Data for 2020

Wind and Solar Share of Electricity Generation, 2020

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Wind and Solar Share of Electricity Generation, 2020 covers 174 countries on 3 measures. Denmark is highest, at 61.267; 32 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 2.337. Against 2019, 131 values changed (100 up, 31 down), the same countries are covered.

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Wind and Solar Share of Electricity Generation · Data for 2020

HighestDenmark

61.267

Lowest32 countries share it

0.000

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

174countries
3measures per country
2020the year it describes
138distinct 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, 2020, 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, 2020: every country, as published by Ember.

Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	61.267	82.05	28.58
Uruguay`URY`South America	43.773	94.03	13.57
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	41.803	79.51	1.22
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	36.692	42.44	32.16
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	35.745	54.68	4.70
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	29.718	43.86	259.47
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	28.962	36.94	47.51
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	27.282	58.59	51.39
Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	25.000	25.00	0.04
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	25.000	25.00	0.04
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	22.222	33.33	0.09
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	21.500	96.50	2.00
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	21.429	21.43	0.84
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	20.297	26.56	88.29
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	19.547	26.84	121.96
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	18.841	18.94	20.70
Honduras`HND`Central America	17.949	54.64	10.14
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	17.928	48.85	6.08
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	17.444	68.47	163.78
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	17.172	17.17	0.99
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	16.667	16.67	0.42
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	16.667	16.67	2.94
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	15.951	28.83	1.63
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	15.787	42.23	276.81
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	15.722	44.58	55.21
Chile`CHL`South America	15.650	48.45	83.58
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	15.552	84.76	6.43
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	15.303	69.92	3.79
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	14.286	14.29	0.07
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	13.757	64.63	13.23
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	13.055	99.83	11.72
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	12.792	80.28	69.03
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	12.247	51.89	69.24
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	12.195	12.20	0.41
Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	12.195	39.02	0.41
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	12.158	93.58	11.68
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	11.864	11.86	0.59
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	11.858	42.16	302.00
United States`USA`Northern America	11.591	20.32	4,043.18
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	11.301	17.96	157.15
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	11.163	11.63	2.15
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	11.134	12.37	4.85
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	11.111	38.89	0.18
France`FRA`Western Europe	10.079	23.71	527.25
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	9.901	16.83	6.06
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	9.440	52.21	3.39
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	9.394	27.63	7,745.56
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	9.346	13.79	4.28
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	9.036	10.24	6.64
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	8.906	15.81	34.92
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	8.568	16.16	19.49
Panama`PAN`Central America	8.227	75.69	10.94
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	8.108	8.11	0.37
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	7.349	18.61	40.14
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	6.604	6.60	1.06
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	6.474	98.52	154.32
New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	6.173	15.74	3.24
French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	6.061	30.30	0.66
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	5.932	89.83	1.18
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	5.911	6.10	72.74
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	5.862	24.14	2.90
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	5.714	5.71	0.35
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	5.660	18.87	1.59
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	5.629	80.92	43.35
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	5.156	30.39	135.57
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	5.000	95.00	0.20
Peru`PER`South America	4.907	63.48	52.99
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	4.878	4.88	0.82
Guam`GUM`Micronesia	4.678	4.68	1.71
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	4.545	4.55	0.22
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	4.267	75.77	12.42
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	3.856	55.19	7.52
Bolivia`BOL`South America	3.797	35.64	10.27
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	3.733	12.91	80.10
Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	3.671	3.99	19.07
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	3.371	62.92	0.89
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	3.147	63.64	5.72
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	3.043	97.39	4.60
Niger`NER`Western Africa	2.985	2.99	0.67
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	2.900	3.13	21.38
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	2.899	2.90	0.69
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	2.857	5.71	0.35
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	2.663	27.33	37.18
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	2.632	2.63	0.38
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	2.622	27.72	5.34
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	2.538	40.86	3.94
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	2.359	21.23	101.75
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	2.315	24.03	28.51
Belize`BLZ`Central America	2.273	88.64	0.44
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	2.250	33.04	16.89
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1.852	40.74	2.16
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	1.832	25.13	7.64
South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	1.786	1.79	0.56
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	1.639	14.75	0.61
United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	1.562	1.56	0.64
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	1.456	100.00	6.18
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	1.261	4.73	19.03
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	1.046	1.11	79.37
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1.010	1.01	0.99
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.985	85.49	15.23
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.960	3.50	38.54
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.926	62.96	1.08
Guyana`GUY`South America	0.877	2.63	1.14
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.822	6.74	18.25
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.809	5.83	6.18
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.806	74.73	11.16
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.806	60.89	2.48
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.583	5.13	25.75
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.571	99.43	1.75
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.565	100.00	5.31
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.565	2.81	53.07
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.550	1.46	85.46
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.493	0.49	2.03
Suriname`SUR`South America	0.488	48.29	2.05
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.459	0.46	2.18
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.426	48.67	18.78
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.415	53.53	24.10
Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.384	79.64	31.29
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.383	41.38	7.83
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.368	83.49	19.02
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.324	3.88	117.12
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.304	37.35	19.73
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.298	58.57	6.71
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.262	0.26	38.20
Colombia`COL`South America	0.257	65.33	77.75
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.227	60.11	8.80
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.211	20.55	38.00
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.178	30.55	11.26
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.174	64.83	17.20
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.160	99.92	12.49
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.146	0.55	34.35
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.121	0.12	74.64
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.119	75.61	16.81
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.108	0.11	9.23
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.100	71.60	39.96
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.095	3.80	21.03
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.060	0.06	33.38
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.053	100.00	18.89
Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.037	77.68	80.51
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.034	0.03	29.50
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.020	0.28	49.40
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.015	7.53	66.53
American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.000	0.00	0.17
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.000	100.00	11.37
British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	0.16
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.000	0.00	5.74
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.000	75.68	0.37
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.000	100.00	0.15
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.00	0.13
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.00	0.13
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.000	14.29	0.14
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.000	34.75	1.41
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.000	95.92	0.49
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.000	48.81	2.93
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.000	0.00	0.48
Greenland`GRL`Northern America	0.000	82.69	0.52
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	0.22
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.000	0.00	0.08
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.000	13.73	1.02
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.000	90.78	15.40
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.000	100.00	0.43
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.000	28.89	0.45
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	0.000	33.93	0.56
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	27.32	4.10
Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.000	100.00	46.63
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.000	26.93	4.01
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
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.000	90.10	20.10
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.000	0.00	25.76
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	0.25

02In 2020

At either end

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

Highest

Denmark61.267
Uruguay43.773
Luxembourg41.803
Ireland36.692
Lithuania35.745

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

Each measure’s ends

Renewables (% of generation)
Highest7 share it
Lowest13 share it
Middle country: 27.13
Total generation (TWh)
HighestChina7,745.56
LowestMontserrat0.01
Middle country: 6.31

032019 → 2020

Since 2019

What changed between 2019 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
131values changed, of 174 in both
100 · 31rose · fell
43unchanged

Rose most

Uruguay32.172 → 43.773+11.601
Estonia9.987 → 17.928+7.941
Palestine14.815 → 21.429+6.614
El Salvador9.400 → 15.552+6.152
Netherlands14.086 → 19.547+5.461

Fell most

Lithuania47.605 → 35.745−11.860
Namibia27.536 → 21.500−6.036
Costa Rica16.375 → 13.055−3.320
Kenya14.273 → 12.158−2.115
Portugal29.089 → 27.282−1.807

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. 32 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 (2020). Wind and Solar Share of Electricity Generation, 2020 [data set], describing 2020. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/wind-solar-electricity/2020

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