Renewable Energy by Country

World Bank 2021 · 192 countries

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Renewable energy share of total energy use

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192 countries

Renewable Energy by country
1	DR Congo	96.3%
2	Somalia	95.4%
3	Liberia	92.8%
4	Gabon	91.3%
5	Central African Republic	90.9%
6	Uganda	90.9%
7	Ethiopia	90.6%
8	Guinea-Bissau	87.4%
9	Madagascar	83.1%
10	Burundi	83.0%
11	Zambia	83.0%
12	Bhutan	82.5%
13	Zimbabwe	82.4%
14	Iceland	82.4%
15	Eritrea	80.7%
16	Nigeria	80.3%
17	Rwanda	79.9%
18	Niger	79.6%
19	Cameroon	79.2%
20	Tanzania	78.3%
21	Mozambique	76.9%
22	Haiti	76.7%
23	Togo	75.1%
24	Nepal	73.7%
25	Sierra Leone	71.6%
26	Republic of the Congo	71.4%
27	Burkina Faso	71.4%
28	Mali	71.1%
29	Chad	70.0%
30	Kenya	67.7%
31	Guinea	66.6%
32	Eswatini	64.7%
33	Myanmar	62.9%
34	Malawi	62.9%
35	Guatemala	62.1%
36	Norway	61.4%
37	Sudan	61.0%
38	Paraguay	58.8%
39	Ivory Coast	58.2%
40	Sweden	57.9%
41	Uruguay	57.8%
42	Liechtenstein	56.9%
43	Papua New Guinea	54.6%
44	Benin	54.5%
45	Angola	52.9%
46	Cambodia	52.4%
47	Nicaragua	50.4%
48	Finland	50.2%
49	Solomon Islands	50.1%
50	Laos	49.2%
51	Sri Lanka	48.8%
52	Gambia	47.7%
53	Brazil	46.5%
54	Honduras	45.9%
55	Latvia	44.0%
56	São Tomé and Príncipe	42.5%
57	Kiribati	41.9%
58	Albania	41.9%
59	Pakistan	41.6%
60	Montenegro	39.6%
61	Denmark	39.5%
62	Comoros	39.3%
63	Ghana	39.0%
64	Estonia	38.0%
65	Bosnia and Herzegovina	36.6%
66	Austria	36.0%
67	Samoa	35.9%
68	Senegal	35.4%
69	Tajikistan	34.9%
70	Lesotho	34.9%
71	India	34.9%
72	Costa Rica	34.2%
73	Croatia	34.1%
74	Venezuela	33.7%
75	Lithuania	33.2%
76	South Sudan	32.4%
77	Portugal	32.3%
78	Belize	30.8%
79	Peru	30.6%
80	Namibia	30.0%
81	Colombia	29.7%
82	New Zealand	28.9%
83	Fiji	28.4%
84	Panama	28.0%
85	Philippines	28.0%
86	Switzerland	27.7%
87	Kyrgyzstan	27.6%
88	Botswana	27.4%
89	Serbia	27.2%
90	Djibouti	26.9%
91	Georgia	25.2%
92	Vanuatu	25.0%
93	Bangladesh	25.0%
94	Vietnam	24.2%
95	Chile	24.2%
96	Canada	23.8%
97	Romania	23.6%
98	Slovenia	23.4%
99	El Salvador	21.9%
100	Cape Verde	21.8%
101	Greece	21.5%
102	Moldova	21.4%
103	Cuba	20.9%
104	Luxembourg	20.5%
105	Bulgaria	20.4%
106	Indonesia	20.2%
107	Afghanistan	20.0%
108	Mauritania	19.6%
109	North Macedonia	19.5%
110	Spain	19.0%
111	Thailand	19.0%
112	Ecuador	18.9%
113	Andorra	18.7%
114	Slovakia	17.9%
115	Germany	17.6%
116	Italy	17.5%
117	Czechia	17.2%
118	France	16.2%
119	Cyprus	15.6%
120	Palestine	15.4%
121	Hungary	15.3%
122	China	15.2%
123	Poland	15.2%
124	Dominican Republic	14.8%
125	North Korea	14.7%
126	Suriname	14.5%
127	Mexico	13.0%
128	Bolivia	12.8%
129	Ireland	12.7%
130	Australia	12.3%
131	Marshall Islands	12.2%
132	United Kingdom	12.2%
133	Netherlands	12.2%
134	Guyana	12.1%
135	Turkey	12.0%
136	Belgium	11.7%
137	Tunisia	11.6%
138	Jordan	11.5%
139	Timor-Leste	11.4%
140	Morocco	10.9%
141	United States	10.9%
142	Jamaica	10.5%
143	Grenada	10.0%
144	South Africa	9.7%
145	Saint Lucia	9.7%
146	Argentina	9.2%
147	Armenia	9.1%
148	Ukraine	8.9%
149	Dominica	8.9%
150	Japan	8.8%
151	Mauritius	8.6%
152	Malta	8.6%
153	Belarus	8.2%
154	Malaysia	7.5%
155	Lebanon	6.8%
156	Israel	6.2%
157	Egypt	6.1%
158	Barbados	5.5%
159	Tuvalu	5.2%
160	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	5.1%
161	Equatorial Guinea	4.2%
162	Yemen	3.7%
163	South Korea	3.6%
164	Russia	3.5%
165	Libya	3.1%
166	Mongolia	3.0%
167	Tonga	2.3%
168	Micronesia	2.0%
169	Kazakhstan	2.0%
170	Seychelles	1.9%
171	Nauru	1.9%
172	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1.5%
173	Azerbaijan	1.3%
174	Maldives	1.2%
175	Singapore	1.1%
176	Bahamas	1.1%
177	Iraq	1.1%
178	Syria	1.1%
179	United Arab Emirates	1.0%
180	Uzbekistan	1.0%
181	Palau	0.9%
182	Antigua and Barbuda	0.9%
183	Iran	0.9%
184	Trinidad and Tobago	0.5%
185	Algeria	0.1%
186	Kuwait	0.1%
187	Turkmenistan	0.1%
188	Saudi Arabia	0.1%
189	Oman	0.1%
190	Qatar	0.0%
191	Bahrain	0.0%
192	Brunei	0.0%

96.3%1st · DR Congo 95.4%2nd · Somalia 92.8%3rd · Liberia

Source

World Bank · 2021 · 192/195 countries

Surprising positions

Iran ranks 182 of 192 for renewable energy, and 17 of 195 for population.

Iceland ranks 13 of 192 for renewable energy, and 172 of 195 for population.

Russia ranks 164 of 192 for renewable energy, and 9 of 195 for population.

Method

The three largest gaps in relative ranking position, compared with population. Only sovereign countries with both values count. This describes position, not whether a country is better.

Renewable Energy by Country

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