Renewable electricity output (% of total electricity output) by country
Renewable electricity is the share of electricity generated by renewable power plants in total electricity generated by all types of plants.
Countries reporting
208
Highest
100.0%
Bhutan
Lowest
0.0%
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
Median
23.5%
Years covered
32
1990–2021
Data points
7,291
What the numbers show
Renewable electricity output (% of total electricity output) is currently reported for 208 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Bhutan; the lowest is 0.0% in Sint Maarten (Dutch part).
The median across all reporting countries is 23.5%, and the mean is 35.2%.
Over the past decade 140 countries rose and 55 fell. The largest increase was in Kuwait (up 1,523,430.0%), and the largest decrease in Comoros (down 100.0%).
Renewable electricity output: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bhutan | 100.0% | 2021 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 2 | Paraguay | 100.0% | 2012 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 3 | Iceland | 100.0% | 2016 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 4 | Lesotho | 99.8% | 2021 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 5 | Costa Rica | 99.4% | 2021 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 6 | Norway | 99.1% | 2021 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 7 | Albania | 98.6% | 2011 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 8 | Central African Republic | 96.5% | 2021 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 9 | El Salvador | 95.6% | 2021 | up 48.0% | rising |
| 10 | Ethiopia | 95.4% | 2020 | down 4.1% | flat |
| 11 | Tajikistan | 93.4% | 2021 | down 6.4% | flat |
| 12 | Namibia | 93.4% | 2021 | down 4.5% | flat |
| 13 | Andorra | 93.3% | 2021 | down 6.7% | flat |
| 14 | Belize | 92.9% | 2021 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 15 | Zambia | 92.0% | 2021 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 16 | Angola | 91.2% | 2021 | up 27.4% | falling |
| 17 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 90.4% | 2021 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 18 | Uganda | 90.0% | 2021 | up 44.6% | rising |
| 19 | Luxembourg | 89.0% | 2021 | up 152.0% | volatile |
| 20 | Zimbabwe | 88.3% | 2021 | up 54.8% | rising |
| 21 | Guinea | 88.1% | 2021 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 22 | Kyrgyzstan | 85.6% | 2021 | down 9.3% | rising |
| 23 | Uruguay | 84.4% | 2021 | up 13.0% | flat |
| 24 | Nepal | 84.0% | 2021 | down 16.0% | flat |
| 25 | Eswatini | 83.1% | 2021 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 26 | Mozambique | 82.7% | 2021 | down 16.8% | flat |
| 27 | Venezuela | 81.7% | 2021 | up 15.6% | flat |
| 28 | New Zealand | 81.4% | 2021 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 29 | Georgia | 81.4% | 2021 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 30 | Ecuador | 80.9% | 2021 | up 45.1% | falling |
| 31 | Malawi | 80.1% | 2021 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 32 | Austria | 79.9% | 2021 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 33 | Panama | 79.3% | 2021 | up 43.7% | falling |
| 34 | Denmark | 79.0% | 2021 | up 96.2% | volatile |
| 35 | Afghanistan | 78.2% | 2021 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 36 | Kenya | 78.1% | 2021 | up 15.1% | falling |
| 37 | Brazil | 77.4% | 2021 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 38 | Greenland | 77.0% | 2021 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 39 | Sierra Leone | 75.3% | 2021 | down 13.6% | volatile |
| 40 | Colombia | 75.1% | 2021 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 41 | Croatia | 69.9% | 2021 | up 46.7% | rising |
| 42 | Nicaragua | 69.5% | 2021 | up 104.5% | rising |
| 43 | Switzerland | 67.9% | 2021 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 44 | Sweden | 67.4% | 2021 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 45 | Canada | 67.0% | 2021 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 46 | Lithuania | 65.6% | 2021 | up 87.4% | volatile |
| 47 | Portugal | 64.9% | 2021 | up 37.9% | rising |
| 48 | Honduras | 64.6% | 2021 | up 44.7% | falling |
| 49 | Latvia | 63.6% | 2021 | up 25.9% | falling |
| 50 | Laos | 63.3% | 2021 | down 35.3% | falling |
| 51 | North Korea | 63.1% | 2021 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 52 | Mali | 62.3% | 2021 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 53 | Cameroon | 61.9% | 2021 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 54 | Peru | 61.8% | 2021 | up 10.6% | falling |
| 55 | Montenegro | 61.8% | 2021 | up 36.3% | falling |
| 56 | Burundi | 61.3% | 2021 | down 33.2% | falling |
| 57 | Guatemala | 60.6% | 2021 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 58 | Fiji | 60.1% | 2021 | up 3.5% | falling |
| 59 | Rwanda | 59.9% | 2021 | down 8.1% | flat |
| 60 | Sudan | 58.0% | 2021 | down 25.7% | rising |
| 61 | Liberia | 57.4% | 2021 | up 166.9% | rising |
| 62 | Cambodia | 56.4% | 2021 | up 762.0% | volatile |
| 63 | Finland | 52.9% | 2021 | up 60.9% | rising |
| 64 | Myanmar | 50.8% | 2021 | down 30.3% | rising |
| 65 | Sri Lanka | 49.2% | 2021 | up 20.7% | falling |
| 66 | Samoa | 49.1% | 2021 | up 73.6% | falling |
| 67 | Chile | 48.1% | 2021 | up 21.0% | falling |
| 68 | Spain | 47.0% | 2021 | up 53.8% | rising |
| 69 | Romania | 44.9% | 2021 | up 68.8% | rising |
| 70 | Suriname | 41.9% | 2021 | down 40.2% | falling |
| 71 | Vietnam | 41.2% | 2021 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 72 | Italy | 41.0% | 2021 | up 46.0% | rising |
| 73 | Greece | 40.6% | 2021 | up 186.8% | volatile |
| 74 | United Kingdom | 40.2% | 2021 | up 288.1% | volatile |
| 75 | Papua New Guinea | 40.0% | 2021 | up 7.7% | falling |
| 76 | Estonia | 40.0% | 2021 | up 336.6% | volatile |
| 77 | Germany | 39.8% | 2021 | up 88.0% | volatile |
| 78 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 39.3% | 2021 | up 37.0% | falling |
| 79 | Bolivia | 38.2% | 2021 | up 10.1% | falling |
| 80 | Faroe Islands | 38.1% | 2021 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 81 | Tanzania | 37.2% | 2021 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 82 | Ireland | 37.2% | 2021 | up 86.6% | volatile |
| 83 | Slovenia | 36.1% | 2021 | up 44.1% | rising |
| 84 | Turkey | 35.4% | 2021 | up 39.8% | falling |
| 85 | Djibouti | 35.4% | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 86 | Serbia | 35.0% | 2021 | up 46.0% | falling |
| 87 | Ghana | 34.9% | 2021 | down 48.3% | falling |
| 88 | Madagascar | 34.1% | 2021 | down 33.5% | falling |
| 89 | Netherlands | 33.1% | 2021 | up 206.4% | volatile |
| 90 | Congo | 31.7% | 2021 | down 50.1% | falling |
| 91 | Gabon | 31.6% | 2021 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 92 | North Macedonia | 31.0% | 2021 | up 45.9% | rising |
| 93 | Armenia | 30.0% | 2021 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 94 | China | 28.4% | 2021 | up 68.9% | rising |
| 95 | Pakistan | 28.3% | 2021 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 96 | Australia | 26.7% | 2021 | up 156.5% | rising |
| 97 | Argentina | 25.5% | 2021 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 98 | Togo | 25.3% | 2021 | down 72.6% | falling |
| 99 | Vanuatu | 25.2% | 2021 | up 54.3% | volatile |
| 100 | Jordan | 24.9% | 2021 | up 5,426.1% | volatile |
| 101 | Palestine | 24.5% | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 102 | French Polynesia | 23.7% | 2021 | down 13.6% | rising |
| 103 | Slovakia | 23.6% | 2021 | up 25.8% | rising |
| 104 | Belgium | 23.5% | 2021 | up 123.2% | volatile |
| 105 | Mexico | 23.4% | 2021 | up 57.0% | falling |
| 106 | France | 22.8% | 2021 | up 83.8% | rising |
| 107 | Cote d'Ivoire | 22.8% | 2021 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 108 | Philippines | 22.6% | 2021 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 109 | New Caledonia | 22.5% | 2021 | up 19.3% | falling |
| 110 | Nigeria | 22.2% | 2021 | up 22.1% | falling |
| 111 | Bulgaria | 22.2% | 2021 | up 139.4% | volatile |
| 112 | Mauritius | 21.7% | 2021 | up 8.0% | falling |
| 113 | Japan | 21.1% | 2021 | up 101.0% | rising |
| 114 | Haiti | 20.5% | 2021 | up 66.2% | volatile |
| 115 | Dominica | 20.3% | 2021 | down 44.1% | falling |
| 116 | United States | 20.3% | 2021 | up 59.8% | rising |
| 117 | Thailand | 19.9% | 2021 | up 54.3% | volatile |
| 118 | Mauritania | 19.4% | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 119 | Morocco | 19.3% | 2021 | up 70.5% | rising |
| 120 | Russia | 19.2% | 2021 | up 19.1% | flat |
| 121 | Hungary | 19.1% | 2021 | up 154.6% | volatile |
| 122 | India | 19.1% | 2021 | up 25.0% | falling |
| 123 | Cape Verde | 18.3% | 2021 | up 159.2% | volatile |
| 124 | Curacao | 18.3% | 2021 | up 283.4% | volatile |
| 125 | Poland | 17.5% | 2021 | up 108.1% | volatile |
| 126 | Dominican Republic | 17.1% | 2021 | up 63.9% | rising |
| 127 | Malaysia | 17.0% | 2021 | up 152.8% | rising |
| 128 | Kiribati | 16.4% | 2021 | up 411.9% | volatile |
| 129 | Tuvalu | 15.8% | 2021 | up 946.9% | volatile |
| 130 | Indonesia | 15.5% | 2021 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 131 | Cyprus | 15.1% | 2021 | up 317.7% | volatile |
| 132 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 15.0% | 2021 | down 29.6% | falling |
| 133 | Aruba | 14.8% | 2021 | up 22.3% | volatile |
| 134 | Tonga | 14.2% | 2021 | up 4,598.6% | volatile |
| 135 | Czechia | 14.0% | 2021 | up 54.3% | volatile |
| 136 | Burkina Faso | 13.9% | 2021 | up 54.7% | falling |
| 137 | Senegal | 13.3% | 2021 | up 799.1% | volatile |
| 138 | Jamaica | 12.8% | 2021 | up 98.3% | volatile |
| 139 | Egypt | 12.2% | 2021 | up 26.6% | falling |
| 140 | Ukraine | 12.0% | 2021 | up 109.1% | rising |
| 141 | Malta | 11.9% | 2021 | up 2,493.4% | volatile |
| 142 | Somalia | 11.2% | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 143 | Kazakhstan | 11.0% | 2021 | up 20.5% | falling |
| 144 | Mongolia | 10.9% | 2021 | up 688.0% | volatile |
| 145 | Yemen | 10.5% | 2021 | up 25,949.7% | volatile |
| 146 | Nauru | 9.8% | 2021 | up 8,032.0% | volatile |
| 147 | Equatorial Guinea | 8.8% | 2021 | up 396.6% | volatile |
| 148 | Niger | 7.8% | 2021 | up 446.2% | volatile |
| 149 | Israel | 7.6% | 2021 | up 1,028.6% | volatile |
| 150 | Barbados | 7.3% | 2021 | up 2,817.9% | volatile |
| 151 | Guyana | 7.1% | 2021 | down 24.2% | rising |
| 152 | Guinea-Bissau | 7.1% | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 153 | Uzbekistan | 7.1% | 2021 | down 53.9% | falling |
| 154 | South Korea | 6.6% | 2021 | up 221.9% | volatile |
| 155 | Solomon Islands | 6.6% | 2021 | up 34.3% | volatile |
| 156 | Moldova | 6.5% | 2021 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 157 | South Africa | 6.4% | 2021 | up 222.5% | volatile |
| 159 | Sao Tome and Principe | 6.1% | 2021 | down 93.4% | volatile |
| 160 | Maldives | 5.8% | 2021 | up 1,175.0% | volatile |
| 161 | Azerbaijan | 5.8% | 2021 | down 56.0% | falling |
| 162 | Antigua and Barbuda | 5.7% | 2021 | up 3,864.7% | volatile |
| 163 | Lebanon | 5.1% | 2021 | down 5.8% | volatile |
| 164 | Eritrea | 5.1% | 2021 | up 719.1% | volatile |
| 165 | Micronesia (country) | 4.9% | 2021 | up 288.1% | volatile |
| 166 | Guam | 4.8% | 2021 | up 33,630.8% | volatile |
| 167 | Cuba | 4.8% | 2021 | up 47.8% | falling |
| 168 | Chad | 4.6% | 2021 | up 10.2% | falling |
| 169 | Palau | 4.6% | 2021 | up 442.1% | volatile |
| 170 | Puerto Rico | 4.6% | 2021 | up 536.8% | volatile |
| 171 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 4.5% | 2021 | up 82.1% | volatile |
| 172 | Seychelles | 4.5% | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 173 | Iran | 4.2% | 2021 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 174 | United Arab Emirates | 4.2% | 2021 | up 18,494.1% | volatile |
| 175 | Singapore | 4.0% | 2021 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 176 | American Samoa | 3.9% | 2021 | up 2,128.7% | volatile |
| 177 | Iraq | 3.8% | 2021 | down 50.8% | volatile |
| 178 | Syria | 3.4% | 2021 | down 55.0% | volatile |
| 179 | Belarus | 3.1% | 2021 | up 629.6% | volatile |
| 180 | Cayman Islands | 2.9% | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 181 | Tunisia | 2.8% | 2021 | up 176.8% | volatile |
| 182 | Saint Lucia | 2.5% | 2021 | up 32,579.8% | volatile |
| 183 | United States Virgin Islands | 2.5% | 2021 | up 2,784.4% | volatile |
| 184 | Marshall Islands | 2.4% | 2021 | up 333.4% | volatile |
| 185 | British Virgin Islands | 2.3% | 2021 | up 238.9% | volatile |
| 186 | Grenada | 2.0% | 2021 | up 509.5% | volatile |
| 187 | Oman | 1.9% | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 188 | Gambia | 1.6% | 2021 | down 15.1% | volatile |
| 189 | Bangladesh | 1.5% | 2021 | down 33.4% | volatile |
| 190 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 1.5% | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 191 | Algeria | 0.9% | 2021 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 192 | Hong Kong | 0.8% | 2021 | up 266.3% | volatile |
| 193 | Saint Martin (French part) | 0.8% | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 194 | Bahamas | 0.5% | 2021 | up 571.2% | volatile |
| 195 | East Timor | 0.4% | 2021 | down 67.6% | volatile |
| 196 | South Sudan | 0.3% | 2021 | up 522.4% | volatile |
| 197 | Qatar | 0.3% | 2021 | up 699.1% | volatile |
| 198 | Kuwait | 0.3% | 2021 | up 1,523,430.0% | volatile |
| 199 | Benin | 0.3% | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 200 | Botswana | 0.2% | 2021 | up 206.1% | volatile |
| 201 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.1% | 2021 | up 34.5% | volatile |
| 202 | Saudi Arabia | 0.1% | 2021 | up 2,929.7% | volatile |
| 203 | Bahrain | 0.0% | 2021 | up 659.4% | volatile |
| 204 | Libya | 0.0% | 2021 | down 12.8% | volatile |
| 205 | Brunei | 0.0% | 2021 | down 54.8% | volatile |
| 206 | Turkmenistan | 0.0% | 2021 | down 39.4% | volatile |
| 207 | Comoros | 0.0% | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 207 | Gibraltar | 0.0% | 2015 | — | flat |
| 207 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 0.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Kosovo 6.4%
- Other small states 62.7%
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 60.5%
- Low income 58.8%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 58.1%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 57.6%
- Latin America & Caribbean 56.7%
- Small states 50.5%
- Least developed countries: UN classification 48.3%
- IDA only 48.1%
- Pacific island small states 42.6%
- IDA total 39.3%
About this data
Renewable electricity is the share of electricity generated by renewable power plants in total electricity generated by all types of plants.