Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (% of total) - Country Ranking

Definition: Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric, includes geothermal, solar, tides, wind, biomass, and biofuels.

Source: IEA Statistics © OECD/IEA 2014 (http://www.iea.org/stats/index.asp), subject to https://www.iea.org/t&c/termsandconditions/

See also: Thematic map, Time series comparison

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Rank Country Value Year
1 Denmark 65.44 2015
2 Kenya 48.27 2015
3 Nicaragua 43.61 2015
4 El Salvador 35.23 2015
5 Lithuania 31.21 2015
6 Portugal 30.64 2015
7 Uruguay 28.40 2015
8 Iceland 26.67 2015
9 Germany 26.27 2015
10 Guatemala 25.35 2015
11 Ireland 25.09 2015
12 Luxembourg 24.94 2015
13 Spain 24.82 2015
14 New Zealand 24.58 2015
15 Costa Rica 24.39 2015
16 United Kingdom 22.97 2015
17 Italy 22.51 2015
18 Belgium 20.34 2015
19 Finland 20.05 2015
20 Mauritius 18.65 2015
21 Greece 16.89 2015
22 Sweden 16.75 2015
23 Latvia 16.56 2015
24 Austria 16.49 2015
25 Honduras 16.17 2015
26 Philippines 14.90 2015
27 Romania 14.52 2015
28 Estonia 14.16 2015
29 Poland 12.69 2015
30 Netherlands 12.36 2015
31 Brazil 12.12 2015
32 Chile 11.93 2015
33 Croatia 9.96 2015
34 Hungary 9.81 2015
35 Czech Republic 9.23 2015
36 Cyprus 8.78 2015
37 Australia 8.34 2015
38 Morocco 8.19 2015
39 Slovak Republic 8.16 2015
40 Japan 7.76 2015
41 Malta 7.67 2015
42 United States 7.39 2015
43 Ethiopia 7.27 2015
44 Jamaica 7.13 2015
45 Bulgaria 6.37 2015
46 Turkey 6.31 2015
47 Canada 6.27 2015
48 France 6.20 2015
49 Togo 6.17 2015
50 Thailand 5.87 2015
51 Mexico 5.49 2015
52 India 5.36 2015
53 Dominican Republic 5.27 2015
54 China 4.86 2015
55 Indonesia 4.78 2015
56 Panama 4.56 2015
57 Switzerland 4.32 2015
58 Cuba 3.71 2015
59 Slovenia 3.69 2015
60 Peru 3.59 2015
61 Colombia 3.28 2015
62 Sri Lanka 3.19 2015
63 Mongolia 3.08 2015
64 North Macedonia 2.90 2015
65 Bolivia 2.52 2015
66 Tunisia 2.49 2015
67 Ecuador 2.10 2015
68 South Africa 1.93 2015
69 Argentina 1.90 2015
70 Norway 1.88 2015
71 Israel 1.85 2015
72 Singapore 1.82 2015
73 Senegal 1.77 2015
74 Korea 1.50 2015
75 Benin 1.46 2015
76 Zimbabwe 1.33 2015
77 Côte d'Ivoire 1.21 2015
78 Cameroon 1.12 2015
79 Ukraine 1.05 2015
80 Cambodia 0.93 2015
81 Egypt 0.88 2015
82 Pakistan 0.76 2015
83 Niger 0.75 2015
84 Jordan 0.69 2015
85 Malaysia 0.68 2015
86 Tanzania 0.67 2015
87 Gabon 0.56 2015
88 Belarus 0.50 2015
89 Eritrea 0.49 2015
90 Azerbaijan 0.41 2015
91 Moldova 0.31 2015
92 Hong Kong SAR, China 0.28 2015
93 Bangladesh 0.27 2015
94 United Arab Emirates 0.23 2015
95 Nepal 0.20 2015
96 Kazakhstan 0.17 2015
97 Vietnam 0.12 2015
98 Algeria 0.11 2015
99 Dem. Rep. Congo 0.11 2015
100 Serbia 0.09 2015
101 Russia 0.09 2015
102 Iran 0.08 2015
103 Armenia 0.05 2015
104 Brunei 0.05 2015
105 Botswana 0.03 2015
106 Ghana 0.03 2015
107 Saudi Arabia 0.00 2015
108 Sudan 0.00 2015
108 Suriname 0.00 2015
108 Dem. People's Rep. Korea 0.00 2015
108 Paraguay 0.00 2015
108 Nigeria 0.00 2015
108 Myanmar 0.00 2015
108 Montenegro 0.00 2015
108 Mozambique 0.00 2015
108 Uzbekistan 0.00 2015
108 Venezuela 0.00 2015
108 Yemen 0.00 2015
108 Zambia 0.00 2015
108 Turkmenistan 0.00 2015
108 Georgia 0.00 2015
108 Congo 0.00 2015
108 Angola 0.00 2015
108 Albania 0.00 2015
108 Bahrain 0.00 2015
108 Lebanon 0.00 2015
108 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.00 2015
108 Haiti 0.00 2015
108 Qatar 0.00 2015
108 Namibia 0.00 2015
108 Syrian Arab Republic 0.00 2015
108 Tajikistan 0.00 2015
108 Trinidad and Tobago 0.00 2015
108 Oman 0.00 2015
108 Kuwait 0.00 2015
108 Libya 0.00 2015
108 Kyrgyz Republic 0.00 2015
108 Iraq 0.00 2015

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Limitations and Exceptions: IEA occasionally revises its time series to reflect political changes. For example, the IEA has constructed historical energy statistics for countries of the former Soviet Union. In addition, energy statistics for other countries have undergone continuous changes in coverage or methodology in recent years as more detailed energy accounts have become available. Breaks in series are therefore unavoidable.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Electricity production from renewable sources (% of total) is the share of electricity produced by geothermal, solar photovoltaic, solar thermal, tide, wind, industrial waste, municipal waste, primary solid biofuels, biogases, biogasoline, biodiesels, other liquid biofuels, nonspecified primary biofuels and waste, and charcoal in total electricity production which is the total number of GWh generated by power plants separated into electricity plants and CHP plants. Hydropower is excluded. The International Energy Agency (IEA) compiles data on energy inputs used to generate electricity. IEA data for countries that are not members of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) are based on national energy data adjusted to conform to annual questionnaires completed by OECD member governments. In addition, estimates are sometimes made to complete major aggregates from which key data are missing, and adjustments are made to compensate for differences in definitions. The IEA makes these estimates in consultation with national statistical offices, oil companies, electric utilities, and national energy experts.

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

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