Data for 2022

RISE Renewable Energy Policy Score, 2022

2022, as ESMAP’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

RISE Renewable Energy Policy Score, 2022 covers 140 countries on 6 measures. Austria is highest, at 87.630; South Sudan is lowest, at 0.000. The middle country reads 38.275. Against 2021, 42 values changed (42 up, 0 down), the same countries are covered.

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RISE Renewable Energy Policy Score · Data for 2022

HighestAustria

87.630

LowestSouth Sudan

0.000

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

140countries
6measures per country
2022the year it describes
139distinct values16 decimals, as published
Sep 26, 2026read from the publisher
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01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of RISE Renewable Energy Policy Score, 2022, 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, 2022: every country, as published by World Bank Group (ESMAP).

AustriaAUTWestern Europe	87.630	100.0	60.37	83	94	100
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	87.019	100.0	90.65	67	78	100
GermanyDEUWestern Europe	80.690	89.3	84.17	83	67	80
New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	73.074	100.0	68.70	50	67	80
BelgiumBELWestern Europe	73.056	100.0	75.28	83	67	40
MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	67.556	100.0	94.44	33	50	60
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	67.315	100.0	79.91	50	67	40
United StatesUSANorthern America	67.278	100.0	59.72	67	50	60
JapanJPNEastern Asia	66.778	83.3	61.67	0	89	100
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	66.093	100.0	73.80	50	67	40
ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	65.185	100.0	80.37	39	67	40
FinlandFINNorthern Europe	64.981	100.0	68.24	50	67	40
SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	64.241	100.0	64.54	50	67	40
IranIRNSouthern Asia	63.981	100.0	83.24	50	67	20
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	63.944	100.0	63.06	50	67	40
BrazilBRASouth America	62.889	100.0	94.44	33	67	20
RomaniaROUEastern Europe	62.370	83.3	71.85	67	50	40
South KoreaKOREastern Asia	62.365	85.7	77.22	22	67	60
SpainESPSouthern Europe	61.907	100.0	69.54	50	50	40
NorwayNORNorthern Europe	61.315	83.3	83.24	33	67	40
HungaryHUNEastern Europe	61.278	83.3	66.39	50	67	40
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	61.259	100.0	71.85	33	61	40
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	61.056	83.3	65.28	50	67	40
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	60.796	83.3	75.09	56	50	40
Costa RicaCRICentral America	60.222	100.0	61.11	33	67	40
ChileCHLSouth America	59.907	83.3	76.20	33	67	40
SwedenSWENorthern Europe	59.881	78.6	64.17	50	67	40
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	59.881	78.6	64.17	50	67	40
ItalyITASouthern Europe	59.352	100.0	73.43	50	33	40
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	59.185	100.0	72.59	33	50	40
TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	58.775	92.9	83.24	61	17	40
FranceFRAWestern Europe	58.500	83.3	69.17	50	50	40
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	58.135	89.3	78.06	50	33	40
NicaraguaNICCentral America	57.444	100.0	47.22	33	67	40
BulgariaBGREastern Europe	56.759	100.0	43.80	50	50	40
CanadaCANNorthern America	56.093	83.3	73.80	17	67	40
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	55.833	83.3	55.83	50	50	40
PolandPOLEastern Europe	55.603	74.4	43.61	50	50	60
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	55.037	100.0	49.63	39	67	20
OmanOMNWestern Asia	54.722	100.0	86.94	33	33	20
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	53.648	100.0	64.91	33	50	20
JordanJORWestern Asia	52.929	94.6	80.00	17	33	40
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	52.444	83.3	50.00	44	44	40
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	52.159	91.1	66.39	33	50	20
ChadTCDMiddle Africa	51.815	100.0	59.07	50	50	0
LebanonLBNWestern Asia	49.307	78.6	47.96	50	50	20
UkraineUKREastern Europe	49.217	98.2	44.54	50	33	20
EcuadorECUSouth America	48.926	83.3	57.96	17	67	20
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	48.688	94.6	75.46	0	33	40
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	47.495	85.7	41.76	0	50	60
IsraelISRWestern Asia	47.235	85.7	60.46	0	50	40
UruguayURYSouth America	46.815	100.0	50.74	33	50	0
IndiaINDSouthern Asia	46.771	49.5	59.22	48	53	24
MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	46.505	64.3	44.91	50	33	40
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	45.106	81.5	33.98	17	33	60
SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	44.841	71.4	52.78	50	50	0
BelarusBLREastern Europe	43.437	78.6	68.61	33	17	20
ChinaCHNEastern Asia	43.354	53.0	40.46	50	33	40
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	42.704	100.0	37.96	0	56	20
GhanaGHAWestern Africa	42.648	100.0	43.24	17	33	20
ColombiaCOLSouth America	42.275	76.2	28.52	0	67	40
RussiaRUSEastern Europe	41.556	100.0	51.11	0	17	40
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	41.537	100.0	34.35	33	0	40
Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	41.130	83.3	18.98	33	50	20
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	40.889	100.0	34.44	17	33	20
Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	40.508	96.4	39.44	17	50	0
JamaicaJAMCaribbean	39.593	100.0	64.63	0	33	0
PanamaPANCentral America	39.296	100.0	63.15	0	33	0
TogoTGOWestern Africa	38.841	63.1	44.44	33	33	20
MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	38.458	69.0	36.57	33	33	20
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	38.093	83.3	53.80	17	17	20
QatarQATWestern Asia	37.579	72.6	41.94	0	33	40
MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	37.450	14.3	49.63	50	33	40
KosovoXKXSouthern Europe	37.249	54.8	31.48	50	50	0
North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	36.071	42.9	50.83	33	33	20
AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	35.696	61.9	46.57	17	33	20
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	35.640	78.6	32.96	33	33	0
MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	35.529	61.9	32.41	50	33	0
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	34.667	66.7	22.22	33	11	40
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	34.397	67.3	34.72	33	17	20
NigerNERWestern Africa	34.302	72.6	45.56	0	33	20
El SalvadorSLVCentral America	34.058	82.1	51.48	0	17	20
ArgentinaARGSouth America	33.918	91.1	45.19	0	33	0
UgandaUGAEastern Africa	33.680	69.0	46.02	0	33	20
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	33.357	76.8	36.67	0	33	20
PeruPERSouth America	32.730	79.8	47.22	0	17	20
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	32.259	100.0	41.30	0	0	20
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	31.881	53.6	35.83	0	50	20
RwandaRWAEastern Africa	31.730	63.1	51.11	28	17	0
HondurasHNDCentral America	30.646	76.2	57.04	0	0	20
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	30.444	83.3	52.22	0	17	0
KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	28.071	59.5	40.83	0	0	40
BahrainBHRWestern Asia	27.981	75.0	44.91	0	0	20
KenyaKENEastern Africa	27.815	45.8	48.80	28	17	0
GuatemalaGTMCentral America	26.180	64.9	46.02	0	0	20
BoliviaBOLSouth America	26.056	83.3	46.94	0	0	0
MexicoMEXCentral America	25.857	64.3	25.00	0	0	40
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	25.820	72.6	39.81	0	17	0
GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	25.317	65.5	11.11	17	33	0
CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	25.156	67.3	38.52	0	0	20
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	25.108	76.2	49.35	0	0	0
BeninBENWestern Africa	24.127	51.2	19.44	17	33	0
YemenYEMWestern Asia	23.929	57.1	29.17	33	0	0
SenegalSENWestern Africa	23.370	100.0	16.85	0	0	0
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	22.704	50.0	30.19	0	33	0
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	22.476	52.4	40.00	0	0	20
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	22.246	47.6	46.94	17	0	0
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	22.061	31.0	29.35	17	33	0
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	21.556	50.0	41.11	17	0	0
AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	21.283	47.6	25.46	33	0	0
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	20.476	81.5	20.83	0	0	0
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	20.389	41.7	23.61	17	0	20
NepalNPLSouthern Asia	19.667	50.0	31.67	0	17	0
LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	19.524	31.0	27.78	0	39	0
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	18.810	73.2	20.83	0	0	0
MaliMLIWestern Africa	18.463	37.5	38.15	17	0	0
UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	18.246	47.6	23.61	0	0	20
Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	17.730	38.1	17.22	0	33	0
PalestinePSEWestern Asia	17.037	33.3	51.85	0	0	0
TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	16.810	44.0	20.00	0	0	20
ParaguayPRYSouth America	16.460	59.5	6.11	0	17	0
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	16.183	42.9	38.06	0	0	0
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	15.635	47.6	30.56	0	0	0
CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	15.595	53.0	25.00	0	0	0
Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	14.762	44.6	29.17	0	0	0
HaitiHTICaribbean	14.722	33.3	29.17	11	0	0
VenezuelaVENSouth America	13.968	18.5	18.06	0	33	0
MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	13.074	16.7	26.48	22	0	0
KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	12.413	31.0	11.11	0	0	20
SudanSDNNorthern Africa	11.468	31.0	26.39	0	0	0
VanuatuVUTMelanesia	9.524	31.0	16.67	0	0	0
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	6.667	16.7	16.67	0	0	0
MalawiMWIEastern Africa	6.024	14.3	15.83	0	0	0
GuineaGINWestern Africa	5.675	21.4	6.94	0	0	0
BurundiBDIEastern Africa	5.489	21.4	6.02	0	0	0
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	5.000	0.0	25.00	0	0	0
EritreaERIEastern Africa	3.722	0.0	18.61	0	0	0
Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	3.056	0.0	15.28	0	0	0
TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	1.111	0.0	5.56	0	0	0
South SudanSSDEastern Africa	0.000	0.0	0.00	0	0	0

02In 2022

At either end

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

Highest

Austria87.630
Denmark87.019
Germany80.690
New Zealand73.074
Belgium73.056

Lowest

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 38.275. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Renewable energy governance
Highest35 share it
Lowest5 share it
Middle country: 78.6
Renewables in electricity
Highest2 share it
LowestSouth Sudan0.00
Middle country: 45.79
Renewables in heating and cooling
Highest3 share it
Lowest57 share it
Middle country: 17
Renewables in transport
HighestAustria94
Lowest41 share it
Middle country: 33
Levelling the playing field
Highest3 share it
Lowest51 share it
Middle country: 20

032021 → 2022

Since 2021

What changed between 2021 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
42values changed, of 140 in both
42 · 0rose · fell
98unchanged

Rose most

Indonesia4.833 → 55.037+50.204
Philippines18.413 → 61.259+42.847
Côte d’Ivoire7.111 → 30.444+23.333
Burkina Faso1.870 → 22.704+20.833
Zimbabwe15.344 → 34.667+19.323

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.

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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 2022.
139 distinct values among 140
Values are stored exactly as published, to 16 decimals. 2 countries share 59.881. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
Which end is better
A higher value is the better result.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 140 countries has every column.

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0614 held

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