Data for 2024

Wind and Solar Share of Electricity Generation, 2024

Name: Wind and Solar Share of Electricity Generation, 2024
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Wind and Solar Share of Electricity Generation, 2024 covers 165 countries on 3 measures. Denmark is highest, at 69.118; 16 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 5.279. Against 2023, 133 values changed (115 up, 18 down), 8 left.

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Wind and Solar Share of Electricity Generation · Data for 2024

HighestDenmark

69.118

Lowest16 countries share it

0.000

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

165countries
3measures per country
2024the year it describes
147distinct 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, 2024, 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, 2024: every country, as published by Ember.

Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	69.118	89.233	35.20
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	65.131	84.323	7.40
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	54.305	90.728	1.51
Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	50.000	50.000	0.04
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	45.357	85.197	47.29
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	45.212	50.745	122.34
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	42.885	57.333	280.92
Uruguay`URY`South America	42.782	98.878	13.37
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	41.714	49.230	57.08
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	40.817	46.513	31.07
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	39.394	39.394	0.99
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	36.585	97.561	1.64
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	35.000	35.000	0.20
Chile`CHL`South America	34.552	70.041	88.62
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	33.729	55.659	6.25
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	30.769	30.769	0.52
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	30.150	43.820	5.34
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	29.730	35.205	75.98
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	25.973	31.425	37.97
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	25.859	69.335	172.02
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	25.813	55.777	82.40
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	25.290	31.136	172.09
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	25.000	25.000	0.04
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	23.997	24.081	23.67
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	22.851	73.435	15.28
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	22.784	23.823	5.78
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	22.028	86.226	78.48
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	21.757	50.173	267.56
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	21.342	91.478	13.26
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	21.292	90.835	6.53
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	20.930	20.930	0.43
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	20.000	20.000	0.05
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	18.750	43.750	0.16
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	18.688	46.513	52.72
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	18.315	33.158	10,025.01
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	18.310	29.577	0.71
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	18.228	45.614	341.23
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	18.093	29.876	38.28
United States`USA`Northern America	17.209	24.063	4,391.02
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	17.000	17.000	1.00
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	16.799	39.461	6.31
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	15.873	15.873	0.63
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	15.766	100.000	15.92
Honduras`HND`Central America	15.465	55.449	12.48
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	15.231	41.130	151.01
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	15.068	15.525	2.19
Panama`PAN`Central America	14.520	67.982	13.43
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	14.286	19.790	7.63
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	14.286	14.286	0.07
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	13.657	13.806	80.40
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	13.105	73.503	6.34
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	13.053	62.389	4.52
France`FRA`Western Europe	12.934	27.526	564.49
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	12.560	22.705	2.07
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	12.091	99.909	11.00
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	11.860	18.851	24.03
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	11.238	11.238	5.25
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	11.111	86.869	0.99
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	11.111	11.111	0.45
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	10.634	85.980	44.01
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	9.745	31.894	9.03
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	9.627	98.606	157.11
New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	9.615	26.923	3.12
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	9.524	95.238	0.21
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	9.348	59.490	3.53
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	9.091	9.091	0.11
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	9.009	9.009	1.11
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	8.943	12.602	4.92
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	8.696	8.696	0.23
Guam`GUM`Micronesia	8.602	8.602	1.86
French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	8.333	34.722	0.72
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	8.163	8.844	8.82
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	8.108	8.108	0.37
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	7.671	41.121	16.71
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	7.059	7.059	0.85
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	6.912	35.659	15.48
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	6.509	17.160	1.69
Bolivia`BOL`South America	6.504	33.999	13.53
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	5.890	15.951	81.50
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	5.874	16.914	72.83
Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	5.700	6.000	20.00
American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	5.556	5.556	0.18
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	5.279	17.889	3.41
Peru`PER`South America	5.127	60.111	59.29
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	5.107	10.708	6.07
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	4.918	96.721	0.61
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	4.888	4.888	49.10
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	4.352	4.399	21.37
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	4.225	4.225	0.71
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	4.117	68.334	15.79
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	4.115	42.387	2.43
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	4.077	100.000	8.34
Colombia`COL`South America	4.016	61.342	89.14
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	3.960	3.960	1.01
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	3.815	32.062	36.96
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	3.793	4.023	56.68
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	3.704	3.704	0.27
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	3.540	49.558	1.13
Niger`NER`Western Africa	3.158	3.158	0.95
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	2.926	97.074	5.81
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	2.883	20.472	124.17
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	2.852	19.463	5.96
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	2.822	73.701	15.59
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	2.703	5.405	0.37
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	2.500	2.500	0.40
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	2.337	24.051	29.52
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	2.238	2.238	92.49
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	2.145	4.931	59.58
Belize`BLZ`Central America	2.128	87.234	0.47
South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	1.786	1.786	0.56
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	1.754	54.386	0.57
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	1.595	4.014	19.43
Guyana`GUY`South America	1.449	2.899	1.38
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	1.199	1.887	101.74
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	1.168	100.000	11.13
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	1.083	79.689	14.77
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	1.048	1.069	96.36
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	1.004	3.077	45.82
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.889	0.889	2.25
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.870	63.478	1.15
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.862	87.475	19.72
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.861	79.828	13.93
Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.827	72.443	32.66
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.744	75.186	4.03
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.700	36.218	24.27
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.627	63.358	27.10
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.614	1.042	37.44
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.611	11.746	27.84
Suriname`SUR`South America	0.575	52.874	1.74
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.553	47.858	21.71
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.551	73.140	7.26
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.546	95.628	1.83
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.452	32.919	8.84
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.404	83.426	19.79
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.402	3.537	24.88
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.390	57.115	10.26
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.346	25.000	37.56
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.292	0.292	3.43
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.287	1.623	149.73
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.264	0.264	37.95
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.211	23.679	4.73
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.185	28.916	10.79
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.183	20.879	5.46
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.180	0.180	5.56
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.172	76.716	52.31
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.105	100.000	19.05
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.105	0.105	9.55
Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.037	91.139	80.13
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.029	0.029	34.59
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.000	100.000	11.00
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.000	75.510	0.49
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.000	26.846	1.49
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.000	35.385	2.60
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.000	0.000	0.51
Greenland`GRL`Northern America	0.000	83.333	0.60
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	18.605	0.86
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.000	88.776	15.77
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	0.000	30.769	0.78
Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.01
Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.000	100.000	42.41
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.000	13.333	0.15
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.000	94.595	22.20
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.000	0.030	33.01

02In 2024

At either end

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

Highest

Denmark69.118
Lithuania65.131
Luxembourg54.305
Cook Islands50.000
Portugal45.357

Lowest

Saint Vincent and the Grenadinesshared0.000
Turkmenistanshared0.000
Tajikistanshared0.000
Paraguayshared0.000
Montserratshared0.000

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 5.279. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Renewables (% of generation)
Highest6 share it
Lowest4 share it
Middle country: 32.062
Total generation (TWh)
HighestChina10,025.01
LowestMontserrat0.01
Middle country: 9.03

032023 → 2024

Since 2023

What changed between 2023 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −8countries joined / left
133values changed, of 165 in both
115 · 18rose · fell
32unchanged

Rose most

Nauru0.000 → 20.000+20.000
Estonia24.390 → 33.729+9.339
North Macedonia7.681 → 16.799+9.118
Namibia28.042 → 36.585+8.543
Lebanon22.452 → 30.150+7.698

Fell most

Luxembourg56.028 → 54.305−1.723
El Salvador22.910 → 21.292−1.618
Costa Rica13.481 → 12.091−1.390
France14.086 → 12.934−1.152
Palestine40.000 → 39.394−0.606

− Central African Republic

− Comoros

− Dominica

− Faroe Islands

− São Tomé and Príncipe

− British Virgin Islands

− United States Virgin Islands

− Vanuatu

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 165
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 16 countries share 0.000. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 165 countries has every column.

05The files

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Ember (2024). Wind and Solar Share of Electricity Generation, 2024 [data set], describing 2024. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/wind-solar-electricity/2024

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