Data for 2015

Wind and Solar Share of Electricity Generation, 2015

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Wind and Solar Share of Electricity Generation, 2015 covers 174 countries on 3 measures. Denmark is highest, at 51.181; 67 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 0.175. Against 2014, 99 values changed (73 up, 26 down), the same countries are covered.

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Wind and Solar Share of Electricity Generation · Data for 2015

HighestDenmark

51.181

Lowest67 countries share it

0.000

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

174countries
3measures per country
2015the year it describes
105distinct 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, 2015, 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, 2015: every country, as published by Ember.

Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	51.181	65.78	28.78
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	24.247	47.63	51.14
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	23.730	28.31	28.15
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	22.795	35.03	277.17
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	20.930	20.93	0.43
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	20.804	39.72	4.23
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	18.954	50.11	4.59
Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	18.750	59.38	0.32
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	18.557	18.56	0.97
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	16.690	29.09	51.05
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	16.667	16.67	0.06
Uruguay`URY`South America	15.429	93.16	13.74
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	14.925	32.09	1.34
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	13.768	39.89	65.66
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	13.507	38.93	279.70
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	12.611	21.10	68.43
Honduras`HND`Central America	12.320	44.06	9.01
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	11.207	27.59	1.16
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	10.306	98.98	10.77
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	10.136	63.27	162.00
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	9.356	77.03	61.78
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	7.946	12.56	108.99
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	7.709	8.81	4.54
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	7.692	30.77	0.13
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	7.651	66.90	11.24
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	6.995	15.37	10.15
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	6.923	7.69	1.30
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	6.646	13.81	164.30
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	5.810	17.96	48.71
United States`USA`Northern America	5.626	13.63	4,083.99
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	5.462	80.08	43.57
France`FRA`Western Europe	5.081	16.00	574.15
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	4.545	4.55	0.22
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	4.523	31.96	261.77
Chile`CHL`South America	4.472	43.20	74.91
French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	4.412	29.41	0.68
Panama`PAN`Central America	4.272	65.34	10.30
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	3.881	23.77	5,798.82
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	3.431	11.41	82.49
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	3.411	44.50	68.61
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	3.271	10.28	4.28
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	2.904	3.99	5.51
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	2.857	2.86	0.35
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	2.737	10.62	30.33
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	2.708	50.18	5.54
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	2.618	2.98	19.48
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	2.542	87.29	1.18
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	2.532	97.47	1.58
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	2.478	35.93	5.65
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	2.417	61.15	11.17
New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	2.414	14.14	2.90
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	2.174	2.17	0.46
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	2.083	2.08	5.76
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	1.961	56.86	0.51
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	1.953	22.73	26.62
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	1.923	1.92	0.52
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	1.892	29.39	14.80
Niger`NER`Western Africa	1.852	1.85	0.54
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	1.778	7.89	18.00
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	1.762	97.95	143.00
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	1.759	1.90	64.23
Guam`GUM`Micronesia	1.754	1.75	1.71
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	1.754	78.95	1.14
Peru`PER`South America	1.719	52.72	48.27
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	1.613	1.61	0.62
Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	1.579	1.82	20.90
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	1.382	94.01	2.17
United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	1.282	1.28	0.78
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	1.195	48.21	2.51
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1.121	89.81	9.81
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1.117	54.19	1.79
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	1.080	25.41	82.40
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	1.075	48.39	0.93
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	1.037	33.65	112.79
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	1.003	22.74	2.99
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.990	9.90	1.01
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.962	0.96	1.04
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.892	1.21	19.06
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.867	100.00	3.46
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.845	97.75	3.55
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.736	4.41	20.39
Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.542	51.10	25.83
Suriname`SUR`South America	0.538	26.34	1.86
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.354	1.35	59.29
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.306	33.54	6.53
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.204	54.60	9.78
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.185	59.51	16.20
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.165	58.32	6.07
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.161	2.68	18.64
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.158	52.46	18.93
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.126	54.90	7.96
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.117	1.00	34.09
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.116	0.32	68.84
Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.111	29.44	9.00
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.104	0.10	9.57
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.104	52.56	9.59
Colombia`COL`South America	0.103	63.35	77.97
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.090	19.51	33.17
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.085	3.70	70.64
Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.078	58.81	127.52
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.076	64.63	13.09
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.054	100.00	18.55
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.035	0.04	28.49
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.027	0.03	37.51
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.027	26.90	37.59
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.024	0.31	41.63
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.015	0.02	68.30
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.000	100.00	5.89
American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.000	0.00	0.16
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.000	28.87	7.55
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.000	6.96	24.57
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	2.00
Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.000	91.67	0.36
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.000	0.00	0.32
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.000	100.00	7.73
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.000	0.00	2.97
British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	0.21
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.000	0.00	4.20
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.000	83.33	0.18
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.000	49.00	4.49
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	0.64
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	16.55	8.70
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.00	0.18
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.000	13.33	0.15
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.000	99.89	8.84
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.000	36.15	1.30
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.00	0.26
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.000	94.74	0.38
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.000	43.40	2.12
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.000	0.00	0.28
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.000	77.86	10.75
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.000	49.91	11.64
Greenland`GRL`Northern America	0.000	82.35	0.51
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	0.21
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.000	0.00	0.06
Guyana`GUY`South America	0.000	3.96	1.01
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.000	7.77	1.03
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.000	0.19	37.86
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.000	0.00	0.03
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.000	85.06	12.92
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.000	86.02	16.16
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.000	100.00	0.53
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.000	0.00	0.31
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	0.000	21.05	0.95
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.000	4.47	6.04
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.000	49.67	3.00
Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	0.01
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.000	92.98	18.38
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.000	0.00	0.03
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.000	0.00	32.75
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.000	31.35	4.53
Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.000	100.00	55.89
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.000	40.14	2.79
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	0.38
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.000	13.33	0.15
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.000	10.00	0.10
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.000	9.01	4.44
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.000	75.00	0.16
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.000	2.90	50.28
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	0.58
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.000	2.44	18.01
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.000	99.07	17.16
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.000	13.64	0.44
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.000	0.00	0.05
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.000	0.00	22.53
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	0.23
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.000	11.88	57.41
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.000	97.04	13.51

02In 2015

At either end

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

Highest

Denmark51.181
Portugal24.247
Ireland23.730
Spain22.795
Cabo Verde20.930

Lowest

Zambiashared0.000
British Virgin Islandsshared0.000
Saint Vincent and the Grenadinesshared0.000
Uzbekistanshared0.000
Tongashared0.000

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.175. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Renewables (% of generation)
Highest7 share it
Lowest26 share it
Middle country: 21.91
Total generation (TWh)
HighestChina5,798.82
LowestMontserrat0.01
Middle country: 5.97

032014 → 2015

Since 2014

What changed between 2014 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
99values changed, of 174 in both
73 · 26rose · fell
75unchanged

Rose most

Uruguay5.624 → 15.429+9.805
Denmark42.697 → 51.181+8.484
Samoa0.000 → 7.692+7.692
Honduras4.940 → 12.320+7.380
Mauritania3.883 → 11.207+7.324

Fell most

Spain23.932 → 22.795−1.137
Niger2.222 → 1.852−0.370
Portugal24.595 → 24.247−0.348
Slovakia2.248 → 1.953−0.295
Maldives1.852 → 1.613−0.239

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

105 distinct values among 174
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 67 countries share 0.000. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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Every one of the 174 countries has every column.

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Ember (2015). Wind and Solar Share of Electricity Generation, 2015 [data set], describing 2015. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/wind-solar-electricity/2015

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