Renewable Share of Electricity Generation, 2024

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Renewable Share of Electricity Generation, 2024: every country, as published by Ember.

Positionderived	Country	Renewables (% of generation)	Wind and solar (% of generation)	Fossil fuels (% of generation)	Total generation (TWh)
=1	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	100.000	4.077	0.000	8.340
=1	BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	100.000	0.000	0.000	11.000
=1	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	100.000	15.766	0.000	15.920
=1	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	100.000	2.937	0.000	25.200
=1	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	100.000	0.105	0.000	19.050
=1	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	100.000	1.168	0.000	11.130
=1	ParaguayPRYSouth America	100.000	0.000	0.000	42.410
8	Costa RicaCRICentral America	99.909	12.091	0.091	11.000
9	UruguayURYSouth America	98.878	42.782	1.122	13.370
10	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	98.606	9.627	1.394	157.105
11	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	97.561	36.585	2.439	1.640
12	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	97.074	2.926	2.926	5.810
13	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	96.721	4.918	3.279	0.610
14	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	95.628	0.546	4.372	1.830
15	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	95.238	9.524	4.762	0.210
16	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	94.595	0.000	5.405	22.200
17	KenyaKENEastern Africa	91.478	21.342	8.522	13.260
18	VenezuelaVENSouth America	91.139	0.037	8.861	80.130
19	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	90.835	21.292	9.160	6.528
20	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	90.728	54.305	9.272	1.510
21	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	89.233	69.118	10.768	35.198
22	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	88.776	0.000	11.224	15.770
23	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	87.475	0.862	12.525	19.720
24	BrazilBRASouth America	87.333	24.112	10.551	745.720
25	BelizeBLZCentral America	87.234	2.128	12.766	0.470

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 31.136. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

• Wind and solar (% of generation)

  HighestDenmark69.118

  Lowest16 share it

  Middle country: 5.769

• Fossil fuels (% of generation)

  Highest4 share it

  Lowest7 share it

  Middle country: 64.341

• Total generation (TWh)

  HighestChina10,025.008

  LowestMontserrat0.010

  Middle country: 14.770

• +0 / −8countries joined / left
• 165values changed, of 193 in both
• 115 · 50rose · fell
• 28unchanged

− Central African Republic− Comoros− Dominica− Faroe Islands− São Tomé and Príncipe− British Virgin Islands− United States Virgin Islands− Vanuatu

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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