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Mapped: Renewable Energy as a Percentage of Power Generation, by Country

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A map of countries by percentage of power generation that is renewable.

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.

CountryRenewable Power
Generation as a % of Total (2022)
🇦🇱Albania100%
🇧🇹Bhutan100%
🇳🇵Nepal100%
🇵🇾Paraguay100%
🇮🇸Iceland100%
🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo100%
🇨🇷Costa Rica100%
🇪🇹Ethiopia100%
🇱🇸Lesotho100%
🇳🇴Norway100%
🇨🇫Central African Republic99%
🇺🇬Uganda99%
🇸🇱Sierra Leone96%
🇳🇦Namibia96%
🇲🇼Malawi94%
🇸🇿Eswatini93%
🇰🇪Kenya92%
🇺🇾Uruguay91%
🇸🇻El Salvador91%
🇹🇯Tajikistan89%
🇿🇲Zambia89%
🇩🇰Denmark89%
🇧🇷Brazil88%
🇳🇿New Zealand87%
🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan86%
🇦🇫Afghanistan84%
🇲🇿Mozambique82%
🇧🇿Belize81%
🇪🇨Ecuador81%
🇦🇹Austria78%
🇵🇦Panama78%
🇱🇹Lithuania78%
🇻🇪Venezuela78%
🇬🇱Greenland77%
🇬🇪Georgia76%
🇦🇴Angola75%
🇱🇦Laos73%
🇱🇻Latvia72%
🇨🇴Colombia72%
🇸🇪Sweden70%
🇨🇦Canada70%
🇳🇮Nicaragua69%
🇬🇹Guatemala67%
🇿🇼Zimbabwe67%
🇱🇷Liberia67%
🇬🇳Guinea66%
🇧🇮Burundi66%
🇭🇷Croatia64%
🇭🇳Honduras63%
🇨🇭Switzerland63%
🇸🇸Sudan62%
🇨🇲Cameroon62%
🇵🇪Peru61%
🇫🇯Fiji60%
🇵🇹Portugal59%
🇰🇵North Korea58%
🇨🇱Chile57%
🇫🇮Finland56%
🇷🇼Rwanda55%
🇲🇪Montenegro53%
🇱🇰Sri Lanka53%
🇰🇭Cambodia51%
🇲🇲Myanmar49%
🇸🇷Suriname48%
🇬🇷Greece47%
🇩🇪Germany46%
🇬🇧United Kingdom45%
🇻🇳Vietnam43%
🇪🇸Spain43%
🇷🇴Romania42%
🇮🇪Ireland42%
🇬🇦Gabon42%
🇹🇷Turkey42%
🇲🇴Macau41%
🇳🇱Netherlands41%
🇲🇱Mali40%
🇨🇰Cook Islands39%
🇫🇴Faroe Islands37%
🇲🇬Madagascar37%
🇮🇹Italy37%
🇪🇪Estonia37%
🇧🇴Bolivia35%
🇦🇺Australia35%
🇬🇭Ghana34%
🇼🇸Samoa33%
🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea33%
🇹🇿Tanzania33%
🇵🇫French Polynesia33%
🇫🇰Falkland Islands32%
🇷🇸Serbia32%
🇧🇫Burkina Faso32%
🇸🇮Slovenia31%
🇨🇮Ivory Coast31%
🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina31%
🇨🇱China31%
🇲🇷Mauritania30%
🇦🇷Argentina30%
🇲🇰North Macedonia28%
🇦🇲Armenia27%
🇫🇷France26%
🇸🇳Senegal26%
🇧🇪Belgium26%
🇹🇬Togo26%
🇵🇬Papua New Guinea25%
🇵🇰Pakistan24%
🇯🇵Japan23%
🇯🇴Jordan23%
🇭🇺Hungary23%
🇺🇸United States of America23%
🇨🇬Republic of the Congo23%
🇸🇰Slovakia22%
🇵🇱Poland22%
🇵🇭Philippines22%
🇲🇽Mexico22%
🇳🇬Nigeria22%
🇮🇳India21%
🇾🇪Yemen20%
🇮🇩Indonesia20%
🇷🇺Russia20%
🇧🇬Bulgaria19%
🇲🇾Malaysia19%
🇲🇦Morocco18%
🇻🇺Vanuatu18%
🇹🇭Thailand18%
🇨🇾Cyprus17%
🇳🇨New Caledonia17%
🇰🇮Kiribati15%
🇦🇼Aruba15%
🇩🇴Dominican Republic14%
🇭🇹Haiti14%
🇯🇲Jamaica13%
🇹🇴Tonga13%
🇲🇹Malta13%
🇺🇦Ukraine13%
🇪🇬Egypt11%
🇲🇳Mongolia11%
🇳🇷Nauru11%
🇰🇿Kazakhstan11%
🇮🇱Israel10%
🇸🇴Somalia10%
🇱🇧Lebanon9%
🇽🇰Kosovo9%
🇲🇩Moldova9%
🇿🇦South Africa8%
🇹🇼Taiwan8%
🇧🇧Barbados8%
🇰🇷South Korea8%
🇺🇿Uzbekistan7%
🇦🇿Azerbaijan6%
🇸🇧Solomon Islands6%
🇳🇪Niger6%
🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda6%
🇹🇩Chad5%
🇸🇬Singapore5%
🇬🇺Guam5%
🇮🇷Iran5%
🇸🇾Syria5%
🇨🇺Cuba5%
🇦🇪United Arab Emirates4%
🇪🇷Eritrea4%
🇧🇾Belarus3%
🇹🇳Tunisia3%
🇰🇾Cayman Islands3%
🇼🇸American Samoa3%
🇸🇸South Sudan3%
🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis3%
🇵🇷Puerto Rico3%
🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau2%
🇮🇶Iraq2%
🇬🇩Grenada2%
🇬🇾Guyana2%
🇧🇯Benin2%
🇧🇩Bangladesh1%
🇧🇲Bermuda1%
🇩🇯Djibouti1%
🇻🇬British Virgin Islands1%
🇱🇨Saint Lucia1%
🇩🇿Algeria1%
🇭🇰Hong Kong1%
🇴🇲Oman1%
🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands0%
🇸🇦Saudi Arabia0%
🇶🇦Qatar0%
🇧🇼Botswana0%
🇰🇼Kuwait0%
🇧🇸The Bahamas0%
🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago0%
🇧🇳Brunei0%
🇧🇭Bahrain0%
🇱🇾Libya0%
🇹🇲Turkmenistan0%
🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon0%
🇲🇸Montserrat0%
🇬🇮Gibraltar0%
🇰🇲Comoros0%
🇳🇺Niue0%

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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Ranked: Top 10 Countries by Value of All Their Natural Resources

Russia leads the pack with natural resources valued at $75 trillion.

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This graphic shows the top 10 countries based on natural resource value as of 2021, according to Statista.

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.

CountryMain Natural ResourcesValue (in trillion USD)
🇷🇺 RussiaCoal, natural gas, oil, gold, timber, rare earth metals75
🇺🇸 U.S.Coal, timber, natural gas, gold, copper45
🇸🇦 Saudi ArabiaOil, timber34
🇨🇦 CanadaOil, uranium, timber, natural gas, phosphate33
🇮🇷 IranOil, natural gas27
🇨🇳 ChinaCoal, rare earth metals, timber23
🇧🇷 BrazilGold, uranium, iron, timber, oil22
🇦🇺 AustraliaCoal, timber, copper, iron ore, gold, uranium20
🇮🇶 IraqOil, phosphate rock16
🇻🇪 VenezuelaIron, natural gas, oil14

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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If you enjoyed this graphic, make sure to check out this graphic that shows how global coal consumption is still rising.

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