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Wind and Solar Share of Electricity Generation, 2018

Figures for 2018, 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, 2018 covers 174 countries on 3 measures. Denmark is highest, at 49.156; 42 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 1.613. Against 2017, 128 values changed (84 up, 44 down), the same countries are covered.

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Wind and Solar Share of Electricity Generation · Data for 2018

HighestDenmark

49.156

Lowest42 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, 2018, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 174 countries · select a heading to sort

Wind and Solar Share of Electricity Generation, 2018: every country, as published by Ember.
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe49.15668.68630.21
LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe42.12375.3422.92
Cook IslandsCOKPolynesia40.00040.0000.05
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe38.54270.8330.96
UruguayURYSouth America35.18197.53614.61
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe28.35133.31231.04
SpainESPSouthern Europe23.44538.272271.40
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe23.35950.40358.35
Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa20.93020.9300.43
HondurasHNDCentral America19.87662.8229.71
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe19.17930.67952.61
NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa17.73098.5821.41
NicaraguaNICCentral America17.63458.7104.65
Faroe IslandsFRONorthern Europe17.14348.5710.35
MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa17.12330.1371.46
ArubaABWCaribbean16.49516.4950.97
Costa RicaCRICentral America16.25998.60111.44
BelgiumBELWestern Europe15.52723.23073.87
PalestinePSEWestern Asia14.28614.2860.42
TongaTONPolynesia14.28614.2860.07
ItalyITASouthern Europe14.11239.995286.06
YemenYEMWestern Asia13.75413.7543.49
SamoaWSMPolynesia13.33340.0000.15
EritreaERIEastern Africa12.82112.8210.39
RomaniaROUEastern Europe12.62740.87764.07

02In 2018

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Denmark49.156
  2. Lithuania42.123
  3. Cook Islands40.000
  4. Luxembourg38.542
  5. Uruguay35.181

Lowest

  1. Zambiashared0.000
  2. British Virgin Islandsshared0.000
  3. Saint Vincent and the Grenadinesshared0.000
  4. Turkmenistanshared0.000
  5. Tajikistanshared0.000

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 1.613. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Renewables (% of generation)

    Highest7 share it

    Lowest18 share it

    Middle country: 25.505

  • Total generation (TWh)

    HighestChina7,133.23

    LowestMontserrat0.01

    Middle country: 6.81

032017 → 2018

Since 2017

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 128values changed, of 174 in both
  • 84 · 44rose · fell
  • 46unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do.

04Caveats

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How values are stored

  • 129 distinct values among 174

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 42 countries share 0.000. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 174 countries has every column.

05The files

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Ember (2018). Wind and Solar Share of Electricity Generation, 2018 [data set], describing 2018. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/wind-solar-electricity/2018

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