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Wind and Solar Share of Electricity Generation, 2011

Figures for 2011, 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, 2011 covers 173 countries on 3 measures. Denmark is highest, at 27.855; 114 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 0.000. Against 2010, 61 values changed (50 up, 11 down), the same countries are covered.

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Wind and Solar Share of Electricity Generation · Data for 2011

HighestDenmark

27.855

Lowest114 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, 2011, 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, 2011: every country, as published by Ember.
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe27.85540.35935.11
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe18.23146.56251.78
SpainESPSouthern Europe17.94630.023291.54
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe16.36020.22127.20
ArubaABWCaribbean11.82811.8280.93
LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe11.05926.1184.25
Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa8.1088.1080.37
ItalyITASouthern Europe6.92127.801298.37
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe6.72413.94458.45
NicaraguaNICCentral America5.51233.8583.81
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe4.61610.938112.64
New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand4.42375.99243.86
Costa RicaCRICentral America4.20591.1799.75
SwedenSWENorthern Europe4.07255.956150.28
BelgiumBELWestern Europe3.9549.36489.28
Faroe IslandsFRONorthern Europe3.70437.0370.27
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe3.4099.0912.64
AustriaAUTWestern Europe3.39265.77262.20
United StatesUSANorthern America2.98412.4674,088.87
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe2.9788.35686.64
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe2.8709.15412.89
FranceFRAWestern Europe2.59011.630567.66
CyprusCYPWestern Asia2.4393.4554.92
RomaniaROUEastern Europe2.24926.40861.80
New CaledoniaNCLMelanesia2.21218.5842.26

02In 2011

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Denmark27.855
  2. Portugal18.231
  3. Spain17.946
  4. Ireland16.360
  5. Aruba11.828

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

    Lowest42 share it

    Middle country: 18.584

  • Total generation (TWh)

    HighestChina4,702.12

    LowestMontserrat0.01

    Middle country: 5.88

032010 → 2011

Since 2010

What changed between 2010 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 61values changed, of 173 in both
  • 50 · 11rose · fell
  • 112unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

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

  • 60 distinct values among 173

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 114 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 (2011). Wind and Solar Share of Electricity Generation, 2011 [data set], describing 2011. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/wind-solar-electricity/2011

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