Data for 2024

Low-Carbon Share of Electricity Generation, 2024

Name: Low-Carbon Share of Electricity Generation, 2024
Creator: Ember
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Low-Carbon Share of Electricity Generation, 2024 covers 165 countries on 4 measures. 6 countries share the highest reading, 100.000; 4 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 37.320. Against 2023, 138 values changed (99 up, 39 down), 8 left.

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Low-Carbon Share of Electricity Generation · Data for 2024

Highest6 countries share it

100.000

Lowest4 countries share it

0.000

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

165countries
4measures per country
2024the year it describes
155distinct 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, 2024, 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	8.34
=1	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	100.000	100.000	0.0	11.00
=1	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	100.000	100.000	0.0	15.92
=1	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	100.000	100.000	0.0	19.05
=1	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	100.000	100.000	0.0	11.13
=1	Paraguay`PRY`South America	100.000	100.000	0.0	42.41
7	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	99.909	99.909	0.0	11.00
8	Uruguay`URY`South America	98.878	98.878	0.0	13.37
9	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	98.791	69.335	29.5	172.02
10	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	98.606	98.606	0.0	157.11
11	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	97.561	97.561	0.0	1.64
12	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	97.074	97.074	0.0	5.81
13	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	96.721	96.721	0.0	0.61
14	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	95.628	95.628	0.0	1.83
15	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	95.339	55.777	39.6	82.40
16	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	95.238	95.238	0.0	0.21
17	France`FRA`Western Europe	94.923	27.526	67.4	564.49
18	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	94.595	94.595	0.0	22.20
19	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	91.478	91.478	0.0	13.26
20	Venezuela`VEN`South America	91.139	91.139	0.0	80.13
21	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	90.835	90.835	—	6.53
22	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	90.728	90.728	0.0	1.51
23	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	89.233	89.233	0.0	35.20
24	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	88.776	88.776	0.0	15.77
25	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	87.475	87.475	0.0	19.72
26	Belize`BLZ`Central America	87.234	87.234	0.0	0.47
27	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	86.869	86.869	0.0	0.99
28	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	86.226	86.226	0.0	78.48
29	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	85.980	85.980	0.0	44.01
30	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	85.806	24.051	61.8	29.52
31	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	85.197	85.197	0.0	47.29
32	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	84.323	84.323	0.0	7.40
33	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	83.426	83.426	0.0	19.79
34	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	83.333	83.333	0.0	0.60
35	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	79.828	79.828	0.0	13.93
36	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	79.689	79.689	0.0	14.77
37	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	76.745	57.333	19.4	280.92
38	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	76.716	76.716	0.0	52.31
39	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	76.336	35.205	41.1	75.98
40	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	76.067	41.121	34.9	16.71
41	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	75.510	75.510	0.0	0.49
42	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	75.186	75.186	0.0	4.03
43	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	73.701	73.701	0.0	15.59
44	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	73.612	31.425	42.2	37.97
45	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	73.503	73.503	0.0	6.34
46	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	73.435	73.435	0.0	15.28
47	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	73.140	73.140	0.0	7.26
48	Ecuador`ECU`South America	72.443	72.443	0.0	32.66
49	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	71.104	29.876	41.2	38.28
50	Chile`CHL`South America	70.041	70.041	0.0	88.62
51	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	68.334	68.334	0.0	15.79
52	Panama`PAN`Central America	67.982	67.982	0.0	13.43
53	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	67.205	46.513	20.7	52.72
54	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	63.478	63.478	0.0	1.15
55	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	63.358	63.358	0.0	27.10
56	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	62.389	62.389	0.0	4.52
57	Colombia`COL`South America	61.342	61.342	0.0	89.14
58	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	61.019	31.894	29.1	9.03
59	Peru`PER`South America	60.111	60.111	0.0	59.29
60	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	59.490	59.490	0.0	3.53
61	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	57.695	16.914	40.8	72.83
62	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	57.115	57.115	0.0	10.26
63	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	56.473	41.130	15.3	151.01
64	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	55.659	55.659	0.0	6.25
65	Honduras`HND`Central America	55.449	55.449	0.0	12.48
66	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	54.386	54.386	0.0	0.57
67	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	53.663	50.745	2.9	122.34
68	Suriname`SUR`South America	52.874	52.874	0.0	1.74
69	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	50.173	50.173	0.0	267.56
70	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	50.000	50.000	0.0	0.04
71	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	49.558	49.558	0.0	1.13
72	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	49.230	49.230	0.0	57.08
73	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	47.858	47.858	0.0	21.71
74	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	46.513	46.513	0.0	31.07
75	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	45.614	45.614	0.0	341.23
76	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	43.820	43.820	0.0	5.34
77	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	43.750	43.750	0.0	0.16
78	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	42.387	42.387	0.0	2.43
79	United States`USA`Northern America	41.869	24.063	17.8	4,391.02
80	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	39.461	39.461	0.0	6.31
81	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	39.394	39.394	0.0	0.99
82	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	37.655	33.158	4.5	10,025.01
83	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	37.320	3.077	34.2	45.82
84	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	36.218	36.218	0.0	24.27
85	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	35.659	35.659	—	15.48
86	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	35.385	35.385	0.0	2.60
87	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	35.000	35.000	0.0	0.20
88	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	34.722	34.722	0.0	0.72
89	Bolivia`BOL`South America	33.999	33.999	0.0	13.53
90	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	32.919	32.919	0.0	8.84
91	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	32.062	32.062	0.0	36.96
92	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	31.136	31.136	0.0	172.09
=93	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	30.769	30.769	0.0	0.52
=93	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	30.769	30.769	0.0	0.78
95	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	29.577	29.577	0.0	0.71
96	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	28.916	28.916	0.0	10.79
97	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	26.923	26.923	0.0	3.12
98	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	26.846	26.846	0.0	1.49
=99	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	25.000	25.000	0.0	0.04
=99	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	25.000	25.000	0.0	37.56
101	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	24.081	24.081	0.0	23.67
102	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	23.823	23.823	0.0	5.78
103	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	23.679	23.679	0.0	4.73
104	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	22.705	22.705	0.0	2.07
105	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	20.930	20.930	0.0	0.43
106	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	20.879	20.879	0.0	5.46
107	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	20.472	20.472	0.0	124.17
108	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	20.000	20.000	0.0	0.05
109	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	19.790	19.790	0.0	7.63
110	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	19.463	19.463	0.0	5.96
111	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	18.851	18.851	0.0	24.03
112	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	18.605	18.605	0.0	0.86
113	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	17.889	17.889	0.0	3.41
114	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	17.160	17.160	0.0	1.69
115	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	17.000	17.000	0.0	1.00
116	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	15.951	15.951	0.0	81.50
117	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	15.873	15.873	0.0	0.63
118	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	15.525	15.525	0.0	2.19
119	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	14.286	14.286	0.0	0.07
120	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	13.806	13.806	0.0	80.40
121	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	13.333	13.333	0.0	0.15
122	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	12.602	12.602	0.0	4.92
123	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	11.746	11.746	0.0	27.84
124	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	11.238	11.238	0.0	5.25
125	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	11.111	11.111	0.0	0.45
126	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	10.708	10.708	0.0	6.07
127	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	9.091	9.091	0.0	0.11
128	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	9.009	9.009	0.0	1.11
129	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	8.844	8.844	0.0	8.82
130	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	8.696	8.696	0.0	0.23
131	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	8.602	8.602	0.0	1.86
132	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	8.108	8.108	0.0	0.37
133	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	7.059	7.059	0.0	0.85
134	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	6.000	6.000	0.0	20.00
135	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	5.556	5.556	0.0	0.18
136	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	5.405	5.405	0.0	0.37
137	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	4.931	4.931	—	59.58
138	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	4.888	4.888	0.0	49.10
139	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	4.399	4.399	0.0	21.37
140	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	4.225	4.225	0.0	0.71
141	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	4.023	4.023	0.0	56.68
142	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	4.014	4.014	0.0	19.43
143	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	3.960	3.960	0.0	1.01
144	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	3.704	3.704	0.0	0.27
145	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	3.537	3.537	0.0	24.88
146	Niger`NER`Western Africa	3.158	3.158	0.0	0.95
147	Guyana`GUY`South America	2.899	2.899	0.0	1.38
148	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	2.500	2.500	0.0	0.40
149	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	2.238	2.238	0.0	92.49
150	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	1.887	1.887	0.0	101.74
151	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	1.786	1.786	0.0	0.56
152	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	1.623	1.623	0.0	149.73
153	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	1.069	1.069	0.0	96.36
154	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	1.042	1.042	0.0	37.44
155	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.889	0.889	0.0	2.25
156	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.292	0.292	0.0	3.43
157	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.264	0.264	0.0	37.95
158	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.180	0.180	0.0	5.56
159	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.105	0.105	0.0	9.55
160	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.030	0.030	0.0	33.01
161	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.029	0.029	0.0	34.59
=162	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.51
=162	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.24
=162	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.08
=162	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.0	0.01

02In 2024

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
1DR Congoshared100.000
1Icelandshared100.000
1Nepalshared100.000

Lowest

162Montserratshared0.000
162Grenadashared0.000
162Guinea-Bissaushared0.000
162Gambiashared0.000
161Libya0.029

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 37.320. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Renewables (% of generation)
Highest6 share it
Lowest4 share it
Middle country: 32.062
Nuclear (% of generation)
HighestFrance67.4
Lowest145 share it
Middle country: 0.0
Total generation (TWh)
HighestChina10,025.01
LowestMontserrat0.01
Middle country: 9.03

032023 → 2024

Since 2023

What changed between 2023 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −8countries joined / left
138values changed, of 165 in both
99 · 39rose · fell
27unchanged

Rose most

Nauru0.000 → 20.000+20.000
Portugal74.469 → 85.197+10.728
Lebanon34.076 → 43.820+9.744
Panama60.641 → 67.982+7.341
North Macedonia32.174 → 39.461+7.287

Fell most

Cambodia42.132 → 35.659−6.473
Colombia66.121 → 61.342−4.779
Latvia77.743 → 73.503−4.240
Haiti22.353 → 18.605−3.748
New Zealand89.625 → 85.980−3.645

− Central African Republic

− Comoros

− Dominica

− Faroe Islands

− São Tomé and Príncipe

− British Virgin Islands

− United States Virgin Islands

− Vanuatu

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

155 distinct values among 165
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 6 countries share 100.000. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The position is ours
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3 empty cells
An empty cell means the publisher gave no figure. It is never a zero.

05The files

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Ember (2024). Low-Carbon Share of Electricity Generation, 2024 [data set], describing 2024. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/clean-electricity/2024

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