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Installed renewable electricity-generating capacity (watts per capita) - All renewables
Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2023; countries can have different observation years.
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Key Insights
Global Average
501.3watts per capita
Median: 163.6watts per capita
Countries Covered
219
with available data
Highest
Iceland
7,430.2watts per capita
Lowest
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
0.0watts per capita
Top 5 Countries
1Iceland7,430.2watts per capita
2Norway7,285.7watts per capita
3Sweden3,852.1watts per capita
4Bhutan2,970.9watts per capita
5Austria2,925.7watts per capita
By Region
Oceania1,838.5watts per capita(2 countries)
Europe1,709.3watts per capita(32 countries)
North America1,072.9watts per capita(4 countries)
South America620.5watts per capita(7 countries)
Other255.6watts per capita(139 countries)
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Low (0.0watts per capita)High (7,430.2watts per capita)
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 501.3watts per capita)
Oceania (2)
Europe (32)
North America (4)
South America (7)
Other (139)
Asia (26)
Africa (9)
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 2023; 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 | Iceland | 7,430.2watts per capita |
| 2 | Norway | 7,285.7watts per capita |
| 3 | Sweden | 3,852.1watts per capita |
| 4 | Bhutan | 2,970.9watts per capita |
| 5 | Austria | 2,925.7watts per capita |
| 6 | Canada | 2,766.4watts per capita |
| 7 | Finland | 2,516.1watts per capita |
| 8 | Switzerland | 2,417.0watts per capita |
| 9 | Denmark | 2,189.6watts per capita |
| 10 | Australia | 2,073.1watts per capita |
| 11 | Germany | 1,974.5watts per capita |
| 12 | Netherlands | 1,969.2watts per capita |
| 13 | Portugal | 1,765.4watts per capita |
| 14 | Spain | 1,672.6watts per capita |
| 15 | Greenland | 1,664.1watts per capita |
| 16 | New Zealand | 1,604.0watts per capita |
| 17 | Greece | 1,543.0watts per capita |
| 18 | Montenegro | 1,351.9watts per capita |
| 19 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 1,296.6watts per capita |
| 20 | Paraguay | 1,295.5watts per capita |
| 21 | Belgium | 1,284.6watts per capita |
| 22 | Uruguay | 1,206.8watts per capita |
| 23 | Luxembourg | 1,175.1watts per capita |
| 24 | Faroe Islands | 1,174.5watts per capita |
| 25 | Latvia | 1,165.4watts per capita |
| 26 | Ireland | 1,133.3watts per capita |
| 27 | United States of America | 1,121.5watts per capita |
| 28 | Estonia | 1,120.5watts per capita |
| 29 | New Caledonia | 1,118.2watts per capita |
| 30 | Palau | 1,106.7watts per capita |
| 31 | Italy | 1,095.1watts per capita |
| 32 | Chile | 1,093.0watts per capita |
| 33 | Slovenia | 1,083.8watts per capita |
| 34 | Japan | 1,035.5watts per capita |
| 35 | France | 1,022.2watts per capita |
| 36 | People's Republic of China | 1,021.9watts per capita |
| 37 | Croatia | 1,021.5watts per capita |
| 38 | Lithuania | 975.8watts per capita |
| 39 | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 972.1watts per capita |
| 40 | Georgia | 925.7watts per capita |
| 41 | Brazil | 919.2watts per capita |
| 42 | Bulgaria | 914.6watts per capita |
| 43 | United Kingdom | 811.3watts per capita |
| 44 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 739.3watts per capita |
| 45 | Poland | 705.1watts per capita |
| 46 | Hungary | 697.6watts per capita |
| 47 | Andorra | 684.6watts per capita |
| 48 | Türkiye | 669.9watts per capita |
| 49 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 664.4watts per capita |
| 50 | Panama | 657.9watts per capita |
| 51 | Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba | 632.3watts per capita |
| 52 | Guam | 631.0watts per capita |
| 53 | Costa Rica | 626.2watts per capita |
| 54 | Romania | 615.3watts per capita |
| 55 | Venezuela | 601.6watts per capita |
| 56 | Armenia | 598.8watts per capita |
| 57 | Guadeloupe | 597.7watts per capita |
| 58 | French Guiana | 595.0watts per capita |
| 59 | South Korea | 589.5watts per capita |
| 60 | Cyprus | 578.2watts per capita |
| 61 | United Arab Emirates | 567.1watts per capita |
| 62 | Tajikistan | 554.7watts per capita |
| 63 | Reunion | 542.4watts per capita |
| 64 | Israel | 526.4watts per capita |
| 65 | Niue | 517.9watts per capita |
| 66 | Serbia | 469.7watts per capita |
| 67 | Vietnam | 458.5watts per capita |
| 68 | Slovakia | 455.7watts per capita |
| 69 | Kyrgyzstan | 453.8watts per capita |
| 70 | Czech Republic | 446.1watts per capita |
| 71 | Tokelau | 440.6watts per capita |
| 72 | Malta | 439.0watts per capita |
| 73 | Martinique | 422.4watts per capita |
| 74 | Aruba | 415.1watts per capita |
| 75 | Cook Islands | 391.7watts per capita |
| 76 | Tuvalu | 390.1watts per capita |
| 77 | Russian Federation | 389.9watts per capita |
| 78 | Ukraine | 387.3watts per capita |
| 79 | French Polynesia | 364.0watts per capita |
| 80 | Puerto Rico | 356.9watts per capita |
| 81 | Argentina | 348.9watts per capita |
| 82 | Curaçao | 322.8watts per capita |
| 83 | Suriname | 307.1watts per capita |
| 84 | Ecuador | 303.0watts per capita |
| 85 | Kazakhstan | 278.6watts per capita |
| 86 | Qatar | 276.6watts per capita |
| 87 | El Salvador | 276.6watts per capita |
| 88 | Colombia | 273.3watts per capita |
| 89 | Nauru | 266.4watts per capita |
| 90 | Malaysia | 257.7watts per capita |
| 91 | Mexico | 254.0watts per capita |
| 92 | Barbados | 249.7watts per capita |
| 93 | Fiji | 244.1watts per capita |
| 94 | Belize | 236.4watts per capita |
| 95 | Montserrat | 230.3watts per capita |
| 96 | Jordan | 229.1watts per capita |
| 97 | Lebanon | 224.6watts per capita |
| 98 | Mauritius | 212.1watts per capita |
| 99 | Cayman Islands | 204.0watts per capita |
| 100 | Peru | 199.3watts per capita |
| 101 | Singapore | 198.1watts per capita |
| 102 | Dominican Republic | 194.3watts per capita |
| 103 | North Korea | 190.1watts per capita |
| 104 | Honduras | 182.4watts per capita |
| 105 | Seychelles | 180.1watts per capita |
| 106 | Namibia | 177.5watts per capita |
| 107 | Thailand | 175.0watts per capita |
| 108 | South Africa | 168.1watts per capita |
| 109 | Antigua and Barbuda | 167.0watts per capita |
| 110 | Azerbaijan | 163.6watts per capita |
| 111 | Zambia | 161.2watts per capita |
| 112 | Tonga | 157.7watts per capita |
| 113 | Guatemala | 149.6watts per capita |
| 114 | Eswatini | 145.0watts per capita |
| 115 | Oman | 143.0watts per capita |
| 116 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 139.7watts per capita |
| 117 | Samoa | 136.9watts per capita |
| 118 | Sri Lanka | 135.9watts per capita |
| 119 | Cambodia | 134.8watts per capita |
| 120 | Gabon | 133.7watts per capita |
| 121 | India | 122.3watts per capita |
| 122 | Virgin Islands, U.S. | 117.8watts per capita |
| 123 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 111.5watts per capita |
| 124 | Angola | 111.3watts per capita |
| 125 | Nicaragua | 110.0watts per capita |
| 126 | Morocco | 108.9watts per capita |
| 127 | Dominica | 108.0watts per capita |
| 128 | Anguilla | 107.0watts per capita |
| 129 | Bolivia | 106.1watts per capita |
| 130 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 103.8watts per capita |
| 131 | American Samoa | 101.2watts per capita |
| 132 | Cape Verde | 101.2watts per capita |
| 133 | Moldova, Republic of | 100.4watts per capita |
| 134 | Mayotte | 98.8watts per capita |
| 135 | Jamaica | 96.4watts per capita |
| 136 | Nepal | 94.3watts per capita |
| 137 | Saudi Arabia | 89.8watts per capita |
| 138 | Virgin Islands, British | 85.3watts per capita |
| 139 | Mongolia | 81.5watts per capita |
| 140 | Saint Martin (French part) | 76.3watts per capita |
| 141 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 76.2watts per capita |
| 142 | Zimbabwe | 75.0watts per capita |
| 143 | Uzbekistan | 74.9watts per capita |
| 144 | Maldives | 73.6watts per capita |
| 145 | Cuba | 72.8watts per capita |
| 146 | Guyana | 72.1watts per capita |
| 147 | Mozambique | 70.4watts per capita |
| 148 | Djibouti | 69.7watts per capita |
| 149 | Belarus | 69.3watts per capita |
| 150 | Equatorial Guinea | 68.8watts per capita |
| 151 | Philippines | 68.2watts per capita |
| 152 | Tunisia | 67.0watts per capita |
| 153 | Syrian Arab Republic | 66.0watts per capita |
| 154 | Myanmar | 64.8watts per capita |
| 155 | Egypt | 58.6watts per capita |
| 156 | Guinea | 57.6watts per capita |
| 157 | Pakistan | 57.2watts per capita |
| 158 | Ghana | 52.1watts per capita |
| 159 | Mauritania | 51.7watts per capita |
| 160 | Kenya | 49.4watts per capita |
| 161 | Marshall Islands | 47.6watts per capita |
| 162 | Indonesia | 47.4watts per capita |
| 163 | Lesotho | 44.5watts per capita |
| 164 | Ethiopia | 43.1watts per capita |
| 165 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 39.5watts per capita |
| 166 | Bahamas | 39.1watts per capita |
| 167 | Vanuatu | 38.9watts per capita |
| 168 | Papua New Guinea | 38.4watts per capita |
| 169 | Bahrain | 37.8watts per capita |
| 170 | Sudan | 37.4watts per capita |
| 171 | Republic of the Congo | 36.7watts per capita |
| 172 | State of Palestine | 35.5watts per capita |
| 173 | Iraq | 35.5watts per capita |
| 174 | Hong Kong | 33.7watts per capita |
| 175 | Grenada | 33.0watts per capita |
| 176 | Cameroon | 30.9watts per capita |
| 177 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 30.2watts per capita |
| 178 | Cote d'Ivoire | 29.7watts per capita |
| 179 | Uganda | 25.2watts per capita |
| 180 | Mali | 25.0watts per capita |
| 181 | Senegal | 24.7watts per capita |
| 182 | Saint Lucia | 24.6watts per capita |
| 183 | Malawi | 24.6watts per capita |
| 184 | Kiribati | 24.2watts per capita |
| 185 | Kuwait | 23.6watts per capita |
| 186 | Liberia | 17.6watts per capita |
| 187 | Togo | 14.3watts per capita |
| 188 | Sierra Leone | 13.6watts per capita |
| 189 | Nigeria | 13.1watts per capita |
| 190 | Algeria | 12.8watts per capita |
| 191 | Afghanistan | 11.9watts per capita |
| 192 | Brunei Darussalam | 11.0watts per capita |
| 193 | Rwanda | 10.8watts per capita |
| 194 | United Republic of Tanzania | 10.4watts per capita |
| 195 | Burkina Faso | 9.3watts per capita |
| 196 | Central African Republic | 8.6watts per capita |
| 197 | Sao Tome and Principe | 8.4watts per capita |
| 198 | Madagascar | 7.8watts per capita |
| 199 | Eritrea | 7.4watts per capita |
| 200 | Yemen | 7.4watts per capita |
| 201 | Haiti | 7.0watts per capita |
| 202 | Solomon Islands | 7.0watts per capita |
| 203 | Comoros | 6.5watts per capita |
| 204 | Bangladesh | 6.0watts per capita |
| 205 | Burundi | 5.6watts per capita |
| 206 | Niger | 3.1watts per capita |
| 207 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2.7watts per capita |
| 208 | Somalia | 2.7watts per capita |
| 209 | Botswana | 2.5watts per capita |
| 210 | Benin | 2.4watts per capita |
| 211 | South Sudan | 1.4watts per capita |
| 212 | Libya | 1.1watts per capita |
| 213 | Republic of The Gambia | 1.1watts per capita |
| 214 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.8watts per capita |
| 215 | Timor-Leste | 0.6watts per capita |
| 216 | Turkmenistan | 0.3watts per capita |
| 217 | Chad | 0.3watts per capita |
| 218 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 0.0watts per capita |
| 219 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 0.0watts per capita |
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Data Source
This data comes from Our World in Data (2023).
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