Data for 2014

Renewable Share of Electricity Generation, 2014

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Renewable Share of Electricity Generation, 2014 covers 174 countries on 4 measures. 7 countries share the highest reading, 100.00; 30 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 21.15. Against 2013, 136 values changed (67 up, 69 down), the same countries are covered.

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Renewable Share of Electricity Generation · Data for 2014

Highest7 countries share it

100.00

Lowest30 countries share it

0.00

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

174countries
4measures per country
2014the year it describes
137distinct 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, 2014, 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	7.15
=1	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	100.00	0.000	0.00	0.17
=1	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	100.00	0.056	0.00	17.80
=1	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	100.00	0.000	0.00	15.12
=1	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	100.00	0.000	0.00	0.52
=1	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	100.00	0.789	0.00	3.80
8	Paraguay`PRY`South America	99.98	0.000	0.02	55.43
9	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	99.89	0.000	0.11	8.74
10	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	99.35	1.961	0.65	1.53
11	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	99.01	0.000	0.99	16.16
12	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	98.66	0.000	1.34	16.40
13	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	97.91	1.576	2.09	140.88
14	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	97.21	0.929	2.79	3.23
15	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	97.18	0.000	2.82	14.52
16	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	95.83	0.000	4.17	0.48
17	Uruguay`URY`South America	94.76	5.624	5.24	12.98
18	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	94.47	0.922	5.53	2.17
19	Belize`BLZ`Central America	91.67	0.000	8.33	0.36
20	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	91.20	0.000	8.80	14.43
21	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	89.77	7.473	10.23	10.17
22	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	86.21	2.586	13.79	1.16
23	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	83.33	0.000	16.67	0.18
24	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	81.56	7.539	18.44	61.55
25	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	81.25	0.000	18.75	0.48
26	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	80.18	0.000	19.83	10.29
27	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	80.00	0.000	20.00	0.15
28	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	79.10	5.149	20.90	42.92
29	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	78.44	0.088	21.56	11.41
30	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	76.41	0.761	23.59	9.20
31	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	74.01	5.733	25.99	13.43
32	Colombia`COL`South America	69.09	0.114	30.91	70.46
33	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	68.42	0.094	31.58	10.64
34	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	64.01	0.145	35.99	6.89
35	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	63.61	0.000	36.39	13.08
36	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	62.96	0.069	37.04	14.39
37	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	61.11	0.000	38.89	3.06
38	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	60.95	24.595	39.05	51.80
39	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	60.16	0.000	39.84	6.30
40	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	59.96	0.047	40.04	21.48
41	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	59.16	0.000	40.85	0.71
42	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	58.17	1.195	41.83	2.51
43	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	56.15	42.697	43.85	32.04
44	Venezuela`VEN`South America	55.87	0.078	44.13	115.23
45	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	55.84	7.352	1.91	153.56
46	Panama`PAN`Central America	55.81	1.398	44.19	9.30
47	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	55.21	0.000	44.80	3.17
48	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	55.17	0.000	44.83	9.86
49	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	55.11	0.000	44.89	1.76
50	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	54.48	2.724	45.53	5.14
51	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	53.81	19.058	46.19	4.46
52	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	52.91	0.581	47.09	1.72
53	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	52.82	0.209	47.18	9.56
54	Peru`PER`South America	52.37	1.006	47.63	45.73
55	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	51.61	12.903	48.39	0.31
56	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	48.78	0.000	51.22	0.41
57	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	48.35	0.000	51.65	0.91
58	Ecuador`ECU`South America	47.54	0.413	52.46	24.19
59	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	43.64	13.557	56.36	276.53
60	Chile`CHL`South America	42.84	2.736	57.16	70.17
61	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	42.65	0.319	57.35	6.26
62	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	41.77	12.046	40.23	64.92
63	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	40.92	19.241	59.08	3.69
64	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	40.63	0.000	59.38	0.64
65	Honduras`HND`Central America	40.60	4.940	59.40	8.30
66	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	40.20	0.000	59.80	1.99
67	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	40.18	23.932	38.94	274.44
68	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	38.59	1.645	26.78	68.10
69	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	38.48	1.516	24.37	17.15
70	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	34.86	0.000	65.14	1.09
71	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	34.29	0.000	65.71	0.35
72	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	33.41	0.000	66.59	4.28
73	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	32.98	0.030	67.02	33.44
74	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	32.83	0.964	62.92	107.91
75	Suriname`SUR`South America	30.22	0.000	69.78	1.82
76	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	29.41	4.412	70.59	0.68
77	Bolivia`BOL`South America	28.68	0.241	71.33	8.30
78	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	26.16	0.000	43.69	7.53
79	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	25.61	0.220	74.39	77.23
80	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	25.02	20.186	74.98	25.86
81	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	24.55	15.075	75.45	49.62
82	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	23.98	1.487	76.02	5.38
83	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	23.70	0.000	76.30	8.27
84	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	23.08	0.000	76.92	0.13
85	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	23.00	2.248	19.87	27.13
86	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	22.07	3.170	75.62	5,781.27
87	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	21.36	3.883	78.64	1.03
88	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	20.94	8.901	79.06	1.91
89	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	20.93	20.930	79.07	0.43
90	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	20.89	3.390	79.12	251.95
91	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	20.41	1.020	79.59	2.94
92	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	20.00	0.000	80.00	0.15
93	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	17.15	10.548	35.52	71.20
94	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	17.02	17.021	82.98	0.94
95	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	16.70	0.062	83.30	32.28
96	France`FRA`Western Europe	16.60	4.187	6.32	566.31
97	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	15.75	5.520	50.43	46.92
98	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	14.29	14.286	85.71	0.07
99	United States`USA`Northern America	13.35	5.141	67.19	4,096.01
100	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	12.54	4.856	87.46	158.35
101	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	12.50	0.000	87.50	0.08
102	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	11.63	1.993	88.37	3.01
103	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	11.41	6.396	84.58	102.10
104	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	11.36	1.136	88.64	0.88
105	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	11.17	4.819	88.84	12.45
106	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	11.15	0.000	88.85	21.25
107	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	10.89	0.000	89.11	55.75
108	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	10.79	3.060	53.52	84.98
109	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	10.75	2.484	36.00	29.39
110	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	10.13	1.505	89.87	17.28
111	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	9.86	3.052	90.14	4.26
112	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	9.09	0.000	90.91	4.18
113	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	8.74	0.000	91.26	1.03
=114	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	7.14	5.991	92.86	4.34
=114	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	7.14	0.000	92.86	0.14
116	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	6.15	0.000	93.86	5.37
117	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	5.56	0.000	94.44	24.63
118	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	4.55	4.545	95.46	0.22
119	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	4.38	0.566	95.63	19.43
120	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	4.33	0.087	95.67	69.03
121	Guyana`GUY`South America	4.00	0.000	96.00	1.00
122	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	3.90	2.602	96.10	5.38
123	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	3.56	3.111	96.44	2.25
124	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	3.33	0.000	96.67	0.30
125	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	3.11	2.847	96.89	18.97
126	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	2.80	0.000	97.20	49.30
=127	Niger`NER`Western Africa	2.22	2.222	97.78	0.45
=127	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	2.22	2.222	97.78	0.45
129	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	1.85	1.852	98.15	0.54
130	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	1.66	1.282	98.34	21.06
131	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	1.58	1.462	98.42	60.86
132	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	1.39	0.285	98.61	56.05
133	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	1.28	1.282	98.72	0.78
134	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	1.17	0.111	98.83	17.97
135	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.97	0.971	99.03	1.03
136	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.84	0.029	99.17	34.74
137	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.39	0.000	99.61	64.27
138	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.38	0.000	99.62	18.27
139	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.28	0.026	99.72	38.80
140	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.13	0.131	99.87	7.66
141	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.10	0.000	99.90	39.74
142	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.04	0.037	99.96	27.26
143	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.03	0.027	99.97	37.73
144	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.02	0.015	99.99	65.15
=145	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.15
=145	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.34
=145	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.00	0.000	100.00	1.92
=145	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.34
=145	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.00	0.000	100.00	2.31
=145	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.20
=145	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.00	0.000	100.00	4.50
=145	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.62
=145	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.05
=145	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.03
=145	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.10
=145	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.27
=145	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.25
=145	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.20
=145	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	0.00	0.000	100.00	1.70
=145	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.03
=145	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.03
=145	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.30
=145	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.01
=145	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.03
=145	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.00	0.000	100.00	29.13
=145	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.34
=145	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.38
=145	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.09
=145	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.35
=145	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.48
=145	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.05
=145	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.00	0.000	100.00	9.41
=145	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.00	0.000	100.00	20.40
=145	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.23

02In 2014

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
1Central African Republicshared100.00
1Icelandshared100.00
1Laosshared100.00

Lowest

145British Virgin Islandsshared0.00
145Trinidad and Tobagoshared0.00
145Tongashared0.00
145Turkmenistanshared0.00
145Turks and Caicos Islandsshared0.00

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 21.15. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Wind and solar (% of generation)
HighestDenmark42.697
Lowest80 share it
Middle country: 0.052
Fossil fuels (% of generation)
Highest30 share it
Lowest7 share it
Middle country: 75.22
Total generation (TWh)
HighestChina5,781.27
LowestMontserrat0.01
Middle country: 5.82

032013 → 2014

Since 2013

What changed between 2013 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
136values changed, of 174 in both
67 · 69rose · fell
38unchanged

Rose most

Togo12.50 → 34.29+21.79
Sierra Leone62.50 → 80.00+17.50
Faroe Islands37.93 → 51.61+13.68
Tanzania30.05 → 42.65+12.60
Uruguay84.13 → 94.76+10.63

Fell most

Macau58.54 → 40.63−17.91
Suriname47.16 → 30.22−16.94
Fiji63.64 → 48.35−15.28
Guinea73.85 → 59.16−14.69
Myanmar72.55 → 62.96−9.59

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

137 distinct values among 174
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 30 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 (2014). Renewable Share of Electricity Generation, 2014 [data set], describing 2014. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/renewable-electricity/2014

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