Data for 2002

Renewable Share of Electricity Generation, 2002

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Renewable Share of Electricity Generation, 2002 covers 171 countries on 4 measures. 6 countries share the highest reading, 100.00; 46 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 13.83. Against 2001, 116 values changed (58 up, 58 down), the same countries are covered.

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Renewable Share of Electricity Generation · Data for 2002

Highest6 countries share it

100.00

Lowest46 countries share it

0.00

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

171countries
4measures per country
2002the year it describes
120distinct 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, 2002, 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	100.00	0.000	0.00	2.18
=1	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	100.00	0.000	0.00	0.13
=1	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	100.00	0.000	0.00	0.31
=1	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	100.00	0.000	0.00	2.10
=1	Paraguay`PRY`South America	100.00	0.000	0.00	48.21
=1	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	100.00	0.000	0.00	0.39
7	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	99.88	0.000	0.12	8.35
8	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	99.84	0.000	0.17	6.06
9	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	99.76	0.000	0.24	12.58
10	Uruguay`URY`South America	99.69	0.000	0.31	9.60
11	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	99.59	0.061	0.42	130.24
12	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	99.42	0.000	0.58	1.72
13	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	99.30	0.000	0.70	1.43
14	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	99.27	0.000	0.74	8.16
15	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	99.09	0.000	0.92	15.30
16	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	98.38	3.504	1.62	7.42
17	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	96.33	0.000	3.67	3.27
18	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	95.83	0.000	4.17	0.72
19	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	95.50	0.000	4.50	2.89
20	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	93.80	0.000	6.20	3.71
21	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	93.19	0.000	6.82	7.19
22	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	90.63	0.000	9.38	1.28
23	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	89.92	0.000	10.08	3.57
24	Peru`PER`South America	82.90	0.000	17.10	21.99
25	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	82.28	0.000	17.72	12.98
26	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	78.87	0.000	21.13	0.71
27	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	76.70	0.000	23.30	5.15
28	Colombia`COL`South America	76.34	0.022	23.66	44.71
29	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	72.73	0.000	27.27	0.11
30	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	69.88	0.000	30.12	0.83
31	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	69.63	0.373	30.37	40.21
32	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	69.11	0.247	30.89	60.63
33	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	68.78	0.000	31.22	7.27
34	Venezuela`VEN`South America	64.81	0.000	35.19	91.85
35	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	64.77	0.000	35.23	1.76
36	Panama`PAN`Central America	64.65	0.000	35.35	5.29
37	Belize`BLZ`Central America	64.29	0.000	35.71	0.14
38	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	63.95	0.000	36.05	0.86
39	Ecuador`ECU`South America	63.08	0.000	36.92	11.81
40	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	62.59	0.000	37.42	1.47
41	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	62.47	0.252	37.53	3.97
42	Suriname`SUR`South America	60.16	0.000	39.84	1.23
43	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	58.82	0.000	41.18	0.17
44	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	58.42	0.000	41.58	1.01
45	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	58.07	0.000	41.94	0.31
46	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	56.25	0.000	43.75	0.16
47	Chile`CHL`South America	55.23	0.023	44.77	43.44
48	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	54.55	0.000	45.46	0.11
49	Bolivia`BOL`South America	53.61	0.000	46.39	4.16
50	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	50.68	0.000	49.32	4.40
51	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	48.50	0.416	5.07	146.70
52	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	47.27	0.000	52.73	0.55
53	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	46.33	0.000	53.67	3.00
54	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	46.10	0.000	53.90	12.69
55	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	44.41	0.000	55.59	8.58
56	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	42.86	0.000	57.14	0.07
57	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	41.67	0.000	58.33	0.24
58	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	41.62	0.000	58.38	5.07
59	Honduras`HND`Central America	40.72	0.000	59.28	4.15
60	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	39.64	0.000	60.36	6.66
61	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	38.24	0.000	61.76	21.55
62	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	35.64	0.000	64.36	48.46
63	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	32.33	0.000	67.68	5.29
64	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	32.06	0.000	67.94	2.87
65	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	30.89	0.000	29.76	5.31
66	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	29.87	0.000	70.13	33.24
67	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	29.50	0.000	68.13	75.77
68	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	29.49	0.000	60.38	54.42
69	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	28.26	0.000	71.74	0.46
70	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	27.55	0.000	72.45	1.96
71	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	26.47	0.080	43.77	74.92
72	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	26.44	0.039	73.56	128.46
73	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	26.13	0.000	73.87	1.11
74	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	25.10	0.000	74.90	2.55
75	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	25.00	0.000	75.00	0.04
76	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	23.36	0.000	38.77	14.60
77	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	21.36	0.790	78.64	45.55
78	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	20.00	0.000	80.00	0.10
79	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	18.86	0.571	81.14	1.75
80	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	17.62	0.054	80.86	1,654.00
81	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	17.41	0.512	82.59	277.53
82	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	17.37	12.481	82.63	39.10
83	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	16.84	0.000	27.38	32.18
84	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	16.67	0.000	83.33	0.36
85	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	14.29	0.000	85.71	0.07
86	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	13.83	3.901	59.91	239.91
=87	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	12.50	0.000	87.50	2.08
=87	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	12.50	0.000	87.50	0.16
89	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	12.48	0.000	87.52	6.09
90	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	12.19	0.000	87.81	49.40
91	France`FRA`Western Europe	11.37	0.051	9.40	551.24
92	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	10.71	0.000	89.29	18.68
93	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	8.84	0.000	91.17	28.07
94	United States`USA`Northern America	8.75	0.284	70.96	3,844.23
95	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	7.48	0.000	92.52	13.90
96	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	7.02	0.000	92.98	0.57
97	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	6.71	1.218	93.29	53.36
98	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	6.63	0.000	93.37	15.69
99	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	6.21	0.000	93.79	5.64
100	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	5.80	0.000	94.20	11.55
101	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	5.66	0.000	94.34	0.53
102	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	5.57	1.573	94.44	24.80
103	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	5.54	0.000	94.46	18.95
104	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	5.36	0.714	94.64	2.80
105	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	5.26	5.263	94.74	0.19
106	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	5.04	0.000	46.91	42.08
107	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	4.21	1.025	91.66	94.64
108	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	4.12	0.000	95.88	1.70
109	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	3.93	0.000	71.41	76.00
110	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	2.22	0.000	97.78	34.66
111	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	2.16	0.000	97.85	6.96
112	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	2.02	0.000	16.19	17.29
113	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1.94	0.042	98.06	142.49
114	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	1.54	0.000	98.46	33.86
115	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	1.41	0.074	40.08	80.94
116	Guyana`GUY`South America	1.09	0.000	98.91	0.92
117	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.76	0.253	99.24	11.84
118	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.64	0.000	60.78	36.15
119	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.62	0.000	99.38	8.12
120	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.53	0.000	99.47	5.64
121	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	0.48	0.000	99.53	23.16
122	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.35	0.000	99.65	8.53
123	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.22	0.000	99.78	27.65
124	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.11	0.000	99.89	26.46
125	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.07	0.022	99.93	45.50
=126	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.18
=126	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.19
=126	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.82
=126	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.00	0.000	100.00	1.89
=126	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.00	0.000	100.00	15.26
=126	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.86
=126	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.06
=126	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.00	0.000	100.00	1.15
=126	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.14
=126	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.00	0.000	100.00	2.71
=126	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.48
=126	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.10
=126	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.03
=126	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.03
=126	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.00	0.000	100.00	3.79
=126	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.20
=126	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.26
=126	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.15
=126	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.15
=126	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	0.00	0.000	100.00	1.72
=126	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.02
=126	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.00	0.000	100.00	34.23
=126	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.02
=126	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.00	0.000	100.00	36.37
=126	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.20
=126	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.00	0.000	100.00	17.53
=126	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.19
=126	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.00	0.000	100.00	2.05
=126	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.00	0.000	100.00	3.09
=126	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.01
=126	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.03
=126	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.19
=126	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.00	0.000	100.00	10.33
=126	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.15
=126	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.00	0.000	100.00	10.94
=126	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.18
=126	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.29
=126	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.23
=126	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.06
=126	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.27
=126	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.04
=126	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.00	0.000	100.00	10.70
=126	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.10
=126	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	0.00	0.000	100.00	1.04
=126	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.05
=126	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.00	0.000	100.00	3.77

02In 2002

At either end

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

Highest

1Burundishared100.00
1Bhutanshared100.00
1Republic of the Congoshared100.00
1Lesothoshared100.00
1Nepalshared100.00

Lowest

126Yemenshared0.00
126Vanuatushared0.00
126United States Virgin Islandsshared0.00
126British Virgin Islandsshared0.00
126Tongashared0.00

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 13.83. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Wind and solar (% of generation)
HighestDenmark12.481
Lowest144 share it
Middle country: 0.000
Fossil fuels (% of generation)
Highest46 share it
Lowest6 share it
Middle country: 78.64
Total generation (TWh)
HighestUnited States3,844.23
LowestMontserrat0.01
Middle country: 3.77

032001 → 2002

Since 2001

What changed between 2001 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
116values changed, of 171 in both
58 · 58rose · fell
55unchanged

Rose most

São Tomé and Príncipe0.00 → 25.00+25.00
Togo38.46 → 56.25+17.79
Kenya59.46 → 76.70+17.24
Panama49.22 → 64.65+15.43
Armenia16.73 → 30.89+14.16

Fell most

Ghana83.87 → 68.78−15.09
Luxembourg19.54 → 5.36−14.18
Portugal34.17 → 21.36−12.81
Croatia56.31 → 46.10−10.22
Suriname70.19 → 60.16−10.03

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

120 distinct values among 171
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 46 countries share 0.00. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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Every one of the 171 countries has every column.

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Ember (2002). Renewable Share of Electricity Generation, 2002 [data set], describing 2002. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/renewable-electricity/2002

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