Renewable energy share by country, 2021 (% of final energy use)
Share of the energy people and businesses use that comes from renewable sources, for 212 countries and areas, ranked from highest to lowest. Source: World Bank, from IEA, IRENA and UN data.
Key facts
- World: 19.7% of energy use is renewable (2020).
- Highest: Congo - Kinshasa (96.3%), Somalia (95.4%) and Liberia (92.8%).
- Lowest in the list: Bahrain, Brunei, Cayman Islands, and 3 others (0.0%).
212 rows
| 1 | Congo - Kinshasa | 96.3 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Somalia | 95.4 | 2022 |
| 3 | Liberia | 92.8 | 2022 |
| 4 | Gabon | 91.3 | 2021 |
| 5 | Central African Republic | 90.9 | 2022 |
| 5 | Uganda | 90.9 | 2022 |
| 7 | Ethiopia | 90.6 | 2021 |
| 8 | Guinea-Bissau | 87.4 | 2022 |
| 9 | Madagascar | 83.1 | 2022 |
| 10 | Burundi | 83.0 | 2022 |
| 10 | Zambia | 83.0 | 2021 |
| 12 | Bhutan | 82.5 | 2022 |
| 13 | Iceland | 82.4 | 2021 |
| 13 | Zimbabwe | 82.4 | 2021 |
| 15 | Eritrea | 80.7 | 2021 |
| 16 | Nigeria | 80.3 | 2021 |
| 17 | Rwanda | 79.9 | 2022 |
| 18 | Niger | 79.6 | 2021 |
| 19 | Cameroon | 79.2 | 2021 |
| 20 | Tanzania | 78.3 | 2021 |
| 21 | Mozambique | 76.9 | 2021 |
| 22 | Haiti | 76.7 | 2021 |
| 23 | Togo | 75.1 | 2021 |
| 24 | Nepal | 73.7 | 2021 |
| 25 | Sierra Leone | 71.6 | 2022 |
| 26 | Burkina Faso | 71.4 | 2022 |
| 26 | Congo - Brazzaville | 71.4 | 2021 |
| 28 | Mali | 71.1 | 2022 |
| 29 | Chad | 70.0 | 2022 |
| 30 | Kenya | 67.7 | 2021 |
| 31 | Guinea | 66.6 | 2022 |
| 32 | Eswatini | 64.7 | 2022 |
| 33 | Malawi | 62.9 | 2022 |
| 33 | Myanmar (Burma) | 62.9 | 2021 |
| 35 | Guatemala | 62.1 | 2021 |
| 36 | Norway | 61.4 | 2021 |
| 37 | Sudan | 61.0 | 2021 |
| 38 | Paraguay | 58.8 | 2021 |
| 39 | Côte d’Ivoire | 58.2 | 2021 |
| 40 | Sweden | 57.9 | 2021 |
| 41 | Uruguay | 57.8 | 2021 |
| 42 | Liechtenstein | 56.9 | 2022 |
| 43 | Papua New Guinea | 54.6 | 2022 |
| 44 | Benin | 54.5 | 2021 |
| 45 | Angola | 52.9 | 2021 |
| 46 | Cambodia | 52.4 | 2021 |
| 47 | Nicaragua | 50.4 | 2021 |
| 48 | Finland | 50.2 | 2021 |
| 49 | Solomon Islands | 50.1 | 2022 |
| 50 | Laos | 49.2 | 2022 |
| 51 | Sri Lanka | 48.8 | 2021 |
| 52 | Gambia | 47.7 | 2022 |
| 53 | Brazil | 46.5 | 2021 |
| 54 | Honduras | 45.9 | 2021 |
| 55 | Latvia | 44.0 | 2021 |
| 56 | São Tomé & Príncipe | 42.5 | 2022 |
| 57 | Albania | 41.9 | 2021 |
| 57 | Kiribati | 41.9 | 2022 |
| 59 | Pakistan | 41.6 | 2021 |
| 60 | Montenegro | 39.6 | 2021 |
| 61 | Denmark | 39.5 | 2021 |
| 62 | Comoros | 39.3 | 2022 |
| 63 | Ghana | 39.0 | 2021 |
| 64 | Estonia | 38.0 | 2021 |
| 65 | Bosnia & Herzegovina | 36.6 | 2021 |
| 66 | Austria | 36.0 | 2021 |
| 67 | Samoa | 35.9 | 2022 |
| 68 | Senegal | 35.4 | 2021 |
| 69 | India | 34.9 | 2021 |
| 69 | Lesotho | 34.9 | 2022 |
| 69 | Tajikistan | 34.9 | 2021 |
| 72 | Costa Rica | 34.2 | 2021 |
| 73 | Croatia | 34.1 | 2021 |
| 74 | Venezuela | 33.7 | 2021 |
| 75 | Lithuania | 33.2 | 2021 |
| 76 | South Sudan | 32.4 | 2021 |
| 77 | Portugal | 32.3 | 2021 |
| 78 | Belize | 30.8 | 2022 |
| 79 | Peru | 30.6 | 2021 |
| 80 | Namibia | 30.0 | 2021 |
| 81 | Colombia | 29.7 | 2021 |
| 82 | New Zealand | 28.9 | 2021 |
| 83 | Fiji | 28.4 | 2022 |
| 84 | Panama | 28.0 | 2021 |
| 84 | Philippines | 28.0 | 2021 |
| 86 | Switzerland | 27.7 | 2021 |
| 87 | Kyrgyzstan | 27.6 | 2021 |
| 88 | Botswana | 27.4 | 2021 |
| 89 | Serbia | 27.2 | 2021 |
| 90 | Djibouti | 26.9 | 2022 |
| 91 | Georgia | 25.2 | 2021 |
| 92 | Bangladesh | 25.0 | 2021 |
| 92 | Vanuatu | 25.0 | 2022 |
| 94 | Chile | 24.2 | 2021 |
| 94 | Vietnam | 24.2 | 2021 |
| 96 | Canada | 23.8 | 2021 |
| 97 | Romania | 23.6 | 2021 |
| 98 | Slovenia | 23.4 | 2021 |
| 99 | El Salvador | 21.9 | 2021 |
| 100 | Cape Verde | 21.8 | 2022 |
| 101 | Greece | 21.5 | 2021 |
| 102 | Moldova | 21.4 | 2021 |
| 103 | Cuba | 20.9 | 2021 |
| 104 | Luxembourg | 20.5 | 2021 |
| 105 | Bulgaria | 20.4 | 2021 |
| 106 | Indonesia | 20.2 | 2021 |
| 107 | Afghanistan | 20.0 | 2022 |
| 108 | Mauritania | 19.6 | 2022 |
| 109 | North Macedonia | 19.5 | 2021 |
| 110 | Spain | 19.0 | 2021 |
| 110 | Thailand | 19.0 | 2021 |
| 112 | Ecuador | 18.9 | 2021 |
| 113 | Andorra | 18.7 | 2022 |
| 114 | Slovakia | 17.9 | 2021 |
| 115 | Germany | 17.6 | 2021 |
| 116 | Italy | 17.5 | 2021 |
| 117 | Czechia | 17.2 | 2021 |
| 118 | France | 16.2 | 2021 |
| 119 | Cyprus | 15.6 | 2021 |
| 120 | Palestinian Territories | 15.4 | 2022 |
| 121 | Hungary | 15.3 | 2021 |
| 122 | China | 15.2 | 2021 |
| 122 | Poland | 15.2 | 2021 |
| 124 | Dominican Republic | 14.8 | 2021 |
| 125 | North Korea | 14.7 | 2021 |
| 126 | Suriname | 14.5 | 2021 |
| 127 | Mexico | 13.0 | 2021 |
| 128 | Bolivia | 12.8 | 2021 |
| 129 | Ireland | 12.7 | 2021 |
| 130 | Australia | 12.3 | 2021 |
| 131 | Marshall Islands | 12.2 | 2022 |
| 131 | Netherlands | 12.2 | 2021 |
| 131 | United Kingdom | 12.2 | 2021 |
| 134 | Guyana | 12.1 | 2022 |
| 135 | Türkiye | 12.0 | 2021 |
| 136 | Belgium | 11.7 | 2021 |
| 136 | Greenland | 11.7 | 2022 |
| 138 | Tunisia | 11.6 | 2021 |
| 139 | Jordan | 11.5 | 2021 |
| 140 | Timor-Leste | 11.4 | 2022 |
| 141 | Macao SAR China | 11.0 | 2022 |
| 142 | Morocco | 10.9 | 2021 |
| 142 | United States | 10.9 | 2021 |
| 144 | Jamaica | 10.5 | 2021 |
| 145 | Grenada | 10.0 | 2022 |
| 146 | South Africa | 9.7 | 2021 |
| 146 | St. Lucia | 9.7 | 2022 |
| 148 | New Caledonia | 9.6 | 2022 |
| 149 | Argentina | 9.2 | 2021 |
| 150 | Armenia | 9.1 | 2021 |
| 151 | Dominica | 8.9 | 2022 |
| 151 | Ukraine | 8.9 | 2021 |
| 153 | Aruba | 8.8 | 2022 |
| 153 | Japan | 8.8 | 2021 |
| 155 | Malta | 8.6 | 2021 |
| 155 | Mauritius | 8.6 | 2021 |
| 157 | Belarus | 8.2 | 2021 |
| 158 | Faroe Islands | 7.9 | 2022 |
| 159 | Malaysia | 7.5 | 2021 |
| 160 | French Polynesia | 7.0 | 2022 |
| 161 | Lebanon | 6.8 | 2021 |
| 162 | Guam | 6.7 | 2022 |
| 163 | Israel | 6.2 | 2021 |
| 164 | Egypt | 6.1 | 2021 |
| 165 | U.S. Virgin Islands | 5.9 | 2022 |
| 166 | Barbados | 5.5 | 2022 |
| 167 | Tuvalu | 5.2 | 2022 |
| 168 | St. Vincent & Grenadines | 5.1 | 2022 |
| 169 | Equatorial Guinea | 4.2 | 2022 |
| 170 | Yemen | 3.7 | 2021 |
| 171 | South Korea | 3.6 | 2021 |
| 172 | Russia | 3.5 | 2021 |
| 173 | Libya | 3.1 | 2021 |
| 174 | Mongolia | 3.0 | 2021 |
| 175 | Curaçao | 2.8 | 2021 |
| 176 | Isle of Man | 2.7 | 2022 |
| 177 | Puerto Rico | 2.5 | 2022 |
| 178 | Tonga | 2.3 | 2022 |
| 179 | Kazakhstan | 2.0 | 2021 |
| 179 | Micronesia | 2.0 | 2022 |
| 181 | Nauru | 1.9 | 2022 |
| 181 | Seychelles | 1.9 | 2022 |
| 183 | St. Kitts & Nevis | 1.5 | 2022 |
| 184 | Azerbaijan | 1.3 | 2021 |
| 184 | British Virgin Islands | 1.3 | 2022 |
| 186 | Maldives | 1.2 | 2022 |
| 187 | Bahamas | 1.1 | 2022 |
| 187 | Iraq | 1.1 | 2021 |
| 187 | Singapore | 1.1 | 2021 |
| 187 | Syria | 1.1 | 2021 |
| 191 | United Arab Emirates | 1.0 | 2021 |
| 191 | Uzbekistan | 1.0 | 2021 |
| 193 | Antigua & Barbuda | 0.9 | 2022 |
| 193 | Bermuda | 0.9 | 2022 |
| 193 | Iran | 0.9 | 2021 |
| 193 | Palau | 0.9 | 2022 |
| 197 | Turks & Caicos Islands | 0.8 | 2022 |
| 198 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0.5 | 2022 |
| 198 | Trinidad & Tobago | 0.5 | 2021 |
| 200 | American Samoa | 0.4 | 2022 |
| 200 | Hong Kong SAR China | 0.4 | 2021 |
| 202 | Algeria | 0.1 | 2021 |
| 202 | Kuwait | 0.1 | 2021 |
| 202 | Oman | 0.1 | 2021 |
| 202 | Saudi Arabia | 0.1 | 2021 |
| 202 | Turkmenistan | 0.1 | 2021 |
| 207 | Bahrain | 0.0 | 2021 |
| 207 | Brunei | 0.0 | 2021 |
| 207 | Cayman Islands | 0.0 | 2022 |
| 207 | Gibraltar | 0.0 | 2021 |
| 207 | Qatar | 0.0 | 2021 |
| 207 | Sint Maarten | 0.0 | 2022 |
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Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators · Licence: CC BY 4.0 · Snapshot 2026-10-31
About this data
This counts all final energy use, including heating and transport, not only electricity. Renewables are hydro, wind, solar, geothermal, modern biofuels and traditional biomass such as firewood.
Many of the highest shares are in low-income countries where most households cook with wood, not in countries with the most wind and solar power. The data lags by a few years.
FAQ
Which country uses the most renewable energy?
By share, Congo - Kinshasa, where 96.3% of energy use was renewable in 2021, mostly from firewood and hydropower.
What share of the world's energy is renewable?
19.7% of final energy consumption in 2020.
Which country uses the least renewable energy?
In this list, Bahrain, Brunei, Cayman Islands, and 3 others, at 0.0%.
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