Data for 2021

Renewable Share of Electricity Generation, 2021

Name: Renewable Share of Electricity Generation, 2021
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Renewable Share of Electricity Generation, 2021 covers 174 countries on 4 measures. 9 countries share the highest reading, 100.000; 11 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 28.286. Against 2020, 148 values changed (84 up, 64 down), the same countries are covered.

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Renewable Share of Electricity Generation · Data for 2021

Highest9 countries share it

100.000

Lowest11 countries share it

0.000

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

174countries
4measures per country
2021the year it describes
152distinct 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, 2021, 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	0.447	0.000	8.94
=1	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	100.000	0.000	0.000	10.82
=1	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	100.000	0.000	0.000	0.15
=1	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	100.000	12.962	0.000	12.73
=1	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	100.000	7.400	0.000	14.19
=1	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	100.000	0.052	0.000	19.39
=1	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	100.000	0.000	0.000	0.53
=1	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	100.000	1.038	0.000	9.63
=1	Paraguay`PRY`South America	100.000	0.000	0.000	40.84
10	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	99.319	7.554	0.681	157.13
11	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	97.533	2.467	2.467	5.27
12	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	97.351	33.113	2.649	1.51
13	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	96.078	5.882	3.922	0.51
14	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	95.628	0.546	4.372	1.83
15	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	95.000	5.000	5.000	0.20
16	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	91.986	0.847	8.014	17.72
17	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	90.058	0.000	9.942	20.72
18	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	89.822	17.447	10.178	12.38
19	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	87.736	7.547	12.264	1.06
20	Belize`BLZ`Central America	86.111	2.778	13.889	0.36
21	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	86.037	25.670	13.963	7.09
22	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	85.601	0.000	14.399	15.14
23	Uruguay`URY`South America	84.615	34.209	15.385	15.99
24	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	84.314	0.000	15.686	0.51
25	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	82.980	0.371	17.020	18.86
26	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	81.722	6.498	18.278	43.55
27	Ecuador`ECU`South America	81.196	0.311	18.804	32.12
28	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	81.171	0.633	18.829	12.64
29	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	80.488	39.837	19.512	1.23
30	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	79.283	52.734	20.717	32.92
31	Venezuela`VEN`South America	79.235	0.036	20.765	82.93
32	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	79.121	14.279	20.879	66.67
33	Panama`PAN`Central America	78.365	9.249	21.635	12.11
34	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	75.430	0.119	24.570	16.85
35	Colombia`COL`South America	75.071	0.462	24.929	84.36
36	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	73.541	0.156	26.459	44.90
37	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	73.497	3.555	26.503	15.47
38	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	73.077	0.549	26.923	3.64
39	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	70.712	0.233	29.288	8.57
40	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	69.689	14.626	30.311	15.11
41	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	69.231	0.000	30.769	0.39
42	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	69.121	16.390	30.879	4.21
43	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	67.383	16.754	1.781	171.78
44	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	64.080	31.390	35.920	49.22
45	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	63.590	2.564	36.410	5.85
46	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	63.324	0.507	36.676	25.63
47	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	62.901	0.238	37.099	8.41
48	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	62.655	0.169	37.345	17.70
49	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	62.264	0.943	37.736	1.06
50	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	61.804	8.488	38.196	3.77
51	Peru`PER`South America	61.572	4.597	38.428	56.99
52	Honduras`HND`Central America	61.421	17.176	38.579	11.12
53	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	60.930	36.047	39.070	4.30
54	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	59.000	4.000	41.000	1.00
55	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	58.702	6.282	41.298	9.71
56	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	52.947	12.217	14.325	72.11
57	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	50.000	50.000	50.000	0.04
58	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	49.349	0.450	50.651	19.98
59	Chile`CHL`South America	48.888	20.636	51.112	88.10
60	Suriname`SUR`South America	48.325	0.478	51.675	2.09
61	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	47.059	11.765	52.941	0.17
62	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	46.622	0.000	53.378	2.96
63	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	46.445	32.931	32.665	270.75
64	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	44.980	14.139	35.758	58.56
65	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	42.000	0.000	58.000	0.50
66	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	40.800	29.001	59.200	54.24
67	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	40.747	16.102	59.253	285.49
68	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	39.917	15.021	60.083	7.19
69	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	39.535	11.628	60.465	0.43
70	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	39.086	3.553	60.914	3.94
71	Bolivia`BOL`South America	38.454	4.416	61.546	10.87
72	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	37.051	31.569	62.949	31.74
73	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	36.879	0.347	63.121	8.65
74	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	35.400	13.511	64.600	327.88
75	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	35.000	35.000	65.000	0.20
76	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	34.894	2.951	28.480	15.59
77	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	34.783	0.589	65.217	22.08
78	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	34.211	0.000	65.789	0.38
79	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	33.502	2.910	66.498	37.46
80	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	33.452	24.344	63.380	120.89
81	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	33.202	1.581	66.798	2.53
82	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	32.867	0.000	67.133	1.43
83	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	32.254	3.756	43.782	7.72
84	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	29.837	2.712	70.163	5.53
85	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	29.281	6.425	61.104	148.32
86	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	28.788	7.576	71.212	0.66
87	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	28.481	15.190	71.519	1.58
88	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	28.090	11.568	67.114	8,495.85
89	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	26.277	0.000	73.723	4.11
=90	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	25.000	25.000	75.000	0.04
=90	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	25.000	12.500	75.000	0.08
92	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	24.724	0.000	75.276	4.53
93	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	24.176	24.176	75.824	0.91
94	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	23.877	0.176	76.123	11.35
95	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	22.987	22.893	77.013	21.36
96	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	22.887	17.726	26.479	99.40
97	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	22.795	2.256	24.242	29.70
98	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	22.535	9.859	77.465	0.71
99	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	22.337	7.560	77.663	2.91
100	France`FRA`Western Europe	22.187	9.522	8.877	550.31
101	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	22.135	2.600	77.865	105.76
102	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	21.834	6.141	43.244	47.22
103	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	21.405	5.351	78.595	2.99
104	United States`USA`Northern America	20.743	13.064	60.487	4,153.62
105	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	20.663	0.255	79.337	39.20
106	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	20.270	14.114	79.730	6.66
107	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	19.141	12.355	36.565	36.10
108	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	18.605	18.605	81.395	0.43
109	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	18.129	5.263	81.871	1.71
110	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	17.779	9.659	82.221	21.43
111	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	17.123	17.123	82.877	2.92
112	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	17.093	11.276	82.907	178.79
113	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	17.000	17.000	83.000	1.00
114	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	15.234	14.062	84.766	5.12
=115	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	14.286	0.000	85.714	0.14
=115	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	14.286	0.000	85.714	0.14
=115	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	14.286	14.286	85.714	0.07
=118	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	13.333	8.966	86.667	4.35
=118	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	13.333	13.333	86.667	0.60
120	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	12.718	3.407	50.550	83.66
121	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	12.621	0.000	87.379	1.03
122	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	12.162	11.712	87.838	2.22
123	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	11.905	11.905	88.095	0.42
124	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	11.156	10.081	88.844	7.44
125	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	10.526	10.526	89.474	0.38
126	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	9.284	3.095	90.716	10.34
127	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	9.091	0.000	90.909	0.11
128	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	7.852	7.690	92.148	74.12
129	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	7.547	7.547	92.453	1.06
130	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	7.027	0.070	92.973	71.44
131	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	6.607	1.351	93.393	6.66
132	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	5.952	5.952	94.048	0.84
133	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	5.714	5.714	94.286	0.35
134	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	5.470	0.504	94.530	27.79
135	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	4.651	2.326	95.349	0.43
136	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	4.649	4.339	95.351	19.36
137	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	4.598	4.598	95.402	1.74
138	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	4.545	4.545	95.455	0.22
139	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	4.431	1.346	95.569	17.83
140	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	3.869	0.276	96.131	21.71
141	Guyana`GUY`South America	3.509	0.877	96.491	1.14
142	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	3.105	2.968	96.895	21.90
143	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	3.096	0.315	96.904	120.46
144	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	3.079	0.848	82.909	41.25
145	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	3.030	3.030	96.970	0.66
146	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	2.904	0.717	97.096	55.79
147	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	2.857	2.857	97.143	0.70
148	Niger`NER`Western Africa	2.817	2.817	97.183	0.71
149	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	2.500	2.500	97.500	0.40
150	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1.770	1.770	98.230	1.13
151	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	1.754	1.754	98.246	0.57
152	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	1.707	1.707	98.293	41.00
153	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	1.411	0.648	98.589	95.65
154	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.946	0.935	99.054	85.60
155	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.718	0.331	99.282	36.22
156	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.490	0.490	99.510	2.04
157	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.402	0.402	99.598	2.49
158	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.290	0.019	99.710	51.79
159	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.260	0.260	99.740	80.80
160	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.118	0.118	99.882	33.91
161	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.108	0.108	99.892	9.27
162	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.035	0.000	99.965	28.40
163	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.029	0.029	99.971	34.79
=164	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.000	0.000	100.000	0.17
=164	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	100.000	0.17
=164	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.000	0.000	100.000	5.70
=164	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.000	100.000	0.13
=164	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.000	0.000	100.000	0.50
=164	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	100.000	0.23
=164	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.000	0.000	100.000	0.08
=164	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	100.000	0.01
=164	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.000	0.000	100.000	0.04
=164	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.000	0.000	100.000	0.10
=164	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	100.000	0.26

02In 2021

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
1DR Congoshared100.000
1Costa Ricashared100.000

Lowest

164British Virgin Islandsshared0.000
164Turks and Caicos Islandsshared0.000
164Solomon Islandsshared0.000
164Naurushared0.000
164Montserratshared0.000

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 28.286. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Wind and solar (% of generation)
HighestDenmark52.734
Lowest30 share it
Middle country: 2.884
Fossil fuels (% of generation)
Highest11 share it
Lowest9 share it
Middle country: 65.503
Total generation (TWh)
HighestChina8,495.85
LowestMontserrat0.01
Middle country: 7.58

032020 → 2021

Since 2020

What changed between 2020 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
148values changed, of 174 in both
84 · 64rose · fell
26unchanged

Rose most

Djibouti0.000 → 35.000+35.000
Cook Islands25.000 → 50.000+25.000
Guinea60.887 → 73.077+12.190
Zimbabwe58.569 → 70.712+12.143
North Korea53.527 → 63.324+9.797

Fell most

Uruguay94.031 → 84.615−9.416
Estonia48.849 → 39.917−8.932
Vanuatu33.333 → 25.000−8.333
Madagascar40.741 → 33.202−7.539
Türkiye42.162 → 35.400−6.762

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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152 distinct values among 174
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 11 countries share 0.000. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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Ember (2021). Renewable Share of Electricity Generation, 2021 [data set], describing 2021. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/renewable-electricity/2021

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