Data for 2016

Renewable Share of Electricity Generation, 2016

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Renewable Share of Electricity Generation, 2016 covers 174 countries on 4 measures. 7 countries share the highest reading, 100.000; 26 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 22.218. Against 2015, 141 values changed (77 up, 64 down), the same countries are covered.

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Renewable Share of Electricity Generation · Data for 2016

Highest7 countries share it

100.000

Lowest26 countries share it

0.000

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

174countries
4measures per country
2016the year it describes
142distinct values3 decimals, as published
Oct 2, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Renewable Share of Electricity Generation, 2016, 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	100.000	0.000	0.000	7.78
=1	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	100.000	0.000	0.000	7.88
=1	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	100.000	0.000	0.000	0.17
=1	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	100.000	0.055	0.000	18.17
=1	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	100.000	0.000	0.000	0.52
=1	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	100.000	0.718	0.000	4.18
=1	Paraguay`PRY`South America	100.000	0.000	0.000	63.94
8	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	99.889	0.000	0.111	9.02
9	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	98.250	10.866	1.750	10.86
10	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	98.143	1.061	1.857	3.77
11	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	98.054	1.425	1.946	148.03
12	Uruguay`URY`South America	96.828	22.639	3.172	13.87
13	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	96.462	0.000	3.538	17.24
14	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	95.946	4.054	4.054	1.48
15	Belize`BLZ`Central America	94.737	0.000	5.263	0.38
16	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	94.308	0.000	5.692	11.77
17	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	93.953	1.395	6.047	2.15
18	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	91.667	0.000	8.333	0.36
19	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	89.256	1.240	10.744	9.68
20	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	88.889	5.556	11.111	0.18
21	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	87.603	3.306	12.397	1.21
22	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	86.540	0.000	13.460	13.15
23	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	84.334	5.516	15.666	43.15
24	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	83.333	0.000	16.667	0.48
25	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	82.715	0.000	17.285	18.86
26	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	80.505	0.087	19.495	11.49
27	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	78.742	9.758	21.258	64.87
28	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	68.772	0.000	31.228	25.49
29	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	68.323	1.242	31.677	1.61
30	Panama`PAN`Central America	66.636	6.434	33.364	10.88
31	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	66.349	8.571	33.651	12.60
32	Colombia`COL`South America	65.616	0.079	34.384	76.17
33	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	61.905	0.000	38.095	0.21
34	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	61.804	3.457	38.196	11.86
35	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	61.603	0.141	38.397	7.11
36	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	60.493	44.474	39.507	30.40
37	Ecuador`ECU`South America	59.978	0.442	40.022	27.16
38	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	59.416	0.325	40.584	6.16
39	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	58.599	0.000	41.401	3.14
40	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	58.561	0.182	41.439	10.98
41	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	58.228	25.316	41.772	0.79
42	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	57.851	33.333	42.149	3.63
43	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	57.175	10.020	2.348	155.89
44	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	56.211	0.137	43.789	14.57
45	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	55.188	0.276	44.812	18.12
46	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	54.737	1.053	45.263	0.95
47	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	54.699	22.591	45.301	59.05
48	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	54.206	2.025	45.794	6.42
49	Venezuela`VEN`South America	53.925	0.086	46.075	116.94
50	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	53.381	0.168	46.619	23.81
51	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	52.288	15.904	47.712	4.59
52	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	51.987	0.993	48.013	3.02
53	Peru`PER`South America	50.397	2.518	49.603	51.63
54	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	50.000	3.125	50.000	0.64
55	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	48.421	1.053	51.579	1.90
56	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	48.387	16.129	51.613	0.31
57	Honduras`HND`Central America	48.065	15.806	51.935	9.30
58	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	47.628	0.000	52.372	5.48
59	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	44.909	0.139	55.091	7.17
60	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	44.233	4.495	22.022	68.75
61	Suriname`SUR`South America	43.956	0.549	56.044	1.82
62	Chile`CHL`South America	42.890	6.394	57.110	78.83
63	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	42.217	0.228	57.783	13.17
64	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	41.996	13.096	40.424	64.22
65	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	38.721	0.000	61.279	2.97
66	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	38.652	23.103	39.690	270.70
67	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	37.900	0.000	62.100	2.19
68	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	37.772	13.915	62.228	285.95
69	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	36.767	2.309	63.233	5.63
70	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	36.217	0.440	63.783	6.82
71	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	33.571	0.000	66.429	1.40
72	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	33.333	13.333	66.667	0.15
73	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	32.886	6.035	67.114	274.40
74	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	32.817	0.000	36.338	7.10
75	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	31.177	1.725	33.580	16.23
76	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	30.882	4.412	69.118	0.68
77	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	29.769	0.000	70.231	4.77
78	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	29.170	1.635	66.404	122.90
79	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	28.127	0.104	71.873	38.61
80	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	27.656	16.865	72.344	53.84
81	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	25.116	20.627	74.884	30.30
=82	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	25.000	0.000	75.000	0.16
=82	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	25.000	13.793	75.000	1.16
84	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	24.739	2.015	20.149	26.80
85	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	24.707	5.037	71.799	6,102.38
86	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	24.210	2.291	75.790	90.79
87	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	22.469	0.082	77.531	36.54
88	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	21.967	1.639	78.033	3.05
89	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	21.277	0.000	78.723	0.94
90	Bolivia`BOL`South America	20.753	0.538	79.247	9.30
91	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	20.202	0.000	79.798	0.99
92	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	20.000	20.000	80.000	0.45
93	France`FRA`Western Europe	17.715	5.375	10.135	558.84
94	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	16.902	10.106	31.479	84.31
95	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	16.422	0.000	83.578	10.23
96	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	16.279	15.116	83.721	0.86
97	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	16.162	2.020	83.838	0.99
98	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	15.810	6.310	48.754	44.53
99	United States`USA`Northern America	15.288	6.896	65.001	4,087.56
100	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	14.894	14.894	85.106	0.94
101	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	14.286	14.286	85.714	0.07
102	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	13.741	7.657	86.259	166.00
103	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	13.065	4.930	86.935	12.17
104	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	12.969	8.573	83.556	113.96
105	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	12.500	0.000	87.500	0.16
106	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	12.249	4.900	87.751	4.49
107	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	11.685	0.000	88.315	58.71
108	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	11.451	3.207	59.159	82.00
109	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	11.076	2.130	88.924	18.78
110	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	10.194	2.886	39.460	31.88
111	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	9.236	1.911	90.764	3.14
112	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	9.091	0.000	90.909	0.11
113	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	8.996	0.209	91.004	4.78
114	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	8.793	7.771	91.207	4.89
115	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	8.410	0.241	91.590	24.85
116	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	7.547	7.547	92.453	0.53
117	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	6.481	0.000	93.519	1.08
118	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	6.452	3.226	93.548	0.31
119	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	5.283	0.000	94.717	18.17
120	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	4.428	0.779	95.572	20.55
121	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	4.409	2.822	95.591	5.67
122	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	4.372	4.169	95.628	19.67
123	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	4.348	4.348	95.652	0.23
124	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	4.187	0.073	95.813	81.93
125	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	4.103	0.000	95.897	5.85
126	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	4.023	4.023	95.977	1.74
127	Guyana`GUY`South America	3.636	0.000	96.364	1.10
128	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	3.326	3.326	96.674	4.81
129	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	3.209	2.955	96.791	19.63
130	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	2.908	0.174	97.092	51.59
131	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	2.778	2.778	97.222	0.36
132	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	2.537	2.373	97.463	67.01
133	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	2.215	0.258	97.785	19.41
134	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	2.000	2.000	98.000	0.50
135	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	1.905	1.905	98.095	1.05
136	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	1.890	1.502	98.110	20.64
137	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	1.795	0.333	98.205	69.09
138	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	1.493	1.493	98.507	0.67
139	Niger`NER`Western Africa	1.429	1.429	98.571	0.70
140	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	1.299	1.299	98.701	0.77
141	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	1.281	0.328	98.719	33.57
142	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.479	0.169	99.521	71.04
143	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.367	0.000	99.633	38.12
144	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.306	0.024	99.694	42.44
145	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.106	0.106	99.894	9.42
146	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.035	0.035	99.965	28.52
147	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.032	0.032	99.968	31.42
148	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.029	0.029	99.971	70.10
=149	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.000	0.000	100.000	0.17
=149	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	100.000	0.34
=149	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	100.000	1.97
=149	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.000	0.000	100.000	0.27
=149	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.000	0.000	100.000	2.69
=149	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	100.000	0.22
=149	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.000	0.000	100.000	4.27
=149	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	100.000	0.67
=149	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.000	100.000	0.06
=149	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	0.000	0.000	100.000	0.03
=149	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.000	100.000	0.09
=149	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.000	100.000	0.27
=149	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.000	0.000	100.000	0.30
=149	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	100.000	0.22
=149	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.000	0.000	100.000	0.08
=149	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.000	0.000	100.000	0.03
=149	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.000	0.000	100.000	0.30
=149	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	100.000	0.01
=149	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.000	0.000	100.000	0.03
=149	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.000	0.000	100.000	34.23
=149	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	100.000	0.39
=149	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.000	0.000	100.000	0.10
=149	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.000	100.000	0.52
=149	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.000	0.000	100.000	0.06
=149	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.000	0.000	100.000	22.53
=149	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	100.000	0.25

02In 2016

At either end

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

Highest

1Albaniashared100.000
1Bhutanshared100.000
1Central African Republicshared100.000
1Icelandshared100.000
1Lesothoshared100.000

Lowest

149British Virgin Islandsshared0.000
149Tongashared0.000
149Turkmenistanshared0.000
149Turks and Caicos Islandsshared0.000
149South Sudanshared0.000

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 22.218. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Wind and solar (% of generation)
HighestDenmark44.474
Lowest60 share it
Middle country: 0.387
Fossil fuels (% of generation)
Highest26 share it
Lowest7 share it
Middle country: 72.108
Total generation (TWh)
HighestChina6,102.38
LowestMontserrat0.01
Middle country: 6.29

032015 → 2016

Since 2015

What changed between 2015 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
141values changed, of 174 in both
77 · 64rose · fell
33unchanged

Rose most

Luxembourg32.090 → 58.228+26.138
Lithuania39.716 → 57.851+18.135
Suriname26.344 → 43.956+17.612
Dominica13.333 → 25.000+11.667
Montenegro49.667 → 58.599+8.932

Fell most

Laos86.015 → 68.772−17.243
Sierra Leone75.000 → 61.905−13.095
Faroe Islands59.375 → 48.387−10.988
Guinea78.947 → 68.323−10.624
Mozambique92.982 → 82.715−10.267

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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142 distinct values among 174
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 26 countries share 0.000. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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