Data for 2023

Wind and Solar Share of Electricity Generation, 2023

Name: Wind and Solar Share of Electricity Generation, 2023
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Wind and Solar Share of Electricity Generation, 2023 covers 173 countries on 3 measures. Denmark is highest, at 68.014; 26 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 3.900. Against 2022, 123 values changed (78 up, 45 down), 1 left.

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Wind and Solar Share of Electricity Generation · Data for 2023

HighestDenmark

68.014

Lowest26 countries share it

0.000

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

173countries
3measures per country
2023the year it describes
147distinct 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, 2023, 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, 2023: every country, as published by Ember.

Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	68.014	86.397	33.89
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	60.943	83.774	5.30
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	56.028	89.362	1.41
Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	50.000	50.000	0.04
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	40.955	47.382	119.96
Uruguay`URY`South America	40.952	92.434	12.82
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	40.691	49.826	48.93
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	40.439	51.514	279.11
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	40.000	40.000	0.85
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	39.684	74.469	46.14
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	39.664	45.276	31.54
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	35.000	35.000	0.20
Chile`CHL`South America	30.707	63.140	89.23
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	28.333	33.435	82.13
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	28.042	97.884	1.89
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	28.000	28.000	0.50
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	25.000	25.000	0.04
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	24.390	48.780	5.74
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	22.910	87.793	5.98
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	22.499	69.407	166.05
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	22.452	34.076	6.28
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	21.876	21.960	23.77
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	21.328	26.393	35.54
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	21.321	27.707	165.52
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	21.034	84.756	70.98
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	20.761	44.550	261.55
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	20.234	89.766	12.80
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	19.512	20.450	5.33
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	19.333	51.889	81.52
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	19.048	19.048	0.42
Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	18.367	46.939	0.49
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	17.202	70.126	17.44
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	17.173	49.798	56.95
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	17.000	17.000	1.00
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	16.348	42.009	319.79
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	15.634	30.001	9,402.74
United States`USA`Northern America	15.517	22.679	4,253.91
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	15.493	26.761	0.71
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	14.516	14.516	0.62
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	14.286	14.286	0.07
France`FRA`Western Europe	14.086	26.890	518.75
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	14.075	100.000	15.63
Honduras`HND`Central America	13.851	54.363	12.49
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	13.481	99.915	11.72
Panama`PAN`Central America	13.425	60.641	13.11
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	13.333	40.000	0.15
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	13.191	13.617	2.35
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	13.053	62.389	4.52
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	12.725	25.075	40.08
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	12.500	25.000	0.08
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	11.829	16.951	8.20
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	11.649	11.791	77.43
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	11.483	21.531	2.09
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	10.423	17.264	24.56
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	10.405	36.545	148.01
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	10.204	10.204	0.49
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	10.156	10.156	5.12
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	9.524	95.238	0.21
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	9.321	98.470	153.63
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	9.278	86.598	0.97
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	9.091	9.091	0.11
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	9.046	89.625	42.89
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	8.902	27.977	8.65
New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	8.738	26.214	3.09
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	8.444	9.168	8.29
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	8.386	12.159	4.77
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	8.182	8.182	1.10
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	7.994	77.743	6.38
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	7.876	60.859	4.19
Guam`GUM`Micronesia	7.778	7.778	1.80
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	7.681	32.174	6.90
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	7.059	7.059	0.85
French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	7.042	33.803	0.71
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	6.367	40.514	15.55
Bolivia`BOL`South America	6.295	33.307	12.55
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	6.029	42.132	13.60
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	5.556	5.556	0.36
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	5.325	15.976	1.69
Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	5.075	5.377	19.90
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	4.893	17.431	3.27
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	4.889	4.889	45.00
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	4.736	14.697	75.80
Peru`PER`South America	4.551	54.378	60.87
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	4.545	96.970	0.66
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	4.545	4.545	0.22
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	4.409	9.606	6.35
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	3.900	3.947	21.28
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	3.890	67.270	14.91
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	3.636	49.091	1.10
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	3.335	3.565	56.38
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	3.330	100.000	9.01
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	3.226	43.952	2.48
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	3.000	3.000	1.00
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	2.848	34.961	39.33
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	2.778	5.556	0.36
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	2.716	21.426	116.73
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	2.600	97.054	5.77
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	2.500	2.500	0.40
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	2.496	19.800	6.01
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	2.476	74.032	15.75
Belize`BLZ`Central America	2.222	88.889	0.45
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	2.128	2.128	89.76
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	2.066	22.723	29.53
Niger`NER`Western Africa	2.062	2.062	0.97
Colombia`COL`South America	1.849	66.121	84.36
South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	1.786	1.786	0.56
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	1.632	4.529	57.29
Guyana`GUY`South America	1.449	2.899	1.38
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	1.368	3.647	19.74
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	1.302	9.896	76.80
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	1.062	1.708	100.73
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	1.028	100.000	10.70
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	1.006	3.210	41.74
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.965	80.979	14.51
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.928	0.949	95.88
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.905	0.905	2.21
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.870	63.478	1.15
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.832	76.091	14.43
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.771	89.003	19.46
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.750	74.500	4.00
Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.698	73.618	35.82
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.617	38.519	24.30
Suriname`SUR`South America	0.578	53.179	1.73
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.561	62.687	26.72
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.546	95.628	1.83
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.530	0.954	37.75
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.521	46.493	21.10
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.516	6.531	29.09
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.400	3.517	25.02
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.351	83.567	19.96
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.310	0.310	3.23
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.300	56.156	9.99
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.284	26.490	10.57
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.277	73.269	7.22
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.269	22.678	40.92
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.262	1.214	145.01
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.240	0.240	37.47
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.211	23.679	4.73
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.187	23.507	5.36
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.182	30.146	10.98
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.153	76.711	52.30
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.105	0.105	9.52
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.050	100.000	19.81
Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.042	90.342	71.96
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.030	0.030	33.75
American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.000	0.000	0.17
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.000	100.000	11.16
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	76.000	0.50
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	24.476	1.43
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.000	35.521	2.59
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.000	0.000	0.51
Greenland`GRL`Northern America	0.000	81.967	0.61
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	22.353	0.85
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.000	86.471	13.60
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.000	57.377	0.61
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	0.000	33.333	0.66
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	53.04
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	94.206	21.23
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.000	0.031	32.60
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.26

02In 2023

At either end

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

Highest

Denmark68.014
Lithuania60.943
Luxembourg56.028
Cook Islands50.000
Netherlands40.955

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

Each measure’s ends

Renewables (% of generation)
Highest7 share it
Lowest10 share it
Middle country: 28.000
Total generation (TWh)
HighestChina9,402.74
LowestMontserrat0.01
Middle country: 8.20

032022 → 2023

Since 2022

What changed between 2022 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −1countries joined / left
123values changed, of 173 in both
78 · 45rose · fell
50unchanged

Rose most

Lithuania45.792 → 60.943+15.151
Estonia14.206 → 24.390+10.184
Netherlands31.869 → 40.955+9.086
Belgium20.386 → 28.333+7.947
Luxembourg48.760 → 56.028+7.268

Fell most

Namibia39.394 → 28.042−11.352
Yemen16.832 → 10.156−6.676
Lebanon29.062 → 22.452−6.610
American Samoa5.556 → 0.000−5.556
Mauritania14.634 → 11.483−3.151

− Lesotho

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

147 distinct values among 173
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 26 countries share 0.000. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 173 countries has every column.

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Ember (2023). Wind and Solar Share of Electricity Generation, 2023 [data set], describing 2023. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/wind-solar-electricity/2023

0625 held

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