Data for 2022

Wind and Solar Share of Electricity Generation, 2022

Name: Wind and Solar Share of Electricity Generation, 2022
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Wind and Solar Share of Electricity Generation, 2022 covers 174 countries on 3 measures. Denmark is highest, at 60.865; 27 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 3.706. Against 2021, 136 values changed (96 up, 40 down), the same countries are covered.

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Wind and Solar Share of Electricity Generation · Data for 2022

HighestDenmark

60.865

Lowest27 countries share it

0.000

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

174countries
3measures per country
2022the year it describes
145distinct values3 decimals, as published
Oct 2, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Values only

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Every country and every column of Wind and Solar Share of Electricity Generation, 2022, 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, 2022: every country, as published by Ember.

Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	60.865	80.859	35.16
Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	50.000	50.000	0.04
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	48.760	85.950	1.21
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	45.792	74.752	4.04
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	39.394	98.485	1.32
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	36.197	59.594	46.33
Uruguay`URY`South America	35.532	90.781	14.86
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	35.000	35.000	0.20
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	34.875	43.449	51.67
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	34.303	42.803	287.15
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	34.152	39.213	33.79
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	33.333	33.333	1.02
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	31.869	40.097	119.96
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	29.062	45.538	4.37
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	28.000	28.000	0.50
Chile`CHL`South America	27.010	55.327	91.04
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	25.000	25.000	0.04
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	23.039	23.128	22.57
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	20.814	90.799	6.63
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	20.386	25.898	94.33
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	20.358	68.321	173.05
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	19.753	87.809	12.96
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	19.048	19.048	0.42
Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	18.750	45.833	0.48
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	17.350	35.857	280.17
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	17.196	53.568	72.17
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	17.109	78.191	64.47
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	17.000	17.000	1.00
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	16.832	16.832	3.03
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	16.423	43.149	54.74
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	16.241	63.475	14.10
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	15.728	21.103	178.60
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	15.589	16.730	5.26
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	15.551	41.911	320.56
Honduras`HND`Central America	15.269	59.665	11.33
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	14.925	21.409	35.78
United States`USA`Northern America	14.915	22.350	4,286.89
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	14.634	27.439	1.64
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	14.516	14.516	0.62
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	14.206	31.991	8.94
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	13.827	19.693	7.16
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	13.782	100.000	15.31
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	13.657	64.120	4.32
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	13.521	29.576	8,800.42
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	12.609	13.043	2.30
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	12.500	43.750	0.16
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	12.500	12.500	0.08
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	12.500	25.000	0.08
France`FRA`Western Europe	12.285	24.188	468.37
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	11.656	100.000	12.44
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	11.364	11.364	0.44
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	11.111	20.000	0.90
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	10.871	18.448	22.17
Panama`PAN`Central America	10.449	77.224	12.25
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	10.294	98.645	145.42
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	9.668	53.172	3.31
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	9.549	9.718	76.87
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	9.375	86.458	0.96
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	9.091	9.091	0.11
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	9.032	9.806	7.75
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	8.909	12.918	4.49
New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	8.738	26.214	3.09
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	7.934	31.294	152.01
Guam`GUM`Micronesia	7.778	7.778	1.80
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	7.339	7.339	1.09
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	7.329	86.936	43.25
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	7.140	19.153	50.28
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	7.059	7.059	0.85
French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	7.042	33.803	0.71
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	6.931	65.446	10.10
Bolivia`BOL`South America	6.769	35.733	11.67
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	5.769	19.551	3.12
American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	5.556	5.556	0.18
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	5.556	5.556	0.36
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	5.455	96.364	0.55
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	5.368	75.944	5.03
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	5.325	15.385	1.69
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	5.263	34.109	9.88
Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	5.075	5.377	19.90
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	5.000	95.000	0.20
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	4.940	30.464	13.36
Peru`PER`South America	4.624	55.242	59.90
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	4.545	4.545	0.22
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	4.481	4.481	42.40
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	4.006	84.644	13.48
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	3.905	12.863	83.73
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	3.846	57.692	1.04
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	3.565	9.568	5.33
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	3.535	27.104	5.94
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	3.456	42.857	4.34
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	3.030	35.227	2.64
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	2.989	3.036	21.41
United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	2.941	2.941	0.68
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	2.857	2.857	0.70
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	2.784	28.186	34.84
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	2.609	97.391	5.75
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	2.582	22.160	111.55
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	2.564	5.128	0.39
Niger`NER`Western Africa	2.532	2.532	0.79
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	2.500	2.500	0.40
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	2.449	21.929	26.54
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	2.296	100.000	6.97
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	2.253	75.563	17.31
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	2.228	2.228	85.29
Belize`BLZ`Central America	2.128	87.234	0.47
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	2.020	2.020	0.99
South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	1.961	1.961	0.51
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	1.725	4.281	15.65
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	1.177	4.093	56.92
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	1.078	1.315	54.75
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	1.049	3.389	37.18
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	1.028	100.000	10.70
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.976	0.976	2.05
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.935	60.748	1.07
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.918	0.940	91.47
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.861	1.555	102.25
Colombia`COL`South America	0.845	74.354	82.86
Guyana`GUY`South America	0.781	2.344	1.28
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.775	71.752	16.78
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.750	74.500	4.00
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.719	88.906	19.47
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.689	36.047	23.22
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.688	40.860	23.25
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.632	76.211	14.25
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.586	9.218	75.07
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.565	63.089	26.55
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.546	95.628	1.83
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.499	0.914	36.10
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.498	4.382	20.08
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.484	6.358	28.94
Suriname`SUR`South America	0.474	44.550	2.11
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.391	0.391	2.56
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.358	83.691	19.56
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.336	67.338	8.94
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.312	30.353	9.62
Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.302	76.013	33.06
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.284	2.264	133.86
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.263	24.711	38.00
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.245	64.908	8.15
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.224	0.224	35.68
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.218	21.133	4.59
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.159	27.359	12.61
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.157	76.136	51.04
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.105	0.105	9.50
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.050	100.000	19.87
Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.036	78.363	82.36
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.028	0.028	35.11
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.000	100.000	10.77
British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.17
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.000	0.000	5.60
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.000	69.231	0.39
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.000	100.000	0.14
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.000	0.14
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.000	13.333	0.15
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.000	31.788	1.51
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.000	47.962	3.19
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.000	0.000	0.51
Greenland`GRL`Northern America	0.000	87.037	0.54
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.24
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.000	0.000	0.08
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.000	18.812	1.01
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.000	86.107	13.82
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.000	100.000	0.48
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.000	33.333	0.39
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	0.000	40.816	0.49
Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.01
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.000	0.000	0.04
Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.000	100.000	44.11
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.000	21.818	4.95
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.000	13.333	0.15
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.000	11.111	0.09
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.000	92.694	21.49
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.000	0.031	32.60
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.26

02In 2022

At either end

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

Highest

Denmark60.865
Cook Islands50.000
Luxembourg48.760
Lithuania45.792
Namibia39.394

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

Each measure’s ends

Renewables (% of generation)
Highest9 share it
Lowest9 share it
Middle country: 28.881
Total generation (TWh)
HighestChina8,800.42
LowestMontserrat0.01
Middle country: 7.46

032021 → 2022

Since 2021

What changed between 2021 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
136values changed, of 174 in both
96 · 40rose · fell
38unchanged

Rose most

Lebanon3.095 → 29.062+25.967
Lithuania36.047 → 45.792+9.745
Cabo Verde18.605 → 28.000+9.395
Palestine24.176 → 33.333+9.157
Solomon Islands0.000 → 9.091+9.091

Fell most

El Salvador25.670 → 20.814−4.856
Nicaragua16.390 → 13.657−2.733
Honduras17.176 → 15.269−1.907
Tonga14.286 → 12.500−1.786
Costa Rica12.962 → 11.656−1.306

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

145 distinct values among 174
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 27 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 (2022). Wind and Solar Share of Electricity Generation, 2022 [data set], describing 2022. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/wind-solar-electricity/2022

0625 held

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