Data for 2021

Wind and Solar Share of Electricity Generation, 2021

Name: Wind and Solar Share of Electricity Generation, 2021
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Wind and Solar Share of Electricity Generation, 2021 covers 174 countries on 3 measures. Denmark is highest, at 52.734; 30 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 2.884. Against 2020, 136 values changed (78 up, 58 down), the same countries are covered.

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Wind and Solar Share of Electricity Generation · Data for 2021

HighestDenmark

52.734

Lowest30 countries share it

0.000

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

174countries
3measures per country
2021the year it describes
144distinct 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, 2021, 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, 2021: every country, as published by Ember.

Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	52.734	79.283	32.92
Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	50.000	50.000	0.04
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	39.837	80.488	1.23
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	36.047	60.930	4.30
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	35.000	35.000	0.20
Uruguay`URY`South America	34.209	84.615	15.99
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	33.113	97.351	1.51
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	32.931	46.445	270.75
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	31.569	37.051	31.74
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	31.390	64.080	49.22
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	29.001	40.800	54.24
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	25.670	86.037	7.09
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	25.000	25.000	0.04
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	24.344	33.452	120.89
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	24.176	24.176	0.91
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	22.893	22.987	21.36
Chile`CHL`South America	20.636	48.888	88.10
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	18.605	18.605	0.43
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	17.726	22.887	99.40
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	17.447	89.822	12.38
Honduras`HND`Central America	17.176	61.421	11.12
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	17.123	17.123	2.92
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	17.000	17.000	1.00
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	16.754	67.383	171.78
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	16.390	69.121	4.21
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	16.102	40.747	285.49
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	15.190	28.481	1.58
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	15.021	39.917	7.19
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	14.626	69.689	15.11
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	14.286	14.286	0.07
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	14.279	79.121	66.67
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	14.139	44.980	58.56
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	14.114	20.270	6.66
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	14.062	15.234	5.12
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	13.511	35.400	327.88
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	13.333	13.333	0.60
United States`USA`Northern America	13.064	20.743	4,153.62
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	12.962	100.000	12.73
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	12.500	25.000	0.08
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	12.355	19.141	36.10
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	12.217	52.947	72.11
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	11.905	11.905	0.42
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	11.765	47.059	0.17
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	11.712	12.162	2.22
Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	11.628	39.535	0.43
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	11.568	28.090	8,495.85
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	11.276	17.093	178.79
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	10.526	10.526	0.38
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	10.081	11.156	7.44
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	9.859	22.535	0.71
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	9.659	17.779	21.43
France`FRA`Western Europe	9.522	22.187	550.31
Panama`PAN`Central America	9.249	78.365	12.11
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	8.966	13.333	4.35
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	8.488	61.804	3.77
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	7.690	7.852	74.12
French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	7.576	28.788	0.66
New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	7.560	22.337	2.91
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	7.554	99.319	157.13
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	7.547	87.736	1.06
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	7.547	7.547	1.06
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	7.400	100.000	14.19
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	6.498	81.722	43.55
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	6.425	29.281	148.32
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	6.282	58.702	9.71
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	6.141	21.834	47.22
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	5.952	5.952	0.84
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	5.882	96.078	0.51
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	5.714	5.714	0.35
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	5.351	21.405	2.99
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	5.263	18.129	1.71
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	5.000	95.000	0.20
Guam`GUM`Micronesia	4.598	4.598	1.74
Peru`PER`South America	4.597	61.572	56.99
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	4.545	4.545	0.22
Bolivia`BOL`South America	4.416	38.454	10.87
Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	4.339	4.649	19.36
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	4.000	59.000	1.00
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	3.756	32.254	7.72
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	3.555	73.497	15.47
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	3.553	39.086	3.94
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	3.407	12.718	83.66
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	3.095	9.284	10.34
United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	3.030	3.030	0.66
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	2.968	3.105	21.90
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	2.951	34.894	15.59
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	2.910	33.502	37.46
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	2.857	2.857	0.70
Niger`NER`Western Africa	2.817	2.817	0.71
Belize`BLZ`Central America	2.778	86.111	0.36
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	2.712	29.837	5.53
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	2.600	22.135	105.76
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	2.564	63.590	5.85
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	2.500	2.500	0.40
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	2.467	97.533	5.27
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	2.326	4.651	0.43
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	2.256	22.795	29.70
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1.770	1.770	1.13
South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	1.754	1.754	0.57
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	1.707	1.707	41.00
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1.581	33.202	2.53
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	1.351	6.607	6.66
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	1.346	4.431	17.83
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	1.038	100.000	9.63
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.943	62.264	1.06
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.935	0.946	85.60
Guyana`GUY`South America	0.877	3.509	1.14
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.848	3.079	41.25
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.847	91.986	17.72
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.717	2.904	55.79
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.648	1.411	95.65
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.633	81.171	12.64
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.589	34.783	22.08
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.549	73.077	3.64
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.546	95.628	1.83
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.507	63.324	25.63
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.504	5.470	27.79
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.490	0.490	2.04
Suriname`SUR`South America	0.478	48.325	2.09
Colombia`COL`South America	0.462	75.071	84.36
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.450	49.349	19.98
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.447	100.000	8.94
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.402	0.402	2.49
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.371	82.980	18.86
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.347	36.879	8.65
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.331	0.718	36.22
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.315	3.096	120.46
Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.311	81.196	32.12
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.276	3.869	21.71
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.260	0.260	80.80
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.255	20.663	39.20
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.238	62.901	8.41
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.233	70.712	8.57
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.176	23.877	11.35
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.169	62.655	17.70
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.156	73.541	44.90
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.119	75.430	16.85
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.118	0.118	33.91
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.108	0.108	9.27
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.070	7.027	71.44
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.052	100.000	19.39
Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.036	79.235	82.93
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.029	0.029	34.79
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.019	0.290	51.79
American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.000	0.000	0.17
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.000	100.000	10.82
British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.17
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.000	0.000	5.70
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.000	69.231	0.39
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.000	100.000	0.15
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.000	0.13
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.000	14.286	0.14
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.000	32.867	1.43
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.000	46.622	2.96
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.000	0.000	0.50
Greenland`GRL`Northern America	0.000	84.314	0.51
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	12.621	1.03
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.000	85.601	15.14
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.000	100.000	0.53
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.000	34.211	0.38
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	0.000	42.000	0.50
Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.01
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.000	0.000	0.04
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.000	24.724	4.53
Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.000	100.000	40.84
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.000	26.277	4.11
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.000	14.286	0.14
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.000	9.091	0.11
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.000	0.000	0.10
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.000	90.058	20.72
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.000	0.035	28.40
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.26

02In 2021

At either end

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

Highest

Denmark52.734
Cook Islands50.000
Luxembourg39.837
Lithuania36.047
Djibouti35.000

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

Each measure’s ends

Renewables (% of generation)
Highest9 share it
Lowest11 share it
Middle country: 28.286
Total generation (TWh)
HighestChina8,495.85
LowestMontserrat0.01
Middle country: 7.58

032020 → 2021

Since 2020

What changed between 2020 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
136values changed, of 174 in both
78 · 58rose · fell
38unchanged

Rose most

Djibouti0.000 → 35.000+35.000
Cook Islands25.000 → 50.000+25.000
Namibia21.500 → 33.113+11.613
El Salvador15.552 → 25.670+10.118
Togo1.639 → 9.859+8.220

Fell most

Vanuatu22.222 → 12.500−9.722
Uruguay43.773 → 34.209−9.564
Denmark61.267 → 52.734−8.533
Ireland36.692 → 31.569−5.123
Estonia17.928 → 15.021−2.907

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

144 distinct values among 174
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 30 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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Cite this edition

Ember (2021). Wind and Solar Share of Electricity Generation, 2021 [data set], describing 2021. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/wind-solar-electricity/2021

0625 held

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