Data for 2014

Wind and Solar Share of Electricity Generation, 2014

Name: Wind and Solar Share of Electricity Generation, 2014
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Wind and Solar Share of Electricity Generation, 2014 covers 174 countries on 3 measures. Denmark is highest, at 42.697; 80 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 0.052. Against 2013, 92 values changed (74 up, 18 down), the same countries are covered.

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Wind and Solar Share of Electricity Generation · Data for 2014

HighestDenmark

42.697

Lowest80 countries share it

0.000

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

174countries
3measures per country
2014the year it describes
93distinct values3 decimals, as published
Oct 2, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

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Every country and every column of Wind and Solar Share of Electricity Generation, 2014, 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, 2014: every country, as published by Ember.

Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	42.697	56.15	32.04
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	24.595	60.95	51.80
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	23.932	40.18	274.44
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	20.930	20.93	0.43
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	20.186	25.02	25.86
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	19.241	40.92	3.69
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	19.058	53.81	4.46
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	17.021	17.02	0.94
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	15.075	24.55	49.62
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	14.286	14.29	0.07
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	13.557	43.64	276.53
Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	12.903	51.61	0.31
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	12.046	41.77	64.92
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	10.548	17.15	71.20
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	8.901	20.94	1.91
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	7.539	81.56	61.55
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	7.473	89.77	10.17
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	7.352	55.84	153.56
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	6.396	11.41	102.10
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	5.991	7.14	4.34
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	5.733	74.01	13.43
Uruguay`URY`South America	5.624	94.76	12.98
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	5.520	15.75	46.92
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	5.149	79.10	42.92
United States`USA`Northern America	5.141	13.35	4,096.01
Honduras`HND`Central America	4.940	40.60	8.30
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	4.856	12.54	158.35
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	4.819	11.17	12.45
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	4.545	4.55	0.22
French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	4.412	29.41	0.68
France`FRA`Western Europe	4.187	16.60	566.31
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	3.883	21.36	1.03
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	3.390	20.89	251.95
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	3.170	22.07	5,781.27
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	3.111	3.56	2.25
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	3.060	10.79	84.98
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	3.052	9.86	4.26
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	2.847	3.11	18.97
Chile`CHL`South America	2.736	42.84	70.17
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	2.724	54.48	5.14
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	2.602	3.90	5.38
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	2.586	86.21	1.16
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	2.484	10.75	29.39
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	2.248	23.00	27.13
Niger`NER`Western Africa	2.222	2.22	0.45
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	2.222	2.22	0.45
New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	1.993	11.63	3.01
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	1.961	99.35	1.53
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	1.852	1.85	0.54
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1.645	38.59	68.10
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	1.576	97.91	140.88
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	1.516	38.48	17.15
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	1.505	10.13	17.28
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	1.487	23.98	5.38
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	1.462	1.58	60.86
Panama`PAN`Central America	1.398	55.81	9.30
Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	1.282	1.66	21.06
United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	1.282	1.28	0.78
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	1.195	58.17	2.51
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1.136	11.36	0.88
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	1.020	20.41	2.94
Peru`PER`South America	1.006	52.37	45.73
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.971	0.97	1.03
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.964	32.83	107.91
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.929	97.21	3.23
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.922	94.47	2.17
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.789	100.00	3.80
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.761	76.41	9.20
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.581	52.91	1.72
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.566	4.38	19.43
Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.413	47.54	24.19
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.319	42.65	6.26
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.285	1.39	56.05
Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.241	28.68	8.30
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.220	25.61	77.23
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.209	52.82	9.56
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.145	64.01	6.89
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.131	0.13	7.66
Colombia`COL`South America	0.114	69.09	70.46
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.111	1.17	17.97
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.094	68.42	10.64
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.088	78.44	11.41
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.087	4.33	69.03
Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.078	55.87	115.23
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.069	62.96	14.39
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.062	16.70	32.28
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.056	100.00	17.80
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.047	59.96	21.48
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.037	0.04	27.26
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.030	32.98	33.44
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.029	0.84	34.74
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.027	0.03	37.73
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.026	0.28	38.80
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.015	0.02	65.15
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.000	100.00	4.72
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.000	0.39	64.27
American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.000	0.00	0.15
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	0.34
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.000	26.16	7.53
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.000	5.56	24.63
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	1.92
Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.000	91.67	0.36
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.000	0.00	0.34
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.000	100.00	7.15
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.000	0.00	2.31
British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	0.20
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.000	0.00	4.50
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.000	83.33	0.18
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.000	61.11	3.06
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	0.62
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.000	100.00	0.17
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.000	3.33	0.30
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.00	0.05
Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	0.000	0.00	0.03
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.000	23.70	8.27
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.00	0.10
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.000	20.00	0.15
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.000	99.89	8.74
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.000	60.16	6.30
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.000	34.86	1.09
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.00	0.27
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.000	95.83	0.48
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.000	48.35	0.91
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.000	40.20	1.99
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.000	0.00	0.25
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.000	80.18	10.29
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.000	63.61	13.08
Greenland`GRL`Northern America	0.000	81.25	0.48
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	0.20
Guam`GUM`Micronesia	0.000	0.00	1.70
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.000	59.16	0.71
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.000	0.00	0.03
Guyana`GUY`South America	0.000	4.00	1.00
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.000	8.74	1.03
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.000	0.10	39.74
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.000	0.38	18.27
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.000	0.00	0.03
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.000	91.20	14.43
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.000	100.00	15.12
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.000	100.00	0.52
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.000	0.00	0.30
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	0.000	40.63	0.64
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.000	6.15	5.37
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.000	55.21	3.17
Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	0.01
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.000	98.66	16.40
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.000	0.00	0.03
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.000	0.00	29.13
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.000	0.00	0.34
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.000	33.41	4.28
Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.000	99.98	55.43
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.000	55.11	1.76
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.000	48.78	0.41
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	0.38
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.000	7.14	0.14
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.000	23.08	0.13
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.000	12.50	0.08
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.000	9.09	4.18
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.000	80.00	0.15
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.000	2.80	49.30
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.000	0.00	0.09
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.00	0.35
South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.00	0.48
Suriname`SUR`South America	0.000	30.22	1.82
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.000	11.15	21.25
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.000	99.01	16.16
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.000	34.29	0.35
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.000	0.00	0.05
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	9.41
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.000	0.00	20.40
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	0.23
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.000	10.89	55.75
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.000	97.18	14.52
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.000	55.17	9.86

02In 2014

At either end

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

Highest

Denmark42.697
Portugal24.595
Spain23.932
Cabo Verde20.930
Ireland20.186

Lowest

Zimbabweshared0.000
Zambiashared0.000
Samoashared0.000
British Virgin Islandsshared0.000
Saint Vincent and the Grenadinesshared0.000

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.052. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Renewables (% of generation)
Highest7 share it
Lowest30 share it
Middle country: 21.15
Total generation (TWh)
HighestChina5,781.27
LowestMontserrat0.01
Middle country: 5.82

032013 → 2014

Since 2013

What changed between 2013 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
92values changed, of 174 in both
74 · 18rose · fell
82unchanged

Rose most

Denmark33.632 → 42.697+9.065
Faroe Islands6.897 → 12.903+6.006
Nicaragua13.429 → 19.058+5.629
Uruguay1.201 → 5.624+4.423
Lithuania15.513 → 19.241+3.728

Fell most

Cabo Verde21.951 → 20.930−1.021
Bulgaria6.416 → 5.520−0.896
Cyprus6.527 → 5.991−0.536
Spain24.423 → 23.932−0.491
Portugal24.806 → 24.595−0.211

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

93 distinct values among 174
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 80 countries share 0.000. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 174 countries has every column.

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Ember (2014). Wind and Solar Share of Electricity Generation, 2014 [data set], describing 2014. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/wind-solar-electricity/2014

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