Data for 2020

RISE Renewable Energy Policy Score, 2020

Name: RISE Renewable Energy Policy Score, 2020
Creator: World Bank Group (ESMAP)
License: https://data360files.worldbank.org/data360-data/metadata/WB_RISE/WB_RISE_RE_ALL.json

2020, as ESMAP’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

RISE Renewable Energy Policy Score, 2020 covers 140 countries on 6 measures. Austria is highest, at 87.63; 3 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 33.08. Against 2019, 54 values changed (54 up, 0 down), the same countries are covered.

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RISE Renewable Energy Policy Score · Data for 2020

HighestAustria

87.63

Lowest3 countries share it

0.00

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

140countries
6measures per country
2020the year it describes
136distinct 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, 2020, 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, 2020: every country, as published by World Bank Group (ESMAP).

Austria`AUT`Western Europe	87.63	100.0	60.4	83	94	100
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	85.91	100.0	85.1	67	78	100
Germany`DEU`Western Europe	80.69	89.3	84.2	83	67	80
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	73.07	100.0	68.7	50	67	80
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	73.06	100.0	75.3	83	67	40
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	67.56	100.0	94.4	33	50	60
United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	67.31	100.0	79.9	50	67	40
United States`USA`Northern America	66.72	100.0	56.9	67	50	60
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	65.06	100.0	68.6	50	67	40
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	64.98	100.0	68.2	50	67	40
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	64.24	100.0	64.5	50	67	40
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	63.98	100.0	83.2	50	67	20
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	63.94	100.0	63.1	50	67	40
Brazil`BRA`South America	62.89	100.0	94.4	33	67	20
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	62.37	83.3	71.9	67	50	40
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	61.91	100.0	69.5	50	50	40
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	61.31	83.3	83.2	33	67	40
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	61.28	83.3	66.4	50	67	40
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	61.06	83.3	65.3	50	67	40
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	59.88	78.6	64.2	50	67	40
Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	59.88	78.6	64.2	50	67	40
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	59.39	100.0	56.9	33	67	40
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	59.35	100.0	73.4	50	33	40
United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	59.19	100.0	72.6	33	50	40
Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	59.13	83.3	66.8	56	50	40
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	58.78	92.9	83.2	61	17	40
France`FRA`Western Europe	58.50	83.3	69.2	50	50	40
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	58.13	89.3	78.1	50	33	40
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	57.44	100.0	47.2	33	67	40
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	56.76	100.0	43.8	50	50	40
Canada`CAN`Northern America	56.09	83.3	73.8	17	67	40
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	55.83	83.3	55.8	50	50	40
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	55.60	74.4	43.6	50	50	60
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	52.16	91.1	66.4	33	50	20
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	49.91	100.0	54.0	22	33	40
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	49.65	100.0	64.9	33	50	0
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	49.60	94.6	80.0	0	33	40
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	49.31	78.6	48.0	50	50	20
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	49.22	98.2	44.5	50	33	20
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	48.69	94.6	75.5	0	33	40
South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	48.36	64.3	61.9	22	33	60
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	47.49	85.7	41.8	0	50	60
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	47.24	85.7	60.5	0	50	40
Uruguay`URY`South America	46.81	100.0	50.7	33	50	0
Chile`CHL`South America	44.91	66.7	51.2	33	33	40
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	44.84	71.4	52.8	50	50	0
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	43.44	78.6	68.6	33	17	20
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	43.05	55.4	36.6	50	33	40
Ecuador`ECU`South America	41.22	83.3	56.1	17	50	0
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	41.13	83.3	19.0	33	50	20
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	40.15	94.6	39.4	17	50	0
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	39.72	100.0	78.6	0	0	20
India`IND`Southern Asia	39.19	42.4	51.8	48	30	24
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	38.48	100.0	59.1	17	17	0
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	38.46	69.0	36.6	33	33	20
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	38.07	92.9	27.5	17	33	20
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	37.58	72.6	41.9	0	33	40
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	37.45	14.3	49.6	50	33	40
Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	37.25	54.8	31.5	50	50	0
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	36.77	48.2	25.6	17	33	60
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	36.26	100.0	64.6	0	17	0
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	35.70	61.9	46.6	17	33	20
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	35.53	61.9	32.4	50	33	0
Colombia`COL`South America	35.24	76.2	26.7	0	33	40
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	34.90	78.6	29.3	33	33	0
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	34.40	67.3	34.7	33	17	20
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	34.06	82.1	51.5	0	17	20
Argentina`ARG`South America	33.92	91.1	45.2	0	33	0
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	33.56	100.0	51.1	0	17	0
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	33.29	73.2	39.9	17	17	20
Panama`PAN`Central America	32.87	92.9	38.1	0	33	0
Peru`PER`South America	32.73	79.8	47.2	0	17	20
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	31.88	61.9	44.2	0	33	20
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	30.80	57.1	38.0	0	39	20
Niger`NER`Western Africa	30.61	70.8	45.6	0	17	20
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	30.51	42.3	31.4	28	11	40
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	28.84	63.1	44.4	17	0	20
Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	28.05	28.6	22.8	0	89	0
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	25.32	65.5	11.1	17	33	0
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	23.93	57.1	29.2	33	0	0
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	23.61	75.0	43.1	0	0	0
Bolivia`BOL`South America	22.61	83.3	29.7	0	0	0
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	22.26	50.0	41.3	0	0	20
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	22.01	67.3	22.8	0	0	20
Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	21.87	52.4	40.3	17	0	0
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	21.28	47.6	25.5	33	0	0
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	21.02	76.8	28.3	0	0	0
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	20.94	69.0	19.0	0	17	0
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	20.47	53.0	49.4	0	0	0
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	20.39	41.7	23.6	17	0	20
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	19.67	50.0	31.7	0	17	0
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	19.32	50.6	46.0	0	0	0
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	19.04	23.8	43.6	28	0	0
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	18.60	40.5	35.8	17	0	0
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	17.73	38.1	17.2	0	33	0
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	17.46	17.9	19.4	17	33	0
Mexico`MEX`Central America	17.17	33.3	12.5	0	0	40
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	17.04	33.3	51.9	0	0	0
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	16.81	44.0	20.0	0	0	20
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	16.72	16.7	26.9	0	0	40
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	16.56	50.0	32.8	0	0	0
Paraguay`PRY`South America	16.46	59.5	6.1	0	17	0
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	15.86	31.0	15.0	17	17	0
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	15.80	39.3	23.1	0	17	0
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	15.63	47.6	30.6	0	0	0
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	15.56	0.0	22.2	17	39	0
Honduras`HND`Central America	15.17	40.5	15.4	0	0	20
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	14.72	33.3	29.2	11	0	0
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	14.23	28.6	9.3	33	0	0
Venezuela`VEN`South America	13.97	18.5	18.1	0	33	0
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	13.77	16.1	19.4	0	33	0
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	13.67	16.7	31.7	0	0	20
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	13.33	50.0	16.7	0	0	0
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	13.33	16.7	16.7	0	33	0
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	12.54	50.0	12.7	0	0	0
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	10.60	7.1	18.1	28	0	0
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	9.80	31.0	18.1	0	0	0
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	9.52	31.0	16.7	0	0	0
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	9.17	33.3	12.5	0	0	0
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	8.63	1.8	24.7	0	17	0
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	8.41	31.0	11.1	0	0	0
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	8.21	7.1	33.9	0	0	0
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	7.63	0.0	38.1	0	0	0
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	7.11	0.0	35.6	0	0	0
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	6.15	7.1	23.6	0	0	0
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	6.02	14.3	15.8	0	0	0
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	5.80	7.1	21.9	0	0	0
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	5.76	0.0	12.1	17	0	0
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	5.56	16.7	11.1	0	0	0
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	5.49	21.4	6.0	0	0	0
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	5.00	16.7	8.3	0	0	0
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	4.83	0.0	7.5	0	17	0
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	3.72	0.0	18.6	0	0	0
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1.87	0.0	9.4	0	0	0
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	1.67	0.0	8.3	0	0	0
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	1.39	0.0	6.9	0	0	0
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	1.11	0.0	5.6	0	0	0
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.00	0.0	0.0	0	0	0
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.00	0.0	0.0	0	0	0
South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.0	0.0	0	0	0

02In 2020

At either end

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

Highest

Austria87.63
Denmark85.91
Germany80.69
New Zealand73.07
Belgium73.06

Lowest

South Sudanshared0.00
Guineashared0.00
Cameroonshared0.00
Turkmenistan1.11
Republic of the Congo1.39

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 33.08. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Renewable energy governance
Highest26 share it
Lowest13 share it
Middle country: 66.1
Renewables in electricity
Highest2 share it
Lowest3 share it
Middle country: 39.7
Renewables in heating and cooling
Highest3 share it
Lowest65 share it
Middle country: 17
Renewables in transport
HighestAustria94
Lowest50 share it
Middle country: 33
Levelling the playing field
Highest2 share it
Lowest68 share it
Middle country: 20

032019 → 2020

Since 2019

What changed between 2019 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
54values changed, of 140 in both
54 · 0rose · fell
86unchanged

Rose most

France39.61 → 58.50+18.89
Ecuador23.17 → 41.22+18.06
Lebanon31.97 → 49.31+17.33
Zambia23.13 → 36.77+13.64
Saudi Arabia9.17 → 21.87+12.70

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

Read before you use

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 2020.
136 distinct values among 140
Values are stored exactly as published, to 16 decimals. 3 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) (2020). RISE Renewable Energy Policy Score, 2020 [data set], describing 2020. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/rise-renewable-energy/2020

0614 held

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How it has moved, charted by country

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