environmental2025
Share of electricity generated by renewables
Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2025; countries can have different observation years.
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Key Insights
Global Average
38.3%
Median: 29.6%
Countries Covered
213
with available data
Highest
Central African Republic
100.0%
Lowest
Virgin Islands, British
0.0%
Top 5 Countries
1Central African Republic100.0%
2Democratic Republic of the Congo100.0%
3Costa Rica100.0%
4Ethiopia100.0%
5Iceland100.0%
By Region
South America72.2%(7 countries)
Oceania63.6%(2 countries)
Europe54.7%(32 countries)
North America45.2%(4 countries)
Africa42.5%(9 countries)
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Low (0.0%)High (100.0%)
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 38.3%)
South America (7)
Oceania (2)
Europe (32)
North America (4)
Africa (9)
Other (132)
Asia (27)
Percentile Profile
The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.
0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest
About This Statistic
Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2025; countries can have different observation years. Source: Our World in Data.
Methodology
Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Central African Republic | 100.0% |
| 2 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 100.0% |
| 3 | Costa Rica | 100.0% |
| 4 | Ethiopia | 100.0% |
| 5 | Iceland | 100.0% |
| 6 | Lesotho | 100.0% |
| 7 | Nepal | 100.0% |
| 8 | Paraguay | 100.0% |
| 9 | Albania | 100.0% |
| 10 | Bhutan | 100.0% |
| 11 | Norway | 99.0% |
| 12 | Uruguay | 97.8% |
| 13 | Namibia | 97.6% |
| 14 | Uganda | 97.1% |
| 15 | Eswatini | 96.7% |
| 16 | Malawi | 95.6% |
| 17 | Sierra Leone | 95.2% |
| 18 | Tajikistan | 94.4% |
| 19 | Luxembourg | 91.6% |
| 20 | Denmark | 91.2% |
| 21 | Venezuela | 91.1% |
| 22 | Kenya | 90.0% |
| 23 | New Zealand | 88.5% |
| 24 | Zambia | 87.5% |
| 25 | Belize | 87.2% |
| 26 | Afghanistan | 86.9% |
| 27 | Brazil | 86.6% |
| 28 | El Salvador | 86.5% |
| 29 | Kyrgyzstan | 84.7% |
| 30 | Austria | 83.6% |
| 31 | Mozambique | 83.4% |
| 32 | Greenland | 83.3% |
| 33 | Portugal | 81.0% |
| 34 | Sudan | 79.7% |
| 35 | Georgia | 79.6% |
| 36 | Ecuador | 79.4% |
| 37 | Lithuania | 77.6% |
| 38 | Colombia | 77.0% |
| 39 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 76.7% |
| 40 | Croatia | 76.3% |
| 41 | Montenegro | 75.6% |
| 42 | Burundi | 75.5% |
| 43 | Guinea | 75.2% |
| 44 | Angola | 73.7% |
| 45 | Cameroon | 73.1% |
| 46 | Latvia | 73.0% |
| 47 | Sweden | 71.2% |
| 48 | Guatemala | 68.3% |
| 49 | Panama | 68.0% |
| 50 | Switzerland | 67.8% |
| 51 | Chile | 66.4% |
| 52 | French Guiana | 65.3% |
| 53 | Canada | 63.9% |
| 54 | Peru | 63.6% |
| 55 | Fiji | 63.5% |
| 56 | North Korea | 63.4% |
| 57 | Nicaragua | 62.4% |
| 58 | Sri Lanka | 61.6% |
| 59 | Estonia | 59.6% |
| 60 | Germany | 59.1% |
| 61 | Zimbabwe | 57.1% |
| 62 | Reunion | 56.7% |
| 63 | Finland | 56.5% |
| 64 | Spain | 55.9% |
| 65 | Honduras | 55.4% |
| 66 | Liberia | 54.4% |
| 67 | Suriname | 52.9% |
| 68 | United Kingdom | 52.0% |
| 69 | Netherlands | 51.2% |
| 70 | Cook Islands | 50.0% |
| 71 | Greece | 49.7% |
| 72 | Rwanda | 49.6% |
| 73 | Italy | 48.8% |
| 74 | Ireland | 48.1% |
| 75 | Myanmar | 47.9% |
| 76 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 47.2% |
| 77 | Romania | 47.0% |
| 78 | Faroe Islands | 46.9% |
| 79 | Vietnam | 45.4% |
| 80 | Lebanon | 43.8% |
| 81 | Samoa | 43.8% |
| 82 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 43.6% |
| 83 | Türkiye | 43.3% |
| 84 | Pakistan | 42.7% |
| 85 | Madagascar | 42.4% |
| 86 | Cambodia | 40.9% |
| 87 | Slovenia | 39.6% |
| 88 | State of Palestine | 39.4% |
| 89 | Armenia | 39.0% |
| 90 | Belgium | 38.9% |
| 91 | Australia | 38.6% |
| 92 | People's Republic of China | 37.0% |
| 93 | Ghana | 36.2% |
| 94 | Bolivia | 36.1% |
| 95 | Gabon | 35.4% |
| 96 | Guadeloupe | 35.3% |
| 97 | Hungary | 35.3% |
| 98 | Djibouti | 35.0% |
| 99 | French Polynesia | 34.7% |
| 100 | Argentina | 34.6% |
| 101 | United Republic of Tanzania | 32.9% |
| 102 | Bulgaria | 32.8% |
| 103 | Poland | 31.5% |
| 104 | Nigeria | 31.3% |
| 105 | Cape Verde | 30.8% |
| 106 | Macao | 30.8% |
| 107 | Togo | 29.6% |
| 108 | Cote d'Ivoire | 28.9% |
| 109 | Serbia | 27.8% |
| 110 | Cyprus | 27.7% |
| 111 | New Caledonia | 26.9% |
| 112 | Equatorial Guinea | 26.8% |
| 113 | France | 26.1% |
| 114 | Martinique | 25.8% |
| 115 | United States of America | 25.6% |
| 116 | Kiribati | 25.0% |
| 117 | Vanuatu | 25.0% |
| 118 | Jordan | 24.1% |
| 119 | India | 24.1% |
| 120 | Morocco | 24.0% |
| 121 | Dominican Republic | 23.8% |
| 122 | Papua New Guinea | 23.7% |
| 123 | Japan | 23.6% |
| 124 | Philippines | 23.3% |
| 125 | Mexico | 23.1% |
| 126 | Mauritania | 22.7% |
| 127 | Somalia | 20.9% |
| 128 | Republic of the Congo | 20.9% |
| 129 | Malaysia | 20.7% |
| 130 | Nauru | 20.0% |
| 131 | Senegal | 19.8% |
| 132 | Mali | 19.5% |
| 133 | Uzbekistan | 19.4% |
| 134 | Slovakia | 18.7% |
| 135 | Haiti | 18.6% |
| 136 | Indonesia | 18.1% |
| 137 | Mauritius | 17.9% |
| 138 | Russian Federation | 17.4% |
| 139 | Burkina Faso | 17.2% |
| 140 | Aruba | 17.0% |
| 141 | Israel | 16.9% |
| 142 | Czech Republic | 16.8% |
| 143 | Thailand | 16.6% |
| 144 | Ukraine | 16.4% |
| 145 | Malta | 16.0% |
| 146 | Seychelles | 15.9% |
| 147 | Kazakhstan | 14.9% |
| 148 | Tonga | 14.3% |
| 149 | South Africa | 13.6% |
| 150 | Dominica | 13.3% |
| 151 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 13.3% |
| 152 | Egypt | 13.0% |
| 153 | Jamaica | 12.6% |
| 154 | Taiwan, Province of China | 12.2% |
| 155 | Azerbaijan | 12.1% |
| 156 | Yemen | 11.2% |
| 157 | Moldova, Republic of | 11.2% |
| 158 | Eritrea | 11.1% |
| 159 | Sao Tome and Principe | 11.1% |
| 160 | South Korea | 10.4% |
| 161 | Solomon Islands | 9.1% |
| 162 | Barbados | 9.0% |
| 163 | United Arab Emirates | 8.8% |
| 164 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 8.7% |
| 165 | Guam | 8.6% |
| 166 | Mongolia | 8.4% |
| 167 | Antigua and Barbuda | 8.1% |
| 168 | Maldives | 7.1% |
| 169 | Puerto Rico | 6.4% |
| 170 | American Samoa | 5.6% |
| 171 | Singapore | 5.5% |
| 172 | Chad | 5.4% |
| 173 | Belarus | 4.8% |
| 174 | Oman | 4.5% |
| 175 | Cayman Islands | 4.2% |
| 176 | Qatar | 4.1% |
| 177 | Tunisia | 4.0% |
| 178 | Cuba | 4.0% |
| 179 | Benin | 4.0% |
| 180 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 3.8% |
| 181 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 3.7% |
| 182 | Syrian Arab Republic | 3.5% |
| 183 | Niger | 3.2% |
| 184 | Virgin Islands, U.S. | 2.9% |
| 185 | Guyana | 2.9% |
| 186 | Saint Lucia | 2.5% |
| 187 | Kuwait | 2.2% |
| 188 | Saudi Arabia | 2.2% |
| 189 | Bangladesh | 2.1% |
| 190 | South Sudan | 1.8% |
| 191 | Bermuda | 1.6% |
| 192 | Iraq | 1.6% |
| 193 | Algeria | 1.1% |
| 194 | Hong Kong | 1.0% |
| 195 | Bahamas | 0.9% |
| 196 | Botswana | 0.3% |
| 197 | Bahrain | 0.3% |
| 198 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.2% |
| 199 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.1% |
| 200 | Turkmenistan | 0.0% |
| 201 | Libya | 0.0% |
| 202 | Comoros | 0.0% |
| 203 | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 0.0% |
| 204 | Republic of The Gambia | 0.0% |
| 205 | Gibraltar | 0.0% |
| 206 | Grenada | 0.0% |
| 207 | Montserrat | 0.0% |
| 208 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0% |
| 209 | Timor-Leste | 0.0% |
| 210 | Saint Helena | 0.0% |
| 211 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 0.0% |
| 212 | Western Sahara | 0.0% |
| 213 | Virgin Islands, British | 0.0% |
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Data Source
This data comes from Our World in Data (2025).
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