Energy
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.
This article was published as a part of Visual Capitalist's Creator Program, which features data-driven visuals from some of our favorite Creators around the world.
Commodities
Ranked: Top 10 Countries by Value of All Their Natural Resources
Russia leads the pack with natural resources valued at $75 trillion.
Ranked: Top Countries by Natural Resource Value
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Natural resources are the backbone of modern manufacturing, necessary to produce everything around us.
According to 2021 data from Statista, 10 countries dominate the global natural resource landscape, each holding vast reserves critical for various industries.
Russia’s $75 Trillion in Natural Resources
Russia leads the pack with natural resources valued at $75 trillion, largely consisting of coal, natural gas, oil, and rare earth metals. At the end of 2018, Russia’s Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment valued the country’s mineral reserves at approximately $1.44 trillion.
In terms of global share, Russia is unmatched in natural gas, holding the world’s largest proven reserves at 1.32 quadrillion cubic feet as of 2020—nearly 20% of the global total. Russia also ranks as a gold powerhouse.
Other Resource Giants
The United States ranks second, with an estimated $45 trillion in natural resources, including coal, timber, natural gas, and valuable metals like gold.
Country | Main Natural Resources | Value (in trillion USD) |
---|---|---|
🇷🇺 Russia | Coal, natural gas, oil, gold, timber, rare earth metals | 75 |
🇺🇸 U.S. | Coal, timber, natural gas, gold, copper | 45 |
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia | Oil, timber | 34 |
🇨🇦 Canada | Oil, uranium, timber, natural gas, phosphate | 33 |
🇮🇷 Iran | Oil, natural gas | 27 |
🇨🇳 China | Coal, rare earth metals, timber | 23 |
🇧🇷 Brazil | Gold, uranium, iron, timber, oil | 22 |
🇦🇺 Australia | Coal, timber, copper, iron ore, gold, uranium | 20 |
🇮🇶 Iraq | Oil, phosphate rock | 16 |
🇻🇪 Venezuela | Iron, natural gas, oil | 14 |
In Saudi Arabia and Canada, oil wealth drives natural resources, placing these countries third and fourth on the list. Saudi Arabia, with its vast oil fields, has been a leader in global energy markets. Canada, on the other hand, also benefits from substantial uranium deposits and is home to some of the world’s largest lumber companies.
Further down the list, China has vast coal reserves, positioning it as the top producer of the fuel.
Mineral-rich Brazil and Australia are leading producers of metals like iron ore, while Australia is also a top exporter of coal.
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