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Mapped: Renewable Energy as a Percentage of Power Generation, by Country
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Mapped: Renewable Energy by Country (2022 Data)
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As of 2024, the global average for electricity generated from renewable sources is 29%.
While all countries vary on this metric, wealth is not the primary determining factor. Given their current wealth, many countries over-perform and under-perform on renewable energy.
This visualization, by creator Rakshit Jain, compares renewable power generation by country based on 2022 data from the U.S. Energy Information Agency.
The Leaders and Laggards
Several countries have managed to move their entire electricity grid to renewables.
The countries with a 100% renewable grid include some of the wealthiest countries, such as Norway and Iceland, but also some less wealthy ones like Ethiopia and Paraguay.
| Country | Renewable Power Generation as a % of Total (2022) |
|---|---|
| 🇦🇱Albania | 100% |
| 🇧🇹Bhutan | 100% |
| 🇳🇵Nepal | 100% |
| 🇵🇾Paraguay | 100% |
| 🇮🇸Iceland | 100% |
| 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo | 100% |
| 🇨🇷Costa Rica | 100% |
| 🇪🇹Ethiopia | 100% |
| 🇱🇸Lesotho | 100% |
| 🇳🇴Norway | 100% |
| 🇨🇫Central African Republic | 99% |
| 🇺🇬Uganda | 99% |
| 🇸🇱Sierra Leone | 96% |
| 🇳🇦Namibia | 96% |
| 🇲🇼Malawi | 94% |
| 🇸🇿Eswatini | 93% |
| 🇰🇪Kenya | 92% |
| 🇺🇾Uruguay | 91% |
| 🇸🇻El Salvador | 91% |
| 🇹🇯Tajikistan | 89% |
| 🇿🇲Zambia | 89% |
| 🇩🇰Denmark | 89% |
| 🇧🇷Brazil | 88% |
| 🇳🇿New Zealand | 87% |
| 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan | 86% |
| 🇦🇫Afghanistan | 84% |
| 🇲🇿Mozambique | 82% |
| 🇧🇿Belize | 81% |
| 🇪🇨Ecuador | 81% |
| 🇦🇹Austria | 78% |
| 🇵🇦Panama | 78% |
| 🇱🇹Lithuania | 78% |
| 🇻🇪Venezuela | 78% |
| 🇬🇱Greenland | 77% |
| 🇬🇪Georgia | 76% |
| 🇦🇴Angola | 75% |
| 🇱🇦Laos | 73% |
| 🇱🇻Latvia | 72% |
| 🇨🇴Colombia | 72% |
| 🇸🇪Sweden | 70% |
| 🇨🇦Canada | 70% |
| 🇳🇮Nicaragua | 69% |
| 🇬🇹Guatemala | 67% |
| 🇿🇼Zimbabwe | 67% |
| 🇱🇷Liberia | 67% |
| 🇬🇳Guinea | 66% |
| 🇧🇮Burundi | 66% |
| 🇭🇷Croatia | 64% |
| 🇭🇳Honduras | 63% |
| 🇨🇭Switzerland | 63% |
| 🇸🇸Sudan | 62% |
| 🇨🇲Cameroon | 62% |
| 🇵🇪Peru | 61% |
| 🇫🇯Fiji | 60% |
| 🇵🇹Portugal | 59% |
| 🇰🇵North Korea | 58% |
| 🇨🇱Chile | 57% |
| 🇫🇮Finland | 56% |
| 🇷🇼Rwanda | 55% |
| 🇲🇪Montenegro | 53% |
| 🇱🇰Sri Lanka | 53% |
| 🇰🇭Cambodia | 51% |
| 🇲🇲Myanmar | 49% |
| 🇸🇷Suriname | 48% |
| 🇬🇷Greece | 47% |
| 🇩🇪Germany | 46% |
| 🇬🇧United Kingdom | 45% |
| 🇻🇳Vietnam | 43% |
| 🇪🇸Spain | 43% |
| 🇷🇴Romania | 42% |
| 🇮🇪Ireland | 42% |
| 🇬🇦Gabon | 42% |
| 🇹🇷Turkey | 42% |
| 🇲🇴Macau | 41% |
| 🇳🇱Netherlands | 41% |
| 🇲🇱Mali | 40% |
| 🇨🇰Cook Islands | 39% |
| 🇫🇴Faroe Islands | 37% |
| 🇲🇬Madagascar | 37% |
| 🇮🇹Italy | 37% |
| 🇪🇪Estonia | 37% |
| 🇧🇴Bolivia | 35% |
| 🇦🇺Australia | 35% |
| 🇬🇭Ghana | 34% |
| 🇼🇸Samoa | 33% |
| 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea | 33% |
| 🇹🇿Tanzania | 33% |
| 🇵🇫French Polynesia | 33% |
| 🇫🇰Falkland Islands | 32% |
| 🇷🇸Serbia | 32% |
| 🇧🇫Burkina Faso | 32% |
| 🇸🇮Slovenia | 31% |
| 🇨🇮Ivory Coast | 31% |
| 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina | 31% |
| 🇨🇱China | 31% |
| 🇲🇷Mauritania | 30% |
| 🇦🇷Argentina | 30% |
| 🇲🇰North Macedonia | 28% |
| 🇦🇲Armenia | 27% |
| 🇫🇷France | 26% |
| 🇸🇳Senegal | 26% |
| 🇧🇪Belgium | 26% |
| 🇹🇬Togo | 26% |
| 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea | 25% |
| 🇵🇰Pakistan | 24% |
| 🇯🇵Japan | 23% |
| 🇯🇴Jordan | 23% |
| 🇭🇺Hungary | 23% |
| 🇺🇸United States of America | 23% |
| 🇨🇬Republic of the Congo | 23% |
| 🇸🇰Slovakia | 22% |
| 🇵🇱Poland | 22% |
| 🇵🇭Philippines | 22% |
| 🇲🇽Mexico | 22% |
| 🇳🇬Nigeria | 22% |
| 🇮🇳India | 21% |
| 🇾🇪Yemen | 20% |
| 🇮🇩Indonesia | 20% |
| 🇷🇺Russia | 20% |
| 🇧🇬Bulgaria | 19% |
| 🇲🇾Malaysia | 19% |
| 🇲🇦Morocco | 18% |
| 🇻🇺Vanuatu | 18% |
| 🇹🇭Thailand | 18% |
| 🇨🇾Cyprus | 17% |
| 🇳🇨New Caledonia | 17% |
| 🇰🇮Kiribati | 15% |
| 🇦🇼Aruba | 15% |
| 🇩🇴Dominican Republic | 14% |
| 🇭🇹Haiti | 14% |
| 🇯🇲Jamaica | 13% |
| 🇹🇴Tonga | 13% |
| 🇲🇹Malta | 13% |
| 🇺🇦Ukraine | 13% |
| 🇪🇬Egypt | 11% |
| 🇲🇳Mongolia | 11% |
| 🇳🇷Nauru | 11% |
| 🇰🇿Kazakhstan | 11% |
| 🇮🇱Israel | 10% |
| 🇸🇴Somalia | 10% |
| 🇱🇧Lebanon | 9% |
| 🇽🇰Kosovo | 9% |
| 🇲🇩Moldova | 9% |
| 🇿🇦South Africa | 8% |
| 🇹🇼Taiwan | 8% |
| 🇧🇧Barbados | 8% |
| 🇰🇷South Korea | 8% |
| 🇺🇿Uzbekistan | 7% |
| 🇦🇿Azerbaijan | 6% |
| 🇸🇧Solomon Islands | 6% |
| 🇳🇪Niger | 6% |
| 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda | 6% |
| 🇹🇩Chad | 5% |
| 🇸🇬Singapore | 5% |
| 🇬🇺Guam | 5% |
| 🇮🇷Iran | 5% |
| 🇸🇾Syria | 5% |
| 🇨🇺Cuba | 5% |
| 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates | 4% |
| 🇪🇷Eritrea | 4% |
| 🇧🇾Belarus | 3% |
| 🇹🇳Tunisia | 3% |
| 🇰🇾Cayman Islands | 3% |
| 🇼🇸American Samoa | 3% |
| 🇸🇸South Sudan | 3% |
| 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis | 3% |
| 🇵🇷Puerto Rico | 3% |
| 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau | 2% |
| 🇮🇶Iraq | 2% |
| 🇬🇩Grenada | 2% |
| 🇬🇾Guyana | 2% |
| 🇧🇯Benin | 2% |
| 🇧🇩Bangladesh | 1% |
| 🇧🇲Bermuda | 1% |
| 🇩🇯Djibouti | 1% |
| 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands | 1% |
| 🇱🇨Saint Lucia | 1% |
| 🇩🇿Algeria | 1% |
| 🇭🇰Hong Kong | 1% |
| 🇴🇲Oman | 1% |
| 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands | 0% |
| 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia | 0% |
| 🇶🇦Qatar | 0% |
| 🇧🇼Botswana | 0% |
| 🇰🇼Kuwait | 0% |
| 🇧🇸The Bahamas | 0% |
| 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago | 0% |
| 🇧🇳Brunei | 0% |
| 🇧🇭Bahrain | 0% |
| 🇱🇾Libya | 0% |
| 🇹🇲Turkmenistan | 0% |
| 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 0% |
| 🇲🇸Montserrat | 0% |
| 🇬🇮Gibraltar | 0% |
| 🇰🇲Comoros | 0% |
| 🇳🇺Niue | 0% |
Source: U.S. Energy Information Agency
On the other end of the spectrum, the share of renewables in Saudi Arabia’s energy mix is zero, which is perhaps not surprising for one of the world’s largest oil producers. Interestingly, tech-heavy South Korea only sits at 8% of power being generated by renewables.
The World’s Largest Economies
As the world’s largest economy, how the U.S. performs on this metric is critical for Paris’ net-zero targets. The U.S. has 23% of their grid run off of renewables.
America’s primary economic rival, China, has a figure slightly higher than the global average at 31%. The third largest economy, Germany, gets 46% of their power from renewable sources.
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Energy
Charted: How Top Economies Generated Electricity in 2024
Fossil fuels account for nearly 60% of power generation.
Charted: Coal Still Dominates Global Electricity Generation
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Key Takeaways
- Fossil fuels made up nearly 60% of 2024 electricity generation.
- Coal accounts for 35% of total power generation.
Fossil Fuels Still Power Most of the World
Global energy demand grew faster than average in 2024, driven by rising electricity use across sectors. The power sector led the surge, with demand growing nearly twice as fast as overall energy use—fueled by increased cooling needs, industrial activity, transport electrification, and the expansion of data centers and AI.
Despite a growing push toward cleaner energy sources, coal remains the leading source of electricity generation worldwide. In 2024, fossil fuels accounted for nearly 60% of global power generation, with coal alone contributing 35%, according to the International Energy Agency.
While renewable energy continues to expand, making up about one-third of total electricity production, the global energy mix still leans heavily on traditional sources.
| Country | Coal | Natural Gas | Oil | Renewables | Nuclear |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇮🇳 India | 73.4% | 3.3% | 0.2% | 20.5% | 2.6% |
| 🇨🇳 China | 58.4% | 3.2% | 0.1% | 33.9% | 4.4% |
| 🇺🇸 U.S. | 15.6% | 42.6% | 0.7% | 23.3% | 17.9% |
| 🇪🇺 EU | 10.7% | 15.6% | 1.5% | 48.7% | 23.6% |
| 🌍 Global | 34.5% | 21.8% | 2.4% | 32.1% | 9.1% |
In emerging markets and developing economies, coal continues to be the backbone of power systems. China, the world’s largest energy consumer, generated nearly 60% of its electricity from coal. In India, coal’s dominance is even more pronounced, providing close to three-quarters of all electricity produced.
In contrast, advanced economies are increasingly relying on cleaner sources. In 2024, the European Union made significant strides in renewable energy adoption—nearly half of its electricity came from renewables, far exceeding the global average.
In the United States, natural gas led the power mix, accounting for over 40% of electricity generation in 2024. President Trump’s pro-coal policies and the surge in energy demand from AI innovation are expected to boost coal production in the U.S. over the next few years.
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