Share of renewables in electricity generation

190 countries, 2024. Unit: % of generation.

First in the ranking
100.0 %
Albania
Median country
31.3 %
half above, half below
World
31.6 %
Ember aggregate
Range
0.0 to 100.0
The Gambia - Albania

How to read it

Across 190 countries worldwide, the highest value is in Albania (100.0 %) and the lowest in The Gambia (0.0 %).

The median country is at 31.3 %: half are above, half below.

For the world as a whole, the value rose from 18.7 % in 2000 to 33.5 % in 2025.

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Source: Ember, Yearly Electricity Data · licence

Renewable electricity over time

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Ranking of countries

2024
In chart Continent Share of the highest value
1Albania100.0Europe
2Bhutan100.0Asia
3Democratic Republic of the Congo100.0Africa
4Ethiopia100.0Africa
5Iceland100.0Europe
6Nepal100.0Asia
7Paraguay100.0South America
8Costa Rica99.9North America
9Uruguay98.9South America
10Norway98.6Europe
11Namibia97.6Africa
12Uganda97.1Africa
13Eswatini96.7Africa
14Malawi95.6Africa
15Sierra Leone95.2Africa
16Tajikistan94.6Asia
17Kenya91.5Africa
18Venezuela91.1South America
19El Salvador90.8North America
20Luxembourg90.7Europe
21Denmark89.2Europe
22Kyrgyzstan88.8Asia
23Zambia87.5Africa
24Brazil87.3South America
25Belize87.2North America
26Afghanistan86.9Asia
27Austria86.2Europe
28New Zealand86.0Oceania
29Portugal85.2Europe
30Lithuania84.3Europe
31Mozambique83.4Africa
32Greenland83.3North America
33Georgia79.8Asia
34Sudan79.7Africa
35Laos76.7Asia
36Burundi75.5Africa
37Guinea75.2Africa
38Angola73.7Africa
39Latvia73.5Europe
40Croatia73.4Europe
41Cameroon73.1Africa
42Ecuador72.4South America
43Chile70.0South America
44Sweden69.3Europe
45Guatemala68.3North America
46Panama68.0North America
47Switzerland67.4Europe
48Canada64.3North America
49Fiji63.5Oceania
50North Korea63.4Asia
51Nicaragua62.4North America
52Colombia61.3South America
53Peru60.1South America
54Montenegro59.5Europe
55Germany58.3Europe
56Spain57.3Europe
57Zimbabwe57.1Africa
58Finland55.8Europe
59Estonia55.7Europe
60Honduras55.4North America
61Liberia54.4Africa
62Sri Lanka54.1Asia
63Suriname52.9South America
64Netherlands50.7Europe
65United Kingdom50.6Europe
66Italy50.2Europe
67Rwanda49.6Africa
68Greece49.2Europe
69Myanmar47.9Asia
70Ireland46.5Europe
71Romania46.5Europe
72Türkiye45.6Asia
73Lebanon43.8Asia
74Samoa43.8Oceania
75Madagascar42.4Africa
76Vietnam42.3Asia
77Pakistan41.1Asia
78Slovenia41.1Europe
79Bosnia and Herzegovina39.7Europe
80North Macedonia39.5Europe
81Palestine39.4Asia
82Ghana36.2Africa
83Cambodia35.7Asia
84Gabon35.4Africa
85Belgium35.2Europe
86Australia35.1Oceania
87Djibouti35.0Africa
88French Polynesia34.7Oceania
89Argentina34.4South America
90Bolivia34.0South America
91China33.2Asia
92Tanzania32.9Africa
93Serbia32.1Europe
94Armenia31.9Asia
95Hungary31.4Europe
96Poland31.1Europe
97Cabo Verde30.8Africa
98Macao30.8Asia
99Bulgaria29.9Europe
100Togo29.6Africa
101Côte d'Ivoire28.9Africa
102France27.5Europe
103New Caledonia26.9Oceania
104Equatorial Guinea26.8Africa
105Kiribati25.0Oceania
106Nigeria25.0Africa
107Morocco24.4Africa
108Jordan24.1Asia
109United States24.1North America
110Slovakia24.1Europe
111Cyprus23.8Asia
112Papua New Guinea23.7Oceania
113Japan22.9Asia
114Mauritania22.7Africa
115Mexico21.1North America
116Somalia20.9Africa
117Republic of the Congo20.9Africa
118Philippines20.5Asia
119Nauru20.0Oceania
120Senegal19.8Africa
121Malaysia19.8Asia
122India19.8Asia
123Mali19.5Africa
124Dominican Republic18.9North America
125Haiti18.6North America
126Russia18.1Europe
127Mauritius17.9Africa
128Burkina Faso17.2Africa
129Aruba17.0North America
130Czechia16.9Europe
131Uzbekistan16.0Asia
132Seychelles15.9Africa
133Malta15.5Europe
134Kazakhstan15.2Asia
135Thailand14.8Asia
136Indonesia14.8Asia
137Tonga14.3Oceania
138Israel13.8Asia
139Saint Vincent and the Grenadines13.3North America
140Jamaica12.6North America
141South Africa12.5Africa
142Azerbaijan11.7Asia
143Yemen11.2Asia
144Egypt11.2Africa
145Eritrea11.1Africa
146Moldova10.7Europe
147South Korea9.7Asia
148Solomon Islands9.1Oceania
149Barbados9.0North America
150Mongolia8.8Asia
151United Arab Emirates8.8Asia
152Saint Kitts and Nevis8.7North America
153Guam8.6Oceania
154Kosovo8.6Europe
155Antigua and Barbuda8.1North America
156Maldives7.1Asia
157Puerto Rico6.0North America
158American Samoa5.6Oceania
159Chad5.4Africa
160Iran5.3Asia
161Singapore4.9Asia
162Oman4.9Asia
163Tunisia4.4Africa
164Cayman Islands4.2North America
165Qatar4.0Asia
166Cuba4.0North America
167Benin4.0Africa
168Turks and Caicos Islands3.7North America
169Syria3.5Asia
170Niger3.2Africa
171Belarus3.1Europe
172Guyana2.9South America
173Saint Lucia2.5North America
174Kuwait2.2Asia
175Saudi Arabia2.2Asia
176Bangladesh1.9Asia
177South Sudan1.8Africa
178Iraq1.6Asia
179Algeria1.1Africa
180Hong Kong1.0Asia
181Bahamas0.9North America
182Botswana0.3Africa
183Bahrain0.3Asia
184Brunei0.2Asia
185Trinidad and Tobago0.1North America
186Turkmenistan0.0Asia
187Libya0.0Africa
188The Gambia0.0Africa
189Guinea-Bissau0.0Africa
190Grenada0.0North America
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Biggest changes, 2014-2024

change in percentage points · 190 countries

Largest increase

  1. Luxembourg 20.9 → 90.7 +69.8 pp
  2. Liberia 0.0 → 54.4 +54.4 pp
  3. Estonia 11.2 → 55.7 +44.5 pp
  4. Lithuania 40.9 → 84.3 +43.4 pp
  5. Lebanon 1.2 → 43.8 +42.7 pp

Largest decrease

  1. Mali 58.2 → 19.5 −38.7 pp
  2. Republic of the Congo 55.1 → 20.9 −34.2 pp
  3. Ghana 63.6 → 36.2 −27.4 pp
  4. Cambodia 61.1 → 35.7 −25.5 pp
  5. Laos 100.0 → 76.7 −23.3 pp

Continents over time

median country of each continent

Renewable electricity - continent medians

%

Africa Asia Europe North America South America Oceania

0 20 40 60 80 2000 Africa: 33.33 Asia: 6.72 Europe: 15.57 North America: 6.92 South America: 73.86 Oceania: 4.04 2001 Africa: 28.65 Asia: 6.72 Europe: 15.77 North America: 6.62 South America: 68.63 Oceania: 3.85 2002 Africa: 27.55 Asia: 7.2 Europe: 13.15 North America: 7.06 South America: 63.95 Oceania: 4.02 2003 Africa: 27.27 Asia: 8.33 Europe: 13.96 North America: 7.2 South America: 63.88 Oceania: 4.13 2004 Africa: 27.32 Asia: 7.61 Europe: 15.84 North America: 7.18 South America: 64.22 Oceania: 4.23 2005 Africa: 26.98 Asia: 8.87 Europe: 14.93 North America: 6.18 South America: 63.16 Oceania: 4.49 2006 Africa: 27.12 Asia: 9.64 Europe: 16.57 North America: 6.58 South America: 59.82 Oceania: 4.44 2007 Africa: 30.81 Asia: 8.91 Europe: 15.59 North America: 6.67 South America: 62.03 Oceania: 4.17 2008 Africa: 28.37 Asia: 7.56 Europe: 15.89 North America: 7.66 South America: 60.35 Oceania: 3.9 2009 Africa: 33.33 Asia: 7.13 Europe: 18.62 North America: 9.02 South America: 58.41 Oceania: 4.03 2010 Africa: 28.07 Asia: 6.1 Europe: 21.67 North America: 10.54 South America: 59.46 Oceania: 4.42 2011 Africa: 29.93 Asia: 7.55 Europe: 21.15 North America: 11.31 South America: 62.04 Oceania: 5.97 2012 Africa: 23.36 Asia: 8.43 Europe: 23.14 North America: 12.16 South America: 54.33 Oceania: 6.04 2013 Africa: 21.85 Asia: 8.35 Europe: 26.05 North America: 12.93 South America: 50.78 Oceania: 14.26 2014 Africa: 28.99 Asia: 8.74 Europe: 26.17 North America: 9.3 South America: 49.96 Oceania: 12.43 2015 Africa: 25.16 Asia: 8.81 Europe: 29.44 North America: 9.08 South America: 51.91 Oceania: 14.12 2016 Africa: 23.73 Asia: 8.94 Europe: 31.18 North America: 11.66 South America: 52.16 Oceania: 11.76 2017 Africa: 25.19 Asia: 11.11 Europe: 29.24 North America: 12.8 South America: 58.5 Oceania: 13.95 2018 Africa: 31.72 Asia: 13.75 Europe: 34.35 North America: 14.21 South America: 59.75 Oceania: 16.57 2019 Africa: 30.44 Asia: 14.63 Europe: 36.68 North America: 13.02 South America: 59.46 Oceania: 22.89 2020 Africa: 28.86 Asia: 16.67 Europe: 42.23 North America: 13.76 South America: 64.4 Oceania: 24.62 2021 Africa: 30.67 Asia: 17.12 Europe: 39.78 North America: 13.81 South America: 68.32 Oceania: 24.86 2022 Africa: 29.18 Asia: 16.83 Europe: 40.1 North America: 13.33 South America: 64.84 Oceania: 25 2023 Africa: 26.49 Asia: 18.78 Europe: 47.16 North America: 13.33 South America: 64.63 Oceania: 25 2024 Africa: 29.25 Asia: 19.76 Europe: 50.17 North America: 17 South America: 65.69 Oceania: 25 2000 2008 2012 2016 2024

By continent

median country
Africa 29.2 %
Asia 19.8 %
Europe 50.2 %
North America 17.0 %
South America 65.7 %
Oceania 25.0 %

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