Data for 2000

Wind and Solar Share of Electricity Generation, 2000

Name: Wind and Solar Share of Electricity Generation, 2000
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Wind and Solar Share of Electricity Generation, 2000 covers 171 countries on 3 measures. Denmark is highest, at 11.827; 148 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 0.000.

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Wind and Solar Share of Electricity Generation · Data for 2000

HighestDenmark

11.827

Lowest148 countries share it

0.000

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

171countries
3measures per country
2000the year it describes
23distinct values3 decimals, as published
Oct 2, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Values only

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Every country and every column of Wind and Solar Share of Electricity Generation, 2000, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Wind and Solar Share of Electricity Generation, 2000: every country, as published by Ember.

Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	11.827	15.537	35.85
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	6.667	6.667	0.15
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	5.000	40.000	0.40
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	2.624	99.125	6.86
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	2.146	15.612	220.92
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	1.058	5.036	23.63
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.954	3.373	88.06
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.850	7.820	52.94
New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	0.610	27.439	1.64
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.393	29.785	43.21
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.317	57.247	145.23
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.308	71.755	38.91
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.215	18.845	269.94
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.189	0.755	10.59
United States`USA`Northern America	0.160	9.230	3,802.10
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.117	72.837	59.64
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.114	33.414	69.97
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.045	16.639	1,355.60
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.024	1.268	82.79
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.024	25.052	124.38
Colombia`COL`South America	0.023	75.356	42.81
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.021	99.712	142.52
France`FRA`Western Europe	0.011	12.737	532.56
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.000	64.583	0.48
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.000	96.195	4.73
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.000	0.197	25.40
American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.000	0.000	0.17
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.000	63.194	1.44
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.15
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.000	21.626	5.78
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.78
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.000	8.137	18.68
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	1.70
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.000	0.000	13.86
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.000	5.897	15.94
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.79
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.000	0.115	26.10
Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.000	69.231	0.13
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.000	0.000	0.08
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.000	100.000	1.79
Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.000	51.546	3.88
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.000	0.000	1.14
British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.11
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.000	0.000	2.54
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.000	6.479	40.59
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.000	25.641	0.39
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.000	100.000	0.10
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.000	6.250	0.48
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.000	98.841	3.45
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.44
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.000	80.000	0.10
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.000	0.000	0.09
Chile`CHL`South America	0.000	49.830	41.12
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.000	0.03
Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	0.000	0.000	0.03
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.000	36.458	4.80
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.000	57.538	11.21
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.000	6.853	15.03
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.000	0.000	3.37
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.000	3.128	72.90
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.000	0.18
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.000	37.500	0.08
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.000	6.995	13.01
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.000	100.000	5.94
Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.000	71.510	10.53
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.000	55.890	3.65
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.000	20.000	0.05
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.000	0.21
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.000	0.118	8.51
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.000	98.485	0.66
Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	0.000	36.364	0.22
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.000	72.000	0.75
French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	0.000	29.268	0.41
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.000	61.832	1.31
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.000	0.000	0.13
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.000	78.804	7.36
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.000	91.353	7.17
Greenland`GRL`Northern America	0.000	58.621	0.29
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.13
Guam`GUM`Micronesia	0.000	0.000	1.94
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.000	50.155	6.46
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.000	50.617	0.81
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.000	0.000	0.03
Guyana`GUY`South America	0.000	1.111	0.90
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.000	51.852	0.54
Honduras`HND`Central America	0.000	61.813	3.64
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.000	0.000	31.26
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.000	0.682	35.19
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.000	100.000	7.61
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.000	1.912	31.90
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.000	0.070	42.66
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.000	4.579	6.77
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.000	0.543	7.37
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.000	40.371	4.31
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.000	0.000	0.01
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.000	0.000	32.33
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.000	85.489	15.85
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.000	89.863	3.65
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.000	68.116	4.14
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.000	4.422	9.95
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.000	100.000	0.29
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.000	0.000	0.20
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.000	0.000	15.50
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.000	3.055	11.13
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	0.000	0.000	1.57
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.000	63.953	0.86
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.000	90.083	1.21
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.000	0.000	0.15
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.000	26.415	1.06
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.000	0.000	1.92
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.000	7.143	0.42
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.000	29.379	1.77
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.000	7.156	5.45
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.000	0.000	2.90
Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.01
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.000	99.896	9.57
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.000	36.667	5.10
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.000	97.222	1.44
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.000	0.000	0.03
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.000	98.182	1.65
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.000	21.491	2.28
Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.000	0.000	0.21
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.000	38.263	14.74
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.000	17.181	6.81
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.000	0.000	9.11
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.000	25.854	66.49
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.000	0.000	0.03
Panama`PAN`Central America	0.000	70.348	4.89
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.000	42.396	2.17
Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.000	100.000	53.49
Peru`PER`South America	0.000	81.978	19.92
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.000	42.892	45.30
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.000	1.627	143.18
Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	0.000	0.686	21.85
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.000	0.000	9.13
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.000	100.000	0.29
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.000	28.666	51.56
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.000	62.500	0.16
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.15
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.28
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.000	30.000	0.10
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.000	50.000	0.08
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.000	33.333	0.03
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.000	3.356	1.49
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.000	30.736	31.95
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.000	0.20
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.000	11.111	0.09
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.000	1.547	31.67
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.000	14.977	30.78
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.000	28.655	13.61
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.000	0.000	0.06
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.000	0.25
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.000	50.000	2.54
Suriname`SUR`South America	0.000	73.958	0.96
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.000	12.911	25.25
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.000	98.455	14.24
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.000	86.400	2.50
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.000	55.556	0.18
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.000	0.000	0.04
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.000	0.366	5.46
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.000	0.000	9.85
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.08
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.000	99.371	1.59
United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	1.03
Uruguay`URY`South America	0.000	93.412	7.59
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.000	7.533	46.86
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.000	0.000	0.05
Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.000	73.754	85.27
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.000	0.000	3.41
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.000	99.481	7.71
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.000	45.637	6.99

02In 2000

At either end

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

Highest

Denmark11.827
Cabo Verde6.667
Luxembourg5.000
Costa Rica2.624
Spain2.146

Lowest

Zimbabweshared0.000
Zambiashared0.000
Yemenshared0.000
Samoashared0.000
Vanuatushared0.000

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.000. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Renewables (% of generation)
Highest7 share it
Lowest47 share it
Middle country: 15.612
Total generation (TWh)
HighestUnited States3,802.10
Lowest2 share it
Middle country: 3.64

03Caveats

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Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 148 countries share 0.000. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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Ember (2000). Wind and Solar Share of Electricity Generation, 2000 [data set], describing 2000. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/wind-solar-electricity/2000

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