Data for 2023

Renewable Share of Electricity Generation, 2023

Name: Renewable Share of Electricity Generation, 2023
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Renewable Share of Electricity Generation, 2023 covers 173 countries on 4 measures. 7 countries share the highest reading, 100.000; 10 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 28.000. Against 2022, 131 values changed (80 up, 51 down), 1 left.

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Renewable Share of Electricity Generation · Data for 2023

Highest7 countries share it

100.000

Lowest10 countries share it

0.000

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

173countries
4measures per country
2023the year it describes
154distinct 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, 2023, 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	3.330	0.000	9.01
=1	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	100.000	0.000	0.000	11.16
=1	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	100.000	0.000	0.000	0.14
=1	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	100.000	14.075	0.000	15.63
=1	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	100.000	0.050	0.000	19.81
=1	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	100.000	1.028	0.000	10.70
=1	Paraguay`PRY`South America	100.000	0.000	0.000	53.04
8	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	99.915	13.481	0.085	11.72
9	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	98.470	9.321	1.530	153.63
10	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	97.884	28.042	2.116	1.89
11	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	97.054	2.600	2.946	5.77
12	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	96.970	4.545	3.030	0.66
13	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	95.628	0.546	4.372	1.83
14	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	95.238	9.524	4.762	0.21
15	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	94.206	0.000	5.794	21.23
16	Uruguay`URY`South America	92.434	40.952	7.566	12.82
17	Venezuela`VEN`South America	90.342	0.042	9.658	71.96
18	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	89.766	20.234	10.234	12.80
19	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	89.625	9.046	10.375	42.89
20	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	89.362	56.028	10.638	1.41
21	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	89.003	0.771	10.997	19.46
22	Belize`BLZ`Central America	88.889	2.222	11.111	0.45
23	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	87.793	22.910	12.207	5.98
24	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	86.598	9.278	13.402	0.97
25	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	86.471	0.000	13.529	13.60
26	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	86.397	68.014	13.603	33.89
27	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	84.756	21.034	15.244	70.98
28	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	83.774	60.943	16.226	5.30
29	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	83.567	0.351	16.433	19.96
30	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	81.967	0.000	18.033	0.61
31	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	80.979	0.965	19.021	14.51
32	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	77.743	7.994	22.257	6.38
33	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	76.711	0.153	23.289	52.30
34	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	76.091	0.832	23.909	14.43
35	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	76.000	0.000	24.000	0.50
36	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	74.500	0.750	25.500	4.00
37	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	74.469	39.684	25.531	46.14
38	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	74.032	2.476	25.968	15.75
39	Ecuador`ECU`South America	73.618	0.698	26.382	35.82
40	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	73.269	0.277	26.731	7.22
41	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	70.126	17.202	29.874	17.44
42	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	69.407	22.499	1.403	166.05
43	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	67.270	3.890	32.730	14.91
44	Colombia`COL`South America	66.121	1.849	33.879	84.36
45	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	63.478	0.870	36.522	1.15
46	Chile`CHL`South America	63.140	30.707	36.860	89.23
47	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	62.687	0.561	37.313	26.72
48	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	62.389	13.053	37.611	4.52
49	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	60.859	7.876	39.141	4.19
50	Panama`PAN`Central America	60.641	13.425	39.359	13.11
51	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	57.377	0.000	42.623	0.61
52	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	56.156	0.300	43.844	9.99
53	Peru`PER`South America	54.378	4.551	45.622	60.87
54	Honduras`HND`Central America	54.363	13.851	45.637	12.49
55	Suriname`SUR`South America	53.179	0.578	46.821	1.73
56	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	51.889	19.333	6.023	81.52
57	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	51.514	40.439	28.111	279.11
58	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	50.000	50.000	50.000	0.04
59	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	49.826	40.691	50.174	48.93
60	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	49.798	17.173	30.553	56.95
61	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	49.091	3.636	50.909	1.10
62	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	48.780	24.390	51.220	5.74
63	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	47.382	40.955	49.291	119.96
64	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	46.939	18.367	53.061	0.49
65	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	46.493	0.521	53.507	21.10
66	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	45.276	39.664	54.724	31.54
67	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	44.550	20.761	55.450	261.55
68	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	43.952	3.226	56.048	2.48
69	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	42.132	6.029	57.868	13.60
70	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	42.009	16.348	57.991	319.79
71	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	40.514	6.367	23.473	15.55
=72	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	40.000	40.000	60.000	0.85
=72	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	40.000	13.333	60.000	0.15
74	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	38.519	0.617	61.481	24.30
75	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	36.545	10.405	48.098	148.01
76	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	35.521	0.000	64.479	2.59
77	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	35.000	35.000	65.000	0.20
78	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	34.961	2.848	65.039	39.33
79	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	34.076	22.452	65.924	6.28
80	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	33.803	7.042	66.197	0.71
81	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	33.435	28.333	26.470	82.13
82	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	33.333	0.000	66.667	0.66
83	Bolivia`BOL`South America	33.307	6.295	66.693	12.55
84	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	32.174	7.681	67.826	6.90
85	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	30.146	0.182	69.854	10.98
86	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	30.001	15.634	65.376	9,402.74
87	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	28.000	28.000	72.000	0.50
88	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	27.977	8.902	43.006	8.65
89	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	27.707	21.321	72.293	165.52
90	France`FRA`Western Europe	26.890	14.086	7.915	518.75
91	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	26.761	15.493	73.239	0.71
92	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	26.490	0.284	73.510	10.57
93	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	26.393	21.328	28.813	35.54
94	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	26.214	8.738	73.786	3.09
95	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	25.075	12.725	34.606	40.08
=96	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	25.000	25.000	75.000	0.04
=96	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	25.000	12.500	75.000	0.08
98	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	24.476	0.000	75.524	1.43
99	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	23.679	0.211	76.321	4.73
100	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	23.507	0.187	76.493	5.36
101	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	22.723	2.066	15.205	29.53
102	United States`USA`Northern America	22.679	15.517	59.106	4,253.91
103	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	22.678	0.269	77.322	40.92
104	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	22.353	0.000	77.647	0.85
105	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	21.960	21.876	78.040	23.77
106	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	21.531	11.483	78.469	2.09
107	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	21.426	2.716	78.574	116.73
108	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	20.450	19.512	79.550	5.33
109	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	19.800	2.496	80.200	6.01
110	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	19.048	19.048	80.952	0.42
111	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	17.431	4.893	82.569	3.27
112	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	17.264	10.423	82.736	24.56
113	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	17.000	17.000	83.000	1.00
114	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	16.951	11.829	83.049	8.20
115	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	15.976	5.325	84.024	1.69
116	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	14.697	4.736	45.185	75.80
117	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	14.516	14.516	85.484	0.62
118	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	14.286	14.286	85.714	0.07
119	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	13.617	13.191	86.383	2.35
=120	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	13.333	0.000	86.667	0.15
=120	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	13.333	0.000	86.667	0.15
122	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	12.159	8.386	87.841	4.77
123	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	11.791	11.649	88.209	77.43
124	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	11.111	0.000	88.889	0.09
125	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	10.204	10.204	89.796	0.49
126	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	10.156	10.156	89.844	5.12
127	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	9.896	1.302	90.104	76.80
128	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	9.606	4.409	90.394	6.35
129	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	9.168	8.444	90.832	8.29
130	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	9.091	9.091	90.909	0.11
131	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	8.182	8.182	91.818	1.10
132	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	7.778	7.778	92.222	1.80
133	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	7.059	7.059	92.941	0.85
134	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	6.531	0.516	93.469	29.09
=135	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	5.556	5.556	94.444	0.36
=135	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	5.556	2.778	94.444	0.36
137	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	5.377	5.075	94.623	19.90
138	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	4.889	4.889	95.111	45.00
139	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	4.545	4.545	95.455	0.22
140	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	4.529	1.632	95.472	57.29
141	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	3.947	3.900	96.053	21.28
142	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	3.647	1.368	96.353	19.74
143	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	3.565	3.335	96.435	56.38
144	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	3.517	0.400	96.483	25.02
145	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	3.210	1.006	68.687	41.74
146	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	3.000	3.000	97.000	1.00
147	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	2.941	2.941	97.059	0.68
148	Guyana`GUY`South America	2.899	1.449	97.101	1.38
149	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	2.857	2.857	97.143	0.70
150	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	2.500	2.500	97.500	0.40
151	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	2.128	2.128	97.872	89.76
152	Niger`NER`Western Africa	2.062	2.062	97.938	0.97
153	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	1.786	1.786	98.214	0.56
154	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	1.708	1.062	98.292	100.73
155	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	1.214	0.262	98.786	145.01
156	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.954	0.530	99.046	37.75
157	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.949	0.928	99.051	95.88
158	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.905	0.905	99.095	2.21
159	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.310	0.310	99.690	3.23
160	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.240	0.240	99.760	37.47
161	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.105	0.105	99.895	9.52
162	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.031	0.000	99.969	32.60
163	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.030	0.030	99.970	33.75
=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	5.60
=164	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.000	100.000	0.14
=164	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.000	0.000	100.000	0.51
=164	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	100.000	0.24
=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	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	100.000	0.26

02In 2023

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
1Icelandshared100.000

Lowest

164British Virgin Islandsshared0.000
164Turks and Caicos Islandsshared0.000
164Naurushared0.000
164Montserratshared0.000
164Grenadashared0.000

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 28.000. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Wind and solar (% of generation)
HighestDenmark68.014
Lowest26 share it
Middle country: 3.900
Fossil fuels (% of generation)
Highest10 share it
Lowest7 share it
Middle country: 65.376
Total generation (TWh)
HighestChina9,402.74
LowestMontserrat0.01
Middle country: 8.20

032022 → 2023

Since 2022

What changed between 2022 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −1countries joined / left
131values changed, of 173 in both
80 · 51rose · fell
42unchanged

Rose most

Liberia33.333 → 57.377+24.044
Estonia31.991 → 48.780+16.789
Portugal59.594 → 74.469+14.875
Venezuela78.363 → 90.342+11.979
Slovenia30.464 → 40.514+10.050

Fell most

Cambodia65.446 → 42.132−23.314
Mali42.857 → 19.800−23.057
Guatemala84.644 → 67.270−17.374
Panama77.224 → 60.641−16.583
Gabon47.962 → 35.521−12.441

− Lesotho

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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154 distinct values among 173
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 10 countries share 0.000. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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Every one of the 173 countries has every column.

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Ember (2023). Renewable Share of Electricity Generation, 2023 [data set], describing 2023. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/renewable-electricity/2023

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