Data for 2015

RISE Renewable Energy Policy Score, 2015

Name: RISE Renewable Energy Policy Score, 2015
Creator: World Bank Group (ESMAP)
License: https://data360files.worldbank.org/data360-data/metadata/WB_RISE/WB_RISE_RE_ALL.json

2015, as ESMAP’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

RISE Renewable Energy Policy Score, 2015 covers 140 countries on 6 measures. Austria is highest, at 71.96; 11 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 14.49. Against 2014, 80 values changed (80 up, 0 down), the same countries are covered.

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RISE Renewable Energy Policy Score · Data for 2015

HighestAustria

71.96

Lowest11 countries share it

0.00

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

140countries
6measures per country
2015the year it describes
123distinct values16 decimals, as published
Sep 26, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Values only

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Every country and every column of RISE Renewable Energy Policy Score, 2015, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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RISE Renewable Energy Policy Score, 2015: every country, as published by World Bank Group (ESMAP).

Austria`AUT`Western Europe	71.96	100.0	48.70	33	78	100
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	70.92	71.4	72.04	67	44	100
Germany`DEU`Western Europe	66.30	89.3	62.22	67	33	80
United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	63.06	100.0	75.28	33	67	40
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	61.83	100.0	35.83	83	50	40
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	60.70	83.3	63.52	67	50	40
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	58.52	100.0	62.59	0	50	80
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	58.05	85.7	64.54	50	50	40
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	57.31	100.0	83.24	33	50	20
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	56.66	92.9	50.46	50	50	40
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	54.87	100.0	67.69	33	33	40
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	53.90	85.7	43.80	50	50	40
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	53.31	83.3	83.24	33	67	0
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	52.17	83.3	37.50	50	50	40
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	50.06	100.0	43.61	33	33	40
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	49.50	83.3	57.50	33	33	40
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	48.30	96.4	41.76	50	33	20
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	48.06	83.3	50.28	17	50	40
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	45.50	100.0	37.50	0	50	40
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	45.49	91.1	33.06	33	50	20
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	45.04	82.1	53.06	33	17	40
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	45.01	85.7	56.02	33	50	0
United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	44.57	85.7	30.46	33	33	40
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	43.98	100.0	46.57	33	0	40
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	43.24	76.2	50.00	33	17	40
Brazil`BRA`South America	41.27	78.6	61.11	17	50	0
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	40.56	50.0	52.78	50	50	0
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	40.28	100.0	51.39	17	33	0
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	39.89	83.3	26.11	17	33	40
Canada`CAN`Northern America	38.97	46.4	45.09	17	67	20
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	38.60	83.9	30.19	6	33	40
France`FRA`Western Europe	38.50	83.3	35.83	17	17	40
Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	37.93	83.3	32.96	17	17	40
United States`USA`Northern America	37.83	66.7	29.17	0	33	60
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	37.05	61.9	16.67	33	33	40
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	36.87	85.7	58.61	0	0	40
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	36.77	78.6	68.61	0	17	20
Chile`CHL`South America	35.98	66.7	46.57	33	33	0
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	33.78	38.7	26.85	50	33	20
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	32.57	78.6	17.59	33	33	0
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	32.20	45.2	32.41	50	33	0
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	31.99	66.1	77.22	0	17	0
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	31.11	33.3	52.22	17	33	20
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	30.79	85.7	31.57	0	17	20
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	29.50	82.1	48.70	0	17	0
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	29.47	78.0	49.35	0	0	20
Uruguay`URY`South America	28.56	64.3	28.52	33	17	0
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	27.69	51.8	36.67	0	50	0
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	26.91	40.5	35.19	0	39	20
Peru`PER`South America	26.90	79.8	18.06	0	17	20
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	25.22	100.0	26.11	0	0	0
South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	25.15	16.7	35.74	17	17	40
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	23.61	33.3	18.06	33	33	0
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	22.73	50.6	26.39	17	0	20
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	22.50	50.0	29.17	33	0	0
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	21.37	40.5	33.06	0	33	0
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	20.08	23.8	39.91	0	17	20
Argentina`ARG`South America	18.77	57.7	19.44	0	17	0
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	18.66	71.4	21.85	0	0	0
Bolivia`BOL`South America	18.33	61.9	29.72	0	0	0
Niger`NER`Western Africa	16.49	45.2	20.56	0	17	0
Colombia`COL`South America	16.35	59.5	5.56	0	17	0
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	16.06	16.7	23.61	0	0	40
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	15.96	22.0	17.78	0	0	40
Paraguay`PRY`South America	15.79	59.5	2.78	0	17	0
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	15.74	53.0	25.74	0	0	0
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	15.38	52.4	7.87	0	17	0
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	15.12	25.6	50.00	0	0	0
Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	14.91	33.3	7.87	33	0	0
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	14.56	33.3	19.44	0	0	20
Honduras`HND`Central America	14.43	40.5	11.67	0	0	20
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	14.19	14.3	40.00	0	17	0
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	14.06	47.6	6.02	17	0	0
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	14.02	7.1	12.96	17	33	0
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	13.98	0.0	14.35	17	39	0
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	13.97	25.6	16.48	28	0	0
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	13.86	28.6	7.41	33	0	0
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	13.33	16.7	16.67	0	33	0
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	13.28	50.0	16.39	0	0	0
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	12.84	38.1	6.11	0	0	20
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	12.58	35.1	27.78	0	0	0
India`IND`Southern Asia	12.46	38.3	19.52	4	0	0
Panama`PAN`Central America	11.94	45.2	14.44	0	0	0
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	11.78	33.3	25.56	0	0	0
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	11.67	43.5	14.91	0	0	0
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	11.39	16.7	23.61	17	0	0
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	11.11	0.0	38.89	17	0	0
Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	10.86	14.3	23.33	0	17	0
Ecuador`ECU`South America	10.56	0.0	19.44	17	17	0
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	10.32	7.1	11.11	0	33	0
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	9.63	16.7	31.48	0	0	0
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	9.17	33.3	12.50	0	0	0
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	8.52	14.3	11.67	0	17	0
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	8.12	21.4	19.17	0	0	0
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	7.54	23.8	13.89	0	0	0
Mexico`MEX`Central America	7.50	33.3	4.17	0	0	0
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	7.49	28.6	8.89	0	0	0
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	7.05	3.6	11.67	0	0	20
Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	6.86	14.3	20.00	0	0	0
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	6.67	16.7	16.67	0	0	0
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	6.24	0.0	31.20	0	0	0
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	5.87	16.7	12.69	0	0	0
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	5.87	0.0	9.35	0	0	20
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	5.76	0.0	12.13	17	0	0
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	5.13	7.1	12.96	6	0	0
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	5.04	7.1	18.06	0	0	0
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	5.00	25.0	0.00	0	0	0
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	4.67	16.7	6.67	0	0	0
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	4.52	1.8	4.17	0	17	0
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	4.17	16.7	4.17	0	0	0
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	4.17	0.0	4.17	0	17	0
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	3.89	16.7	2.78	0	0	0
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	3.35	10.7	6.02	0	0	0
Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	3.33	0.0	0.00	17	0	0
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	3.33	16.7	0.00	0	0	0
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	3.33	16.7	0.00	0	0	0
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	2.86	14.3	0.00	0	0	0
Venezuela`VEN`South America	2.86	1.8	12.50	0	0	0
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	2.78	0.0	13.89	0	0	0
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	2.50	0.0	12.50	0	0	0
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	2.50	0.0	12.50	0	0	0
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	2.22	0.0	11.11	0	0	0
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	2.06	0.0	10.28	0	0	0
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	2.06	0.0	10.28	0	0	0
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	1.67	0.0	8.33	0	0	0
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	1.11	0.0	5.56	0	0	0
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.83	0.0	4.17	0	0	0
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.56	0.0	2.78	0	0	0
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.37	0.0	1.85	0	0	0
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.00	0.0	0.00	0	0	0
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.00	0.0	0.00	0	0	0
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.00	0.0	0.00	0	0	0
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.00	0.0	0.00	0	0	0
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.00	0.0	0.00	0	0	0
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.00	0.0	0.00	0	0	0
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.00	0.0	0.00	0	0	0
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.00	0.0	0.00	0	0	0
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.00	0.0	0.00	0	0	0
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.00	0.0	0.00	0	0	0
South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.0	0.00	0	0	0

02In 2015

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

Austria71.96
Denmark70.92
Germany66.30
United Kingdom63.06
Belgium61.83

Lowest

Chadshared0.00
South Sudanshared0.00
Mongoliashared0.00
Myanmarshared0.00
Liberiashared0.00

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 14.49. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Renewable energy governance
Highest11 share it
Lowest30 share it
Middle country: 33.3
Renewables in electricity
Highest2 share it
Lowest16 share it
Middle country: 19.44
Renewables in heating and cooling
HighestBelgium83
Lowest85 share it
Middle country: 0
Renewables in transport
HighestAustria78
Lowest74 share it
Middle country: 0
Levelling the playing field
Highest2 share it
Lowest92 share it
Middle country: 0

032014 → 2015

Since 2014

What changed between 2014 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
80values changed, of 140 in both
80 · 0rose · fell
60unchanged

Rose most

Thailand6.46 → 32.57+26.11
Mauritania16.04 → 33.78+17.74
Egypt13.48 → 29.47+15.98
South Korea13.81 → 25.15+11.33
Nepal2.17 → 13.28+11.11

Fell most

None.

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. 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

One year of the 2024 release
Every year in this series comes from ESMAP’s 2024 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 2015.
123 distinct values among 140
Values are stored exactly as published, to 16 decimals. 11 countries share 0.00. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 140 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

World Bank Group (ESMAP) (2015). RISE Renewable Energy Policy Score, 2015 [data set], describing 2015. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/rise-renewable-energy/2015

0614 held

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