Data for 2016

RISE Renewable Energy Policy Score, 2016

Name: RISE Renewable Energy Policy Score, 2016
Creator: World Bank Group (ESMAP)
License: https://data360files.worldbank.org/data360-data/metadata/WB_RISE/WB_RISE_RE_ALL.json

2016, as ESMAP’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

RISE Renewable Energy Policy Score, 2016 covers 140 countries on 6 measures. Denmark is highest, at 76.630; 5 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 16.889. Against 2015, 68 values changed (68 up, 0 down), the same countries are covered.

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RISE Renewable Energy Policy Score · Data for 2016

HighestDenmark

76.630

Lowest5 countries share it

0.000

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

140countries
6measures per country
2016the year it describes
126distinct 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, 2016, 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, 2016: every country, as published by World Bank Group (ESMAP).

Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	76.630	100.0	72.0	67	44	100
Germany`DEU`Western Europe	74.302	89.3	68.9	67	67	80
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	71.963	100.0	48.7	33	78	100
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	69.074	100.0	65.4	33	67	80
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	64.611	100.0	66.4	50	67	40
United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	63.611	100.0	78.1	33	67	40
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	62.093	100.0	53.8	50	67	40
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	61.833	100.0	35.8	83	50	40
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	60.907	100.0	64.5	50	50	40
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	60.704	83.3	63.5	67	50	40
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	57.315	100.0	83.2	33	50	20
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	54.870	100.0	67.7	33	33	40
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	53.902	85.7	43.8	50	50	40
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	53.315	83.3	83.2	33	67	0
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	52.167	83.3	37.5	50	50	40
Canada`CAN`Northern America	51.378	79.8	73.8	17	67	20
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	50.648	100.0	46.6	33	33	40
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	50.222	100.0	44.4	0	67	40
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	50.056	100.0	43.6	33	33	40
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	49.500	83.3	57.5	33	33	40
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	48.661	98.2	41.8	50	33	20
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	48.611	83.3	53.1	17	50	40
United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	47.624	85.7	45.7	33	33	40
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	47.238	92.9	53.3	33	17	40
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	46.235	85.7	62.1	33	50	0
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	46.048	91.1	35.8	33	50	20
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	45.040	82.1	53.1	33	17	40
Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	44.593	83.3	33.0	17	50	40
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	43.437	78.6	68.6	33	17	20
United States`USA`Northern America	42.833	66.7	54.2	0	33	60
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	41.881	61.9	40.8	33	33	40
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	41.389	100.0	56.9	17	33	0
Brazil`BRA`South America	41.270	78.6	61.1	17	50	0
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	40.556	50.0	52.8	50	50	0
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	40.111	33.3	80.6	17	50	20
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	40.101	83.9	37.7	6	33	40
France`FRA`Western Europe	38.500	83.3	35.8	17	17	40
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	37.706	94.6	77.2	0	17	0
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	36.865	85.7	58.6	0	0	40
Chile`CHL`South America	36.537	66.7	49.4	33	33	0
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	34.886	38.7	32.4	50	33	20
Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	34.392	40.5	31.5	50	50	0
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	32.566	78.6	17.6	33	33	0
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	32.196	45.2	32.4	50	33	0
Peru`PER`South America	31.897	79.8	43.1	0	17	20
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	31.040	78.0	57.2	0	0	20
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	30.791	85.7	31.6	0	17	20
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	29.503	82.1	48.7	0	17	0
Uruguay`URY`South America	29.116	64.3	31.3	33	17	0
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	27.730	67.3	34.7	17	0	20
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	27.690	51.8	36.7	0	50	0
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	26.910	40.5	35.2	0	39	20
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	26.079	56.0	34.4	0	0	40
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	25.222	100.0	26.1	0	0	0
South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	25.148	16.7	35.7	17	17	40
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	24.688	7.1	13.0	33	50	20
Argentina`ARG`South America	24.437	74.4	31.1	0	17	0
Panama`PAN`Central America	23.974	78.6	24.6	0	17	0
Colombia`COL`South America	23.683	76.2	5.6	0	17	20
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	23.611	33.3	18.1	33	33	0
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	22.500	50.0	29.2	33	0	0
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	21.373	40.5	33.1	0	33	0
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	20.283	47.6	20.5	33	0	0
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	20.230	25.6	55.6	0	0	20
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	20.077	23.8	39.9	0	17	20
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	19.212	71.4	24.6	0	0	0
Niger`NER`Western Africa	18.873	48.8	28.9	0	17	0
Bolivia`BOL`South America	18.325	61.9	29.7	0	0	0
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	17.690	60.1	28.3	0	0	0
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	17.167	33.3	35.8	17	0	0
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	16.611	50.0	16.4	0	17	0
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	16.389	41.7	23.6	17	0	0
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	16.299	53.0	28.5	0	0	0
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	16.175	54.8	6.1	0	0	20
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	16.056	16.7	23.6	0	0	40
Paraguay`PRY`South America	15.794	59.5	2.8	0	17	0
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	15.765	14.3	47.9	0	17	0
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	15.667	33.3	25.0	0	0	20
India`IND`Southern Asia	15.659	38.3	19.5	4	0	16
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	15.384	52.4	7.9	0	17	0
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	15.381	36.9	20.0	0	0	20
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	15.093	16.7	25.5	33	0	0
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	15.000	16.7	41.7	17	0	0
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	14.638	25.6	19.8	28	0	0
Honduras`HND`Central America	14.429	40.5	11.7	0	0	20
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	13.981	0.0	14.4	17	39	0
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	13.862	28.6	7.4	33	0	0
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	13.516	42.9	24.7	0	0	0
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	13.333	50.0	16.7	0	0	0
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	13.333	16.7	16.7	0	33	0
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	12.579	35.1	27.8	0	0	0
Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	12.431	14.3	31.2	0	17	0
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	11.857	14.3	11.7	17	17	0
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	11.672	43.5	14.9	0	0	0
Ecuador`ECU`South America	10.556	0.0	19.4	17	17	0
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	10.556	33.3	19.4	0	0	0
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	10.397	38.1	13.9	0	0	0
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	10.317	7.1	11.1	0	33	0
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	9.630	16.7	31.5	0	0	0
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	9.167	33.3	12.5	0	0	0
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	8.056	16.7	12.5	11	0	0
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	8.000	16.7	6.7	17	0	0
Mexico`MEX`Central America	7.500	33.3	4.2	0	0	0
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	7.492	28.6	8.9	0	0	0
Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	6.857	14.3	20.0	0	0	0
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	6.667	16.7	16.7	0	0	0
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	6.426	0.0	12.1	0	0	20
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	6.241	0.0	31.2	0	0	0
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	5.870	16.7	12.7	0	0	0
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	5.759	0.0	12.1	17	0	0
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	5.489	21.4	6.0	0	0	0
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	5.132	7.1	13.0	6	0	0
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	5.040	7.1	18.1	0	0	0
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	5.000	25.0	0.0	0	0	0
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	5.000	16.7	8.3	0	0	0
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	4.524	1.8	4.2	0	17	0
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	4.167	0.0	4.2	0	17	0
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	3.333	0.0	0.0	0	17	0
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	3.333	0.0	0.0	0	17	0
Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	3.333	0.0	0.0	17	0	0
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	3.333	16.7	0.0	0	0	0
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	2.857	14.3	0.0	0	0	0
Venezuela`VEN`South America	2.857	1.8	12.5	0	0	0
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	2.778	0.0	13.9	0	0	0
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	2.500	0.0	12.5	0	0	0
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	2.222	0.0	11.1	0	0	0
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	2.056	0.0	10.3	0	0	0
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	2.056	0.0	10.3	0	0	0
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	1.667	0.0	8.3	0	0	0
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	1.667	0.0	8.3	0	0	0
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	1.111	0.0	5.6	0	0	0
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	1.111	0.0	5.6	0	0	0
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.833	0.0	4.2	0	0	0
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.556	0.0	2.8	0	0	0
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.370	0.0	1.9	0	0	0
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.000	0.0	0.0	0	0	0
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.000	0.0	0.0	0	0	0
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.000	0.0	0.0	0	0	0
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.000	0.0	0.0	0	0	0
South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.0	0.0	0	0	0

02In 2016

At either end

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

Highest

Denmark76.630
Germany74.302
Austria71.963
New Zealand69.074
Finland64.611

Lowest

South Sudanshared0.000
Mongoliashared0.000
Guineashared0.000
Republic of the Congoshared0.000
Cameroonshared0.000

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 16.889. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Renewable energy governance
Highest15 share it
Lowest26 share it
Middle country: 40.5
Renewables in electricity
Highest2 share it
Lowest11 share it
Middle country: 25.8
Renewables in heating and cooling
HighestBelgium83
Lowest78 share it
Middle country: 0
Renewables in transport
HighestAustria78
Lowest68 share it
Middle country: 17
Levelling the playing field
Highest2 share it
Lowest88 share it
Middle country: 0

032015 → 2016

Since 2015

What changed between 2015 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
68values changed, of 140 in both
68 · 0rose · fell
72unchanged

Rose most

Finland39.889 → 64.611+24.722
Kosovo14.907 → 34.392+19.484
Liberia0.000 → 17.167+17.167
Canada38.971 → 51.378+12.407
Panama11.937 → 23.974+12.037

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 2016.
126 distinct values among 140
Values are stored exactly as published, to 16 decimals. 5 countries share 0.000. 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) (2016). RISE Renewable Energy Policy Score, 2016 [data set], describing 2016. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/rise-renewable-energy/2016

0614 held

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