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List of countries by renewable electricity production

Renewables accounted for 28% of electric generation in 2021, consisting of hydro (55%), wind (23%), biomass (13%), solar (7%) and geothermal (1%). China produced 31% of global renewable electricity, followed by the United States (11%), Brazil (6.4%), Canada (5.4%) and India (3.9%).^[1]

Renewable investment reached almost $500 billion globally in 2022,^[2] amounting to 83% of new electric capacity that year.^[3] The renewable energy industry employs almost 14 million people.^[4]

Data are from IRENA unless otherwise specified, and are for the year 2021.^[1]

Country / dependency	% ren.	Ren. gen. (GWh)	% hydro	% wind	% solar	% bio.	% geo.
Ethiopia	100%	15,817	94.5%	5.2%	0.2%	0.1%	0%
Bhutan	100%	10,823	100%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Albania	100%	8,963	99.5%	0%	0.5%	0%	0%
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	100%	0.8	98.7%	1.3%	0%	0%	0%
Nepal	100%	8,107	98.7%	0%	1.2%	0.1%	0%
Paraguay	100%	40,848	99.3%	0%	0%	0.7%	0%
Iceland	100%	19,617	70.4%	0.03%	0.03%	0%	29.6%
Costa Rica	100%	12,656	73.4%	12.4%	0.8%	0.7%	12.7%
Lesotho	99.8%	532	99.6%	0%	0.1%	0%	0%
Eswatini	99.8%	460	56.1%	0%	0.3%	43.4%	0%
Norway	99.1%	156,507	91.4%	7.5%	0.1%	0.02%	0%
DR Congo	99.0%	11,921	98.8%	0%	0.2%	0.1%	0%
Uganda	97.8%	4,749	88.2%	0%	2.9%	6.8%	0%
Central African Republic	96.5%	142	96.2%	0%	0.3%	0%	0%
Andorra	93.3%	97	75.9%	0%	1.2%	0%	0%
Belize	92.9%	437	33.4%	0.01%	2.1%	57.4%	0%
Tajikistan	92.8%	19,348	92.8%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Zambia	92.0%	16,310	90.7%	0%	0.9%	0.4%	0%
Tokelau	91.7%	1.2	0%	0%	91.7%	0%	0%
Namibia	90.7%	1,333	59.5%	1.5%	29.7%	0.01%	0%
Luxembourg	89.0%	1,968	49.1%	14.2%	8.1%	15.7%	0%
Guinea	88.1%	2,667	87.4%	0%	0.7%	0%	0%
Kenya	88.1%	9,663	34.5%	0.8%	3.9%	1.8%	47.3%
El Salvador	86.0%	6,063	25.9%	1.9%	23.3%	12.8%	22.1%
Kyrgyzstan	85.6%	12,957	85.6%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Uruguay	84.5%	13,492	33.0%	31.3%	3.0%	17.2%	0%
Mozambique	84.5%	15,603	83.8%	0%	0.4%	0.3%	0%
Venezuela	84.2%	62,614	84.1%	0.1%	0.01%	0%	0%
Panama	81.7%	9,597	69.4%	4.5%	5.6%	2.2%	0%
New Zealand	81.4%	36,329	54.3%	5.9%	0.5%	1.8%	18.9%
Georgia	81.2%	10,289	80.4%	0.7%	0.2%	0%	0%
Ecuador	81.0%	26,077	79.4%	0.2%	0.1%	1.3%	0%
Malawi	80.1%	1,869	72.5%	0%	5.5%	2.1%	0%
Austria	79.9%	56,542	60.1%	9.5%	3.9%	5.8%	0%
Cameroon	79.3%	5,110	79.0%	0%	0.3%	0%	0%
Denmark	79.0%	26,096	0.05%	48.6%	4.0%	23.4%	0%
Afghanistan	78.2%	927	71.7%	0.01%	6.6%	0%	0%
Brazil	77.4%	507,667	55.3%	11.0%	2.6%	8.5%	0%
Greenland	77.0%	447	74.5%	0.01%	0.1%	0%	0%
Colombia	75.4%	63,145	72.5%	0.1%	0.6%	2.2%	0%
Sierra Leone	75.3%	244	70.5%	0%	1.9%	2.9%	0%
Angola	73.7%	14,004	72.6%	0%	0.01%	1.1%	0%
Guatemala	73.3%	9,393	46.5%	2.5%	1.9%	20.3%	2.1%
Zimbabwe	71.3%	6,217	68.9%	0%	0.7%	1.6%	0%
Croatia	69.9%	10,629	47.5%	13.6%	1.0%	7.2%	0.6%
Laos	69.3%	28,427	69.1%	0%	0.1%	0.1%	0%
Nicaragua	69.3%	2,928	14.2%	15.5%	0.6%	21.6%	17.4%
French Guiana	69.1%	688	58.8%	0%	5.7%	4.6%	0%
Switzerland	68.1%	44,949	60.4%	0.2%	4.3%	1.5%	0%
Canada	67.5%	433,791	59.5%	5.4%	0.9%	1.5%	0%
Sweden	67.4%	115,778	43.0%	15.9%	0.9%	6.6%	0%
Lithuania	65.6%	3,332	21.5%	26.8%	3.8%	10.7%	0%
Portugal	64.9%	33,089	26.4%	25.9%	4.4%	7.2%	0.4%
Latvia	63.6%	3,718	46.3%	2.4%	0.1%	14.7%	0%
North Korea	63.2%	16,168	63.0%	0%	0.3%	0%	0%
Honduras	62.8%	7,186	33.0%	6.8%	9.5%	10.5%	3.0%
Mali	62.3%	1,875	56.6%	0%	3.1%	2.6%	0%
Montenegro	61.8%	2,333	53.2%	8.5%	0.1%	0%	0%
Peru	61.7%	35,203	55.9%	3.2%	1.5%	1.0%	0%
Burundi	61.3%	278	59.6%	0%	0.5%	1.2%	0%
Sudan	60.8%	10,195	60.0%	0%	0.2%	0.6%	0%
Fiji	60.1%	657	50.1%	0.03%	1.1%	8.8%	0%
Cambodia	58.9%	5,757	51.6%	0%	6.5%	0.8%	0%
Rwanda	58.2%	595	54.5%	0%	3.5%	0.2%	0%
Liberia	57.4%	132	55.7%	0%	1.6%	0.1%	0%
Gabon	54.0%	984	53.9%	0%	0.04%	0.1%	0%
Suriname	53.9%	866	52.7%	0%	0.8%	0.4%	0%
Finland	52.9%	38,174	21.9%	11.8%	0.4%	18.0%	0%
Sri Lanka	51.2%	8,580	43.0%	3.8%	3.3%	1.0%	0%
Samoa	49.1%	80	28.8%	0.1%	14.1%	6.1%	0%
Chile	48.9%	42,321	20.9%	8.8%	12.3%	6.5%	0.4%
Spain	47.0%	128,968	12.0%	22.6%	9.9%	2.2%	0%
Myanmar	46.4%	12,234	45.1%	0%	0.3%	1.0%	0%
Romania	44.9%	26,677	29.8%	11.1%	2.9%	1.1%	0%
Madagascar	42.8%	857	40.0%	0.02%	2.8%	0.03%	0%
Vietnam	42.8%	104,331	31.1%	1.0%	10.5%	0.1%	0%
Tanzania	42.8%	3,407	40.4%	0.1%	0.3%	2.0%	0%
Italy	41.0%	118,442	16.4%	7.2%	8.7%	5.8%	2.0%
Congo	40.7%	1,078	39.5%	0%	0.03%	1.2%	0%
Greece	40.6%	22,195	10.9%	19.2%	9.6%	0.9%	0%
United Kingdom	40.4%	124,072	2.4%	21.0%	3.9%	11.5%	0%
Germany	40.1%	236,115	4.2%	19.5%	8.4%	7.0%	0.04%
Papua New Guinea	40.0%	1,145	35.3%	0%	0.2%	1.1%	3.4%
Estonia	40.0%	2,879	0.3%	10.2%	4.9%	23.7%	0%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	39.3%	7,292	36.7%	2.1%	0.4%	0.2%	0%
Bolivia	38.3%	4,162	29.8%	1.1%	3.2%	4.2%	0%
Faroe Islands	38.1%	161	23.7%	12.8%	0.04%	1.6%	0%
Ireland	37.3%	11,900	3.2%	30.7%	0.3%	2.0%	0%
Slovenia	36.1%	5,733	31.5%	0.04%	2.9%	1.7%	0%
Turkey	35.4%	118,555	16.7%	9.4%	4.2%	1.8%	3.2%
Djibouti	35.4%	70	0%	35.1%	0.3%	0%	0%
Serbia	34.9%	13,375	31.3%	2.8%	0.2%	0.6%	0%
Ghana	34.8%	7,690	34.0%	0%	0.7%	0.1%	0%
Guadeloupe	33.8%	563	0.7%	6.4%	6.8%	14.9%	5.0%
Netherlands	33.1%	40,472	0.1%	14.7%	9.4%	7.1%	0%
North Macedonia	30.7%	1,713	26.0%	1.9%	1.9%	1.0%	0%
Armenia	30.5%	2,367	28.4%	0.02%	2.1%	0%	0%
Pakistan	29.8%	45,183	24.7%	2.3%	0.8%	2.0%	0%
China	28.6%	2,444,538	15.7%	7.7%	3.8%	0.9%	0%
Réunion	28.2%	872	11.6%	0.1%	8.7%	7.8%	0%
World	28.1%	7,983,492	15.5%	6.5%	3.6%	1.9%	0.3%
Burkina Faso	27.4%	234	15.8%	0%	11.4%	0.2%	0%
Argentina	27.2%	39,116	14.0%	9.0%	1.5%	2.7%	0%
Australia	26.7%	70,799	5.7%	9.2%	10.4%	1.3%	0%
Martinique	26.0%	393	0%	3.2%	6.0%	16.4%	0%
Nigeria	25.3%	9,318	24.9%	0%	0.3%	0.2%	0%
Vanuatu	25.2%	20	10.7%	5.2%	9.2%	0%	0%
Palestine	24.5%	224	0%	0%	24.4%	0.03%	0%
Jordan	24.2%	5,325	0.1%	7.2%	16.9%	0.02%	0%
Caribbean Netherlands	24.1%	38	0%	18.4%	5.7%	0%	0%
Falkland Islands	23.9%	4	0%	23.2%	0.7%	0%	0%
French Polynesia	23.7%	148	23.1%	0.01%	0.6%	0%	0%
Slovakia	23.6%	7,072	15.2%	0.02%	2.2%	6.0%	0%
Belgium	23.5%	23,656	1.3%	11.9%	5.6%	3.7%	0%
France	22.8%	126,708	11.5%	6.6%	2.8%	1.3%	0.02%
New Caledonia	22.5%	654	14.6%	1.4%	6.4%	0.02%	0%
Bulgaria	22.2%	10,556	10.7%	3.0%	3.1%	5.4%	0%
Philippines	22.0%	24,023	8.5%	1.2%	1.4%	1.2%	9.8%
Mauritius	21.6%	649	3.6%	0.5%	5.2%	12.3%	0%
Cook Islands	21.1%	7	0%	0%	21.1%	0%	0%
Japan	21.1%	221,529	8.5%	0.9%	8.2%	3.1%	0.3%
Mexico	21.1%	81,902	8.9%	5.4%	5.2%	0.4%	1.1%
Senegal	20.8%	848	0%	9.8%	9.3%	1.6%	0%
Togo	20.7%	158	11.2%	0%	9.5%	0%	0%
Russia	20.4%	222,080	19.9%	0.3%	0.1%	0.04%	0.04%
Dominica	20.3%	21	19.5%	0.6%	0.2%	0%	0%
United States	20.3%	886,892	6.3%	8.8%	3.5%	1.2%	0.4%
Morocco	19.9%	8,222	2.9%	12.4%	4.5%	0.1%	0%
Curaçao	19.5%	155	0%	17.7%	1.8%	0%	0%
Mauritania	19.4%	271	0%	9.4%	10.0%	0%	0%
India	19.2%	313,073	9.9%	3.8%	4.0%	1.3%	0%
Hungary	19.1%	6,915	0.6%	1.8%	10.5%	5.7%	0.03%
Thailand	19.0%	35,467	2.6%	1.9%	2.7%	11.2%	0%
Ivory Coast	18.7%	2,633	18.7%	0%	0.04%	0%	0%
Cabo Verde	18.3%	81	0%	16.7%	1.6%	0%	0%
Haiti	18.2%	205	17.8%	0.01%	0.4%	0%	0%
Indonesia	18.1%	55,767	8.0%	0%	0.1%	4.9%	5.2%
Malaysia	17.8%	30,597	15.9%	0%	0.3%	1.7%	0%
Poland	17.5%	31,364	1.7%	9.0%	2.2%	4.3%	0%
Dominican Republic	17.0%	3,962	6.4%	5.3%	3.8%	1.5%	0%
Yemen	16.9%	497	0%	0%	16.9%	0%	0%
Kiribati	16.4%	5	0%	0%	16.4%	0%	0%
Tuvalu	15.8%	2	0%	0%	15.8%	0%	0%
Cyprus	15.1%	775	0%	4.8%	9.1%	1.2%	0%
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	15.0%	22	13.4%	0%	1.6%	0%	0%
Aruba	14.8%	157	0%	12.5%	2.3%	0%	0%
Tonga	14.2%	10	0%	3.6%	10.6%	0%	0%
Czechia	14.0%	11,922	4.3%	0.7%	2.7%	6.2%	0%
Niue	13.9%	0.5	0%	0%	13.9%	0%	0%
Jamaica	12.8%	551	3.2%	6.1%	3.1%	0.4%	0%
Ukraine	12.7%	18,971	5.0%	2.3%	4.8%	0.5%	0%
Egypt	12.3%	25,288	7.2%	2.6%	2.4%	0.1%	0%
Mayotte	12.1%	44	0%	0%	12.1%	0%	0%
Equatorial Guinea	12.0%	127	11.9%	0%	0.02%	0%	0%
Malta	11.9%	263	0%	0%	11.6%	0.3%	0%
Somalia	11.2%	43	0%	1.6%	9.6%	0%	0%
Kazakhstan	11.0%	12,656	8.0%	1.5%	1.4%	0.03%	0%
Montserrat	10.3%	2	0%	0%	10.3%	0%	0%
Mongolia	10.3%	814	1.1%	7.1%	2.1%	0%	0%
Nauru	9.8%	5	0%	0%	9.8%	0%	0%
Moldova	9.5%	433	6.8%	1.7%	0.2%	0.7%	0%
Niger	8.1%	46	0%	0%	8.1%	0%	0%
Uzbekistan	7.7%	5,050	7.7%	0%	0.1%	0%	0%
Israel	7.6%	5,631	0%	0.2%	7.2%	0.1%	0%
South Africa	7.4%	15,783	3.1%	0.1%	4.0%	0.2%	0%
Barbados	7.3%	88	0%	0%	7.3%	0%	0%
Guyana	7.1%	86	0.001%	0.03%	1.1%	6.0%	0%
Guinea-Bissau	7.1%	2	0%	0%	7.1%	0%	0%
South Korea	6.7%	41,275	1.1%	0.5%	3.8%	1.2%	0%
Solomon Islands	6.6%	7	0.9%	0%	3.0%	2.7%	0%
Taiwan	6.5%	18,802	2.3%	0.8%	2.7%	0.1%	0%
Kosovo	6.4%	439	4.3%	1.8%	0.2%	0%	0%
São Tomé and Príncipe	6.1%	6	5.9%	0%	0.2%	0%	0%
Maldives	5.8%	49	0%	0.3%	5.5%	0%	0%
Azerbaijan	5.8%	1,617	4.6%	0.3%	0.2%	0%	0%
Antigua and Barbuda	5.7%	20	0%	0%	5.7%	0%	0%
Chad	5.6%	19	0%	2.6%	0.4%	2.6%	0%
Iraq	5.3%	4,541	4.8%	0%	0.4%	0%	0%
Cuba	5.1%	926	0.7%	0.2%	1.2%	3.0%	0%
Eritrea	5.0%	22	0%	0.3%	4.7%	0%	0%
Micronesia	4.9%	4	1.4%	0%	3.5%	0%	0%
Guam	4.8%	84	0%	0.03%	4.8%	0%	0%
Palau	4.6%	4	0%	0%	4.6%	0%	0%
Puerto Rico	4.6%	898	0.2%	0.8%	3.5%	0.1%	0%
Saint Kitts and Nevis	4.5%	10	0%	2.4%	2.1%	0%	0%
Seychelles	4.5%	20	0%	1.1%	3.4%	0%	0%
Iran	4.2%	15,084	3.9%	0.2%	0.2%	0.01%	0%
United Arab Emirates	4.2%	6,262	0%	0%	4.2%	0.0%	0%
Singapore	4.1%	2,267	0%	0%	0.9%	0.8%	0%
American Samoa	3.9%	7	0%	0%	3.9%	0%	0%
Lebanon	3.5%	523	2.5%	0%	0.7%	0.2%	0%
Belarus	3.4%	1,298	1.0%	0.4%	0.5%	1.5%	0%
Syria	3.3%	847	2.9%	0%	0.2%	0.1%	0%
Cayman Islands	2.9%	22	0%	0%	2.9%	0%	0%
Tunisia	2.9%	617	0.1%	2.0%	0.8%	0%	0%
Saint Lucia	2.5%	10	0%	0%	1.9%	0.7%	0%
US Virgin Islands	2.5%	17	0%	0.04%	2.5%	0%	0%
Anguilla	2.5%	3	0%	0%	2.5%	0%	0%
Marshall Islands	2.4%	2	0%	0.02%	2.4%	0%	0%
British Virgin Islands	2.3%	4	0%	1.2%	1.1%	0%	0%
Grenada	2.0%	5	0%	0.1%	1.9%	0%	0%
Oman	1.9%	802	0%	0.3%	1.6%	0%	0%
Gambia	1.6%	6	0%	0.5%	1.1%	0%	0%
Bangladesh	1.6%	1,436	0.8%	0.01%	0.8%	0.0%	0%
Turks and Caicos Islands	1.5%	4	0%	0%	1.5%	0%	0%
Algeria	0.9%	780	0.01%	0.01%	0.9%	0%	0%
Hong Kong	0.8%	311	0.004%	0%	0.3%	0.5%	0%
Saint Martin	0.8%	1.5	0%	0%	0.8%	0%	0%
Bahamas	0.5%	8	0%	0.04%	0.4%	0%	0%
East Timor	0.4%	2	0.3%	0%	0.1%	0%	0%
South Sudan	0.3%	2	0%	0%	0.3%	0%	0%
Qatar	0.3%	143	0%	0%	0.02%	0.1%	0%
Kuwait	0.3%	214	0%	0.1%	0.2%	0%	0%
Botswana	0.2%	6	0%	0%	0.2%	0%	0%
Benin	0.2%	3	0.01%	0%	0.2%	0%	0%
Trinidad and Tobago	0.1%	6	0%	0%	0.1%	0%	0%
Saudi Arabia	0.1%	267	0%	0%	0.1%	0%	0%
Saint Barthélemy	0.1%	0.07	0%	0%	0.1%	0%	0%
Bahrain	0.04%	13	0%	0%	0.03%	0%	0%
Brunei	0.03%	1.1	0%	0%	0.03%	0%	0%
Libya	0.02%	8	0%	0%	0.02%	0%	0%
Turkmenistan	0.01%	3	0.01%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Comoros	0%	0	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	0%	0	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Sint Maarten	0%	0	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%

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