Data for 2022

Low-Carbon Share of Electricity Generation, 2022

Name: Low-Carbon Share of Electricity Generation, 2022
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Low-Carbon Share of Electricity Generation, 2022 covers 174 countries on 4 measures. 9 countries share the highest reading, 100.000; 9 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 34.662. Against 2021, 145 values changed (79 up, 66 down), the same countries are covered.

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Low-Carbon Share of Electricity Generation · Data for 2022

Highest9 countries share it

100.000

Lowest9 countries share it

0.000

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

174countries
4measures per country
2022the year it describes
154distinct 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, 2022, 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	6.97
=1	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	100.000	100.000	0.0	10.77
=1	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	100.000	100.000	0.0	0.14
=1	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	100.000	100.000	0.0	12.44
=1	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	100.000	100.000	0.0	15.31
=1	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	100.000	100.000	0.0	19.87
=1	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	100.000	100.000	0.0	0.48
=1	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	100.000	100.000	0.0	10.70
=1	Paraguay`PRY`South America	100.000	100.000	0.0	44.11
10	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	98.645	98.645	0.0	145.42
11	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	98.485	98.485	0.0	1.32
12	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	98.336	68.321	30.0	173.05
13	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	97.391	97.391	0.0	5.75
14	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	96.364	96.364	0.0	0.55
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	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	92.694	92.694	0.0	21.49
18	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	90.799	90.799	—	6.63
19	Uruguay`URY`South America	90.781	90.781	0.0	14.86
20	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	88.906	88.906	0.0	19.47
21	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	88.680	53.568	35.1	72.17
22	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	87.809	87.809	0.0	12.96
23	Belize`BLZ`Central America	87.234	87.234	0.0	0.47
24	France`FRA`Western Europe	87.115	24.188	62.9	468.37
25	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	87.037	87.037	0.0	0.54
26	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	86.936	86.936	0.0	43.25
27	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	86.458	86.458	0.0	0.96
28	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	86.107	86.107	0.0	13.82
29	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	85.950	85.950	0.0	1.21
30	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	84.644	84.644	0.0	13.48
31	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	83.691	83.691	0.0	19.56
32	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	81.914	21.929	60.0	26.54
33	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	80.859	80.859	0.0	35.16
34	Venezuela`VEN`South America	78.363	78.363	0.0	82.36
35	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	78.191	78.191	0.0	64.47
36	Panama`PAN`Central America	77.224	77.224	0.0	12.25
37	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	76.211	76.211	0.0	14.25
38	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	76.136	76.136	0.0	51.04
39	Ecuador`ECU`South America	76.013	76.013	0.0	33.06
40	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	75.944	75.944	0.0	5.03
41	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	75.563	75.563	0.0	17.31
42	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	74.752	74.752	0.0	4.04
43	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	74.500	74.500	0.0	4.00
44	Colombia`COL`South America	74.354	74.354	0.0	82.86
45	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	72.455	30.464	42.0	13.36
46	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	72.416	25.898	46.5	94.33
47	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	71.752	71.752	0.0	16.78
48	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	69.231	69.231	0.0	0.39
49	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	67.338	67.338	0.0	8.94
50	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	65.595	21.409	44.2	35.78
51	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	65.446	65.446	—	10.10
52	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	64.908	64.908	0.0	8.15
53	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	64.120	64.120	0.0	4.32
54	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	63.475	63.475	0.0	14.10
55	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	63.409	43.149	20.3	54.74
56	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	63.207	42.803	20.4	287.15
57	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	63.089	63.089	0.0	26.55
58	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	60.748	60.748	0.0	1.07
59	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	60.729	34.109	26.6	9.88
60	Honduras`HND`Central America	59.665	59.665	0.0	11.33
61	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	59.594	59.594	0.0	46.33
62	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	57.692	57.692	0.0	1.04
63	Chile`CHL`South America	55.327	55.327	0.0	91.04
64	Peru`PER`South America	55.242	55.242	0.0	59.90
65	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	53.172	53.172	0.0	3.31
66	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	51.889	19.153	32.7	50.28
67	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	50.000	50.000	0.0	0.04
68	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	49.910	12.863	37.0	83.73
69	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	47.962	47.962	0.0	3.19
70	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	46.142	31.294	14.8	152.01
71	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	45.833	45.833	0.0	0.48
72	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	45.538	45.538	0.0	4.37
73	Suriname`SUR`South America	44.550	44.550	0.0	2.11
74	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	43.750	43.750	0.0	0.16
75	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	43.565	40.097	3.5	119.96
76	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	43.449	43.449	0.0	51.67
77	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	42.857	42.857	0.0	4.34
78	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	41.911	41.911	0.0	320.56
79	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	40.860	40.860	0.0	23.25
80	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	40.816	40.816	0.0	0.49
81	United States`USA`Northern America	40.348	22.350	18.0	4,286.89
82	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	39.213	39.213	0.0	33.79
83	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	36.047	36.047	0.0	23.22
84	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	35.857	35.857	0.0	280.17
85	Bolivia`BOL`South America	35.733	35.733	0.0	11.67
86	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	35.227	35.227	0.0	2.64
87	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	35.000	35.000	0.0	0.20
88	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	34.324	29.576	4.7	8,800.42
89	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	33.803	33.803	0.0	0.71
=90	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	33.333	33.333	0.0	0.39
=90	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	33.333	33.333	0.0	1.02
92	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	31.991	31.991	0.0	8.94
93	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	31.788	31.788	0.0	1.51
94	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	30.353	30.353	0.0	9.62
95	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	28.186	28.186	0.0	34.84
96	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	28.000	28.000	0.0	0.50
97	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	27.439	27.439	0.0	1.64
98	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	27.359	27.359	0.0	12.61
99	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	27.104	27.104	0.0	5.94
100	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	26.214	26.214	0.0	3.09
=101	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	25.000	25.000	0.0	0.04
=101	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	25.000	25.000	0.0	0.08
103	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	24.711	24.711	0.0	38.00
104	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	23.128	23.128	0.0	22.57
105	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	22.160	22.160	0.0	111.55
106	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	21.818	21.818	0.0	4.95
107	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	21.133	21.133	0.0	4.59
108	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	21.103	21.103	0.0	178.60
109	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	20.000	20.000	0.0	0.90
110	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	19.693	19.693	0.0	7.16
111	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	19.551	19.551	0.0	3.12
112	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	19.048	19.048	0.0	0.42
113	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	18.812	18.812	0.0	1.01
114	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	18.448	18.448	0.0	22.17
115	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	17.000	17.000	0.0	1.00
116	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	16.832	16.832	0.0	3.03
117	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	16.730	16.730	0.0	5.26
118	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	15.976	3.389	12.6	37.18
119	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	15.385	15.385	0.0	1.69
120	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	14.516	14.516	0.0	0.62
=121	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	13.333	13.333	0.0	0.15
=121	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	13.333	13.333	0.0	0.15
123	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	13.043	13.043	0.0	2.30
124	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	12.918	12.918	0.0	4.49
125	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	12.500	12.500	0.0	0.08
126	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	11.364	11.364	0.0	0.44
127	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	11.111	11.111	0.0	0.09
128	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	9.806	9.806	0.0	7.75
129	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	9.718	9.718	0.0	76.87
130	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	9.568	9.568	0.0	5.33
131	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	9.218	9.218	0.0	75.07
132	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	9.091	9.091	0.0	0.11
133	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	7.778	7.778	0.0	1.80
134	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	7.339	7.339	0.0	1.09
135	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	7.059	7.059	0.0	0.85
136	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	6.358	6.358	0.0	28.94
=137	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	5.556	5.556	0.0	0.18
=137	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	5.556	5.556	0.0	0.36
139	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	5.377	5.377	0.0	19.90
140	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	5.128	5.128	0.0	0.39
141	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	4.545	4.545	0.0	0.22
142	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	4.481	4.481	0.0	42.40
143	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	4.382	4.382	0.0	20.08
144	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	4.281	4.281	0.0	15.65
145	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	4.093	4.093	—	56.92
146	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	3.036	3.036	0.0	21.41
147	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	2.941	2.941	0.0	0.68
148	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	2.857	2.857	0.0	0.70
149	Niger`NER`Western Africa	2.532	2.532	0.0	0.79
150	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	2.500	2.500	0.0	0.40
151	Guyana`GUY`South America	2.344	2.344	0.0	1.28
152	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	2.264	2.264	0.0	133.86
153	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	2.228	2.228	0.0	85.29
154	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	2.020	2.020	0.0	0.99
155	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	1.961	1.961	0.0	0.51
156	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	1.555	1.555	0.0	102.25
157	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	1.315	1.315	0.0	54.75
158	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.976	0.976	0.0	2.05
159	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.940	0.940	0.0	91.47
160	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.914	0.914	0.0	36.10
161	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.391	0.391	0.0	2.56
162	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.224	0.224	0.0	35.68
163	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.105	0.105	0.0	9.50
164	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.031	0.031	0.0	32.60
165	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.028	0.028	0.0	35.11
=166	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.17
=166	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.000	0.000	0.0	5.60
=166	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.14
=166	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.51
=166	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.24
=166	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.08
=166	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.01
=166	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.04
=166	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.26

02In 2022

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

166British Virgin Islandsshared0.000
166Turks and Caicos Islandsshared0.000
166Naurushared0.000
166Montserratshared0.000
166Grenadashared0.000

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 34.662. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Renewables (% of generation)
Highest9 share it
Lowest9 share it
Middle country: 28.881
Nuclear (% of generation)
HighestFrance62.9
Lowest154 share it
Middle country: 0.0
Total generation (TWh)
HighestChina8,800.42
LowestMontserrat0.01
Middle country: 7.46

032021 → 2022

Since 2021

What changed between 2021 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
145values changed, of 174 in both
79 · 66rose · fell
29unchanged

Rose most

Lebanon9.284 → 45.538+36.254
Lithuania60.930 → 74.752+13.822
Latvia63.590 → 75.944+12.354
Guatemala73.497 → 84.644+11.147
Cabo Verde18.605 → 28.000+9.395

Fell most

Montenegro61.804 → 53.172−8.632
Myanmar49.349 → 40.860−8.489
Estonia39.917 → 31.991−7.926
Tanzania36.879 → 30.353−6.526
Peru61.572 → 55.242−6.330

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

154 distinct values among 174
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 9 countries share 100.000. 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 (2022). Low-Carbon Share of Electricity Generation, 2022 [data set], describing 2022. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/clean-electricity/2022

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