Countries ranked by renewable share of electricity

This ranking orders every country by the percentage of its electricity that comes from renewable sources: hydropower, wind, solar, bioenergy, geothermal and marine energy. Nuclear power is low-carbon but not renewable, so it is excluded here (see the low-carbon ranking for that).

The countries near the top usually owe their position to large hydro resources (Norway, Paraguay, Nepal, many African and South American countries) or, increasingly, to fast wind and solar build-out (Denmark, Uruguay, Portugal).

Ranking rule. Countries and territories that generate less than 1 TWh of electricity a year (mostly small islands) are left out, because one diesel generator or one solar farm can swing their shares by tens of points. Values older than 2020 are also excluded.