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Renewable Share of Electricity Generation, 2000

Name: Renewable Share of Electricity Generation, 2000
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Renewable Share of Electricity Generation, 2000 covers 171 countries on 4 measures. 7 countries share the highest reading, 100.000; 47 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 15.612.

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Renewable Share of Electricity Generation · Data for 2000

Highest7 countries share it

100.000

Lowest47 countries share it

0.000

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

171countries
4measures per country
2000the year it describes
118distinct values3 decimals, as published
Oct 2, 2026read from the publisher
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Every country and every column of Renewable Share of Electricity Generation, 2000, 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	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	100.000	0.000	0.000	1.79
=1	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	100.000	0.000	0.000	0.10
=1	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	100.000	0.000	0.000	5.94
=1	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	100.000	0.000	0.000	7.61
=1	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	100.000	0.000	0.000	0.29
=1	Paraguay`PRY`South America	100.000	0.000	0.000	53.49
=1	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	100.000	0.000	0.000	0.29
8	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	99.896	0.000	0.104	9.57
9	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	99.712	0.021	0.288	142.52
10	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	99.481	0.000	0.519	7.71
11	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	99.371	0.000	0.629	1.59
12	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	99.125	2.624	0.875	6.86
13	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	98.841	0.000	1.159	3.45
14	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	98.485	0.000	1.515	0.66
15	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	98.455	0.000	1.545	14.24
16	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	98.182	0.000	1.818	1.65
17	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	97.222	0.000	2.778	1.44
18	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	96.195	0.000	3.805	4.73
19	Uruguay`URY`South America	93.412	0.000	6.588	7.59
20	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	91.353	0.000	8.647	7.17
21	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	90.083	0.000	9.917	1.21
22	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	89.863	0.000	10.137	3.65
23	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	86.400	0.000	13.600	2.50
24	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	85.489	0.000	14.511	15.85
25	Peru`PER`South America	81.978	0.000	18.022	19.92
26	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	80.000	0.000	20.000	0.10
27	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	78.804	0.000	21.196	7.36
28	Colombia`COL`South America	75.356	0.023	24.644	42.81
29	Suriname`SUR`South America	73.958	0.000	26.042	0.96
30	Venezuela`VEN`South America	73.754	0.000	26.246	85.27
31	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	72.837	0.117	27.163	59.64
32	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	72.000	0.000	28.000	0.75
33	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	71.755	0.308	28.245	38.91
34	Ecuador`ECU`South America	71.510	0.000	28.490	10.53
35	Panama`PAN`Central America	70.348	0.000	29.652	4.89
36	Belize`BLZ`Central America	69.231	0.000	30.769	0.13
37	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	68.116	0.000	31.884	4.14
38	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	64.583	0.000	35.417	0.48
39	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	63.953	0.000	36.047	0.86
40	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	63.194	0.000	36.806	1.44
41	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	62.500	0.000	37.500	0.16
42	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	61.832	0.000	38.168	1.31
43	Honduras`HND`Central America	61.813	0.000	38.187	3.64
44	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	58.621	0.000	41.379	0.29
45	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	57.538	0.000	42.462	11.21
46	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	57.247	0.317	3.284	145.23
47	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	55.890	0.000	44.110	3.65
48	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	55.556	0.000	44.444	0.18
49	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	51.852	0.000	48.148	0.54
50	Bolivia`BOL`South America	51.546	0.000	48.454	3.88
51	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	50.617	0.000	49.383	0.81
52	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	50.155	0.000	49.845	6.46
=53	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	50.000	0.000	50.000	0.08
=53	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	50.000	0.000	50.000	2.54
55	Chile`CHL`South America	49.830	0.000	50.170	41.12
56	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	45.637	0.000	54.363	6.99
57	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	42.892	0.000	57.108	45.30
58	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	42.396	0.000	57.604	2.17
59	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	40.371	0.000	59.629	4.31
60	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	40.000	5.000	60.000	0.40
61	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	38.263	0.000	61.737	14.74
62	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	37.500	0.000	62.500	0.08
63	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	36.667	0.000	63.333	5.10
64	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	36.458	0.000	63.542	4.80
65	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	36.364	0.000	63.636	0.22
66	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	33.414	0.114	34.458	69.97
67	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	33.333	0.000	66.667	0.03
68	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	30.736	0.000	69.264	31.95
69	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	30.000	0.000	70.000	0.10
70	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	29.785	0.393	70.215	43.21
71	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	29.379	0.000	70.621	1.77
72	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	29.268	0.000	70.732	0.41
73	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	28.666	0.000	60.745	51.56
74	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	28.655	0.000	36.370	13.61
75	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	27.439	0.610	72.561	1.64
76	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	26.415	0.000	73.585	1.06
77	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	25.854	0.000	73.575	66.49
78	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	25.641	0.000	74.359	0.39
79	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	25.052	0.024	74.948	124.38
80	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	21.626	0.000	46.540	5.78
81	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	21.491	0.000	78.509	2.28
82	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	20.000	0.000	80.000	0.05
83	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	18.845	0.215	81.155	269.94
84	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	17.181	0.000	82.819	6.81
85	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	16.639	0.045	82.126	1,355.60
86	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	15.612	2.146	56.228	220.92
87	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	15.537	11.827	84.463	35.85
88	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	14.977	0.000	31.449	30.78
89	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	12.911	0.000	87.089	25.25
90	France`FRA`Western Europe	12.737	0.011	9.308	532.56
91	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	11.111	0.000	88.889	0.09
92	United States`USA`Northern America	9.230	0.160	70.942	3,802.10
93	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	8.137	0.000	91.863	18.68
94	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	7.820	0.850	92.180	52.94
95	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	7.533	0.000	92.467	46.86
96	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	7.156	0.000	92.844	5.45
97	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	7.143	0.000	92.857	0.42
98	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	6.995	0.000	93.005	13.01
99	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	6.853	0.000	93.147	15.03
100	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	6.667	6.667	93.333	0.15
101	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	6.479	0.000	48.731	40.59
102	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	6.250	0.000	93.750	0.48
103	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	5.897	0.000	94.103	15.94
104	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	5.036	1.058	94.964	23.63
105	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	4.579	0.000	95.421	6.77
106	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	4.422	0.000	95.578	9.95
107	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	3.373	0.954	92.164	88.06
108	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	3.356	0.000	96.644	1.49
109	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	3.128	0.000	78.230	72.90
110	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	3.055	0.000	21.294	11.13
111	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	1.912	0.000	98.088	31.90
112	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1.627	0.000	98.373	143.18
113	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	1.547	0.000	98.453	31.67
114	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	1.268	0.024	40.560	82.79
115	Guyana`GUY`South America	1.111	0.000	98.889	0.90
116	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.755	0.189	99.245	10.59
117	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	0.686	0.000	99.314	21.85
118	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.682	0.000	59.022	35.19
119	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.543	0.000	99.457	7.37
120	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.366	0.000	99.634	5.46
121	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.197	0.000	99.803	25.40
122	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.118	0.000	99.882	8.51
123	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.115	0.000	99.885	26.10
124	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.070	0.000	99.930	42.66
=125	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.000	0.000	100.000	0.17
=125	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	100.000	0.15
=125	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	100.000	0.78
=125	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	100.000	1.70
=125	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.000	0.000	100.000	13.86
=125	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	100.000	0.79
=125	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.000	0.000	100.000	0.08
=125	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.000	0.000	100.000	1.14
=125	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	100.000	0.11
=125	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.000	0.000	100.000	2.54
=125	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	100.000	0.44
=125	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.000	0.000	100.000	0.09
=125	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.000	100.000	0.03
=125	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	0.000	0.000	100.000	0.03
=125	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.000	0.000	100.000	3.37
=125	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.000	100.000	0.18
=125	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.000	100.000	0.21
=125	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.000	0.000	100.000	0.13
=125	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	100.000	0.13
=125	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	0.000	0.000	100.000	1.94
=125	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.000	0.000	100.000	0.03
=125	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.000	0.000	100.000	31.26
=125	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.000	0.000	100.000	0.01
=125	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.000	0.000	100.000	32.33
=125	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.000	0.000	100.000	0.20
=125	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.000	0.000	100.000	15.50
=125	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	0.000	0.000	100.000	1.57
=125	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.000	0.000	100.000	0.15
=125	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.000	0.000	100.000	1.92
=125	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.000	0.000	100.000	2.90
=125	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	100.000	0.01
=125	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.000	0.000	100.000	0.03
=125	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.000	0.000	100.000	0.21
=125	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.000	0.000	100.000	9.11
=125	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.000	0.000	100.000	0.03
=125	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.000	0.000	100.000	9.13
=125	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	100.000	0.15
=125	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	100.000	0.28
=125	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.000	100.000	0.20
=125	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.000	0.000	100.000	0.06
=125	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.000	100.000	0.25
=125	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.000	0.000	100.000	0.04
=125	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.000	0.000	100.000	9.85
=125	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	100.000	0.08
=125	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	100.000	1.03
=125	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.000	0.000	100.000	0.05
=125	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.000	0.000	100.000	3.41

02In 2000

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

1Burundishared100.000
1Bhutanshared100.000
1DR Congoshared100.000
1Republic of the Congoshared100.000
1Icelandshared100.000

Lowest

125Yemenshared0.000
125Vanuatushared0.000
125United States Virgin Islandsshared0.000
125British Virgin Islandsshared0.000
125Tongashared0.000

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 15.612. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Wind and solar (% of generation)
HighestDenmark11.827
Lowest148 share it
Middle country: 0.000
Fossil fuels (% of generation)
Highest47 share it
Lowest7 share it
Middle country: 73.585
Total generation (TWh)
HighestUnited States3,802.10
Lowest2 share it
Middle country: 3.64

03Caveats

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118 distinct values among 171
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 47 countries share 0.000. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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Ember (2000). Renewable Share of Electricity Generation, 2000 [data set], describing 2000. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/renewable-electricity/2000

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