Data for 2016

Wind and Solar Share of Electricity Generation, 2016

Name: Wind and Solar Share of Electricity Generation, 2016
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Wind and Solar Share of Electricity Generation, 2016 covers 174 countries on 3 measures. Denmark is highest, at 44.474; 60 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 0.387. Against 2015, 112 values changed (76 up, 36 down), the same countries are covered.

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Wind and Solar Share of Electricity Generation · Data for 2016

HighestDenmark

44.474

Lowest60 countries share it

0.000

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

174countries
3measures per country
2016the year it describes
114distinct 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, 2016, 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, 2016: every country, as published by Ember.

Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	44.474	60.493	30.40
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	33.333	57.851	3.63
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	25.316	58.228	0.79
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	23.103	38.652	270.70
Uruguay`URY`South America	22.639	96.828	13.87
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	22.591	54.699	59.05
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	20.627	25.116	30.30
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	20.000	20.000	0.45
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	16.865	27.656	53.84
Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	16.129	48.387	0.31
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	15.904	52.288	4.59
Honduras`HND`Central America	15.806	48.065	9.30
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	15.116	16.279	0.86
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	14.894	14.894	0.94
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	14.286	14.286	0.07
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	13.915	37.772	285.95
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	13.793	25.000	1.16
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	13.333	33.333	0.15
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	13.096	41.996	64.22
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	10.866	98.250	10.86
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	10.106	16.902	84.31
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	10.020	57.175	155.89
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	9.758	78.742	64.87
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	8.573	12.969	113.96
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	8.571	66.349	12.60
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	7.771	8.793	4.89
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	7.657	13.741	166.00
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	7.547	7.547	0.53
United States`USA`Northern America	6.896	15.288	4,087.56
Panama`PAN`Central America	6.434	66.636	10.88
Chile`CHL`South America	6.394	42.890	78.83
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	6.310	15.810	44.53
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	6.035	32.886	274.40
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	5.556	88.889	0.18
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	5.516	84.334	43.15
France`FRA`Western Europe	5.375	17.715	558.84
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	5.037	24.707	6,102.38
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	4.930	13.065	12.17
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	4.900	12.249	4.49
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	4.495	44.233	68.75
French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	4.412	30.882	0.68
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	4.348	4.348	0.23
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	4.169	4.372	19.67
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	4.054	95.946	1.48
Guam`GUM`Micronesia	4.023	4.023	1.74
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	3.457	61.804	11.86
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	3.326	3.326	4.81
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	3.306	87.603	1.21
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	3.226	6.452	0.31
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	3.207	11.451	82.00
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	3.125	50.000	0.64
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	2.955	3.209	19.63
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	2.886	10.194	31.88
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	2.822	4.409	5.67
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	2.778	2.778	0.36
Peru`PER`South America	2.518	50.397	51.63
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	2.373	2.537	67.01
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	2.309	36.767	5.63
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	2.291	24.210	90.79
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	2.130	11.076	18.78
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	2.025	54.206	6.42
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	2.020	16.162	0.99
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	2.015	24.739	26.80
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	2.000	2.000	0.50
New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	1.911	9.236	3.14
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	1.905	1.905	1.05
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	1.725	31.177	16.23
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	1.639	21.967	3.05
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	1.635	29.170	122.90
Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	1.502	1.890	20.64
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	1.493	1.493	0.67
Niger`NER`Western Africa	1.429	1.429	0.70
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	1.425	98.054	148.03
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	1.395	93.953	2.15
United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	1.299	1.299	0.77
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	1.242	68.323	1.61
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1.240	89.256	9.68
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1.061	98.143	3.77
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	1.053	54.737	0.95
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1.053	48.421	1.90
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.993	51.987	3.02
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.779	4.428	20.55
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.718	100.000	4.18
Suriname`SUR`South America	0.549	43.956	1.82
Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.538	20.753	9.30
Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.442	59.978	27.16
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.440	36.217	6.82
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.333	1.795	69.09
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.328	1.281	33.57
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.325	59.416	6.16
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.276	55.188	18.12
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.258	2.215	19.41
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.241	8.410	24.85
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.228	42.217	13.17
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.209	8.996	4.78
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.182	58.561	10.98
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.174	2.908	51.59
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.169	0.479	71.04
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.168	53.381	23.81
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.141	61.603	7.11
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.139	44.909	7.17
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.137	56.211	14.57
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.106	0.106	9.42
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.104	28.127	38.61
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.087	80.505	11.49
Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.086	53.925	116.94
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.082	22.469	36.54
Colombia`COL`South America	0.079	65.616	76.17
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.073	4.187	81.93
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.055	100.000	18.17
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.035	0.035	28.52
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.032	0.032	31.42
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.029	0.029	70.10
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.024	0.306	42.44
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.000	100.000	7.78
American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.000	0.000	0.17
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.34
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.000	32.817	7.10
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	1.97
Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.000	94.737	0.38
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.000	0.000	0.27
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.000	100.000	7.88
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.000	0.000	2.69
British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.22
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.000	0.000	4.27
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.000	47.628	5.48
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.67
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.000	100.000	0.17
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.000	0.06
Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	0.000	0.000	0.03
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.000	16.422	10.23
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.000	0.09
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.000	25.000	0.16
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.000	99.889	9.02
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.000	33.571	1.40
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.000	0.27
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.000	91.667	0.36
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.000	37.900	2.19
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.000	0.000	0.30
Greenland`GRL`Northern America	0.000	83.333	0.48
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.22
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.000	0.000	0.08
Guyana`GUY`South America	0.000	3.636	1.10
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.000	6.481	1.08
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.000	0.367	38.12
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.000	0.000	0.03
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.000	86.540	13.15
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.000	68.772	25.49
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.000	100.000	0.52
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.000	0.000	0.30
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	0.000	20.202	0.99
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.000	4.103	5.85
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.000	58.599	3.14
Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.01
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.000	82.715	18.86
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.000	0.000	0.03
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.000	0.000	34.23
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.000	29.769	4.77
Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.000	100.000	63.94
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.000	38.721	2.97
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.39
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.000	12.500	0.16
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.000	9.091	0.11
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.000	61.905	0.21
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.000	0.000	0.10
South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.000	0.52
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.000	5.283	18.17
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.000	96.462	17.24
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.000	21.277	0.94
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.000	0.000	0.06
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.000	0.000	22.53
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.25
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.000	11.685	58.71
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.000	94.308	11.77

02In 2016

At either end

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

Highest

Denmark44.474
Lithuania33.333
Luxembourg25.316
Spain23.103
Uruguay22.639

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 0.387. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Renewables (% of generation)
Highest7 share it
Lowest26 share it
Middle country: 22.218
Total generation (TWh)
HighestChina6,102.38
LowestMontserrat0.01
Middle country: 6.29

032015 → 2016

Since 2015

What changed between 2015 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
112values changed, of 174 in both
76 · 36rose · fell
62unchanged

Rose most

Lithuania20.804 → 33.333+12.529
Luxembourg14.925 → 25.316+10.391
Malta6.923 → 15.116+8.193
Uruguay15.429 → 22.639+7.210
Samoa7.692 → 13.333+5.641

Fell most

Denmark51.181 → 44.474−6.707
Aruba18.557 → 14.894−3.663
Ireland23.730 → 20.627−3.103
Nicaragua18.954 → 15.904−3.050
Antigua and Barbuda2.857 → 0.000−2.857

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

114 distinct values among 174
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 60 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 (2016). Wind and Solar Share of Electricity Generation, 2016 [data set], describing 2016. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/wind-solar-electricity/2016

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