Data for 2010

Renewable Share of Electricity Generation, 2010

Name: Renewable Share of Electricity Generation, 2010
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Renewable Share of Electricity Generation, 2010 covers 173 countries on 4 measures. 7 countries share the highest reading, 100.00; 44 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 18.57. Against 2009, 126 values changed (73 up, 53 down), the same countries are covered.

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Renewable Share of Electricity Generation · Data for 2010

Highest7 countries share it

100.00

Lowest44 countries share it

0.00

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

173countries
4measures per country
2010the year it describes
124distinct values3 decimals, as published
Oct 2, 2026read from the publisher
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01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Renewable Share of Electricity Generation, 2010, 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	100.00	0.000	0.00	7.57
=1	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	100.00	0.000	0.00	7.26
=1	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	100.00	0.000	0.00	16.74
=1	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	100.00	0.000	0.00	8.36
=1	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	100.00	0.000	0.00	0.69
=1	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	100.00	0.314	0.00	3.18
=1	Paraguay`PRY`South America	100.00	0.000	0.00	54.06
8	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	99.90	0.000	0.10	10.45
9	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	99.88	0.000	0.12	16.67
10	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	99.76	0.000	0.24	16.44
11	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	98.85	0.000	1.15	7.83
12	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	97.30	0.000	2.70	0.74
13	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	96.18	0.763	3.82	1.31
14	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	95.79	0.707	4.21	123.14
15	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	93.75	0.000	6.25	1.92
16	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	93.27	3.785	6.73	9.51
17	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	93.17	0.000	6.83	9.95
18	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	91.74	0.000	8.26	11.99
19	Uruguay`URY`South America	89.20	0.652	10.80	10.74
20	Belize`BLZ`Central America	88.10	0.000	11.91	0.42
21	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	87.50	0.000	12.50	0.16
22	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	85.71	0.000	14.29	0.14
23	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	85.23	0.000	14.77	0.88
24	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	82.85	0.000	17.15	7.58
25	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	81.25	0.000	18.75	0.16
26	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	76.19	0.000	23.81	0.63
27	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	74.44	0.279	25.56	7.16
28	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	73.12	3.656	26.88	44.31
29	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	73.04	0.000	26.96	5.86
30	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	71.81	0.000	28.19	8.62
31	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	70.73	0.000	29.27	0.41
32	Colombia`COL`South America	70.51	0.083	29.49	60.23
33	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	68.68	0.000	31.32	10.12
34	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	68.41	0.000	31.59	4.02
35	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	67.95	0.183	32.05	5.46
36	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	67.94	0.000	32.06	8.64
37	Venezuela`VEN`South America	67.49	0.000	32.51	113.76
38	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	66.34	3.170	33.66	67.82
39	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	65.46	0.000	34.55	6.05
40	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	63.69	0.000	36.31	8.84
41	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	62.88	0.947	37.12	14.79
42	Suriname`SUR`South America	61.22	0.000	38.78	1.96
43	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	59.49	0.730	40.51	2.74
44	Peru`PER`South America	57.70	0.000	42.30	35.89
45	Panama`PAN`Central America	57.05	0.000	42.95	7.38
46	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	56.79	0.000	43.21	0.81
47	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	56.30	0.000	43.70	23.57
48	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	55.30	2.358	5.75	148.45
49	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	54.90	0.754	45.10	6.63
50	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	54.62	0.000	45.39	1.30
51	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	53.01	17.558	46.99	53.48
52	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	52.27	1.136	47.73	0.88
53	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	52.16	0.188	47.84	5.33
54	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	49.15	0.424	50.85	2.36
55	Honduras`HND`Central America	48.61	0.000	51.39	7.20
56	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	47.15	0.000	52.85	1.93
57	Ecuador`ECU`South America	44.13	0.000	55.87	19.42
58	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	41.67	0.000	58.33	0.12
59	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	40.91	0.000	59.09	0.22
60	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	40.51	0.159	22.97	6.27
61	Chile`CHL`South America	40.20	0.548	59.80	60.25
62	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	39.29	0.000	60.71	0.28
63	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	36.71	4.384	63.29	3.65
64	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	35.61	0.000	64.39	3.51
65	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	34.72	0.021	62.58	94.54
66	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	34.18	0.000	65.82	0.79
67	Bolivia`BOL`South America	33.68	0.000	66.32	6.65
68	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	33.60	0.513	47.17	60.42
69	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	33.47	0.000	66.53	7.26
70	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	32.83	17.280	46.35	297.80
71	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	32.08	20.181	67.92	38.75
72	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	31.77	0.000	68.23	37.42
73	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	29.99	0.360	41.74	80.64
74	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	29.21	0.062	35.98	16.26
75	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	28.57	3.571	71.43	0.28
76	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	28.07	0.000	71.93	5.95
77	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	26.39	1.383	73.62	211.18
78	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	26.30	0.089	73.70	67.73
79	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	25.95	3.718	74.05	296.63
80	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	25.00	0.000	75.00	0.68
81	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	24.42	0.000	75.58	26.13
82	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	24.16	0.000	75.84	2.69
83	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	22.41	1.724	77.59	0.58
84	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	21.67	0.109	25.27	27.46
85	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	20.00	0.000	80.00	0.15
86	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	18.60	5.070	81.40	56.61
87	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	18.57	1.194	79.65	4,196.37
88	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	18.52	0.000	81.48	1.08
89	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	18.27	0.000	81.74	18.67
90	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	18.20	4.400	81.80	5.00
91	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	15.76	0.000	84.24	51.97
92	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	14.62	2.358	85.38	2.12
93	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	14.29	0.000	85.71	0.14
94	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	14.12	0.000	85.88	0.85
95	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	13.64	0.000	86.36	0.22
96	France`FRA`Western Europe	13.64	1.878	10.16	562.36
97	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	13.39	10.156	86.61	28.16
98	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	12.54	1.502	54.26	45.93
99	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	11.70	11.702	88.30	0.94
100	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	10.76	0.000	89.24	14.78
101	United States`USA`Northern America	10.32	2.330	70.07	4,113.94
102	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	9.91	0.000	90.09	3.23
103	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	9.75	0.000	90.25	48.91
104	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	9.48	3.429	87.16	118.10
105	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	8.33	2.469	91.67	3.24
106	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	8.10	2.159	91.90	12.97
107	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	8.08	1.419	49.73	37.36
108	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	7.64	1.157	92.36	4.32
109	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	7.06	2.021	41.41	93.04
110	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	6.94	1.059	93.06	156.77
111	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	6.94	1.126	60.21	85.22
112	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	6.55	0.000	93.45	6.11
113	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	5.64	0.000	94.36	46.44
114	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	5.28	0.000	94.72	15.71
115	Guyana`GUY`South America	4.44	0.000	95.56	0.90
116	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	4.12	0.000	95.88	0.97
117	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	3.28	0.057	96.72	17.40
118	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	2.60	0.000	97.40	45.36
119	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	2.03	0.171	97.97	40.86
120	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	1.50	0.750	98.50	5.33
121	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	1.20	0.881	98.80	15.89
122	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	1.16	0.231	98.84	4.32
123	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	0.69	0.000	99.31	23.25
124	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.47	0.000	99.53	14.78
125	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.40	0.000	99.60	34.90
126	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.37	0.000	99.63	45.73
127	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.29	0.137	99.71	58.55
128	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.11	0.000	99.90	38.23
129	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.03	0.031	99.97	32.56
=130	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.16
=130	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.33
=130	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.00	0.000	100.00	2.01
=130	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.00	0.000	100.00	23.82
=130	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.00	0.000	100.00	1.03
=130	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.11
=130	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.53
=130	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.20
=130	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.00	0.000	100.00	3.79
=130	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.34
=130	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.62
=130	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.19
=130	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.06
=130	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.03
=130	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.38
=130	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.31
=130	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.25
=130	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.21
=130	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	0.00	0.000	100.00	1.87
=130	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.03
=130	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.02
=130	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.00	0.000	100.00	57.03
=130	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.25
=130	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.35
=130	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.00	0.000	100.00	2.11
=130	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.01
=130	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.02
=130	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.29
=130	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.00	0.000	100.00	19.81
=130	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.47
=130	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.00	0.000	100.00	28.14
=130	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.21
=130	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.38
=130	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.05
=130	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.38
=130	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.08
=130	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.33
=130	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.05
=130	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.00	0.000	100.00	8.48
=130	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.00	0.000	100.00	16.66
=130	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.21
=130	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.96
=130	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.06
=130	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.00	0.000	100.00	7.76

02In 2010

At either end

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

Highest

1Albaniashared100.00
1Bhutanshared100.00
1Icelandshared100.00
1Laosshared100.00
1Lesothoshared100.00

Lowest

130Yemenshared0.00
130Vanuatushared0.00
130United States Virgin Islandsshared0.00
130British Virgin Islandsshared0.00
130Trinidad and Tobagoshared0.00

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 18.57. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Wind and solar (% of generation)
HighestDenmark20.181
Lowest116 share it
Middle country: 0.000
Fossil fuels (% of generation)
Highest44 share it
Lowest7 share it
Middle country: 75.00
Total generation (TWh)
HighestChina4,196.37
LowestMontserrat0.01
Middle country: 6.05

032009 → 2010

Since 2009

What changed between 2009 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
126values changed, of 173 in both
73 · 53rose · fell
47unchanged

Rose most

Sierra Leone33.33 → 85.71+52.38
Sudan50.68 → 82.85+32.17
Uruguay68.17 → 89.20+21.03
Guatemala45.79 → 63.69+17.90
Portugal37.04 → 53.01+15.97

Fell most

Togo73.33 → 40.91−32.42
São Tomé and Príncipe16.67 → 0.00−16.67
Burundi100.00 → 87.50−12.50
Rwanda51.61 → 39.29−12.33
Fiji62.65 → 52.27−10.38

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

124 distinct values among 173
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 44 countries share 0.00. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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Nothing missing
Every one of the 173 countries has every column.

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Ember (2010). Renewable Share of Electricity Generation, 2010 [data set], describing 2010. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/renewable-electricity/2010

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