	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	6.74	6.74	0.0	18.25
128	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	6.60	6.60	0.0	1.06
129	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	6.10	6.10	0.0	72.74
130	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	5.83	5.83	0.0	6.18
=131	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	5.71	5.71	0.0	0.35
=131	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	5.71	5.71	0.0	0.35
133	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	5.13	5.13	0.0	25.75
134	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	4.88	4.88	0.0	0.82
135	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	4.73	4.73	0.0	19.03
136	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	4.68	4.68	0.0	1.71
137	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	4.55	4.55	0.0	0.22
138	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	4.39	3.50	0.9	38.54
139	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	3.99	3.99	0.0	19.07
140	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	3.88	3.88	0.0	117.12
141	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	3.80	3.80	0.0	21.03
142	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	3.13	3.13	0.0	21.38
143	Niger`NER`Western Africa	2.99	2.99	0.0	0.67
144	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	2.90	2.90	0.0	0.69
145	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	2.81	2.81	—	53.07
=146	Guyana`GUY`South America	2.63	2.63	0.0	1.14
=146	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	2.63	2.63	0.0	0.38
148	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	1.79	1.79	0.0	0.56
149	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	1.56	1.56	0.0	0.64
150	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	1.46	1.46	0.0	85.46
151	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	1.11	1.11	0.0	79.37
152	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1.01	1.01	0.0	0.99
153	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.55	0.55	0.0	34.35
154	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.49	0.49	0.0	2.03
155	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.46	0.46	0.0	2.18
156	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.28	0.28	0.0	49.40
157	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.26	0.26	0.0	38.20
158	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.12	0.12	0.0	74.64
159	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.11	0.11	0.0	9.23
160	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.06	0.06	0.0	33.38
161	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.03	0.03	0.0	29.50
=162	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.17
=162	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.16
=162	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.00	0.00	0.0	5.74
=162	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.13
=162	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.13
=162	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.48
=162	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.22
=162	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.08
=162	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.01
=162	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.04
=162	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.10
=162	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.00	0.00	0.0	25.76
=162	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.25

02In 2020

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

162British Virgin Islandsshared0.00
162Turkmenistanshared0.00
162Turks and Caicos Islandsshared0.00
162Solomon Islandsshared0.00
162Naurushared0.00

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 32.84. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Renewables (% of generation)
Highest7 share it
Lowest13 share it
Middle country: 27.13
Nuclear (% of generation)
HighestFrance67.1
Lowest154 share it
Middle country: 0.0
Total generation (TWh)
HighestChina7,745.56
LowestMontserrat0.01
Middle country: 6.31

032019 → 2020

Since 2019

What changed between 2019 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
141values changed, of 174 in both
103 · 38rose · fell
33unchanged

Rose most

Panama52.75 → 75.69+22.94
Estonia28.12 → 48.85+20.73
Venezuela58.38 → 77.68+19.30
Latvia49.53 → 63.64+14.10
El Salvador71.48 → 84.76+13.28

Fell most

Lithuania73.95 → 54.68−19.27
Myanmar56.26 → 48.67−7.59
Togo21.31 → 14.75−6.56
Ghana42.31 → 37.35−4.96
Uruguay98.26 → 94.03−4.23

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. 13 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 (2020). Low-Carbon Share of Electricity Generation, 2020 [data set], describing 2020. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/clean-electricity/2020

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