Data for 2024

Renewable Share of Electricity Generation, 2024

Name: Renewable Share of Electricity Generation, 2024
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Renewable Share of Electricity Generation, 2024 covers 165 countries on 4 measures. 6 countries share the highest reading, 100.000; 4 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 32.062. Against 2023, 138 values changed (98 up, 40 down), 8 left.

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Renewable Share of Electricity Generation · Data for 2024

Highest6 countries share it

100.000

Lowest4 countries share it

0.000

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

165countries
4measures per country
2024the year it describes
154distinct 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, 2024, 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	4.077	0.000	8.34
=1	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	100.000	0.000	0.000	11.00
=1	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	100.000	15.766	0.000	15.92
=1	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	100.000	0.105	0.000	19.05
=1	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	100.000	1.168	0.000	11.13
=1	Paraguay`PRY`South America	100.000	0.000	0.000	42.41
7	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	99.909	12.091	0.091	11.00
8	Uruguay`URY`South America	98.878	42.782	1.122	13.37
9	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	98.606	9.627	1.394	157.11
10	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	97.561	36.585	2.439	1.64
11	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	97.074	2.926	2.926	5.81
12	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	96.721	4.918	3.279	0.61
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	94.595	0.000	5.405	22.20
16	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	91.478	21.342	8.522	13.26
17	Venezuela`VEN`South America	91.139	0.037	8.861	80.13
18	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	90.835	21.292	9.160	6.53
19	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	90.728	54.305	9.272	1.51
20	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	89.233	69.118	10.768	35.20
21	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	88.776	0.000	11.224	15.77
22	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	87.475	0.862	12.525	19.72
23	Belize`BLZ`Central America	87.234	2.128	12.766	0.47
24	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	86.869	11.111	13.131	0.99
25	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	86.226	22.028	13.775	78.48
26	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	85.980	10.634	14.020	44.01
27	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	85.197	45.357	14.803	47.29
28	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	84.323	65.131	15.678	7.40
29	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	83.426	0.404	16.574	19.79
30	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	83.333	0.000	16.667	0.60
31	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	79.828	0.861	20.172	13.93
32	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	79.689	1.083	20.311	14.77
33	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	76.716	0.172	23.284	52.31
34	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	75.510	0.000	24.490	0.49
35	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	75.186	0.744	24.814	4.03
36	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	73.701	2.822	26.299	15.59
37	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	73.503	13.105	26.493	6.34
38	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	73.435	22.851	26.568	15.28
39	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	73.140	0.551	26.860	7.26
40	Ecuador`ECU`South America	72.443	0.827	27.557	32.66
41	Chile`CHL`South America	70.041	34.552	29.959	88.62
42	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	69.335	25.859	1.209	172.02
43	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	68.334	4.117	31.666	15.79
44	Panama`PAN`Central America	67.982	14.520	32.018	13.43
45	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	63.478	0.870	36.522	1.15
46	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	63.358	0.627	36.642	27.10
47	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	62.389	13.053	37.611	4.52
48	Colombia`COL`South America	61.342	4.016	38.658	89.14
49	Peru`PER`South America	60.111	5.127	39.889	59.29
50	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	59.490	9.348	40.510	3.53
51	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	57.333	42.885	23.256	280.92
52	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	57.115	0.390	42.885	10.26
53	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	55.777	25.813	4.660	82.40
54	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	55.659	33.729	44.342	6.25
55	Honduras`HND`Central America	55.449	15.465	44.551	12.48
56	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	54.386	1.754	45.614	0.57
57	Suriname`SUR`South America	52.874	0.575	47.126	1.74
58	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	50.745	45.212	46.337	122.34
59	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	50.173	21.757	49.827	267.56
60	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	50.000	50.000	50.000	0.04
61	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	49.558	3.540	50.442	1.13
62	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	49.230	41.714	50.770	57.08
63	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	47.858	0.553	52.142	21.71
=64	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	46.513	40.817	53.487	31.07
=64	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	46.513	18.688	32.794	52.72
66	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	45.614	18.228	54.386	341.23
67	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	43.820	30.150	56.180	5.34
68	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	43.750	18.750	56.250	0.16
69	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	42.387	4.115	57.613	2.43
70	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	41.130	15.231	43.527	151.01
71	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	41.121	7.671	23.936	16.71
72	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	39.461	16.799	60.539	6.31
73	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	39.394	39.394	60.606	0.99
74	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	36.218	0.700	63.782	24.27
75	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	35.659	6.912	64.341	15.48
76	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	35.385	0.000	64.615	2.60
77	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	35.205	29.730	23.665	75.98
78	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	35.000	35.000	65.000	0.20
79	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	34.722	8.333	65.278	0.72
80	Bolivia`BOL`South America	33.999	6.504	66.001	13.53
81	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	33.158	18.315	62.345	10,025.01
82	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	32.919	0.452	67.081	8.84
83	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	32.062	3.815	67.938	36.96
84	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	31.894	9.745	38.981	9.03
85	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	31.425	25.973	26.387	37.97
86	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	31.136	25.290	68.864	172.09
=87	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	30.769	30.769	69.231	0.52
=87	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	30.769	0.000	69.231	0.78
89	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	29.876	18.093	28.896	38.28
90	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	29.577	18.310	70.423	0.71
91	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	28.916	0.185	71.084	10.79
92	France`FRA`Western Europe	27.526	12.934	5.077	564.49
93	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	26.923	9.615	73.077	3.12
94	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	26.846	0.000	73.154	1.49
=95	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	25.000	25.000	75.000	0.04
=95	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	25.000	0.346	75.000	37.56
97	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	24.081	23.997	75.919	23.67
98	United States`USA`Northern America	24.063	17.209	58.131	4,391.02
99	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	24.051	2.337	14.194	29.52
100	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	23.823	22.784	76.178	5.78
101	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	23.679	0.211	76.321	4.73
102	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	22.705	12.560	77.295	2.07
103	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	20.930	20.930	79.070	0.43
104	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	20.879	0.183	79.121	5.46
105	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	20.472	2.883	79.528	124.17
106	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	20.000	20.000	80.000	0.05
107	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	19.790	14.286	80.210	7.63
108	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	19.463	2.852	80.537	5.96
109	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	18.851	11.860	81.149	24.03
110	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	18.605	0.000	81.395	0.86
111	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	17.889	5.279	82.111	3.41
112	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	17.160	6.509	82.840	1.69
113	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	17.000	17.000	83.000	1.00
114	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	16.914	5.874	42.305	72.83
115	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	15.951	5.890	84.049	81.50
116	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	15.873	15.873	84.127	0.63
117	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	15.525	15.068	84.475	2.19
118	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	14.286	14.286	85.714	0.07
119	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	13.806	13.657	86.194	80.40
120	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	13.333	0.000	86.667	0.15
121	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	12.602	8.943	87.398	4.92
122	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	11.746	0.611	88.254	27.84
123	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	11.238	11.238	88.762	5.25
124	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	11.111	11.111	88.889	0.45
125	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	10.708	5.107	89.292	6.07
126	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	9.091	9.091	90.909	0.11
127	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	9.009	9.009	90.991	1.11
128	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	8.844	8.163	91.156	8.82
129	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	8.696	8.696	91.304	0.23
130	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	8.602	8.602	91.398	1.86
131	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	8.108	8.108	91.892	0.37
132	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	7.059	7.059	92.941	0.85
133	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	6.000	5.700	94.000	20.00
134	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	5.556	5.556	94.444	0.18
135	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	5.405	2.703	94.595	0.37
136	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	4.931	2.145	95.071	59.58
137	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	4.888	4.888	95.112	49.10
138	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	4.399	4.352	95.601	21.37
139	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	4.225	4.225	95.775	0.71
140	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	4.023	3.793	95.977	56.68
141	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	4.014	1.595	95.986	19.43
142	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	3.960	3.960	96.040	1.01
143	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	3.704	3.704	96.296	0.27
144	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	3.537	0.402	96.463	24.88
145	Niger`NER`Western Africa	3.158	3.158	96.842	0.95
146	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	3.077	1.004	62.680	45.82
147	Guyana`GUY`South America	2.899	1.449	97.101	1.38
148	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	2.500	2.500	97.500	0.40
149	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	2.238	2.238	97.762	92.49
150	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	1.887	1.199	98.113	101.74
151	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	1.786	1.786	98.214	0.56
152	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	1.623	0.287	98.377	149.73
153	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	1.069	1.048	98.931	96.36
154	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	1.042	0.614	98.958	37.44
155	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.889	0.889	99.111	2.25
156	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.292	0.292	99.708	3.43
157	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.264	0.264	99.736	37.95
158	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.180	0.180	99.820	5.56
159	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.105	0.105	99.895	9.55
160	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.030	0.000	99.970	33.01
161	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.029	0.029	99.971	34.59
=162	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.000	0.000	100.000	0.51
=162	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	100.000	0.24
=162	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.000	0.000	100.000	0.08
=162	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	100.000	0.01

02In 2024

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
1DR Congoshared100.000
1Icelandshared100.000
1Nepalshared100.000

Lowest

162Montserratshared0.000
162Grenadashared0.000
162Guinea-Bissaushared0.000
162Gambiashared0.000
161Libya0.029

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 32.062. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Wind and solar (% of generation)
HighestDenmark69.118
Lowest16 share it
Middle country: 5.279
Fossil fuels (% of generation)
Highest4 share it
Lowest6 share it
Middle country: 62.680
Total generation (TWh)
HighestChina10,025.01
LowestMontserrat0.01
Middle country: 9.03

032023 → 2024

Since 2023

What changed between 2023 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −8countries joined / left
138values changed, of 165 in both
98 · 40rose · fell
27unchanged

Rose most

Nauru0.000 → 20.000+20.000
Portugal74.469 → 85.197+10.728
Lebanon34.076 → 43.820+9.744
Panama60.641 → 67.982+7.341
North Macedonia32.174 → 39.461+7.287

Fell most

Cambodia42.132 → 35.659−6.473
Colombia66.121 → 61.342−4.779
Latvia77.743 → 73.503−4.240
Haiti22.353 → 18.605−3.748
New Zealand89.625 → 85.980−3.645

− Central African Republic

− Comoros

− Dominica

− Faroe Islands

− São Tomé and Príncipe

− British Virgin Islands

− United States Virgin Islands

− Vanuatu

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.

How values are stored

154 distinct values among 165
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 6 countries share 100.000. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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Ember publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 165 countries has every column.

05The files

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