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Low-Carbon Share of Electricity Generation, 2023

Name: Low-Carbon Share of Electricity Generation, 2023
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Low-Carbon Share of Electricity Generation, 2023 covers 173 countries on 4 measures. 7 countries share the highest reading, 100.000; 10 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 34.624. Against 2022, 131 values changed (82 up, 49 down), 1 left.

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Low-Carbon Share of Electricity Generation · Data for 2023

Highest7 countries share it

100.000

Lowest10 countries share it

0.000

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

173countries
4measures per country
2023the 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, 2023, 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	0.00	9.01
=1	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	100.000	100.000	0.00	11.16
=1	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	100.000	100.000	0.00	0.14
=1	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	100.000	100.000	0.00	15.63
=1	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	100.000	100.000	0.00	19.81
=1	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	100.000	100.000	0.00	10.70
=1	Paraguay`PRY`South America	100.000	100.000	0.00	53.04
8	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	99.915	99.915	0.00	11.72
9	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	98.597	69.407	29.19	166.05
10	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	98.470	98.470	0.00	153.63
11	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	97.884	97.884	0.00	1.89
12	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	97.054	97.054	0.00	5.77
13	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	96.970	96.970	0.00	0.66
14	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	95.628	95.628	0.00	1.83
15	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	95.238	95.238	0.00	0.21
16	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	94.206	94.206	0.00	21.23
17	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	93.977	51.889	42.09	81.52
18	Uruguay`URY`South America	92.434	92.434	0.00	12.82
19	France`FRA`Western Europe	92.085	26.890	65.20	518.75
20	Venezuela`VEN`South America	90.342	90.342	0.00	71.96
21	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	89.766	89.766	0.00	12.80
22	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	89.625	89.625	0.00	42.89
23	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	89.362	89.362	0.00	1.41
24	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	89.003	89.003	0.00	19.46
25	Belize`BLZ`Central America	88.889	88.889	0.00	0.45
26	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	87.793	87.793	—	5.98
27	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	86.598	86.598	0.00	0.97
28	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	86.471	86.471	0.00	13.60
29	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	86.397	86.397	0.00	33.89
30	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	84.795	22.723	62.07	29.53
31	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	84.756	84.756	0.00	70.98
32	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	83.774	83.774	0.00	5.30
33	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	83.567	83.567	0.00	19.96
34	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	81.967	81.967	0.00	0.61
35	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	80.979	80.979	0.00	14.51
36	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	77.743	77.743	0.00	6.38
37	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	76.711	76.711	0.00	52.30
38	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	76.527	40.514	36.01	15.55
39	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	76.091	76.091	0.00	14.43
40	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	76.000	76.000	0.00	0.50
41	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	74.500	74.500	0.00	4.00
42	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	74.469	74.469	0.00	46.14
43	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	74.032	74.032	0.00	15.75
44	Ecuador`ECU`South America	73.618	73.618	0.00	35.82
45	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	73.530	33.435	40.10	82.13
46	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	73.269	73.269	0.00	7.22
47	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	71.889	51.514	20.38	279.11
48	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	71.187	26.393	44.80	35.54
49	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	70.126	70.126	0.00	17.44
50	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	69.447	49.798	19.65	56.95
51	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	67.270	67.270	0.00	14.91
52	Colombia`COL`South America	66.121	66.121	0.00	84.36
53	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	65.394	25.075	40.32	40.08
54	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	63.478	63.478	0.00	1.15
55	Chile`CHL`South America	63.140	63.140	0.00	89.23
56	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	62.687	62.687	0.00	26.72
57	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	62.389	62.389	0.00	4.52
58	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	60.859	60.859	0.00	4.19
59	Panama`PAN`Central America	60.641	60.641	0.00	13.11
60	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	57.377	57.377	0.00	0.61
61	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	56.994	27.977	29.02	8.65
62	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	56.156	56.156	0.00	9.99
63	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	54.815	14.697	40.12	75.80
64	Peru`PER`South America	54.378	54.378	0.00	60.87
65	Honduras`HND`Central America	54.363	54.363	0.00	12.49
66	Suriname`SUR`South America	53.179	53.179	0.00	1.73
67	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	51.902	36.545	15.36	148.01
68	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	50.709	47.382	3.33	119.96
69	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	50.000	50.000	0.00	0.04
70	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	49.826	49.826	0.00	48.93
71	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	49.091	49.091	0.00	1.10
72	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	48.780	48.780	0.00	5.74
73	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	46.939	46.939	0.00	0.49
74	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	46.493	46.493	0.00	21.10
75	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	45.276	45.276	0.00	31.54
76	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	44.550	44.550	0.00	261.55
77	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	43.952	43.952	0.00	2.48
78	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	42.132	42.132	—	13.60
79	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	42.009	42.009	0.00	319.79
80	United States`USA`Northern America	40.894	22.679	18.22	4,253.91
=81	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	40.000	40.000	0.00	0.85
=81	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	40.000	40.000	0.00	0.15
83	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	38.519	38.519	0.00	24.30
84	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	35.521	35.521	0.00	2.59
85	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	35.000	35.000	0.00	0.20
86	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	34.961	34.961	0.00	39.33
87	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	34.624	30.001	4.62	9,402.74
88	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	34.076	34.076	0.00	6.28
89	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	33.803	33.803	0.00	0.71
90	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	33.333	33.333	0.00	0.66
91	Bolivia`BOL`South America	33.307	33.307	0.00	12.55
92	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	32.174	32.174	0.00	6.90
93	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	31.313	3.210	28.10	41.74
94	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	30.146	30.146	0.00	10.98
95	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	28.000	28.000	0.00	0.50
96	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	27.707	27.707	0.00	165.52
97	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	26.761	26.761	0.00	0.71
98	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	26.490	26.490	0.00	10.57
99	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	26.214	26.214	0.00	3.09
=100	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	25.000	25.000	0.00	0.04
=100	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	25.000	25.000	0.00	0.08
102	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	24.476	24.476	0.00	1.43
103	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	23.679	23.679	0.00	4.73
104	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	23.507	23.507	0.00	5.36
105	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	22.678	22.678	0.00	40.92
106	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	22.353	22.353	0.00	0.85
107	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	21.960	21.960	0.00	23.77
108	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	21.531	21.531	0.00	2.09
109	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	21.426	21.426	0.00	116.73
110	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	20.450	20.450	0.00	5.33
111	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	19.800	19.800	0.00	6.01
112	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	19.048	19.048	0.00	0.42
113	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	17.431	17.431	0.00	3.27
114	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	17.264	17.264	0.00	24.56
115	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	17.000	17.000	0.00	1.00
116	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	16.951	16.951	0.00	8.20
117	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	15.976	15.976	0.00	1.69
118	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	14.516	14.516	0.00	0.62
119	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	14.286	14.286	0.00	0.07
120	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	13.617	13.617	0.00	2.35
=121	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	13.333	13.333	0.00	0.15
=121	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	13.333	13.333	0.00	0.15
123	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	12.159	12.159	0.00	4.77
124	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	11.791	11.791	0.00	77.43
125	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	11.111	11.111	0.00	0.09
126	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	10.204	10.204	0.00	0.49
127	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	10.156	10.156	0.00	5.12
128	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	9.896	9.896	0.00	76.80
129	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	9.606	9.606	0.00	6.35
130	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	9.168	9.168	0.00	8.29
131	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	9.091	9.091	0.00	0.11
132	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	8.182	8.182	0.00	1.10
133	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	7.778	7.778	0.00	1.80
134	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	7.059	7.059	0.00	0.85
135	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	6.531	6.531	0.00	29.09
=136	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	5.556	5.556	0.00	0.36
=136	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	5.556	5.556	0.00	0.36
138	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	5.377	5.377	0.00	19.90
139	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	4.889	4.889	0.00	45.00
140	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	4.545	4.545	0.00	0.22
141	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	4.529	4.529	—	57.29
142	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	3.947	3.947	0.00	21.28
143	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	3.647	3.647	0.00	19.74
144	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	3.565	3.565	0.00	56.38
145	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	3.517	3.517	0.00	25.02
146	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	3.000	3.000	0.00	1.00
147	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	2.941	2.941	0.00	0.68
148	Guyana`GUY`South America	2.899	2.899	0.00	1.38
149	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	2.857	2.857	0.00	0.70
150	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	2.500	2.500	0.00	0.40
151	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	2.128	2.128	0.00	89.76
152	Niger`NER`Western Africa	2.062	2.062	0.00	0.97
153	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	1.786	1.786	0.00	0.56
154	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	1.708	1.708	0.00	100.73
155	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	1.214	1.214	0.00	145.01
156	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.954	0.954	0.00	37.75
157	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.949	0.949	0.00	95.88
158	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.905	0.905	0.00	2.21
159	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.310	0.310	0.00	3.23
160	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.240	0.240	0.00	37.47
161	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.105	0.105	0.00	9.52
162	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.031	0.031	0.00	32.60
163	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.030	0.030	0.00	33.75
=164	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.000	0.000	0.00	0.17
=164	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.00	0.17
=164	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.000	0.000	0.00	5.60
=164	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.000	0.00	0.14
=164	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.000	0.000	0.00	0.51
=164	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.00	0.24
=164	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.000	0.000	0.00	0.08
=164	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.00	0.01
=164	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.000	0.000	0.00	0.04
=164	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.00	0.26

02In 2023

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
1Icelandshared100.000

Lowest

164British Virgin Islandsshared0.000
164Turks and Caicos Islandsshared0.000
164Naurushared0.000
164Montserratshared0.000
164Grenadashared0.000

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 34.624. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Renewables (% of generation)
Highest7 share it
Lowest10 share it
Middle country: 28.000
Nuclear (% of generation)
HighestFrance65.20
Lowest153 share it
Middle country: 0.00
Total generation (TWh)
HighestChina9,402.74
LowestMontserrat0.01
Middle country: 8.20

032022 → 2023

Since 2022

What changed between 2022 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −1countries joined / left
131values changed, of 173 in both
82 · 49rose · fell
42unchanged

Rose most

Liberia33.333 → 57.377+24.044
Estonia31.991 → 48.780+16.789
Belarus15.976 → 31.313+15.337
Portugal59.594 → 74.469+14.875
Bulgaria51.889 → 65.394+13.505

Fell most

Cambodia65.446 → 42.132−23.314
Mali42.857 → 19.800−23.057
Guatemala84.644 → 67.270−17.374
Panama77.224 → 60.641−16.583
Gabon47.962 → 35.521−12.441

− Lesotho

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 173
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 10 countries share 0.000. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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3 empty cells
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Ember (2023). Low-Carbon Share of Electricity Generation, 2023 [data set], describing 2023. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/clean-electricity/2023

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