Ember · Wind and Solar Share of Electricity Generation
Wind and solar electricity by country
What share of electricity comes from wind and solar power?
Of the 165 countries compared in 2024, Denmark had the highest reading, 69.118%, and 16 countries shared the lowest reading, 0.000%. In the middle country the figure was 5.279%. Among the 162 countries measured in every edition since 2000, the middle one moved from 0.000% to 5.418%.
Share
Wind and solar electricity · 2024
Context statistic
Highest of 165Denmark
69.118%012024 · values only
Who leads
The three countries at the highest end of 165 compared, the three at the other end, and the first on each continent.
1Photo: User:Aconcagua · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
2Photo: (Jan Mehlich) · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
3Photo: Michal Osmenda from Brussels, Belgium · CC BY-SA 2.0, greyscale
Lowest in 2024
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines0.000%
Turkmenistan0.000%
Tajikistan0.000%
Where a country sits says how it compares with the others measured, and nothing about why.
02Every measured country
Wind and solar electricity on a map
Each country is shaded by its value, in five groups holding the same number of countries. Hover a country for its value, or select it to open its profile. Below the map, each continent’s middle country.
Darker is a higher value — the better end.
- 0.000–0.452%
- 0.546–2.926%
- 3.158–9.009%
- 9.091–18.688%
- 18.750–69.118%
- No reading in 2024 (9 measured in an earlier edition)
- Europe
21.757%
the middle country, of 33 measured · 49 members
Denmark69.118%
Iceland0.105%Highest and lowest reading in Europe.
- Oceania
9.615%
the middle country, of 13 measured · 21 members
Cook Islands50.000%
Papua New Guinea0.211%Highest and lowest reading in Oceania.
- Americas
4.171%
the middle country, of 36 measured · 48 members
Uruguay42.782%6 share 0.000%
Highest and lowest reading in Americas.
- Africa
2.763%
the middle country, of 46 measured · 55 members
Namibia36.585%5 share 0.000%
Highest and lowest reading in Africa.
- Asia
2.238%
the middle country, of 37 measured · 52 members
Palestine39.394%5 share 0.000%
Highest and lowest reading in Asia.
- Every region
22 sub-regions, highest middle country first
- Western Europe
29.730%
the middle country, of 5 measured · 9 members
Luxembourg54.305%
France12.934%Highest and lowest reading in Western Europe.
- Northern Europe
25.859%
the middle country, of 9 measured · 13 members
Denmark69.118%Iceland0.105%Highest and lowest reading in Northern Europe.
- Southern Europe
16.799%
the middle country, of 11 measured · 17 members
Portugal45.357%
Serbia3.815%Highest and lowest reading in Southern Europe.
- Polynesia
14.286%
the middle country, of 5 measured · 7 members
Cook Islands50.000%
American Samoa5.556%Highest and lowest reading in Polynesia.
- Central America
13.053%
the middle country, of 7 measured · 8 members
El Salvador21.292%
Belize2.128%Highest and lowest reading in Central America.
- Eastern Europe
11.984%
the middle country, of 8 measured · 10 members
Hungary25.973%
Belarus1.004%Highest and lowest reading in Eastern Europe.
- Western Asia
7.317%
the middle country, of 16 measured · 19 members
Palestine39.394%
Bahrain0.264%Highest and lowest reading in Western Asia.
- Southern Asia
4.129%
the middle country, of 6 measured · 9 members
Pakistan15.231%
Bhutan0.000%Highest and lowest reading in Southern Asia.
- Caribbean
3.704%
the middle country, of 17 measured · 24 members
Aruba17.000%4 share 0.000%
Highest and lowest reading in Caribbean.
- Eastern Africa
3.233%
the middle country, of 16 measured · 19 members
Djibouti35.000%
Burundi0.000%Highest and lowest reading in Eastern Africa.
- Western Africa
3.005%
the middle country, of 16 measured · 16 members
Cabo Verde30.769%2 share 0.000%
Highest and lowest reading in Western Africa.
- South America
2.733%
the middle country, of 10 measured · 12 members
Uruguay42.782%
Paraguay0.000%Highest and lowest reading in South America.
- South-eastern Asia
1.349%
the middle country, of 6 measured · 11 members
Cambodia6.912%
Laos0.172%Highest and lowest reading in South-eastern Asia.
- Eastern Asia
0.627%
the middle country, of 5 measured · 8 members
China18.315%
Macau0.000%Highest and lowest reading in Eastern Asia.
- Middle Africa
0.551%
the middle country, of 7 measured · 9 members
DR Congo15.766%2 share 0.000%
Highest and lowest reading in Middle Africa.
- Australia and New Zealand
1 of 2 measured — too few for a middle: New Zealand.
New Zealand10.634%Highest and lowest reading in Australia and New Zealand.
- Central Asia
4 of 5 measured — too few for a middle: Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.
Uzbekistan5.890%3 share 0.000%
Highest and lowest reading in Central Asia.
- Melanesia
4 of 5 measured — too few for a middle: Fiji, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands.
New Caledonia9.615%Papua New Guinea0.211%Highest and lowest reading in Melanesia.
- Micronesia
3 of 7 measured — too few for a middle: Guam, Kiribati, Nauru.
Kiribati25.000%
Guam8.602%Highest and lowest reading in Micronesia.
- Northern Africa
4 of 6 measured — too few for a middle: Algeria, Libya, Sudan, Tunisia.
Tunisia4.352%
Libya0.029%Highest and lowest reading in Northern Africa.
- Northern America
2 of 4 measured — too few for a middle: Greenland, United States.
United States17.209%
Greenland0.000%Highest and lowest reading in Northern America.
- Southern Africa
3 of 5 measured — too few for a middle: Botswana, Eswatini, Namibia.
Namibia36.585%
Botswana0.292%Highest and lowest reading in Southern Africa.
03The whole field at once
The spread
165 countries, one dot each, on one scale — further right is a higher value. Half the countries are above 5.279%; a quarter are above 15.873%, and a quarter below 0.744%. The bar in each row marks that continent’s middle country.
04All 174 ever measured
Every country
In order, highest value first. No rank or position is shown: too many countries share the same value for an order to mean anything. Read it beside the renewables column. A country with a low wind and solar share can still run on clean power from dams or geothermal plants, and a small island grid can read high on a very small amount of generation.
Showing 25 of 174 countries
Values for 2024. The change column compares 2024 with 2023 only; the sparkline covers the recent editions.
052000–2024 · 25 editions
Over time
Each point is one year from 2000. Most countries sit near zero for the first decade and begin to climb after about 2010, so the slope of the last ten years says more than the level in any one of them.
- the middle country
- the middle half of countries
- the middle of the 162 countries measured every time
- each continent’s middle country
The same, year by year
| Year | Countries | Middle country | Middle half | Measured every time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 165 | 5.279% | 0.744% – 15.873% | 5.418% |
| 2023 | 173 | 3.900% | 0.516% – 13.481% | 4.545% |
| 2022 | 174 | 3.706% | 0.477% – 13.293% | 4.244% |
| 2021 | 174 | 2.884% | 0.256% – 11.691% | 2.960% |
| 2020 | 174 | 2.337% | 0.150% – 10.035% | 2.627% |
| 2019 | 174 | 1.937% | 0.087% – 8.669% | 2.144% |
| 2018 | 174 | 1.613% | 0.023% – 5.714% | 1.674% |
| 2017 | 174 | 0.995% | 0.000% – 4.866% | 1.336% |
| 2016 | 174 | 0.387% | 0.000% – 4.046% | 0.544% |
| 2015 | 174 | 0.175% | 0.000% – 2.730% | 0.330% |
| 2014 | 174 | 0.052% | 0.000% – 2.242% | 0.074% |
| 2013 | 174 | 0.000% | 0.000% – 1.412% | 0.000% |
| 2012 | 174 | 0.000% | 0.000% – 1.037% | 0.000% |
| 2011 | 173 | 0.000% | 0.000% – 0.667% | 0.000% |
| 2010 | 173 | 0.000% | 0.000% – 0.279% | 0.000% |
| 2009 | 173 | 0.000% | 0.000% – 0.081% | 0.000% |
| 2008 | 173 | 0.000% | 0.000% – 0.000% | 0.000% |
| 2007 | 173 | 0.000% | 0.000% – 0.000% | 0.000% |
| 2006 | 173 | 0.000% | 0.000% – 0.000% | 0.000% |
| 2005 | 173 | 0.000% | 0.000% – 0.000% | 0.000% |
| 2004 | 172 | 0.000% | 0.000% – 0.000% | 0.000% |
| 2003 | 172 | 0.000% | 0.000% – 0.000% | 0.000% |
| 2002 | 171 | 0.000% | 0.000% – 0.000% | 0.000% |
| 2001 | 171 | 0.000% | 0.000% – 0.000% | 0.000% |
| 2000 | 171 | 0.000% | 0.000% – 0.000% | 0.000% |
062023 → 2024
Who rose and fell
The biggest changes in value between the two newest editions. Places are shown second, because they also move when other countries do.
Improved most
before → after
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
Declined most
before → after- 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
165 countries were measured in both 2023 and 2024. The field changed from 173 to 165 countries, so a place can move for reasons that have nothing to do with the country itself.
07Across every edition
Wind and solar electricity in records
The extremes of the statistic. A record reached by more than one country names none of them.
Highest reading on record
69.118%
Wind and solar (% of electricity generated)
Lowest reading on record
Reached 2274 times by 153 countries — shared, so no holder is named
0.000%
Wind and solar (% of electricity generated)
Biggest improvement between editions
+35.000
0.000% → 35.000%
Biggest decline between editions
−15.000
40.000% → 25.000%
Most improved since first measured
+65.131
0.000% → 65.131%
At the top most often
25 of 25
editions, alone at the first-listed end
08The measure
About wind and solar electricity
This is the share of a country’s electricity generation that came from wind and solar power. Ember compiles it each year from national reporting; it is the fastest-moving part of the renewable share.
What the number is: Wind and solar (% of electricity generated).
What it does not measure
It covers electricity only, not transport or heating, and it leaves out hydro, bioenergy and geothermal power, so a country with a clean grid built on dams can read low here.
09Where it fits
Connections
Its part in the Country Index, the statistics whose values line up most closely with it across countries, and others on the same subject.
In the Country Index
Context, with no vote
This statistic is published in full under Environment & Sustainability and Energy, but does not help decide any Country Index standing.
Environment & SustainabilityEnergyWhich statistics vote, and why
Moves with
Where wind and solar electricity is higher, these tend to be higher too.
- Solar Share of Electricity GenerationEmber · 165 countries in commonρ 0.87
- Operating Wind Power CapacityGlobal Energy Monitor · 122 countries in commonρ 0.65
- Complexity Outlook IndexGrowth Lab at Harvard University · 117 countries in commonρ 0.62
Moves against
Where wind and solar electricity is higher, these tend to be lower.
- Informal Employment RateILO · 80 countries in commonρ −0.56
- FDI Regulatory Restrictiveness IndexOECD · 80 countries in commonρ −0.53
- Export Concentration IndexUNCTAD · 164 countries in commonρ −0.50
Rank correlation (ρ, from −1 to 1) across countries, on each statistic’s newest edition, out of 355 statistics sharing at least 80 countries with this one. Two statistics that move together do not cause each other.
10Keep reading
Explore further
The subject
The countries at either end
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11Questions
Wind and solar electricity: questions and answers
Which country has the highest wind and solar electricity?
Denmark, at 69.118%, among the 165 countries compared in 2024.
Which country has the lowest wind and solar electricity?
16 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000%, among the 165 compared in 2024, so no single country is named.
How many countries does the Wind and Solar Share of Electricity Generation cover?
165 in 2024, and 174 at least once across all editions. The number measured varies from 165 to 174 between editions.
What is the world average wind and solar electricity?
This site does not calculate a world average, which would depend on how countries are weighted. In the middle country of the 165 compared in 2024, the figure was 5.279%.
Is this Ember’s own ranking?
No ranking is shown. Ember publishes values only, and too many countries share the same value for an ordering to mean anything, so none is derived.
How often is the Wind and Solar Share of Electricity Generation published?
This site holds 25 editions, describing 2000 to 2024.
Where does the data come from, and can I download it?
From Ember, under CC BY 4.0. From Ember’s Yearly Electricity Data, the same public download its own data explorer offers. The percentages are Ember’s own “Wind and solar” shares, not recomputed here. Some countries are not shown — India, Japan, Brazil, Canada, Russia, Germany and the United Kingdom among them — because Ember takes their figures from publishers whose terms do not allow reuse on a commercial site. Every edition is on this site’s Datasets pages as a full table, and downloads as a CSV file with every value unrounded.
12Method
Sources, method and citation
Source
Wind and Solar Share of Electricity Generation — Ember
From Ember’s Yearly Electricity Data, the same public download its own data explorer offers. The percentages are Ember’s own “Wind and solar” shares, not recomputed here. Some countries are not shown — India, Japan, Brazil, Canada, Russia, Germany and the United Kingdom among them — because Ember takes their figures from publishers whose terms do not allow reuse on a commercial site.
Newest edition
Report year 2024Data year 2024
Cite the source as: Ember. Yearly Electricity Data. London: Ember (Ember Energy Research CIC).
Licence: CC BY 4.0, checked 2026-10-02.
How this page reads the numbers
- No rank or position is shown: Ember publishes values only, and too many countries share the same value for an ordering to mean anything.
- Which end is better follows the publisher’s own reading of the measure.
- A country is named at an end only when it holds that value alone. Where several share it, the page says how many and names none first.
- Values are stored exactly as published and trimmed only for display. “The middle country” is the median of the countries measured, not a world average.
The file itself, column by column — where it came from, what each column holds, and every edition as a CSV — is on its dataset page.
Photographs
The countries at the top of this statistic, from their profiles: Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale, each used under the licence named.
- Denmark — User:Aconcagua, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Lithuania — (Jan Mehlich), CC BY-SA 3.0
- Luxembourg — Michal Osmenda from Brussels, Belgium, CC BY-SA 2.0
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). Wind and solar electricity by country: Wind and Solar Share of Electricity Generation, data from Ember. https://nationsinquiry.com/statistics/wind-solar-electricity