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Low-Carbon Share of Electricity Generation, 2021

Name: Low-Carbon Share of Electricity Generation, 2021
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Low-Carbon Share of Electricity Generation, 2021 covers 174 countries on 4 measures. 9 countries share the highest reading, 100.000; 11 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 34.497. Against 2020, 148 values changed (84 up, 64 down), the same countries are covered.

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Low-Carbon Share of Electricity Generation · Data for 2021

Highest9 countries share it

100.000

Lowest11 countries share it

0.000

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

174countries
4measures per country
2021the year it describes
152distinct 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, 2021, 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	8.94
=1	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	100.000	100.000	0.0	10.82
=1	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	100.000	100.000	0.0	0.15
=1	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	100.000	100.000	0.0	12.73
=1	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	100.000	100.000	0.0	14.19
=1	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	100.000	100.000	0.0	19.39
=1	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	100.000	100.000	0.0	0.53
=1	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	100.000	100.000	0.0	9.63
=1	Paraguay`PRY`South America	100.000	100.000	0.0	40.84
10	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	99.319	99.319	0.0	157.13
11	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	98.219	67.383	30.8	171.78
12	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	97.533	97.533	0.0	5.27
13	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	97.351	97.351	0.0	1.51
14	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	96.078	96.078	0.0	0.51
15	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	95.628	95.628	0.0	1.83
16	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	95.000	95.000	0.0	0.20
17	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	91.986	91.986	0.0	17.72
18	France`FRA`Western Europe	91.123	22.187	68.9	550.31
19	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	90.058	90.058	0.0	20.72
20	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	89.822	89.822	0.0	12.38
21	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	87.736	87.736	0.0	1.06
22	Belize`BLZ`Central America	86.111	86.111	0.0	0.36
23	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	86.037	86.037	—	7.09
24	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	85.675	52.947	32.7	72.11
25	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	85.601	85.601	0.0	15.14
26	Uruguay`URY`South America	84.615	84.615	0.0	15.99
27	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	84.314	84.314	0.0	0.51
28	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	82.980	82.980	0.0	18.86
29	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	81.722	81.722	0.0	43.55
30	Ecuador`ECU`South America	81.196	81.196	0.0	32.12
31	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	81.171	81.171	0.0	12.64
32	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	80.488	80.488	0.0	1.23
33	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	79.283	79.283	0.0	32.92
34	Venezuela`VEN`South America	79.235	79.235	0.0	82.93
35	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	79.121	79.121	0.0	66.67
36	Panama`PAN`Central America	78.365	78.365	0.0	12.11
37	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	75.758	22.795	53.0	29.70
38	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	75.430	75.430	0.0	16.85
39	Colombia`COL`South America	75.071	75.071	0.0	84.36
40	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	73.541	73.541	0.0	44.90
41	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	73.521	22.887	50.6	99.40
42	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	73.497	73.497	0.0	15.47
43	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	73.077	73.077	0.0	3.64
44	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	71.520	34.894	36.6	15.59
45	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	70.712	70.712	0.0	8.57
46	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	69.689	69.689	0.0	15.11
47	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	69.231	69.231	0.0	0.39
48	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	69.121	69.121	0.0	4.21
49	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	67.335	46.445	20.9	270.75
50	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	64.242	44.980	19.3	58.56
51	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	64.080	64.080	0.0	49.22
52	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	63.590	63.590	0.0	5.85
53	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	63.435	19.141	44.3	36.10
54	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	63.324	63.324	0.0	25.63
55	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	62.901	62.901	0.0	8.41
56	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	62.655	62.655	0.0	17.70
57	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	62.264	62.264	0.0	1.06
58	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	61.804	61.804	0.0	3.77
59	Peru`PER`South America	61.572	61.572	0.0	56.99
60	Honduras`HND`Central America	61.421	61.421	0.0	11.12
61	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	60.930	60.930	0.0	4.30
62	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	59.000	59.000	0.0	1.00
63	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	58.702	58.702	—	9.71
64	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	56.756	21.834	34.9	47.22
65	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	56.218	32.254	24.0	7.72
66	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	50.000	50.000	0.0	0.04
67	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	49.450	12.718	36.7	83.66
68	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	49.349	49.349	0.0	19.98
69	Chile`CHL`South America	48.888	48.888	0.0	88.10
70	Suriname`SUR`South America	48.325	48.325	0.0	2.09
71	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	47.059	47.059	0.0	0.17
72	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	46.622	46.622	0.0	2.96
73	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	42.000	42.000	0.0	0.50
74	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	40.800	40.800	0.0	54.24
75	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	40.747	40.747	0.0	285.49
76	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	39.917	39.917	0.0	7.19
77	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	39.535	39.535	0.0	0.43
78	United States`USA`Northern America	39.513	20.743	18.8	4,153.62
79	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	39.086	39.086	0.0	3.94
80	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	38.896	29.281	9.6	148.32
81	Bolivia`BOL`South America	38.454	38.454	0.0	10.87
82	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	37.051	37.051	0.0	31.74
83	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	36.879	36.879	0.0	8.65
84	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	36.620	33.452	3.2	120.89
85	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	35.400	35.400	0.0	327.88
86	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	35.000	35.000	0.0	0.20
87	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	34.783	34.783	0.0	22.08
88	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	34.211	34.211	0.0	0.38
89	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	33.502	33.502	0.0	37.46
90	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	33.202	33.202	0.0	2.53
91	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	32.886	28.090	4.8	8,495.85
92	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	32.867	32.867	0.0	1.43
93	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	29.837	29.837	0.0	5.53
94	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	28.788	28.788	0.0	0.66
95	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	28.481	28.481	0.0	1.58
96	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	26.277	26.277	0.0	4.11
=97	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	25.000	25.000	0.0	0.04
=97	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	25.000	25.000	0.0	0.08
99	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	24.724	24.724	0.0	4.53
100	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	24.176	24.176	0.0	0.91
101	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	23.877	23.877	0.0	11.35
102	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	22.987	22.987	0.0	21.36
103	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	22.535	22.535	0.0	0.71
104	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	22.337	22.337	0.0	2.91
105	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	22.135	22.135	0.0	105.76
106	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	21.405	21.405	0.0	2.99
107	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	20.663	20.663	0.0	39.20
108	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	20.270	20.270	0.0	6.66
109	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	18.605	18.605	0.0	0.43
110	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	18.129	18.129	0.0	1.71
111	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	17.779	17.779	0.0	21.43
112	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	17.123	17.123	0.0	2.92
113	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	17.093	17.093	0.0	178.79
114	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	17.091	3.079	14.0	41.25
115	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	17.000	17.000	0.0	1.00
116	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	15.234	15.234	0.0	5.12
=117	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	14.286	14.286	0.0	0.14
=117	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	14.286	14.286	0.0	0.14
=117	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	14.286	14.286	0.0	0.07
=120	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	13.333	13.333	0.0	4.35
=120	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	13.333	13.333	0.0	0.60
122	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	12.621	12.621	0.0	1.03
123	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	12.162	12.162	0.0	2.22
124	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	11.905	11.905	0.0	0.42
125	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	11.156	11.156	0.0	7.44
126	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	10.526	10.526	0.0	0.38
127	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	9.284	9.284	0.0	10.34
128	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	9.091	9.091	0.0	0.11
129	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	7.852	7.852	0.0	74.12
130	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	7.547	7.547	0.0	1.06
131	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	7.027	7.027	0.0	71.44
132	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	6.607	6.607	0.0	6.66
133	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	5.952	5.952	0.0	0.84
134	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	5.714	5.714	0.0	0.35
135	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	5.470	5.470	0.0	27.79
136	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	4.651	4.651	0.0	0.43
137	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	4.649	4.649	0.0	19.36
138	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	4.598	4.598	0.0	1.74
139	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	4.545	4.545	0.0	0.22
140	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	4.431	4.431	0.0	17.83
141	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	3.869	3.869	0.0	21.71
142	Guyana`GUY`South America	3.509	3.509	0.0	1.14
143	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	3.105	3.105	0.0	21.90
144	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	3.096	3.096	0.0	120.46
145	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	3.030	3.030	0.0	0.66
146	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	2.904	2.904	—	55.79
147	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	2.857	2.857	0.0	0.70
148	Niger`NER`Western Africa	2.817	2.817	0.0	0.71
149	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	2.500	2.500	0.0	0.40
150	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1.770	1.770	0.0	1.13
151	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	1.754	1.754	0.0	0.57
152	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	1.707	1.707	0.0	41.00
153	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	1.411	1.411	0.0	95.65
154	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.946	0.946	0.0	85.60
155	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.718	0.718	0.0	36.22
156	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.490	0.490	0.0	2.04
157	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.402	0.402	0.0	2.49
158	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.290	0.290	0.0	51.79
159	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.260	0.260	0.0	80.80
160	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.118	0.118	0.0	33.91
161	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.108	0.108	0.0	9.27
162	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.035	0.035	0.0	28.40
163	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.029	0.029	0.0	34.79
=164	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.17
=164	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.17
=164	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.000	0.000	0.0	5.70
=164	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.13
=164	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.50
=164	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.23
=164	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.08
=164	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.01
=164	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.04
=164	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.10
=164	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.26

02In 2021

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
1DR Congoshared100.000
1Costa Ricashared100.000

Lowest

164British Virgin Islandsshared0.000
164Turks and Caicos Islandsshared0.000
164Solomon Islandsshared0.000
164Naurushared0.000
164Montserratshared0.000

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 34.497. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Renewables (% of generation)
Highest9 share it
Lowest11 share it
Middle country: 28.286
Nuclear (% of generation)
HighestFrance68.9
Lowest154 share it
Middle country: 0.0
Total generation (TWh)
HighestChina8,495.85
LowestMontserrat0.01
Middle country: 7.58

032020 → 2021

Since 2020

What changed between 2020 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
148values changed, of 174 in both
84 · 64rose · fell
26unchanged

Rose most

Djibouti0.000 → 35.000+35.000
Cook Islands25.000 → 50.000+25.000
Belarus4.385 → 17.091+12.706
Guinea60.887 → 73.077+12.190
Zimbabwe58.569 → 70.712+12.143

Fell most

Uruguay94.031 → 84.615−9.416
Estonia48.849 → 39.917−8.932
Vanuatu33.333 → 25.000−8.333
Madagascar40.741 → 33.202−7.539
Türkiye42.162 → 35.400−6.762

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

152 distinct values among 174
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 11 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 (2021). Low-Carbon Share of Electricity Generation, 2021 [data set], describing 2021. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/clean-electricity/2021

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