Renewable energy consumption (% of total final energy consumption) by country

Renewable energy consumption is the share of renewable energy in total final energy consumption.

Countries reporting
212
Highest
96.3%
Democratic Republic of Congo
Lowest
0.0%
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
Median
20.1%
Years covered
33
1990–2022
Data points
8,203

What the numbers show

Renewable energy consumption (% of total final energy consumption) is currently reported for 212 countries. The highest value is 96.3% in Democratic Republic of Congo; the lowest is 0.0% in Sint Maarten (Dutch part).

The median across all reporting countries is 20.1%, and the mean is 29.1%.

Over the past decade 109 countries rose and 88 fell. The largest increase was in Nauru (up 1,800.0%), and the largest decrease in Qatar (down 100.0%).

Renewable energy consumption: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Democratic Republic of Congo 96.3% 2021 up 0.1% flat
2 Somalia 95.4% 2022 up 1.6% rising
3 Liberia 92.8% 2022 up 7.7% flat
4 Gabon 91.3% 2021 up 14.6% rising
5 Central African Republic 90.9% 2022 down 2.4% flat
5 Uganda 90.9% 2022 down 2.7% falling
7 Ethiopia 90.6% 2021 down 3.2% falling
8 Guinea-Bissau 87.4% 2022 down 0.5% flat
9 Madagascar 83.1% 2022 down 0.2% flat
10 Burundi 83.0% 2022 down 9.5% falling
10 Zambia 83.0% 2021 down 5.6% flat
12 Bhutan 82.5% 2022 down 0.4% falling
13 Iceland 82.4% 2021 up 6.9% rising
13 Zimbabwe 82.4% 2021 up 6.7% rising
15 Eritrea 80.7% 2021 up 4.7% flat
16 Nigeria 80.3% 2021 down 4.5% falling
17 Rwanda 79.9% 2022 down 10.0% flat
18 Niger 79.6% 2021 up 3.1% falling
19 Cameroon 79.2% 2021 up 0.8% falling
20 Tanzania 78.3% 2021 down 10.6% falling
21 Mozambique 76.9% 2021 down 10.0% falling
22 Haiti 76.7% 2021 down 2.9% falling
23 Togo 75.1% 2021 up 8.7% falling
24 Nepal 73.7% 2021 down 15.3% falling
25 Sierra Leone 71.6% 2022 down 9.5% falling
26 Burkina Faso 71.4% 2022 down 9.8% falling
26 Congo 71.4% 2021 up 11.0% falling
28 Mali 71.1% 2022 down 12.4% falling
29 Chad 70.0% 2022 down 8.0% falling
30 Kenya 67.7% 2021 down 9.4% falling
31 Guinea 66.6% 2022 down 12.8% falling
32 Eswatini 64.7% 2022 down 6.0% rising
33 Myanmar 62.9% 2021 down 24.9% falling
33 Malawi 62.9% 2022 down 21.6% falling
35 Guatemala 62.1% 2021 down 7.5% falling
36 Norway 61.4% 2021 up 9.6% flat
37 Sudan 61.0% 2021 down 4.2% falling
38 Paraguay 58.8% 2021 down 5.9% falling
39 Cote d'Ivoire 58.2% 2021 down 26.4% falling
40 Sweden 57.9% 2021 up 27.5% rising
41 Uruguay 57.8% 2021 up 16.3% rising
42 Liechtenstein 56.9% 2022 up 2.5% flat
43 Papua New Guinea 54.6% 2022 down 1.6% falling
44 Benin 54.5% 2021 up 11.9% falling
45 Angola 52.9% 2021 up 2.3% falling
46 Cambodia 52.4% 2021 down 18.1% falling
47 Nicaragua 50.4% 2021 down 5.4% falling
48 Finland 50.2% 2021 up 43.0% rising
49 Solomon Islands 50.1% 2022 up 14.4% falling
50 Laos 49.2% 2022 down 21.2% falling
51 Sri Lanka 48.8% 2021 down 13.5% falling
52 Gambia 47.7% 2022 down 16.3% falling
53 Brazil 46.5% 2021 up 2.9% flat
54 Honduras 45.9% 2021 down 9.8% falling
55 Latvia 44.0% 2021 up 23.9% rising
56 Sao Tome and Principe 42.5% 2022 up 6.0% falling
57 Albania 41.9% 2021 up 17.0% falling
57 Kiribati 41.9% 2022 down 14.0% falling
59 Pakistan 41.6% 2021 down 11.1% falling
60 Montenegro 39.6% 2021 down 7.5% falling
61 Denmark 39.5% 2021 up 66.0% volatile
62 Comoros 39.3% 2022 down 42.5% falling
63 Ghana 39.0% 2021 down 22.2% falling
64 Estonia 38.0% 2021 up 50.8% rising
65 Bosnia and Herzegovina 36.6% 2021 up 157.7% rising
66 Austria 36.0% 2021 up 13.9% rising
67 Samoa 35.9% 2022 down 10.7% falling
68 Senegal 35.4% 2021 down 26.2% falling
69 India 34.9% 2021 down 0.3% falling
69 Lesotho 34.9% 2022 down 14.5% falling
69 Tajikistan 34.9% 2021 down 41.8% falling
72 Costa Rica 34.2% 2021 down 10.0% flat
73 Croatia 34.1% 2021 up 25.4% rising
74 Venezuela 33.7% 2021 up 127.7% rising
75 Lithuania 33.2% 2021 up 46.3% rising
76 South Sudan 32.4% 2021 up 5.9% rising
77 Portugal 32.3% 2021 up 18.8% rising
78 Belize 30.8% 2022 down 35.7% falling
79 Peru 30.6% 2021 unchanged falling
80 Namibia 30.0% 2021 down 5.1% falling
81 Colombia 29.7% 2021 up 0.3% falling
82 New Zealand 28.9% 2021 down 4.6% rising
83 Fiji 28.4% 2022 down 14.7% falling
84 Panama 28.0% 2021 up 42.1% falling
84 Philippines 28.0% 2021 down 17.2% falling
86 Switzerland 27.7% 2021 up 34.5% rising
87 Kyrgyzstan 27.6% 2021 up 6.2% rising
88 Botswana 27.4% 2021 down 5.2% falling
89 Serbia 27.2% 2021 up 56.3% rising
90 Djibouti 26.9% 2022 down 16.7% falling
91 Georgia 25.2% 2021 down 20.0% falling
92 Bangladesh 25.0% 2021 down 34.9% falling
92 Vanuatu 25.0% 2022 down 35.9% falling
94 Chile 24.2% 2021 down 16.0% falling
94 Vietnam 24.2% 2021 down 33.3% falling
96 Canada 23.8% 2021 up 10.7% flat
97 Romania 23.6% 2021 up 11.8% rising
98 Slovenia 23.4% 2021 up 22.5% rising
99 El Salvador 21.9% 2021 down 25.8% falling
100 Cape Verde 21.8% 2022 down 10.3% falling
101 Greece 21.5% 2021 up 88.6% rising
102 Moldova 21.4% 2021 up 4.9% volatile
103 Cuba 20.9% 2021 up 8.9% falling
104 Luxembourg 20.5% 2021 up 439.5% volatile
105 Bulgaria 20.4% 2021 up 54.5% volatile
106 Indonesia 20.2% 2021 down 37.7% falling
107 Afghanistan 20.0% 2022 up 29.9% falling
108 Mauritania 19.6% 2022 down 38.6% falling
109 North Macedonia 19.5% 2021 up 4.8% rising
110 Spain 19.0% 2021 up 29.3% rising
110 Thailand 19.0% 2021 down 17.4% falling
112 Ecuador 18.9% 2021 up 43.2% falling
113 Andorra 18.7% 2022 down 0.5% rising
114 Slovakia 17.9% 2021 up 72.1% volatile
115 Germany 17.6% 2021 up 40.8% volatile
116 Italy 17.5% 2021 up 47.1% volatile
117 Czechia 17.2% 2021 up 41.0% rising
118 France 16.2% 2021 up 52.8% rising
119 Cyprus 15.6% 2021 up 105.3% volatile
120 Palestine 15.4% 2022 up 26.2% falling
121 Hungary 15.3% 2021 up 4.1% volatile
122 China 15.2% 2021 up 34.5% falling
122 Poland 15.2% 2021 up 46.2% rising
124 Dominican Republic 14.8% 2021 down 11.9% falling
125 North Korea 14.7% 2021 down 0.7% rising
126 Suriname 14.5% 2021 down 31.6% falling
127 Mexico 13.0% 2021 up 42.9% falling
128 Bolivia 12.8% 2021 down 29.3% falling
129 Ireland 12.7% 2021 up 81.4% volatile
130 Australia 12.3% 2021 up 48.2% rising
131 United Kingdom 12.2% 2021 up 205.0% volatile
131 Marshall Islands 12.2% 2022 up 1.7% falling
131 Netherlands 12.2% 2021 up 159.6% volatile
134 Guyana 12.1% 2022 down 57.8% falling
135 Turkey 12.0% 2021 down 5.5% falling
136 Belgium 11.7% 2021 up 74.6% volatile
136 Greenland 11.7% 2022 up 15.8% rising
138 Tunisia 11.6% 2021 down 12.1% falling
139 Jordan 11.5% 2021 up 283.3% volatile
140 East Timor 11.4% 2022 down 55.5% falling
141 Macao 11.0% 2022 down 0.9% volatile
142 Morocco 10.9% 2021 down 7.6% falling
142 United States 10.9% 2021 up 29.8% rising
144 Jamaica 10.5% 2021 up 7.1% falling
145 Grenada 10.0% 2022 down 13.0% rising
146 Saint Lucia 9.7% 2022 down 21.8% falling
146 South Africa 9.7% 2021 up 7.8% falling
148 New Caledonia 9.6% 2022 up 54.8% falling
149 Argentina 9.2% 2021 up 4.5% flat
150 Armenia 9.1% 2021 up 13.8% rising
151 Dominica 8.9% 2022 down 21.2% falling
151 Ukraine 8.9% 2021 up 229.6% volatile
153 Aruba 8.8% 2022 up 27.5% volatile
153 Japan 8.8% 2021 up 83.3% rising
155 Malta 8.6% 2021 up 330.0% volatile
155 Mauritius 8.6% 2021 down 28.3% volatile
157 Belarus 8.2% 2021 up 9.3% rising
158 Faroe Islands 7.9% 2022 up 68.1% rising
159 Malaysia 7.5% 2021 up 240.9% falling
160 French Polynesia 7.0% 2022 up 6.1% rising
161 Lebanon 6.8% 2021 up 9.7% falling
162 Guam 6.7% 2022 up 1,240.0% volatile
163 Israel 6.2% 2021 down 31.9% falling
164 Egypt 6.1% 2021 up 13.0% falling
165 United States Virgin Islands 5.9% 2022 up 195.0% volatile
166 Barbados 5.5% 2022 up 44.7% volatile
167 Tuvalu 5.2% 2022 up 1,633.3% volatile
168 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 5.1% 2022 up 2.0% falling
169 Equatorial Guinea 4.2% 2022 down 4.5% volatile
170 Yemen 3.7% 2021 up 311.1% volatile
171 South Korea 3.6% 2021 up 157.1% volatile
172 Russia 3.5% 2021 up 9.4% falling
173 Libya 3.1% 2021 down 3.1% rising
174 Mongolia 3.0% 2021 down 25.0% falling
175 Curacao 2.8% 2021 up 460.0% volatile
176 Isle of Man 2.7% 2022 down 22.9% falling
177 Puerto Rico 2.5% 2022 up 400.0% volatile
178 Tonga 2.3% 2022 up 109.1% rising
179 Micronesia (country) 2.0% 2022 up 42.9% rising
179 Kazakhstan 2.0% 2021 up 42.9% rising
181 Nauru 1.9% 2022 up 1,800.0% volatile
181 Seychelles 1.9% 2022 up 137.5% volatile
183 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1.5% 2022 up 15.4% volatile
184 Azerbaijan 1.3% 2021 down 62.9% rising
184 British Virgin Islands 1.3% 2022 up 44.4% flat
186 Maldives 1.2% 2022 unchanged falling
187 Bahamas 1.1% 2022 down 21.4% volatile
187 Iraq 1.1% 2021 unchanged volatile
187 Singapore 1.1% 2021 up 120.0% rising
187 Syria 1.1% 2021 down 31.2% falling
191 United Arab Emirates 1.0% 2021 up 900.0% volatile
191 Uzbekistan 1.0% 2021 up 11.1% flat
193 Antigua and Barbuda 0.9% 2022 up 800.0% volatile
193 Bermuda 0.9% 2022 up 125.0% volatile
193 Iran 0.9% 2021 unchanged falling
193 Palau 0.9% 2022 volatile
197 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.8% 2022 up 100.0% flat
198 Northern Mariana Islands 0.5% 2022 volatile
198 Trinidad and Tobago 0.5% 2021 up 25.0% falling
200 American Samoa 0.4% 2022 up 300.0% volatile
200 Hong Kong 0.4% 2021 down 20.0% volatile
202 Algeria 0.1% 2021 down 50.0% falling
202 Kuwait 0.1% 2021 volatile
202 Oman 0.1% 2021 volatile
202 Saudi Arabia 0.1% 2021 volatile
202 Turkmenistan 0.1% 2021 unchanged volatile
207 Bahrain 0.0% 2021 flat
207 Brunei 0.0% 2021 volatile
207 Cayman Islands 0.0% 2022 flat
207 Gibraltar 0.0% 2021 flat
207 Qatar 0.0% 2021 down 100.0% volatile
207 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0.0% 2022 flat

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Renewable energy consumption (% of total final energy consumption)
Unit
% of total final energy consumption
Source
IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
259 places, 8,203 data points, 1990–2022
Last refreshed

Renewable energy consumption is the share of renewable energy in total final energy consumption.