Data for 2009

Wind and Solar Share of Electricity Generation, 2009

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Wind and Solar Share of Electricity Generation, 2009 covers 173 countries on 3 measures. Denmark is highest, at 18.57; 125 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 0.00. Against 2008, 48 values changed (38 up, 10 down), the same countries are covered.

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Wind and Solar Share of Electricity Generation · Data for 2009

HighestDenmark

18.57

Lowest125 countries share it

0.00

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

173countries
3measures per country
2009the year it describes
49distinct 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, 2009, 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, 2009: every country, as published by Ember.

Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	18.57	27.779	36.25
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	15.67	37.039	49.38
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	15.20	25.482	290.72
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	10.72	14.868	27.98
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	4.29	13.523	60.34
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	4.11	9.640	112.35
Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	3.70	37.037	0.27
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	3.57	95.130	9.24
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	3.40	71.688	42.95
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	3.23	3.226	0.31
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	3.19	30.725	3.45
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	3.16	3.158	0.95
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	3.02	71.258	66.21
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	2.54	8.571	3.15
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	2.52	24.186	286.36
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	2.41	62.651	0.83
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	2.28	6.150	8.78
United States`USA`Northern America	1.90	10.548	3,939.82
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	1.83	58.426	136.60
New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	1.55	22.165	1.94
France`FRA`Western Europe	1.53	12.886	528.87
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	1.36	7.500	4.40
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	1.29	6.061	89.76
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	1.09	4.645	14.64
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.92	8.048	35.91
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.90	63.914	5.57
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.83	63.636	2.42
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.77	19.583	194.81
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.75	17.886	3,714.65
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.74	96.572	130.97
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.72	5.760	150.86
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.67	94.667	1.50
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.66	1.180	15.26
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.57	8.698	42.31
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.47	5.708	81.64
Uruguay`URY`South America	0.46	68.166	8.67
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.39	30.114	72.06
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.38	56.030	13.35
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.25	0.743	4.04
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.15	60.611	6.55
Chile`CHL`South America	0.13	48.683	60.37
Colombia`COL`South America	0.12	72.687	56.75
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.10	32.574	61.92
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.08	1.262	37.23
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.06	0.164	54.73
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.04	18.974	25.93
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.02	27.001	57.59
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.01	30.278	96.11
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.00	87.640	0.89
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.00	100.000	5.20
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.00	0.779	38.50
American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.00	0.000	0.18
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.00	66.599	4.91
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.00	0.000	0.33
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.00	36.765	5.44
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.00	12.149	18.85
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.00	0.000	2.14
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.00	0.000	22.56
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.00	0.000	1.07
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.00	0.362	30.37
Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.00	79.167	0.24
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.00	0.000	0.13
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.00	100.000	6.93
Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.00	37.842	6.21
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.00	0.000	0.62
British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0.00	0.000	0.19
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.00	0.000	3.62
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.00	18.571	0.70
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.00	100.000	0.12
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.00	4.839	1.24
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.00	70.557	5.74
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.00	0.000	0.63
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.00	87.500	0.16
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.00	0.000	0.17
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.000	0.05
Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	0.00	0.000	0.03
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.00	37.265	5.85
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.00	3.892	17.73
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.00	0.576	5.21
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.000	0.35
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.00	15.385	0.13
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.00	11.782	13.75
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.00	98.848	7.81
Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.00	50.385	18.16
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.00	56.752	5.85
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.00	22.727	0.22
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.000	0.29
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.00	96.970	0.66
French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	0.00	36.207	0.58
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.00	51.913	1.83
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.00	0.000	0.24
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.00	88.115	8.33
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.00	76.398	8.94
Greenland`GRL`Northern America	0.00	63.415	0.41
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.00	0.000	0.20
Guam`GUM`Micronesia	0.00	0.000	1.87
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.00	45.791	8.91
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.00	65.000	0.80
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.00	0.000	0.03
Guyana`GUY`South America	0.00	1.205	0.83
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.00	28.169	0.71
Honduras`HND`Central America	0.00	47.376	6.86
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.00	0.000	38.62
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.00	100.000	16.71
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.00	8.534	37.85
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.00	0.490	14.28
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.00	0.000	0.02
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.00	0.000	53.22
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.00	92.077	10.98
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.00	100.000	3.37
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.00	4.777	12.98
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.00	100.000	0.65
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.00	0.000	0.25
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.00	0.000	30.38
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	0.00	12.329	1.46
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.00	62.185	1.19
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.00	92.814	1.67
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.00	0.000	0.39
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.00	46.154	1.56
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.00	0.000	2.17
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.00	14.286	0.77
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.00	23.735	2.57
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.00	5.654	6.19
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.00	75.000	2.76
Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	0.00	0.000	0.01
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.00	99.940	16.79
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.00	75.466	6.97
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.00	0.000	0.02
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.00	99.675	3.08
Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.00	0.000	0.26
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.00	22.941	19.79
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.00	52.951	23.38
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.00	18.622	6.82
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.00	0.000	18.45
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.00	0.000	0.50
Panama`PAN`Central America	0.00	56.729	6.91
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.00	37.092	3.37
Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.00	100.000	54.94
Peru`PER`South America	0.00	60.601	32.92
Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	0.00	0.738	23.04
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.00	0.000	24.16
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.00	61.111	0.54
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.00	51.613	0.31
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.00	0.000	0.22
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.00	0.000	0.36
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.00	14.286	0.14
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.00	38.462	0.13
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.00	16.667	0.06
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.00	9.508	3.05
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.00	27.950	37.71
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.000	0.35
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.00	33.333	0.06
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.00	2.512	41.80
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.00	29.896	16.39
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.00	0.000	0.08
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.000	0.33
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.00	50.681	6.61
Suriname`SUR`South America	0.00	56.209	1.53
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.00	4.384	43.34
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.00	98.635	16.12
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.00	56.250	4.80
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.00	73.333	0.15
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.00	0.000	0.05
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.00	0.255	7.84
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.00	0.000	15.98
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.00	0.000	0.20
United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	0.00	0.000	0.92
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.00	12.934	50.10
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.00	0.000	0.06
Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.00	71.891	119.57
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.00	0.000	6.75
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.00	99.899	9.89
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.00	75.720	7.29

02In 2009

At either end

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

Highest

Denmark18.57
Portugal15.67
Spain15.20
Ireland10.72
Greece4.29

Lowest

Zimbabweshared0.00
Zambiashared0.00
Yemenshared0.00
Samoashared0.00
Vanuatushared0.00

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.00. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Renewables (% of generation)
Highest7 share it
Lowest43 share it
Middle country: 17.886
Total generation (TWh)
HighestUnited States3,939.82
LowestMontserrat0.01
Middle country: 5.57

032008 → 2009

Since 2008

What changed between 2008 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
48values changed, of 173 in both
38 · 10rose · fell
125unchanged

Rose most

Spain11.47 → 15.20+3.73
Nicaragua0.00 → 3.19+3.19
Aruba0.00 → 3.16+3.16
Portugal12.79 → 15.67+2.88
Ireland8.19 → 10.72+2.54

Fell most

Denmark19.00 → 18.57−0.43
Luxembourg2.94 → 2.54−0.40
Latvia1.14 → 0.90−0.24
Cabo Verde3.45 → 3.23−0.22
Austria3.17 → 3.02−0.15

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

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

49 distinct values among 173
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 125 countries share 0.00. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 173 countries has every column.

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Ember (2009). Wind and Solar Share of Electricity Generation, 2009 [data set], describing 2009. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/wind-solar-electricity/2009

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