Data for 2019

Wind and Solar Share of Electricity Generation, 2019

Name: Wind and Solar Share of Electricity Generation, 2019
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Wind and Solar Share of Electricity Generation, 2019 covers 174 countries on 3 measures. Denmark is highest, at 58.257; 35 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 1.937. Against 2018, 133 values changed (98 up, 35 down), the same countries are covered.

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Wind and Solar Share of Electricity Generation · Data for 2019

HighestDenmark

58.257

Lowest35 countries share it

0.000

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

174countries
3measures per country
2019the year it describes
136distinct 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, 2019, 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, 2019: every country, as published by Ember.

Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	58.257	78.55	29.37
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	47.605	73.95	3.34
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	38.318	74.77	1.07
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	33.074	38.71	30.87
Uruguay`URY`South America	32.172	98.26	16.07
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	29.089	53.12	51.60
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	27.536	96.38	1.38
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	26.153	37.33	270.52
Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	25.000	25.00	0.04
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	25.000	25.00	0.04
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	24.400	33.58	47.95
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	22.222	33.33	0.09
Honduras`HND`Central America	18.199	52.91	10.66
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	18.182	18.18	0.44
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	17.197	29.94	1.57
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	17.172	17.17	0.99
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	16.594	56.99	4.58
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	16.375	99.12	11.42
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	15.135	39.94	289.99
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	15.104	20.98	92.69
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	14.815	14.82	0.81
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	14.634	14.63	3.28
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	14.551	41.92	58.76
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	14.321	14.42	20.53
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	14.286	14.29	0.07
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	14.273	88.67	11.56
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	14.086	18.99	120.05
Chile`CHL`South America	13.325	46.21	83.98
Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	13.158	39.47	0.38
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	12.944	77.30	70.69
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	12.500	12.50	0.40
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	12.253	66.01	12.65
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	12.190	58.75	168.42
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	11.765	41.18	0.17
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	10.394	43.80	300.18
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	9.987	28.12	7.61
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	9.692	15.60	163.22
United States`USA`Northern America	9.686	18.30	4,158.38
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	9.662	10.15	2.07
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	9.400	71.48	6.17
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	8.993	46.47	68.61
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	8.932	10.10	5.15
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	8.746	56.27	3.43
Panama`PAN`Central America	8.677	52.75	11.64
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	8.646	9.94	6.94
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	8.423	26.49	7,471.53
France`FRA`Western Europe	8.265	19.96	565.52
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	7.759	12.72	4.64
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	7.018	7.02	0.57
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	6.505	13.71	34.28
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	6.267	17.13	43.72
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	6.014	13.40	5.82
French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	5.797	28.99	0.69
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	5.625	16.25	1.60
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	5.451	12.55	21.28
New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	5.405	13.81	3.33
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	5.405	5.41	0.37
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	5.394	82.42	43.75
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	5.000	95.00	0.20
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	4.676	4.83	72.71
Guam`GUM`Micronesia	4.571	4.57	1.75
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	4.409	63.86	12.70
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	4.348	4.35	0.23
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	4.334	21.67	3.23
Peru`PER`South America	4.273	60.54	56.87
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	4.132	97.94	133.83
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	4.110	87.67	1.46
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	4.068	30.21	134.97
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	3.774	3.77	1.06
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	3.704	3.70	0.81
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	3.529	50.59	0.85
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	3.523	11.74	85.72
Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	3.446	3.81	19.15
Niger`NER`Western Africa	2.985	2.99	0.67
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	2.857	5.71	0.35
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	2.838	96.94	4.58
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	2.816	3.13	22.02
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	2.778	2.78	0.36
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	2.778	2.78	0.72
Bolivia`BOL`South America	2.507	36.16	10.37
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	2.469	28.51	36.86
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	2.381	2.38	0.42
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	2.329	49.53	6.44
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	2.160	20.79	106.03
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	2.127	23.57	28.21
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	2.044	22.83	5.87
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	1.951	31.72	15.89
Belize`BLZ`Central America	1.923	86.54	0.52
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1.852	1.85	0.54
Guyana`GUY`South America	1.739	3.48	1.15
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	1.639	21.31	0.61
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1.619	38.46	2.47
United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	1.515	1.52	0.66
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	1.463	100.00	6.15
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	1.111	4.30	20.70
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	1.038	48.56	8.67
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.976	63.90	2.05
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.890	2.57	40.46
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.882	1.07	81.61
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.877	57.90	1.14
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.811	84.65	14.79
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.801	32.18	7.49
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.787	38.32	3.81
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.759	76.05	11.86
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.703	6.50	5.69
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.602	5.19	21.59
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.556	96.11	1.80
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.539	6.90	25.95
Suriname`SUR`South America	0.490	47.55	2.04
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.466	56.26	19.32
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.446	1.40	85.11
Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.401	77.78	32.45
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.398	0.40	2.51
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.386	33.21	7.77
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.385	100.00	5.20
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.351	2.79	54.14
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.335	46.40	23.88
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.289	42.31	17.30
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.242	61.47	8.28
Colombia`COL`South America	0.241	69.49	78.78
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.236	51.65	8.48
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.158	79.36	18.99
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.154	0.15	38.89
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.137	23.34	36.46
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.133	0.13	75.04
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.128	63.48	31.24
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.126	73.20	15.82
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.123	63.75	16.22
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.109	0.11	9.20
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.094	33.11	10.66
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.085	99.92	11.79
Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.082	58.38	85.15
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.060	0.06	33.11
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.054	0.43	36.94
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.052	100.00	19.36
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.052	4.36	115.21
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.029	0.03	34.63
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.020	0.26	50.00
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.016	10.18	63.56
American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.000	0.00	0.16
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	2.01
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.000	100.00	8.65
British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	0.16
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.000	0.00	4.93
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.000	69.23	0.39
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.000	100.00	0.15
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.00	0.11
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.00	0.09
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.000	14.29	0.14
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.000	32.14	1.40
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.000	91.84	0.49
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.000	46.48	2.84
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.000	0.00	0.46
Greenland`GRL`Northern America	0.000	83.67	0.49
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	0.24
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.000	0.00	0.08
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.000	16.04	1.06
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.000	91.58	14.97
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.000	100.00	0.39
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.000	30.95	0.42
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	0.000	26.19	0.84
Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	0.01
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.000	0.00	0.04
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.000	26.40	4.28
Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.000	100.00	49.59
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.000	27.76	3.89
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.000	13.33	0.15
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.000	9.09	0.11
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.000	0.00	0.10
South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.00	0.55
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.000	3.50	22.32
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.000	91.46	20.96
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.000	0.00	22.50
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	0.26

02In 2019

At either end

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

Highest

Denmark58.257
Lithuania47.605
Luxembourg38.318
Ireland33.074
Uruguay32.172

Lowest

British Virgin Islandsshared0.000
Saint Vincent and the Grenadinesshared0.000
Turkmenistanshared0.000
Tajikistanshared0.000
Turks and Caicos Islandsshared0.000

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 1.937. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Renewables (% of generation)
Highest7 share it
Lowest15 share it
Middle country: 26.30
Total generation (TWh)
HighestChina7,471.53
LowestMontserrat0.01
Middle country: 6.69

032018 → 2019

Since 2018

What changed between 2018 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
133values changed, of 174 in both
98 · 35rose · fell
41unchanged

Rose most

Kiribati0.000 → 25.000+25.000
Kenya4.159 → 14.273+10.114
Namibia17.730 → 27.536+9.806
Vanuatu12.500 → 22.222+9.722
Denmark49.156 → 58.257+9.101

Fell most

Cook Islands40.000 → 25.000−15.000
Faroe Islands17.143 → 13.158−3.985
Uruguay35.181 → 32.172−3.009
Cabo Verde20.930 → 18.182−2.748
Honduras19.876 → 18.199−1.677

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

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Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 35 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 (2019). Wind and Solar Share of Electricity Generation, 2019 [data set], describing 2019. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/wind-solar-electricity/2019

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