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Wind and Solar Share of Electricity Generation, 2005

Figures for 2005, as Ember published them · stored as published, never rewritten

This is the share of a country’s electricity generation that came from wind and solar power. Ember compiles it each year from national reporting; it is the fastest-moving part of the renewable share.

Wind and Solar Share of Electricity Generation, 2005 covers 173 countries on 3 measures. Denmark is highest, at 18.320; 138 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 0.000. Against 2004, 33 values changed (23 up, 10 down), 1 country joined.

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Wind and Solar Share of Electricity Generation · Data for 2005

HighestDenmark

18.320

Lowest138 countries share it

0.000

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

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Wind and Solar Share of Electricity Generation, 2005, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 173 countries · select a heading to sort

Wind and Solar Share of Electricity Generation, 2005: every country, as published by Ember.
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe18.32027.16236.08
SpainESPSouthern Europe7.33414.603289.46
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe4.4147.38325.60
Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa4.1674.1670.24
Faroe IslandsFRONorthern Europe4.00044.0000.25
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe3.84717.93146.01
Costa RicaCRICentral America2.44296.7038.19
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe2.16210.91458.73
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe2.1417.57198.53
AustriaAUTWestern Europe2.09763.50864.37
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe2.0906.2693.35
New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand1.43664.40742.48
New CaledoniaNCLMelanesia1.06419.1491.88
LatviaLVANorthern Europe1.01669.5124.92
ItalyITASouthern Europe0.80416.438294.63
JamaicaJAMCaribbean0.6693.6147.47
SwedenSWENorthern Europe0.58751.288158.36
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe0.4901.07810.20
United StatesUSANorthern America0.4558.7494,034.99
NorwayNORNorthern Europe0.36499.468137.25
TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa0.3161.42212.66
BelgiumBELWestern Europe0.2732.50184.38
FinlandFINNorthern Europe0.24133.24870.56
FranceFRAWestern Europe0.1709.660569.14
ColombiaCOLSouth America0.12080.01649.94

02In 2005

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Denmark18.320
  2. Spain7.334
  3. Ireland4.414
  4. Cabo Verde4.167
  5. Faroe Islands4.000

Lowest

  1. Zimbabweshared0.000
  2. Zambiashared0.000
  3. Yemenshared0.000
  4. Samoashared0.000
  5. 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)

    Highest6 share it

    Lowest47 share it

    Middle country: 16.438

  • Total generation (TWh)

    HighestUnited States4,034.99

    LowestMontserrat0.01

    Middle country: 4.77

032004 → 2005

Since 2004

What changed between 2004 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +1 / −0countries joined / left
  • 33values changed, of 172 in both
  • 23 · 10rose · fell
  • 139unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Montenegro

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do. 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

  • 36 distinct values among 173

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 138 countries share 0.000. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 173 countries has every column.

05The files

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The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY 4.0 · what it allows, in plain words

Cite this edition

Ember (2005). Wind and Solar Share of Electricity Generation, 2005 [data set], describing 2005. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/wind-solar-electricity/2005

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