Data for 2004

Renewable Share of Electricity Generation, 2004

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Renewable Share of Electricity Generation, 2004 covers 201 countries on 4 measures. 7 countries share the highest reading, 100.000; 48 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 13.794. Against 2003, 147 values changed (80 up, 67 down), the same countries are covered.

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Renewable Share of Electricity Generation · Data for 2004

Highest7 countries share it

100.000

Lowest48 countries share it

0.000

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end. A higher value is the better result.

201countries
4measures per country
2004the year it describes
147distinct values3 decimals, as published
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Every country and every column of Renewable Share of Electricity Generation, 2004, as published. Ember ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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=1	BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	100.000	0.000	0.000	2.33
=1	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	100.000	0.000	0.000	0.09
=1	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	100.000	0.000	0.000	8.54
=1	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	100.000	0.000	0.000	3.00
=1	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	100.000	0.000	0.000	0.30
=1	ParaguayPRYSouth America	100.000	0.000	0.000	51.93
=1	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	100.000	0.000	0.000	1.94
8	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	99.858	0.000	0.142	7.02
9	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	99.582	0.000	0.418	2.39
10	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	99.569	0.000	0.431	11.60
11	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	99.412	0.000	0.588	8.51
12	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	99.355	0.227	0.645	110.10
13	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	99.275	0.000	0.725	1.38
14	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	99.222	0.000	0.778	2.57
15	Costa RicaCRICentral America	99.123	3.258	0.877	7.98
16	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	99.090	0.000	0.910	16.49
17	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	97.477	0.000	2.523	5.55
18	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	95.332	0.000	4.668	4.07
19	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	94.828	0.000	5.172	0.58
20	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	90.476	0.000	9.524	1.47
21	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	87.333	0.000	12.667	6.00
22	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	87.318	0.000	12.682	6.86
23	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	86.324	0.000	13.676	16.16
24	BrazilBRASouth America	86.036	0.015	10.968	387.49
25	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	82.500	0.000	17.500	0.40
26	UruguayURYSouth America	81.695	0.000	18.305	5.90
27	ColombiaCOLSouth America	81.512	0.122	18.488	49.33
28	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	80.000	0.000	20.000	0.15
29	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	78.927	0.000	21.073	2.61
30	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	78.125	0.000	21.875	2.24
31	PeruPERSouth America	72.866	0.000	27.134	24.25
32	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	72.392	0.852	27.608	42.27
33	VenezuelaVENSouth America	71.101	0.000	28.899	98.55
34	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	70.886	0.000	29.114	0.79
35	KenyaKENEastern Africa	70.455	0.000	29.545	6.16
36	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	68.230	1.066	31.770	4.69
37	PanamaPANCentral America	65.972	0.000	34.028	5.76
38	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	64.058	1.536	35.942	61.85
39	GuineaGINWestern Africa	61.111	0.000	38.889	0.90
40	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	60.952	0.000	39.048	1.05
41	CanadaCANNorthern America	58.338	0.159	26.665	598.50
42	GabonGABMiddle Africa	58.170	0.000	41.830	1.53
43	GreenlandGRLNorthern America	57.576	0.000	42.424	0.33
44	EcuadorECUSouth America	57.344	0.000	42.656	12.80
45	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	57.143	0.000	42.857	0.14
46	FijiFJIMelanesia	56.818	0.000	43.182	0.88
47	North KoreaPRKEastern Asia	56.633	0.000	43.367	21.86
48	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	56.584	0.000	43.416	9.72
49	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	55.011	0.000	44.989	13.87
50	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	54.423	0.047	3.366	63.87
51	SurinameSURSouth America	53.147	0.000	46.853	1.43
52	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	52.795	0.000	47.205	4.83
53	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	50.935	0.000	49.065	6.42
54	BoliviaBOLSouth America	48.344	0.000	51.656	4.53
55	HaitiHTICaribbean	47.273	0.000	52.727	0.55
56	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	46.976	0.000	53.024	12.73
57	ChileCHLSouth America	46.667	0.020	53.333	51.00
58	SamoaWSMPolynesia	45.455	0.000	54.545	0.11
59	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	44.985	0.567	3.886	151.56
60	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	42.959	0.000	57.041	5.61
61	BelizeBLZCentral America	42.857	0.000	57.143	0.14
62	TogoTGOWestern Africa	42.105	0.000	57.895	0.19
63	Faroe IslandsFRONorthern Europe	40.000	4.000	60.000	0.25
64	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	38.571	0.000	61.429	46.20
65	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	36.712	0.000	63.288	8.09
66	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	34.444	0.000	65.556	3.60
67	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	34.197	0.000	27.807	5.79
68	HondurasHNDCentral America	34.109	0.000	65.891	5.16
69	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	33.733	0.000	66.267	55.94
70	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	33.455	0.000	66.545	5.50
71	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	33.429	0.000	66.571	24.29
72	French PolynesiaPYFPolynesia	33.333	0.000	66.667	0.54
73	ArgentinaARGSouth America	31.319	0.070	60.832	100.26
74	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	31.259	0.000	66.496	85.96
75	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	30.925	0.040	69.075	149.75
76	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	29.858	0.140	43.674	85.84
77	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	29.237	0.000	60.935	56.47
78	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	28.556	0.000	71.444	37.19
79	NicaraguaNICCentral America	28.114	0.000	71.886	2.81
80	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	27.570	0.000	36.673	15.27
81	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	27.551	1.835	72.449	44.68
82	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	27.315	0.000	72.685	2.16
83	DominicaDMACaribbean	27.273	0.000	72.727	0.11
84	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	26.781	0.000	73.219	3.51
=85	Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean	25.000	0.000	75.000	0.12
=85	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	25.000	0.000	75.000	0.04
87	MaliMLIWestern Africa	23.810	0.000	76.190	1.26
88	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	23.683	16.377	76.317	40.24
89	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	22.222	0.000	77.778	6.66
90	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	21.277	0.000	78.723	0.47
91	New CaledoniaNCLMelanesia	19.760	0.599	80.240	1.67
92	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	18.901	0.001	65.571	931.91
93	ItalyITASouthern Europe	18.341	0.637	81.659	293.71
94	SpainESPSouthern Europe	18.123	5.683	58.881	276.61
95	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	17.282	0.040	82.719	173.81
96	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	16.667	0.000	83.333	0.12
97	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	16.222	0.061	81.487	2,203.31
98	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	15.638	0.752	81.318	698.32
99	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	14.476	0.000	85.524	12.02
100	SenegalSENWestern Africa	13.808	0.000	86.192	2.39
101	MexicoMEXCentral America	13.794	0.013	82.302	235.39
102	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	13.567	0.509	86.433	98.25
103	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	13.559	0.033	30.532	30.46
104	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	13.087	0.000	86.913	32.17
105	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	12.569	0.000	87.431	21.72
106	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	12.274	0.000	87.726	49.70
107	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	12.039	0.000	87.961	66.95
108	Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	11.111	0.000	88.889	0.09
109	FranceFRAWestern Europe	11.022	0.106	9.825	566.30
110	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	10.246	1.145	89.754	17.47
111	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	10.151	1.924	89.849	58.22
112	JapanJPNEastern Asia	10.028	0.242	64.475	1,121.19
113	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	9.703	0.000	90.297	11.44
114	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	9.510	4.360	63.084	609.60
115	United StatesUSANorthern America	8.733	0.372	71.314	3,951.95
116	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	8.454	0.380	91.546	229.23
117	MacauMACEastern Asia	7.614	0.000	92.386	1.97
118	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	7.592	0.000	51.741	41.36
119	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	7.407	0.000	92.593	0.54
120	IranIRNSouthern Asia	7.361	0.031	92.639	162.76
121	UkraineUKREastern Europe	6.457	0.016	45.845	182.44
122	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	6.401	0.000	93.599	96.06
123	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	6.235	0.000	93.765	124.13
124	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	6.034	0.000	93.966	5.80
125	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	5.638	1.484	94.362	3.37
126	CubaCUBCaribbean	5.627	0.000	94.373	15.64
127	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	5.595	2.659	94.405	25.20
128	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	5.310	1.903	90.864	99.82
129	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	4.815	0.000	95.185	25.13
130	Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	4.545	4.545	95.455	0.22
131	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	4.054	0.000	95.946	0.74
132	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	3.590	0.492	76.102	393.92
133	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	3.270	0.012	65.306	83.79
134	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	3.172	0.414	96.828	7.25
135	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	2.788	0.030	61.881	33.71
136	KosovoXKXSouthern Europe	2.696	0.000	97.304	4.08
137	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	2.607	0.000	97.393	36.82
138	TaiwanTWNEastern Asia	2.330	0.014	79.589	218.41
139	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	2.293	0.000	17.173	18.75
140	PolandPOLEastern Europe	2.098	0.092	97.902	152.54
141	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	1.809	0.169	41.129	82.91
142	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	1.593	0.335	98.407	11.93
143	IraqIRQWestern Asia	1.517	0.000	98.483	32.29
144	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	1.266	0.016	63.217	368.02
145	GuyanaGUYSouth America	1.163	0.000	98.837	0.86
146	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	0.800	0.000	99.200	31.25
147	JordanJORWestern Asia	0.670	0.000	99.330	8.96
148	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	0.582	0.097	99.418	10.31
149	Puerto RicoPRICaribbean	0.580	0.000	99.420	24.15
150	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	0.556	0.012	93.978	244.61
151	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	0.311	0.000	99.689	6.43
152	BelarusBLREastern Europe	0.096	0.000	99.904	31.20
153	IsraelISRWestern Asia	0.085	0.021	99.915	47.28
=154	American SamoaASMPolynesia	0.000	0.000	100.000	0.19
=154	Antigua and BarbudaATGCaribbean	0.000	0.000	100.000	0.22
=154	ArubaABWCaribbean	0.000	0.000	100.000	0.87
=154	BahamasBHSCaribbean	0.000	0.000	100.000	1.98
=154	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	0.000	0.000	100.000	16.15
=154	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	0.000	0.000	100.000	0.89
=154	BeninBENWestern Africa	0.000	0.000	100.000	0.08
=154	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	0.000	0.000	100.000	0.97
=154	British Virgin IslandsVGBCaribbean	0.000	0.000	100.000	0.15
=154	BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia	0.000	0.000	100.000	3.26
=154	Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean	0.000	0.000	100.000	0.45
=154	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	0.000	0.000	100.000	0.12
=154	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	0.000	0.000	100.000	0.04
=154	Cook IslandsCOKPolynesia	0.000	0.000	100.000	0.03
=154	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	0.000	0.000	100.000	4.20
=154	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	0.000	0.000	100.000	0.22
=154	EritreaERIEastern Africa	0.000	0.000	100.000	0.28
=154	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	0.000	0.000	100.000	0.19
=154	GrenadaGRDCaribbean	0.000	0.000	100.000	0.14
=154	GuamGUMMicronesia	0.000	0.000	100.000	1.88
=154	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	0.000	0.000	100.000	0.03
=154	Hong KongHKGEastern Asia	0.000	0.000	100.000	37.05
=154	KiribatiKIRMicronesia	0.000	0.000	100.000	0.02
=154	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	0.000	0.000	100.000	41.26
=154	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	0.000	0.000	100.000	0.20
=154	LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	0.000	0.000	100.000	20.20
=154	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	0.000	0.000	100.000	0.24
=154	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	0.000	0.000	100.000	2.22
=154	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	0.000	0.000	100.000	3.28
=154	MontserratMSRCaribbean	0.000	0.000	100.000	0.01
=154	NauruNRUMicronesia	0.000	0.000	100.000	0.03
=154	NigerNERWestern Africa	0.000	0.000	100.000	0.20
=154	OmanOMNWestern Asia	0.000	0.000	100.000	11.50
=154	PalestinePSEWestern Asia	0.000	0.000	100.000	0.40
=154	QatarQATWestern Asia	0.000	0.000	100.000	13.23
=154	Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean	0.000	0.000	100.000	0.18
=154	Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	0.000	0.000	100.000	0.31
=154	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	0.000	0.000	100.000	173.41
=154	SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	0.000	0.000	100.000	0.23
=154	Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	0.000	0.000	100.000	0.06
=154	SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	0.000	0.000	100.000	0.28
=154	TongaTONPolynesia	0.000	0.000	100.000	0.05
=154	TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	0.000	0.000	100.000	11.92
=154	Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean	0.000	0.000	100.000	0.12
=154	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	0.000	0.000	100.000	52.41
=154	United States Virgin IslandsVIRCaribbean	0.000	0.000	100.000	1.05
=154	VanuatuVUTMelanesia	0.000	0.000	100.000	0.05
=154	YemenYEMWestern Asia	0.000	0.000	100.000	4.36

02In 2004

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

1Burundishared100.000
1Bhutanshared100.000
1Icelandshared100.000
1Laosshared100.000
1Lesothoshared100.000

Lowest

154Yemenshared0.000
154Vanuatushared0.000
154United States Virgin Islandsshared0.000
154British Virgin Islandsshared0.000
154Tongashared0.000

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 13.794. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Wind and solar (% of generation)
HighestDenmark16.377
Lowest149 share it
Middle country: 0.000
Fossil fuels (% of generation)
Highest48 share it
Lowest7 share it
Middle country: 76.102
Total generation (TWh)
HighestUnited States3,951.95
LowestMontserrat0.01
Middle country: 6.16

032003 → 2004

Since 2003

What changed between 2003 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
147values changed, of 201 in both
80 · 67rose · fell
54unchanged

Rose most

Ghana65.646 → 87.333+21.687
Angola62.312 → 78.125+15.813
Panama50.987 → 65.972+14.985
Guinea46.512 → 61.111+14.599
Croatia41.489 → 55.011+13.522

Fell most

Togo66.667 → 42.105−24.562
Uruguay99.883 → 81.695−18.188
Tanzania95.941 → 78.927−17.014
Kenya81.934 → 70.455−11.479
Portugal38.155 → 27.551−10.604

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

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