Data for 2023

RISE Renewable Energy Policy Score, 2023

Name: RISE Renewable Energy Policy Score, 2023
Creator: World Bank Group (ESMAP)
License: https://data360files.worldbank.org/data360-data/metadata/WB_RISE/WB_RISE_RE_ALL.json

2023, as ESMAP’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

RISE Renewable Energy Policy Score, 2023 covers 140 countries on 6 measures. Denmark is highest, at 89.52; Republic of the Congo is lowest, at 3.06. The middle country reads 33.26. Against 2022, 139 values changed (65 up, 74 down), the same countries are covered.

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RISE Renewable Energy Policy Score · Data for 2023

HighestDenmark

89.52

LowestRepublic of the Congo

3.06

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

140countries
6measures per country
2023the year it describes
139distinct 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, 2023, 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, 2023: every country, as published by World Bank Group (ESMAP).

Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	89.52	100.0	95.37	89	83	80
France`FRA`Western Europe	88.07	91.7	88.70	100	100	60
Germany`DEU`Western Europe	85.94	92.9	93.52	100	83	60
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	84.63	100.0	85.37	78	100	60
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	84.11	100.0	88.33	89	83	60
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	83.33	100.0	84.44	89	83	60
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	83.16	78.6	79.44	78	100	80
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	82.61	100.0	80.83	89	83	60
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	82.43	100.0	88.80	100	83	40
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	80.96	100.0	67.04	78	100	60
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	80.59	100.0	81.85	78	83	60
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	79.33	91.7	72.78	89	83	60
United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	78.63	100.0	92.04	78	83	40
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	77.70	100.0	87.41	78	83	40
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	76.67	83.3	91.11	89	100	20
Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	76.31	78.6	87.41	89	67	60
Mexico`MEX`Central America	74.96	100.0	89.26	56	50	80
United States`USA`Northern America	74.80	100.0	81.76	89	83	20
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	73.61	100.0	66.94	78	83	40
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	72.31	91.7	57.69	89	83	40
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	69.48	100.0	96.30	44	67	40
Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	67.98	100.0	85.46	44	50	60
India`IND`Southern Asia	67.79	93.3	87.81	71	67	20
Chile`CHL`South America	67.06	100.0	84.17	44	67	40
Canada`CAN`Northern America	66.87	91.7	66.02	33	83	60
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	65.78	91.7	72.78	78	67	20
Brazil`BRA`South America	65.09	100.0	88.80	33	83	20
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	65.07	91.7	78.15	89	67	0
Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	63.54	91.7	80.46	56	50	40
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	62.89	84.5	56.57	67	67	40
South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	61.24	100.0	85.09	11	50	60
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	59.24	100.0	41.76	11	83	60
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	59.22	91.7	56.67	44	83	20
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	58.41	61.3	81.85	22	67	60
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	54.94	82.7	60.83	44	67	20
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	54.02	100.0	68.98	44	17	40
United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	53.89	91.7	57.78	33	67	20
Uruguay`URY`South America	53.81	91.7	59.63	44	33	40
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	52.29	81.5	48.80	78	33	20
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	52.24	100.0	41.20	33	67	20
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	51.01	61.9	53.15	33	67	40
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	50.71	54.8	45.46	67	67	20
Argentina`ARG`South America	49.62	82.7	75.37	0	50	40
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	49.59	91.7	41.85	44	50	20
Colombia`COL`South America	48.92	76.2	65.09	0	83	20
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	47.28	57.1	31.48	78	50	20
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	47.06	54.8	69.44	78	33	0
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	46.67	83.3	36.67	0	33	80
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	45.05	78.6	45.56	11	50	40
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	44.19	86.3	73.52	28	33	0
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	43.58	72.6	61.94	67	17	0
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	42.93	75.0	72.96	33	33	0
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	42.79	45.2	37.59	78	33	20
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	41.17	81.0	74.91	33	17	0
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	41.09	76.2	62.59	33	33	0
Ecuador`ECU`South America	40.87	75.0	46.02	17	67	0
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	39.85	83.3	49.26	0	67	0
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	39.38	69.0	50.09	44	33	0
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	39.34	71.4	80.83	11	33	0
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	38.33	83.3	75.00	0	33	0
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	38.04	91.7	65.19	0	33	0
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	37.82	78.0	66.67	28	17	0
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	36.27	79.8	68.24	0	33	0
Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	36.25	38.1	43.15	67	33	0
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	35.92	69.0	77.22	0	33	0
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	35.88	72.6	73.43	0	33	0
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	35.83	66.7	29.17	33	50	0
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	35.35	83.3	60.09	0	33	0
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	33.50	83.3	50.83	33	0	0
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	33.38	61.9	55.00	33	17	0
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	33.15	59.5	39.54	0	67	0
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	32.94	75.0	56.39	0	33	0
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	32.81	60.7	42.22	44	17	0
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	32.42	71.4	73.98	0	17	0
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	32.09	75.0	52.13	0	33	0
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	31.25	79.8	43.15	0	33	0
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	30.96	83.3	71.48	0	0	0
Paraguay`PRY`South America	30.83	59.5	27.96	0	67	0
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	30.59	44.0	42.22	33	33	0
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	29.59	83.3	53.52	11	0	0
Panama`PAN`Central America	29.31	75.0	54.91	0	17	0
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	28.41	66.7	58.70	0	17	0
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	28.26	83.3	41.30	0	17	0
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	27.96	66.1	45.93	11	17	0
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	27.63	66.7	54.81	0	17	0
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	27.39	65.5	51.48	0	0	20
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	27.12	81.5	54.07	0	0	0
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	26.79	79.8	54.17	0	0	0
Peru`PER`South America	26.09	76.2	54.26	0	0	0
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	25.76	58.3	37.13	0	33	0
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	24.92	59.5	45.09	0	0	20
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	24.75	39.3	31.11	33	0	20
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	24.66	35.7	54.26	0	33	0
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	24.59	44.0	34.44	11	33	0
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	24.32	64.3	40.65	0	17	0
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	23.89	22.6	35.74	28	33	0
Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	23.17	75.0	40.83	0	0	0
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	23.03	64.9	50.28	0	0	0
Honduras`HND`Central America	22.76	67.9	45.93	0	0	0
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	22.50	67.9	44.63	0	0	0
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	22.47	53.6	25.46	33	0	0
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	22.46	64.9	47.41	0	0	0
Bolivia`BOL`South America	22.43	66.7	45.46	0	0	0
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	22.38	64.9	47.04	0	0	0
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	20.33	45.2	39.72	0	17	0
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	19.34	51.8	33.80	11	0	0
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	18.19	45.8	33.98	11	0	0
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	17.07	19.0	21.85	28	17	0
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	16.94	25.0	26.39	33	0	0
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	16.51	58.9	23.61	0	0	0
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	16.47	32.1	50.19	0	0	0
Niger`NER`Western Africa	16.43	37.5	44.63	0	0	0
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	16.39	51.8	30.19	0	0	0
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	16.21	39.3	30.65	11	0	0
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	16.02	50.0	30.09	0	0	0
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	15.32	44.6	31.94	0	0	0
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	14.96	25.0	38.70	11	0	0
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	14.47	31.0	41.39	0	0	0
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	14.36	47.6	24.17	0	0	0
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	13.85	36.3	32.96	0	0	0
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	13.59	25.0	42.96	0	0	0
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	13.07	16.7	37.59	11	0	0
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	12.12	31.0	29.63	0	0	0
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	11.98	36.3	23.61	0	0	0
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	11.76	41.7	17.13	0	0	0
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	11.28	31.0	25.46	0	0	0
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	10.91	22.6	31.94	0	0	0
Venezuela`VEN`South America	10.63	10.1	9.72	0	33	0
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	10.49	29.8	22.69	0	0	0
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	9.78	8.3	40.56	0	0	0
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	9.56	29.8	18.06	0	0	0
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	9.47	14.3	33.06	0	0	0
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	8.33	8.3	16.67	17	0	0
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	8.33	8.3	16.67	0	17	0
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	7.43	8.3	28.80	0	0	0
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	5.65	8.3	19.91	0	0	0
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	3.83	8.3	10.83	0	0	0
South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	3.33	8.3	8.33	0	0	0
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	3.15	0.0	4.63	11	0	0
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	3.06	0.0	15.28	0	0	0

02In 2023

At either end

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

Highest

Denmark89.52
France88.07
Germany85.94
Ireland84.63
Italy84.11

Lowest

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 33.26. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Renewable energy governance
Highest21 share it
Lowest2 share it
Middle country: 71.4
Renewables in electricity
HighestNorway96.30
LowestTurkmenistan4.63
Middle country: 50.23
Renewables in heating and cooling
Highest3 share it
Lowest63 share it
Middle country: 11
Renewables in transport
Highest5 share it
Lowest49 share it
Middle country: 33
Levelling the playing field
Highest4 share it
Lowest89 share it
Middle country: 0

032022 → 2023

Since 2022

What changed between 2022 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
139values changed, of 140 in both
65 · 74rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Netherlands22.06 → 82.61+60.55
Mexico25.86 → 74.96+49.11
Malawi6.02 → 38.04+32.01
Montenegro13.07 → 42.79+29.71
France58.50 → 88.07+29.57

Fell most

Moldova67.56 → 24.75−42.81
Mauritania46.51 → 14.36−32.15
Madagascar38.46 → 9.47−28.99
Armenia65.19 → 36.27−28.92
Mongolia37.45 → 9.78−27.67

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 2023.
139 distinct values among 140
Values are stored exactly as published, to 16 decimals. 2 countries share 8.33. 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) (2023). RISE Renewable Energy Policy Score, 2023 [data set], describing 2023. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/rise-renewable-energy/2023

0614 held

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