Data for 2018

Renewable Share of Electricity Generation, 2018

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Renewable Share of Electricity Generation, 2018 covers 174 countries on 4 measures. 7 countries share the highest reading, 100.000; 18 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 25.505. Against 2017, 144 values changed (88 up, 56 down), the same countries are covered.

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Renewable Share of Electricity Generation · Data for 2018

Highest7 countries share it

100.000

Lowest18 countries share it

0.000

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

174countries
4measures per country
2018the year it describes
149distinct values3 decimals, as published
Oct 2, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

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=1	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	100.000	0.000	0.000	8.55
=1	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	100.000	0.000	0.000	6.89
=1	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	100.000	0.000	0.000	0.15
=1	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	100.000	0.000	0.000	19.69
=1	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	100.000	0.000	0.000	0.52
=1	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	100.000	1.860	0.000	4.84
=1	Paraguay`PRY`South America	100.000	0.000	0.000	59.34
8	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	99.904	0.096	0.096	10.46
9	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	98.601	16.259	1.399	11.44
10	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	98.582	17.730	1.418	1.41
11	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	98.020	2.652	1.980	145.94
12	Uruguay`URY`South America	97.536	35.181	2.464	14.61
13	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	95.918	0.000	4.082	0.49
14	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	93.161	0.000	6.839	19.74
15	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	92.791	1.628	7.209	4.30
16	Belize`BLZ`Central America	92.683	0.000	7.317	0.41
17	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	91.834	0.000	8.166	15.43
18	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	86.283	4.159	13.717	11.30
19	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	84.644	0.000	15.356	16.28
20	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	83.398	4.917	16.602	43.73
21	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	82.906	3.419	17.094	1.17
22	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	82.475	0.664	17.525	12.04
23	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	81.797	0.000	18.203	17.14
24	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	81.768	0.552	18.232	1.81
25	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	80.769	0.000	19.231	0.52
26	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	79.452	0.152	20.548	13.14
27	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	77.941	5.699	22.059	5.44
28	Panama`PAN`Central America	77.768	7.321	22.232	11.20
29	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	77.408	11.582	22.592	64.67
30	Colombia`COL`South America	76.333	0.077	23.667	78.21
31	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	75.342	42.123	24.658	2.92
32	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	72.337	10.429	27.663	13.52
33	Ecuador`ECU`South America	71.912	0.411	28.088	29.23
34	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	71.429	0.000	28.571	0.35
35	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	70.833	38.542	29.167	0.96
36	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	68.686	49.156	31.314	30.21
37	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	66.667	3.704	33.333	0.27
38	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	66.113	3.925	33.887	13.25
39	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	65.078	0.058	34.922	34.42
40	Honduras`HND`Central America	62.822	19.876	37.178	9.71
41	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	62.371	1.031	37.629	1.94
42	Peru`PER`South America	61.131	4.119	38.869	54.62
43	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	59.756	0.122	40.244	16.40
44	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	59.211	3.684	40.789	3.80
45	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	59.091	0.909	40.909	1.10
46	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	58.924	0.244	41.076	8.18
47	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	58.899	0.234	41.101	8.54
48	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	58.710	17.634	41.290	4.65
49	Venezuela`VEN`South America	58.369	0.050	41.631	99.71
50	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	58.179	0.323	41.821	21.64
51	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	55.797	10.425	2.240	163.36
52	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	55.673	0.106	44.327	9.43
53	Suriname`SUR`South America	53.158	0.526	46.842	1.90
54	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	51.935	1.786	48.065	6.72
55	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	51.269	0.242	48.731	24.83
56	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	50.403	23.359	49.597	58.35
57	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	48.571	17.143	51.429	0.35
58	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	47.122	0.000	52.878	2.78
59	Chile`CHL`South America	45.866	10.641	54.134	81.76
60	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	45.764	8.444	21.786	70.23
61	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	43.277	1.681	56.723	2.38
62	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	41.463	3.659	58.537	0.82
63	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	40.877	12.627	41.361	64.07
64	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	40.711	0.201	59.289	14.91
65	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	40.166	0.831	59.834	3.61
=66	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	40.000	40.000	60.000	0.05
=66	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	40.000	13.333	60.000	0.15
68	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	39.995	14.112	60.005	286.06
69	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	38.272	23.445	41.179	271.40
70	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	35.065	0.000	64.935	3.08
71	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	35.000	1.667	65.000	0.60
72	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	34.938	2.139	65.062	5.61
73	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	33.312	28.351	66.688	31.04
74	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	32.593	0.000	67.407	1.35
75	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	32.382	1.613	31.762	16.12
76	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	32.257	9.215	67.743	300.15
77	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	31.737	0.410	68.263	7.31
78	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	31.707	0.000	68.293	0.41
79	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	30.679	19.179	69.321	52.61
80	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	30.435	0.264	44.532	7.59
81	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	30.137	17.123	69.863	1.46
82	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	29.880	0.100	70.120	10.04
83	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	29.725	0.436	70.275	36.67
84	Bolivia`BOL`South America	29.582	1.892	70.418	10.04
85	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	29.412	5.882	70.588	0.68
86	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	27.692	0.000	72.308	0.65
87	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	25.678	3.162	67.121	129.02
88	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	25.332	7.608	70.532	7,133.23
89	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	25.000	12.500	75.000	0.08
90	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	23.371	2.406	76.629	99.74
91	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	23.230	15.527	38.053	73.87
92	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	22.936	0.000	77.064	4.36
93	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	21.793	2.213	22.543	26.66
94	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	21.166	0.109	78.834	36.71
95	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	20.930	20.930	79.070	0.43
96	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	20.513	1.923	79.487	3.12
97	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	20.168	5.719	45.152	46.51
98	France`FRA`Western Europe	19.757	6.898	8.581	576.24
99	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	18.269	0.000	81.731	1.04
100	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	18.182	0.000	81.818	0.11
101	United States`USA`Northern America	17.450	8.712	63.341	4,201.55
102	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	16.693	12.608	80.203	113.10
103	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	16.495	16.495	83.505	0.97
104	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	16.087	5.416	83.913	12.37
105	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	14.646	8.838	85.354	3.96
106	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	14.439	4.813	85.561	1.87
=107	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	14.286	14.286	85.714	0.42
=107	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	14.286	14.286	85.714	0.07
109	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	14.170	5.061	85.830	4.94
110	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	13.776	3.724	86.224	19.60
111	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	13.754	13.754	86.246	3.49
112	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	13.333	0.000	86.667	0.15
113	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	12.821	12.821	87.179	0.39
114	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	12.760	7.732	87.240	169.43
115	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	12.000	2.857	88.000	3.50
116	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	11.763	3.869	39.158	32.05
117	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	10.859	3.420	54.687	86.84
118	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	10.604	10.506	89.396	20.37
119	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	10.152	9.645	89.848	1.97
120	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	9.486	8.300	90.514	5.06
121	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	9.359	0.016	90.641	63.15
122	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	7.760	0.478	92.240	25.13
123	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	6.697	5.479	93.303	6.57
124	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	5.948	0.372	94.052	5.38
125	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	5.882	2.941	94.118	0.34
126	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	5.405	5.405	94.595	0.37
127	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	4.348	4.348	95.652	0.23
128	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	4.046	4.046	95.954	1.73
129	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	3.797	3.797	96.203	0.79
130	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	3.495	0.000	96.505	22.32
131	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	3.462	0.673	96.538	20.80
132	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	2.885	2.885	97.115	1.04
133	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	2.813	0.264	97.187	52.97
134	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	2.778	2.778	97.222	0.36
135	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	2.724	2.535	97.276	69.02
136	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	2.657	2.374	97.343	17.69
137	Guyana`GUY`South America	2.632	0.877	97.368	1.14
138	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	2.629	2.533	97.371	20.92
139	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	2.439	2.439	97.561	0.41
140	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	2.209	0.470	97.791	21.28
141	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	2.077	0.718	97.923	38.99
142	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	1.923	1.923	98.077	0.52
143	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	1.910	0.061	98.090	98.41
144	Niger`NER`Western Africa	1.887	1.887	98.113	0.53
145	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	1.769	0.404	98.231	79.15
146	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	1.613	1.613	98.387	0.62
147	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	1.493	1.493	98.507	0.67
148	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	1.068	0.912	98.932	76.75
149	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.410	0.027	99.590	36.57
150	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.322	0.322	99.678	3.11
151	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.312	0.021	99.688	48.06
152	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.132	0.132	99.868	37.76
153	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.121	0.121	99.879	74.13
154	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.108	0.108	99.892	9.23
155	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.034	0.034	99.966	29.55
156	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.029	0.029	99.971	34.18
=157	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.000	0.000	100.000	0.16
=157	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	100.000	2.00
=157	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.000	0.000	100.000	0.19
=157	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	100.000	0.16
=157	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.000	0.000	100.000	4.30
=157	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.000	100.000	0.10
=157	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.000	100.000	0.05
=157	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.000	0.000	100.000	0.39
=157	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	100.000	0.23
=157	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.000	0.000	100.000	0.08
=157	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.000	0.000	100.000	0.03
=157	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	100.000	0.01
=157	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.000	0.000	100.000	0.04
=157	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.000	0.000	100.000	0.10
=157	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.000	0.000	100.000	0.10
=157	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.000	100.000	0.54
=157	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.000	0.000	100.000	25.36
=157	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	100.000	0.26

02In 2018

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

157British Virgin Islandsshared0.000
157Turkmenistanshared0.000
157Turks and Caicos Islandsshared0.000
157São Tomé and Príncipeshared0.000
157South Sudanshared0.000

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 25.505. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Wind and solar (% of generation)
HighestDenmark49.156
Lowest42 share it
Middle country: 1.613
Fossil fuels (% of generation)
Highest18 share it
Lowest7 share it
Middle country: 68.807
Total generation (TWh)
HighestChina7,133.23
LowestMontserrat0.01
Middle country: 6.81

032017 → 2018

Since 2017

What changed between 2017 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
144values changed, of 174 in both
88 · 56rose · fell
30unchanged

Rose most

Liberia0.000 → 31.707+31.707
Vanuatu0.000 → 25.000+25.000
Cambodia41.780 → 58.924+17.144
Cook Islands25.000 → 40.000+15.000
Montenegro45.161 → 59.211+14.050

Fell most

Latvia72.510 → 51.935−20.575
Malawi100.000 → 81.768−18.232
Guinea69.492 → 62.371−7.121
Republic of the Congo40.940 → 35.065−5.875
Mali45.640 → 40.166−5.474

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.

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149 distinct values among 174
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 18 countries share 0.000. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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Ember (2018). Renewable Share of Electricity Generation, 2018 [data set], describing 2018. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/renewable-electricity/2018

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