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Renewable Share of Electricity Generation, 2012

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Renewable Share of Electricity Generation, 2012 covers 174 countries on 4 measures. 7 countries share the highest reading, 100.00; 39 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 19.87. Against 2011, 128 values changed (74 up, 54 down), 1 country joined.

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Renewable Share of Electricity Generation · Data for 2012

Highest7 countries share it

100.00

Lowest39 countries share it

0.00

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

174countries
4measures per country
2012the year it describes
125distinct 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, 2012, 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	4.72
=1	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	100.00	0.000	0.00	6.74
=1	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	100.00	0.000	0.00	0.15
=1	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	100.00	0.000	0.00	17.29
=1	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	100.00	0.000	0.00	12.93
=1	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	100.00	0.000	0.00	0.49
=1	Paraguay`PRY`South America	100.00	0.000	0.00	60.23
8	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	99.87	0.000	0.13	7.52
9	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	99.84	0.000	0.16	12.37
10	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	99.59	0.000	0.41	16.97
11	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	99.43	0.283	0.57	3.53
12	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	99.27	0.000	0.74	14.97
13	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	98.23	1.053	1.77	146.18
14	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	97.01	0.599	2.99	1.67
15	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	93.66	0.488	6.34	2.05
16	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	93.41	0.000	6.59	15.03
17	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	92.31	0.000	7.69	0.52
18	Belize`BLZ`Central America	92.11	0.000	7.90	0.38
19	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	91.79	5.341	8.21	10.11
20	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	90.00	1.034	10.00	2.90
21	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	84.09	3.409	15.91	0.88
22	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	83.33	0.000	16.67	0.18
23	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	78.64	0.000	21.36	5.43
24	Colombia`COL`South America	77.89	0.095	22.11	63.06
25	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	77.48	0.245	22.52	8.17
26	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	75.56	0.000	24.44	0.45
27	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	74.77	4.079	25.23	68.65
28	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	74.32	0.000	25.68	9.62
29	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	71.73	4.709	28.27	43.75
30	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	71.33	0.000	28.67	11.16
31	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	70.98	0.130	29.02	7.72
32	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	70.32	0.105	29.68	9.50
33	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	67.12	0.000	32.88	0.73
=34	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	66.67	0.000	33.33	9.36
=34	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	66.67	0.000	33.33	0.18
36	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	66.61	1.783	33.39	6.17
37	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	66.28	1.163	33.72	0.86
38	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	65.93	0.000	34.07	12.15
39	Uruguay`URY`South America	64.62	1.038	35.38	10.60
40	Venezuela`VEN`South America	63.95	0.039	36.05	128.31
41	Panama`PAN`Central America	62.95	0.000	37.05	8.61
42	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	62.55	0.000	37.45	21.36
43	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	60.64	0.000	39.37	6.30
44	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	60.22	0.000	39.78	9.15
45	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	59.07	4.320	2.46	166.44
46	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	58.72	0.000	41.28	1.72
47	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	57.14	1.299	42.86	2.31
48	Peru`PER`South America	55.26	0.150	44.75	39.96
49	Ecuador`ECU`South America	53.41	0.000	46.59	22.73
50	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	51.93	0.000	48.07	2.85
51	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	49.76	3.122	50.24	10.57
52	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	49.36	0.000	50.64	1.56
53	Suriname`SUR`South America	49.10	0.000	50.90	1.67
54	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	48.54	33.922	51.46	30.57
55	Honduras`HND`Central America	46.43	4.337	53.57	7.84
56	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	46.15	0.000	53.85	0.39
57	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	42.68	8.189	57.32	4.03
58	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	42.63	23.438	57.37	45.44
59	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	42.13	0.000	57.87	2.16
60	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	41.07	0.000	58.93	0.56
61	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	40.56	0.710	26.79	70.41
62	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	37.93	3.448	62.07	0.29
63	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	37.06	0.000	62.94	1.43
64	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	36.73	0.000	63.27	3.73
65	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	36.36	0.000	63.64	0.11
66	Chile`CHL`South America	36.28	0.589	63.72	69.57
67	Bolivia`BOL`South America	32.52	0.000	67.48	7.41
68	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	32.45	0.176	67.55	5.67
69	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	31.71	0.082	62.92	98.10
70	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	31.24	10.930	68.77	295.25
71	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	29.59	20.902	49.50	293.95
72	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	29.41	0.000	43.48	7.82
73	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	29.17	1.389	70.83	0.72
74	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	28.45	0.110	71.55	72.89
75	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	28.13	0.000	71.88	0.32
76	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	27.85	1.029	36.59	15.55
77	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	27.23	2.447	72.77	239.49
78	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	26.29	0.000	73.71	7.00
79	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	26.22	12.000	73.78	4.50
80	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	25.70	0.000	74.30	36.19
81	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	25.50	4.527	54.90	58.54
82	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	20.43	0.000	79.57	2.79
83	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	20.09	2.620	79.91	2.29
=84	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	20.00	0.000	80.00	0.15
=84	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	20.00	0.000	80.00	1.10
=84	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	20.00	0.000	80.00	0.15
87	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	19.94	2.142	78.09	4,978.24
88	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	19.80	0.070	80.20	28.74
89	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	19.59	15.022	80.41	27.16
90	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	19.33	1.519	25.94	28.30
91	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	18.42	18.421	81.58	0.38
92	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	17.19	1.562	82.81	0.64
93	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	16.91	9.247	83.09	59.91
94	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	16.61	0.000	83.39	6.26
95	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	15.22	15.217	84.78	0.92
96	France`FRA`Western Europe	15.02	3.455	10.03	567.59
97	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	14.82	0.000	85.19	0.54
98	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	14.58	0.000	85.42	0.96
99	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	12.89	6.024	37.68	81.51
100	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	12.55	0.000	87.45	53.00
101	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	12.50	0.000	87.50	0.08
102	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	12.29	3.595	87.71	11.96
103	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	12.19	5.055	83.98	102.27
104	United States`USA`Northern America	12.18	3.592	68.78	4,040.67
105	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	12.13	0.592	87.87	16.90
106	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	11.30	4.305	54.74	46.46
107	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	11.23	4.348	88.77	2.76
108	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	10.45	2.942	89.55	161.48
109	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	10.21	2.552	89.79	4.31
110	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	9.54	0.000	90.46	46.02
111	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	9.39	0.000	90.61	3.62
112	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	9.32	2.968	55.66	86.58
113	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	9.27	0.000	90.73	32.27
114	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	7.84	0.000	92.16	22.97
115	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	7.63	2.253	46.77	34.62
116	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	6.08	0.000	93.93	16.46
117	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	5.51	4.449	94.49	4.72
118	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	4.65	0.000	95.35	5.81
119	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	4.55	4.545	95.46	0.22
=120	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	4.17	0.000	95.83	0.24
=120	Guyana`GUY`South America	4.17	0.000	95.83	0.96
122	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	3.74	0.163	96.26	18.43
123	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	2.71	0.000	97.29	46.94
124	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	1.87	0.185	98.13	48.62
125	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	1.74	1.121	98.26	17.84
126	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	1.30	0.870	98.70	2.30
127	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	1.25	0.208	98.75	4.81
128	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	1.08	0.000	98.92	57.40
129	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.78	0.603	99.22	63.01
130	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.68	0.032	99.32	30.81
131	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	0.54	0.135	99.46	22.30
132	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.42	0.000	99.58	16.59
133	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.10	0.000	99.90	38.53
=134	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.03	0.029	99.97	34.29
=134	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.03	0.000	99.97	34.80
=136	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.16
=136	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.33
=136	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.00	0.000	100.00	1.90
=136	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.00	0.000	100.00	24.77
=136	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.00	0.000	100.00	1.13
=136	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.05
=136	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.35
=136	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.20
=136	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.00	0.000	100.00	3.93
=136	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.61
=136	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.06
=136	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.03
=136	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.39
=136	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.32
=136	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.25
=136	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.20
=136	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	0.00	0.000	100.00	1.78
=136	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.03
=136	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.02
=136	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.00	0.000	100.00	61.12
=136	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.30
=136	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.40
=136	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.01
=136	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.02
=136	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.39
=136	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.00	0.000	100.00	25.02
=136	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.46
=136	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.38
=136	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.41
=136	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.08
=136	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.34
=136	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.44
=136	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.05
=136	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.00	0.000	100.00	9.12
=136	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.00	0.000	100.00	17.75
=136	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.21
=136	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.87
=136	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.06
=136	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.00	0.000	100.00	7.07

02In 2012

At either end

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

Highest

1Albaniashared100.00
1Burundishared100.00
1Bhutanshared100.00
1Icelandshared100.00
1Laosshared100.00

Lowest

136Yemenshared0.00
136Vanuatushared0.00
136United States Virgin Islandsshared0.00
136British Virgin Islandsshared0.00
136Trinidad and Tobagoshared0.00

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 19.87. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Wind and solar (% of generation)
HighestDenmark33.922
Lowest104 share it
Middle country: 0.000
Fossil fuels (% of generation)
Highest39 share it
Lowest7 share it
Middle country: 74.04
Total generation (TWh)
HighestChina4,978.24
LowestMontserrat0.01
Middle country: 5.99

032011 → 2012

Since 2011

What changed between 2011 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −0countries joined / left
128values changed, of 173 in both
74 · 54rose · fell
45unchanged

Rose most

Cambodia5.88 → 37.06+31.18
Uganda61.28 → 90.00+28.72
Macau23.60 → 41.07+17.47
Latvia50.58 → 66.61+16.04
Cabo Verde8.11 → 18.42+10.31

Fell most

Sierra Leone88.24 → 66.67−21.57
Togo47.62 → 28.13−19.49
Suriname67.32 → 49.10−18.22
Uruguay74.66 → 64.62−10.04
Tanzania40.04 → 32.45−7.59

+ South Sudan

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

125 distinct values among 174
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 39 countries share 0.00. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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Nothing missing
Every one of the 174 countries has every column.

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Ember (2012). Renewable Share of Electricity Generation, 2012 [data set], describing 2012. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/renewable-electricity/2012

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