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Renewable Share of Electricity Generation, 2019

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Renewable Share of Electricity Generation, 2019 covers 174 countries on 4 measures. 7 countries share the highest reading, 100.00; 15 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 26.30. Against 2018, 145 values changed (78 up, 67 down), the same countries are covered.

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Renewable Share of Electricity Generation · Data for 2019

Highest7 countries share it

100.00

Lowest15 countries share it

0.00

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

174countries
4measures per country
2019the year it describes
151distinct 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, 2019, 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	0.385	0.00	5.20
=1	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	100.00	0.000	0.00	8.65
=1	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	100.00	0.000	0.00	0.15
=1	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	100.00	0.052	0.00	19.36
=1	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	100.00	0.000	0.00	0.39
=1	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	100.00	1.463	0.00	6.15
=1	Paraguay`PRY`South America	100.00	0.000	0.00	49.59
8	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	99.92	0.085	0.09	11.79
9	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	99.12	16.375	0.88	11.42
10	Uruguay`URY`South America	98.26	32.172	1.74	16.07
11	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	97.94	4.132	2.06	133.83
12	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	96.94	2.838	3.06	4.58
13	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	96.38	27.536	3.62	1.38
14	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	96.11	0.556	3.89	1.80
15	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	95.00	5.000	5.00	0.20
16	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	91.84	0.000	8.16	0.49
17	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	91.58	0.000	8.42	14.97
18	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	91.46	0.000	8.54	20.96
19	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	88.67	14.273	11.33	11.56
20	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	87.67	4.110	12.33	1.46
21	Belize`BLZ`Central America	86.54	1.923	13.46	0.52
22	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	84.65	0.811	15.35	14.79
23	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	83.67	0.000	16.33	0.49
24	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	82.42	5.394	17.58	43.75
25	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	79.36	0.158	20.64	18.99
26	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	78.55	58.257	21.45	29.37
27	Ecuador`ECU`South America	77.78	0.401	22.22	32.45
28	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	77.30	12.944	22.71	70.69
29	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	76.05	0.759	23.95	11.86
30	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	74.77	38.318	25.23	1.07
31	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	73.95	47.605	26.05	3.34
32	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	73.20	0.126	26.80	15.82
33	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	71.48	9.400	28.53	6.17
34	Colombia`COL`South America	69.49	0.241	30.52	78.78
35	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	69.23	0.000	30.77	0.39
36	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	66.01	12.253	33.99	12.65
37	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	63.90	0.976	36.10	2.05
38	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	63.86	4.409	36.14	12.70
39	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	63.75	0.123	36.25	16.22
40	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	63.48	0.128	36.52	31.24
41	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	61.47	0.242	38.53	8.28
42	Peru`PER`South America	60.54	4.273	39.46	56.87
43	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	58.75	12.190	1.99	168.42
44	Venezuela`VEN`South America	58.38	0.082	41.62	85.15
45	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	57.90	0.877	42.11	1.14
46	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	56.99	16.594	43.01	4.58
47	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	56.27	8.746	43.73	3.43
48	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	56.26	0.466	43.74	19.32
49	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	53.12	29.089	46.88	51.60
50	Honduras`HND`Central America	52.91	18.199	47.09	10.66
51	Panama`PAN`Central America	52.75	8.677	47.25	11.64
52	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	51.65	0.236	48.35	8.48
53	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	50.59	3.529	49.41	0.85
54	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	49.53	2.329	50.47	6.44
55	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	48.56	1.038	51.44	8.67
56	Suriname`SUR`South America	47.55	0.490	52.45	2.04
57	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	46.48	0.000	53.52	2.84
58	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	46.47	8.993	18.74	68.61
59	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	46.40	0.335	53.60	23.88
60	Chile`CHL`South America	46.21	13.325	53.79	83.98
61	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	43.80	10.394	56.20	300.18
62	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	42.31	0.289	57.69	17.30
63	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	41.92	14.551	38.89	58.76
64	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	41.18	11.765	58.82	0.17
65	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	39.94	15.135	60.06	289.99
66	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	39.47	13.158	60.53	0.38
67	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	38.71	33.074	61.29	30.87
68	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	38.46	1.619	61.54	2.47
69	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	38.32	0.787	61.68	3.81
70	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	37.33	26.153	41.10	270.52
71	Bolivia`BOL`South America	36.16	2.507	63.84	10.37
72	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	33.58	24.400	66.42	47.95
73	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	33.33	22.222	66.67	0.09
74	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	33.21	0.386	66.80	7.77
75	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	33.11	0.094	66.89	10.66
76	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	32.18	0.801	40.72	7.49
77	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	32.14	0.000	67.86	1.40
78	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	31.72	1.951	31.66	15.89
79	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	30.95	0.000	69.05	0.42
80	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	30.21	4.068	63.07	134.97
81	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	29.94	17.197	70.06	1.57
82	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	28.99	5.797	71.01	0.69
83	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	28.51	2.469	71.49	36.86
84	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	28.12	9.987	71.88	7.61
85	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	27.76	0.000	72.24	3.89
86	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	26.49	8.423	68.84	7,471.53
87	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	26.40	0.000	73.60	4.28
88	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	26.19	0.000	73.81	0.84
=89	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	25.00	25.000	75.00	0.04
=89	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	25.00	25.000	75.00	0.04
91	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	23.57	2.127	22.26	28.21
92	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	23.34	0.137	76.66	36.46
93	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	22.83	2.044	77.17	5.87
94	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	21.67	4.334	78.33	3.23
95	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	21.31	1.639	78.69	0.61
96	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	20.98	15.104	32.06	92.69
97	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	20.79	2.160	79.21	106.03
98	France`FRA`Western Europe	19.96	8.265	9.48	565.52
99	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	18.99	14.086	77.75	120.05
100	United States`USA`Northern America	18.30	9.686	62.24	4,158.38
101	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	18.18	18.182	81.82	0.44
102	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	17.17	17.172	82.83	0.99
103	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	17.13	6.267	44.99	43.72
104	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	16.25	5.625	83.75	1.60
105	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	16.04	0.000	83.96	1.06
106	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	15.60	9.692	84.40	163.22
107	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	14.82	14.815	85.19	0.81
108	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	14.63	14.634	85.37	3.28
109	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	14.42	14.321	85.58	20.53
=110	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	14.29	0.000	85.71	0.14
=110	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	14.29	14.286	85.71	0.07
112	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	13.81	5.405	86.19	3.33
113	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	13.71	6.505	38.77	34.28
114	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	13.40	6.014	86.60	5.82
115	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	13.33	0.000	86.67	0.15
116	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	12.72	7.759	87.28	4.64
117	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	12.55	5.451	87.45	21.28
118	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	12.50	12.500	87.50	0.40
119	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	11.74	3.523	52.98	85.72
120	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	10.18	0.016	89.82	63.56
121	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	10.15	9.662	89.86	2.07
122	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	10.10	8.932	89.90	5.15
123	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	9.94	8.646	90.06	6.94
124	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	9.09	0.000	90.91	0.11
125	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	7.02	7.018	92.98	0.57
126	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	6.90	0.539	93.10	25.95
127	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	6.50	0.703	93.50	5.69
128	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	5.71	2.857	94.29	0.35
129	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	5.41	5.405	94.60	0.37
130	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	5.19	0.602	94.81	21.59
131	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	4.83	4.676	95.17	72.71
132	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	4.57	4.571	95.43	1.75
133	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	4.36	0.052	95.64	115.21
134	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	4.35	4.348	95.65	0.23
135	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	4.30	1.111	95.70	20.70
136	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	3.81	3.446	96.19	19.15
137	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	3.77	3.774	96.23	1.06
138	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	3.70	3.704	96.30	0.81
139	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	3.50	0.000	96.51	22.32
140	Guyana`GUY`South America	3.48	1.739	96.52	1.15
141	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	3.13	2.816	96.87	22.02
142	Niger`NER`Western Africa	2.99	2.985	97.02	0.67
143	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	2.79	0.351	97.21	54.14
=144	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	2.78	2.778	97.22	0.36
=144	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	2.78	2.778	97.22	0.72
146	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	2.57	0.890	97.43	40.46
147	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	2.38	2.381	97.62	0.42
148	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1.85	1.852	98.15	0.54
149	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	1.52	1.515	98.49	0.66
150	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	1.40	0.446	98.60	85.11
151	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	1.07	0.882	98.93	81.61
152	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.43	0.054	99.57	36.94
153	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.40	0.398	99.60	2.51
154	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.26	0.020	99.74	50.00
155	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.15	0.154	99.85	38.89
156	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.13	0.133	99.87	75.04
157	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.11	0.109	99.89	9.20
158	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.06	0.060	99.94	33.11
159	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.03	0.029	99.97	34.63
=160	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.16
=160	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.00	0.000	100.00	2.01
=160	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.16
=160	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.00	0.000	100.00	4.93
=160	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.11
=160	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.09
=160	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.46
=160	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.24
=160	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.08
=160	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.01
=160	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.04
=160	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.10
=160	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.55
=160	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.00	0.000	100.00	22.50
=160	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.00	0.000	100.00	0.26

02In 2019

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
1Lesothoshared100.00

Lowest

160British Virgin Islandsshared0.00
160Turkmenistanshared0.00
160Turks and Caicos Islandsshared0.00
160South Sudanshared0.00
160Solomon Islandsshared0.00

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 26.30. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Wind and solar (% of generation)
HighestDenmark58.257
Lowest35 share it
Middle country: 1.937
Fossil fuels (% of generation)
Highest15 share it
Lowest7 share it
Middle country: 68.94
Total generation (TWh)
HighestChina7,471.53
LowestMontserrat0.01
Middle country: 6.69

032018 → 2019

Since 2018

What changed between 2018 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
145values changed, of 174 in both
78 · 67rose · fell
29unchanged

Rose most

Sierra Leone66.67 → 95.00+28.33
Kiribati0.00 → 25.00+25.00
Malawi81.77 → 96.11+14.34
Estonia16.09 → 28.12+12.03
Türkiye32.26 → 43.80+11.54

Fell most

Panama77.77 → 52.75−25.02
Cook Islands40.00 → 25.00−15.00
Togo35.00 → 21.31−13.69
North Macedonia34.94 → 22.83−12.11
Cambodia58.92 → 48.56−10.37

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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151 distinct values among 174
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 15 countries share 0.00. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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Every one of the 174 countries has every column.

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Ember (2019). Renewable Share of Electricity Generation, 2019 [data set], describing 2019. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/renewable-electricity/2019

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