environmental2021

Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (kWh)

Latest available country observation from World Bank World Development Indicators, through 2021. Countries can have different observation years; compare broad patterns rather than treating all values as one survey wave.

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Key Insights

Global Average
17,062,973,317.3kilowatt-hour (kWh)
Median: 262,530,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
Countries Covered
208
with available data
Highest
People's Republic of China
1,105,539,040,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
Lowest
Venezuela
-5,231,180,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
Top 5 Countries
1People's Republic of China1,105,539,040,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
2United States of America612,795,580,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
3Germany211,143,200,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
4India150,626,270,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
5Brazil144,848,630,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
By Region
North America178,421,755,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)(4 countries)
Asia60,319,079,230.8kilowatt-hour (kWh)(26 countries)
Oceania33,848,500,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)(2 countries)
South America27,792,211,428.6kilowatt-hour (kWh)(7 countries)
Europe27,394,928,437.5kilowatt-hour (kWh)(32 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (-5,231,180,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh))High (1,105,539,040,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh))

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 17,062,973,317.3kilowatt-hour (kWh))

North America (4)
Asia (26)
Oceania (2)
South America (7)
Europe (32)
Africa (9)
Other (128)

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 World Bank World Development Indicators, through 2021. Countries can have different observation years; compare broad patterns rather than treating all values as one survey wave. Source: World Bank World Development Indicators.

Methodology

Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.

Full Data

Rank Country Value
1People's Republic of China1,105,539,040,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
2United States of America612,795,580,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
3Germany211,143,200,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
4India150,626,270,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
5Brazil144,848,630,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
6Japan132,704,000,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
7United Kingdom116,761,000,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
8Spain96,120,550,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
9Italy70,963,890,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
10France62,761,670,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
11Türkiye62,629,360,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
12Australia55,600,000,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
13Canada51,289,000,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
14Mexico46,870,660,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
15Sweden41,852,000,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
16Netherlands40,383,500,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
17South Korea34,538,010,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
18Indonesia31,069,820,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
19Thailand30,785,350,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
20Poland28,263,570,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
21Denmark26,079,910,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
22Vietnam25,778,100,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
23Chile22,973,990,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
24Finland22,382,390,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
25Belgium22,307,400,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
26Portugal19,634,520,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
27Greece16,233,600,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
28Philippines14,838,030,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
29Austria14,003,130,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
30Argentina13,880,960,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
31Pakistan12,476,840,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
32Norway12,138,750,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
33New Zealand12,097,000,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
34Ireland10,864,740,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
35Egypt10,642,160,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
36South Africa8,984,630,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
37Romania8,931,710,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
38Ukraine8,639,250,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
39Czech Republic8,303,070,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
40Uruguay8,220,390,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
41Morocco7,010,430,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
42Hungary6,703,000,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
43United Arab Emirates6,262,190,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
44Kenya5,988,450,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
45Iceland5,814,160,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
46Russian Federation5,688,050,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
47Israel5,631,050,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
48Bulgaria5,489,200,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
49Jordan5,306,770,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
50Switzerland5,051,000,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
51El Salvador4,242,240,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
52Kazakhstan3,447,920,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
53Honduras3,420,850,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
54Croatia3,400,900,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
55Costa Rica3,371,350,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
56Peru3,292,550,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
57Angola2,902,750,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
58Estonia2,855,530,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
59Islamic Republic of Iran2,816,980,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
60Guatemala2,731,780,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
61Myanmar2,725,530,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
62Slovakia2,520,000,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
63Nicaragua2,329,430,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
64Singapore2,267,010,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
65Lithuania2,238,900,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
66Dominican Republic2,103,910,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
67Zimbabwe1,704,990,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
68Serbia1,391,440,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
69Sri Lanka1,354,220,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
70Panama1,255,720,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
71Iraq1,195,530,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
72Latvia1,010,830,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
73Ethiopia935,320,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
74Belarus926,600,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
75Bolivia925,780,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
76Luxembourg883,890,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
77Puerto Rico858,050,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
78Senegal848,000,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
79Colombia827,250,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
80Cuba807,430,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
81Oman802,430,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
82Cyprus774,760,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
83Algeria769,110,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
84Bangladesh742,190,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
85Slovenia736,250,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
86Mongolia735,790,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
87Tajikistan691,980,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
88Tunisia589,300,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
89Mauritius542,750,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
90Cambodia507,940,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
91Ecuador501,710,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
92Yemen497,400,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
93Bosnia and Herzegovina496,000,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
94Jamaica413,390,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
95Namibia365,300,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
96Azerbaijan340,100,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
97Montenegro322,700,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
98United Republic of Tanzania321,480,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
99Hong Kong310,090,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
100Belize280,060,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
101Paraguay271,820,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
102Mauritania271,210,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
103Saudi Arabia266,950,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
104Malta263,240,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
105The Republic of North Macedonia261,820,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
106Zambia237,970,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
107New Caledonia229,150,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
108State of Palestine224,280,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
109Kuwait214,080,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
110Malawi177,480,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
111Mali172,510,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
112Ghana169,590,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
113Armenia165,700,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
114Aruba156,930,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
115Curaçao154,500,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
116Eswatini152,220,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
117Qatar142,750,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
118Mozambique136,100,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
119Papua New Guinea133,790,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
120Moldova, Republic of117,900,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
121Fiji108,960,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
122Uganda108,850,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
123Burkina Faso106,920,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
124Georgia106,820,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
125Syrian Arab Republic92,610,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
126Madagascar89,510,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
127Republic of the Congo89,020,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
128Barbados87,920,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
129Guyana86,050,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
130Guam83,700,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
131Cape Verde80,670,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
132Uzbekistan78,200,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
133Afghanistan77,910,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
134Togo73,130,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
135Haiti71,800,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
136Djibouti70,000,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
137North Korea67,850,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
138Faroe Islands61,100,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
139Rwanda51,340,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
140Maldives48,710,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
141Niger46,090,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
142Somalia42,940,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
143Albania41,710,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
144Samoa33,210,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
145Cote d'Ivoire23,600,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
146Guinea22,520,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
147Eritrea22,120,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
148Cayman Islands21,550,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
149Antigua and Barbuda20,250,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
150Seychelles20,050,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
151Chad19,270,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
152Andorra18,160,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
153Virgin Islands, U.S.17,350,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
154Sierra Leone15,480,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
155Greenland14,730,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
156Bahrain12,840,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
157Vanuatu11,410,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
158Tonga10,490,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
159Saint Kitts and Nevis10,340,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
160Saint Lucia10,190,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
161Bahamas8,460,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
162Burundi7,890,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
163Libya7,790,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
164American Samoa6,830,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
165Republic of The Gambia6,290,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
166Trinidad and Tobago6,260,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
167Botswana6,120,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
168Solomon Islands5,890,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
169Kiribati5,430,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
170Nauru4,680,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
171Grenada4,590,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
172Palau4,470,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
173Turks and Caicos Islands3,960,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
174Liberia3,910,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
175French Polynesia3,880,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
176Virgin Islands, British3,850,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
177Micronesia, Federated States of3,160,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
178Benin2,830,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
179Saint Vincent and the Grenadines2,330,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
180Marshall Islands1,950,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
181South Sudan1,920,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
182Guinea-Bissau1,890,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
183Tuvalu1,530,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
184Saint Martin (French part)1,470,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
185Brunei Darussalam1,120,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
186Bhutan880,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
187Dominica780,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
188Lesotho780,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
189Timor-Leste570,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
190Central African Republic430,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
191Sao Tome and Principe210,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
192Kyrgyzstan140,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
193Comoros0.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
194Gibraltar0.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
195Sint Maarten (Dutch part)0.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
196Turkmenistan-1,850,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
197Lebanon-88,350,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
198Suriname-125,070,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
199Nigeria-170,390,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
200Cameroon-329,430,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
201Equatorial Guinea-342,770,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
202Malaysia-504,090,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
203Gabon-535,710,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
204Sudan-753,860,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
205Democratic Republic of the Congo-1,210,180,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
206Nepal-1,459,900,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
207Lao People's Democratic Republic-4,489,800,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
208Venezuela-5,231,180,000.0kilowatt-hour (kWh)
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Data Source

This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (2021).

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