Data for 2017

Wind and Solar Share of Electricity Generation, 2017

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Wind and Solar Share of Electricity Generation, 2017 covers 174 countries on 3 measures. Denmark is highest, at 50.259; 47 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 0.995. Against 2016, 129 values changed (90 up, 39 down), the same countries are covered.

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Wind and Solar Share of Electricity Generation · Data for 2017

HighestDenmark

50.259

Lowest47 countries share it

0.000

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

174countries
3measures per country
2017the year it describes
127distinct 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, 2017, 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, 2017: every country, as published by Ember.

Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	50.259	70.550	30.90
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	40.169	71.067	3.56
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	37.778	66.667	0.90
Uruguay`URY`South America	28.153	98.467	14.35
Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	25.000	25.000	0.04
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	24.618	29.263	30.79
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	23.324	32.282	272.38
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	22.990	39.208	57.59
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	18.605	18.605	0.43
Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	18.182	51.515	0.33
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	17.391	25.182	54.80
Honduras`HND`Central America	16.098	57.356	9.38
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	14.589	38.228	63.54
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	14.433	14.433	0.97
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	14.420	35.568	292.09
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	14.286	14.286	0.07
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	14.159	55.973	4.52
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	12.500	31.250	0.16
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	11.852	24.444	1.35
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	11.791	99.645	11.28
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	11.686	76.092	67.09
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	11.519	18.514	85.34
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	11.005	15.021	116.04
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	10.875	60.493	11.77
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	10.863	57.882	164.23
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	9.697	10.303	1.65
Chile`CHL`South America	9.325	43.545	78.93
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	9.091	9.091	0.55
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	8.875	14.202	169.91
United States`USA`Northern America	8.182	17.452	4,052.31
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	7.600	8.600	5.00
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	7.168	46.608	67.52
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	6.993	29.345	297.29
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	6.621	11.644	4.38
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	6.545	6.737	20.78
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	6.467	13.671	44.84
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	6.428	25.024	6,571.65
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	6.215	96.045	1.77
France`FRA`Western Europe	6.024	16.538	555.74
Panama`PAN`Central America	5.888	71.830	11.04
French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	5.797	31.884	0.69
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	5.547	14.134	13.16
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	5.405	5.405	0.37
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	4.924	81.219	43.66
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	4.691	4.691	4.05
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	4.348	60.870	0.23
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	4.032	45.161	2.48
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	3.571	75.000	0.28
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	3.404	68.639	12.34
Guam`GUM`Micronesia	3.390	3.390	1.77
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	3.372	10.571	32.92
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	3.253	11.229	85.76
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	3.175	86.508	1.26
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	3.125	6.250	0.32
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	3.077	46.154	0.65
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	2.941	2.941	0.34
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	2.885	2.885	1.04
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	2.883	74.775	5.55
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	2.857	2.857	0.35
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	2.819	4.146	6.03
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	2.818	2.915	20.58
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	2.760	15.833	19.20
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	2.740	2.740	0.73
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	2.679	14.286	1.12
Peru`PER`South America	2.580	58.604	52.71
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	2.506	2.506	67.44
New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	2.477	13.622	3.23
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	2.427	24.555	94.36
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	2.321	23.036	5.60
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	2.317	25.038	130.36
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	2.094	100.000	1.91
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	1.992	72.510	7.53
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	1.965	100.000	4.58
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	1.961	1.961	0.51
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	1.922	98.118	148.27
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	1.907	11.229	4.72
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	1.896	23.851	27.42
Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	1.893	2.259	16.38
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	1.807	27.664	16.05
Niger`NER`Western Africa	1.786	1.786	0.56
United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	1.667	1.667	0.60
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	1.608	19.936	3.11
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1.587	98.148	3.78
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	1.471	1.471	0.68
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1.200	80.886	10.83
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	1.130	69.492	1.77
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1.010	41.919	1.98
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.980	50.000	1.02
Guyana`GUY`South America	0.893	3.571	1.12
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.872	45.640	3.44
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.787	80.507	11.44
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.762	0.841	76.07
Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.730	25.130	9.59
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.566	34.795	7.07
Suriname`SUR`South America	0.552	51.934	1.81
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.551	2.260	34.51
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.486	3.889	20.57
Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.395	73.518	27.83
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.354	1.756	73.45
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.329	2.259	21.25
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.285	53.327	21.04
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.248	7.762	24.22
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.248	63.354	8.05
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.230	2.888	52.28
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.226	42.632	13.30
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.213	50.491	23.43
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.202	6.250	4.96
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.185	71.415	10.81
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.165	25.494	36.44
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.132	54.702	7.55
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.127	60.510	15.70
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.107	0.107	9.32
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.106	99.894	9.42
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.099	21.245	10.12
Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.096	58.391	103.80
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.093	24.194	32.24
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.064	2.394	93.58
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.058	0.058	68.89
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.055	0.055	36.15
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.052	100.000	19.07
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.034	0.034	29.23
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.032	64.821	31.07
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.030	0.030	33.28
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.027	0.406	36.94
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.022	0.306	45.70
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.016	13.051	60.84
Colombia`COL`South America	0.013	79.100	78.47
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.000	100.000	4.53
American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.000	0.000	0.16
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.000	29.880	7.53
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	1.99
Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.000	95.000	0.40
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.000	0.000	0.32
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.000	100.000	7.65
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.000	0.000	3.02
British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.17
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.000	0.000	4.16
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.000	41.780	6.63
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.000	100.000	0.15
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.000	0.09
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.000	0.06
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.000	23.077	0.13
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.000	32.836	1.34
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.000	95.349	0.43
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.000	41.964	2.24
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.000	0.000	0.31
Greenland`GRL`Northern America	0.000	76.000	0.50
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.23
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.000	0.000	0.08
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.000	12.264	1.06
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.000	0.000	0.03
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.000	91.477	15.37
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.000	100.000	0.54
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.000	0.000	0.35
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	0.000	14.286	1.47
Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.01
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.000	80.499	17.64
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.000	0.000	0.03
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.000	27.816	4.35
Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.000	100.000	59.82
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.000	40.940	2.98
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.22
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.40
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.000	13.333	0.15
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.000	0.000	0.10
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.000	0.000	0.10
South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.000	0.54
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.000	4.230	18.44
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.000	94.589	18.11
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.000	25.926	0.81
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.000	0.000	23.89
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.29
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.000	0.000	0.06
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.000	86.332	14.56

02In 2017

At either end

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

Highest

Denmark50.259
Lithuania40.169
Luxembourg37.778
Uruguay28.153
Cook Islands25.000

Lowest

Zambiashared0.000
Vanuatushared0.000
British Virgin Islandsshared0.000
Saint Vincent and the Grenadinesshared0.000
Turkmenistanshared0.000

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.995. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Renewables (% of generation)
Highest8 share it
Lowest23 share it
Middle country: 24.023
Total generation (TWh)
HighestChina6,571.65
LowestMontserrat0.01
Middle country: 6.33

032016 → 2017

Since 2016

What changed between 2016 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
129values changed, of 174 in both
90 · 39rose · fell
45unchanged

Rose most

Cook Islands0.000 → 25.000+25.000
Tonga0.000 → 14.286+14.286
Luxembourg25.316 → 37.778+12.462
Lithuania33.333 → 40.169+6.836
Denmark44.474 → 50.259+5.785

Fell most

Vanuatu14.286 → 0.000−14.286
Malta15.116 → 9.697−5.419
Saint Kitts and Nevis4.348 → 0.000−4.348
Burundi5.556 → 3.571−1.985
Mauritania13.793 → 11.852−1.941

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

127 distinct values among 174
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 47 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 (2017). Wind and Solar Share of Electricity Generation, 2017 [data set], describing 2017. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/wind-solar-electricity/2017

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