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1 | See the visualisation! | continent | all renewables | excluding hydropower | all renewables 2015 | % difference 2015 vs 2020 | all electricity generation | all renewables | non-hydro renewables | story | story source | |||
2 | https://informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/renewable-energy-and-electricity | 2020 or latest year | GWh | GWh | GWh | https://www.eia.gov/international/data/world/electricity/electricity-generation?pd=2&p=0000000000000000000000000000098&u=1&f=A&v=column&a=-&i=none&vo=value&t=C&g=00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001&l=249-ruvvvvvfvtvnvv1vrvvvvfvvvvvvfvvvou20evvvvvvvvvvvvvvs&s=1420070400000&e=1577836800000&vb=146&ev=false | ||||||||
3 | Afghanistan | Asia | 82.8% | 82.8% | 3.8% | 86.1% | -3.29% | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.04 | ||||
4 | Albania | Europe | 100.0% | 100.0% | 0.4% | 100.0% | 0.00% | 5.2 | 5.2 | 0.02 | ||||
5 | Algeria | Africa | 1.1% | 1.1% | 0.9% | 0.3% | 0.79% | 76.7 | 0.8 | 0.69 | ||||
6 | American Samoa | Oceania | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.00 | ||||||
7 | Angola | Africa | 68.2% | 68.2% | 1.6% | 54.5% | 13.72% | 13.6 | 9.2 | 0.22 | ||||
8 | Antarctica | Antarctica | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | ||||||
9 | Antigua & Barbuda | N. America | 4.4% | 4.4% | 4.4% | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.02 | ||||||
10 | Argentina | S. America | 27.1% | 27.1% | 9.5% | 30.7% | -3.64% | 137.8 | 37.3 | 13.02 | ||||
11 | Armenia | Europe | 24.6% | 24.6% | 0.3% | 29.6% | -5.03% | 7.3 | 1.8 | 0.02 | ||||
12 | Aruba | S. America | 16.0% | 16.0% | 16.0% | 17.8% | -1.85% | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.15 | ||||
13 | Australia | Oceania | 24.6% | 24.6% | 18.4% | 14.4% | 10.23% | 243.3 | 59.9 | 44.78 | ||||
14 | Austria | Europe | 83.9% | 83.9% | 20.0% | 80.0% | 3.93% | 70.9 | 59.5 | 14.17 | ||||
15 | Azerbaijan | Asia | 12.3% | 12.3% | 8.2% | 7.8% | 4.47% | 26.2 | 3.2 | 2.14 | ||||
16 | Bahrain | Asia | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.03% | 31.4 | 0.0 | 0.01 | ||||
17 | Bangladesh | Asia | 1.5% | 1.5% | 0.5% | 1.3% | 0.21% | 79.6 | 1.2 | 0.38 | ||||
18 | Barbados | N. America | 3.9% | 3.9% | 3.9% | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.04 | ||||||
19 | Belarus | Europe | 3.3% | 3.3% | 2.2% | 1.0% | 2.31% | 36.1 | 1.2 | 0.80 | ||||
20 | Belgium | Europe | 29.8% | 29.8% | 28.3% | 23.8% | 5.98% | 86.3 | 25.7 | 24.41 | ||||
21 | Belize | N. America | 52.0% | 52.0% | 16.5% | 95.2% | -43.24% | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.14 | ||||
22 | Benin | Africa | 3.2% | 3.2% | 3.1% | 2.6% | 0.57% | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.01 | ||||
23 | Bermuda | N. America | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.00 | ||||||
24 | Bhutan | Asia | 100.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.00% | 9.0 | 9.0 | 0.00 | ||||
25 | Bolivia | S. America | 35.6% | 35.6% | 5.1% | 32.5% | 3.13% | 9.6 | 3.4 | 0.49 | ||||
26 | Bosnia & Herzegovina | Europe | 37.3% | 37.3% | 1.8% | 36.7% | 0.59% | 17.2 | 6.4 | 0.32 | ||||
27 | Botswana | Africa | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.24% | 2.1 | 0.0 | 0.01 | ||||
28 | Brazil | S. America | 86.0% | 86.0% | 20.1% | 75.0% | 10.96% | 622.0 | 534.7 | 125.15 | 9% of its electricity comes from wind. Another 9% from biomass. | |||
29 | British Virgin Islands | N. America | 1.1% | 1.1% | 1.1% | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.00 | ||||||
30 | Brunei | Asia | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% | -0.06% | 4.6 | 0.0 | 0.00 | ||||
31 | Bulgaria | Europe | 21.1% | 21.1% | 12.2% | 18.8% | 2.28% | 38.0 | 8.0 | 4.65 | ||||
32 | Burkina Faso | Africa | 12.5% | 12.5% | 6.1% | 9.9% | 2.55% | 1.7 | 0.2 | 0.11 | ||||
33 | Myanmar | Asia | 48.3% | 48.3% | 0.1% | 60.1% | -11.83% | 24.9 | 12.0 | 0.02 | ||||
34 | Burundi | Africa | 65.5% | 65.5% | 3.9% | 87.0% | -21.46% | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.01 | ||||
35 | Cabo Verde | Africa | 19.0% | 19.0% | 19.0% | 30.7% | -11.72% | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.09 | ||||
36 | Cambodia | Asia | 50.1% | 50.1% | 2.2% | 47.7% | 2.40% | 8.4 | 4.2 | 0.18 | ||||
37 | Cameroon | Africa | 64.3% | 64.3% | 0.7% | 77.0% | -12.67% | 8.4 | 5.4 | 0.06 | ||||
38 | Canada | N. America | 68.8% | 68.8% | 8.0% | 64.7% | 4.12% | 630.2 | 433.7 | 50.69 | ||||
39 | Cayman Islands | N. America | 100.0% | 100.0% | 2.3% | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.02 | ||||||
40 | Central African Republic | Africa | 99.4% | 99.4% | 0.0% | 86.2% | 13.18% | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.00 | ||||
41 | Chile | S. America | 48.3% | 48.3% | 22.3% | 44.7% | 3.57% | 80.1 | 38.7 | 17.89 | ||||
42 | China | Asia | 29.2% | 29.2% | 11.4% | 25.0% | 4.21% | 7601.2 | 2220.5 | 865.29 | ||||
43 | Colombia | S. America | 67.1% | 67.1% | 1.4% | 69.4% | -2.30% | 69.7 | 46.8 | 0.98 | ||||
44 | Comoros | Africa | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.0% | 3.7% | -3.31% | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.00 | ||||
45 | Congo Brazzaville | Africa | 28.9% | 28.9% | 0.0% | 54.6% | -25.73% | 3.7 | 1.1 | 0.00 | ||||
46 | Congo Kinshasa | Africa | 99.9% | 99.9% | 0.6% | 99.8% | 0.15% | 9.2 | 9.2 | 0.06 | ||||
47 | Cook Islands | Oceania | 25.7% | 25.7% | 25.7% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.01 | ||||||
48 | Costa Rica | N. America | 99.8% | 99.8% | 28.7% | 99.1% | 0.71% | 11.7 | 11.6 | 3.35 | ||||
49 | Croatia | Europe | 59.2% | 59.2% | 27.2% | 68.5% | -9.32% | 10.6 | 6.3 | 2.90 | ||||
50 | Cuba | N. America | 4.6% | 4.6% | 3.9% | 4.2% | 0.44% | 19.5 | 0.9 | 0.77 | ||||
51 | Cyprus | Europe | 13.3% | 13.3% | 13.3% | 9.2% | 4.05% | 4.7 | 0.6 | 0.63 | ||||
52 | Czech Republic | Europe | 15.6% | 15.6% | 11.1% | 12.1% | 3.49% | 75.2 | 11.7 | 8.32 | ||||
53 | Côte d’Ivoire | Africa | 24.9% | 24.9% | 0.9% | 9.6 | 2.4 | 0.08 | ||||||
54 | Denmark | Europe | 85.2% | 85.2% | 85.1% | 69.4% | 15.80% | 28.5 | 24.2 | 24.23 | Majority from bioenergy (energy stored in organic material or sustainable biomass - straw, wood pellets & chips). Nearly two-thirds of the Danish households are supplied with district heating (heat networks). | https://denmark.dk/innovation-and-design/clean-energy | ||
55 | Djibouti | Africa | 1.7% | 1.7% | 1.7% | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.00 | ||||||
56 | Dominica | N. America | 23.5% | 23.5% | 1.3% | 25.5% | -2.02% | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.00 | ||||
57 | Dominican Republic | N. America | 10.9% | 10.9% | 5.4% | 12.2% | -1.28% | 18.9 | 2.1 | 1.01 | ||||
58 | Ecuador | S. America | 81.2% | 81.2% | 1.9% | 54.1% | 27.07% | 31.3 | 25.4 | 0.59 | ||||
59 | Egypt | Africa | 9.6% | 9.6% | 3.0% | 8.7% | 0.89% | 183.0 | 17.6 | 5.46 | ||||
60 | El Salvador | N. America | 71.2% | 71.2% | 47.0% | 58.4% | 12.81% | 5.9 | 4.2 | 2.79 | ||||
61 | Equatorial Guinea | Africa | 10.6% | 10.6% | 0.0% | 45.9% | -35.32% | 1.1 | 0.1 | 0.00 | ||||
62 | Eritrea | Africa | 5.3% | 5.3% | 5.3% | 1.0% | 4.27% | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.02 | ||||
63 | Estonia | Europe | 44.2% | 44.2% | 43.5% | 16.5% | 27.69% | 5.9 | 2.6 | 2.57 | ||||
64 | Eswatini | Africa | 54.6% | 54.6% | 30.4% | 53.6% | 1.01% | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.20 | ||||
65 | Ethiopia | Africa | 100.0% | 100.0% | 4.1% | 100.0% | -0.04% | 14.2 | 14.1 | 0.59 | ||||
66 | Falkland Islands | S. America | 33.3% | 33.3% | 33.3% | 47.4% | -14.12% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.01 | ||||
67 | Faroe Islands | Europe | 43.4% | 43.4% | 16.7% | 61.6% | -18.17% | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.06 | ||||
68 | Fiji | Oceania | 57.9% | 57.9% | 7.0% | 46.2% | 11.70% | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.08 | ||||
69 | Finland | Europe | 53.2% | 53.2% | 30.0% | 46.3% | 6.92% | 67.0 | 35.7 | 20.10 | ||||
70 | France | Europe | 23.7% | 23.7% | 12.0% | 16.8% | 6.89% | 553.7 | 131.2 | 66.36 | ||||
71 | French Guiana | S. America | 50.0% | 50.0% | 6.0% | 59.0% | -8.98% | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.06 | ||||
72 | French Polynesia | Oceania | 32.3% | 32.3% | 5.9% | 36.1% | -3.77% | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.04 | ||||
73 | Gabon | Africa | 58.2% | 58.2% | 0.4% | 45.0% | 13.18% | 3.0 | 1.8 | 0.01 | ||||
74 | Gambia | Africa | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1.0% | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.00 | ||||||
75 | Georgia | Asia | 75.9% | 75.9% | 0.8% | 78.9% | -3.02% | 11.0 | 8.3 | 0.09 | ||||
76 | Germany | Europe | 48.6% | 48.6% | 44.0% | 31.8% | 16.78% | 545.2 | 264.9 | 240.10 | ||||
77 | Ghana | Africa | 38.5% | 38.5% | 0.4% | 52.2% | -13.67% | 18.9 | 7.3 | 0.07 | ||||
78 | Gibraltar | Europe | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.00 | ||||||
79 | Greece | Europe | 43.6% | 43.6% | 35.1% | 29.7% | 13.85% | 40.6 | 17.7 | 14.24 | ||||
80 | Greenland | N. America | 80.2% | 80.2% | 0.0% | 67.7% | 12.51% | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.00 | Mostly hydro and waste incineration | https://archive.nordregio.se/en/Publications/Publications-2016/GREEN-GROWTH-IN-NORDIC-REGIONS-50-ways-to-make-/Clean-tech-and-renewable-energy--/The-f/index.html#:~:text=However%2C%20times%20change%20and%2055,of%20the%20towns%20in%20Greenland. | ||
81 | Grenada | N. America | 1.6% | 1.6% | 1.6% | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.00 | ||||||
82 | Guadeloupe | N. America | 13.7% | 13.7% | 13.7% | 3.4% | 10.31% | 1.6 | 0.2 | 0.22 | ||||
83 | Guam | Oceania | 3.8% | 3.8% | 3.8% | 1.8 | 0.1 | 0.07 | ||||||
84 | Guatemala | N. America | 75.4% | 75.4% | 28.1% | 61.7% | 13.73% | 12.2 | 9.2 | 3.44 | ||||
85 | Guinea | Africa | 63.6% | 63.6% | 1.0% | 50.0% | 13.61% | 2.1 | 1.3 | 0.02 | ||||
86 | Guinea-Bissau | Africa | 2.4% | 2.4% | 2.4% | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.00 | ||||||
87 | Guyana | S. America | 2.4% | 2.4% | 2.4% | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.03 | ||||||
88 | Haiti | N. America | 13.6% | 13.6% | 0.3% | 8.4% | 5.25% | 1.0 | 0.1 | 0.00 | ||||
89 | Honduras | N. America | 57.5% | 57.5% | 28.2% | 43.6% | 13.95% | 11.1 | 6.4 | 3.11 | ||||
90 | Hong Kong | Asia | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.08% | 33.1 | 0.1 | 0.13 | ||||
91 | Hungary | Europe | 17.9% | 17.9% | 17.2% | 11.6% | 6.30% | 33.0 | 5.9 | 5.67 | ||||
92 | Iceland | Europe | 100.0% | 100.0% | 32.4% | 100.0% | -0.02% | 18.4 | 18.4 | 5.97 | 73% from hydropower, 27% from geothermal | https://www.government.is/topics/business-and-industry/energy/#:~:text=Renewable%20energy%20provided%20almost%20100,supplier%20of%20electricity%20in%20Iceland. | ||
93 | India | Asia | 21.7% | 21.7% | 11.0% | 15.1% | 6.62% | 1452.2 | 315.4 | 160.40 | ||||
94 | Indonesia | Asia | 17.7% | 17.7% | 10.9% | 11.2% | 6.52% | 272.9 | 48.4 | 29.74 | ||||
95 | Iran | Asia | 9.4% | 9.4% | 0.3% | 5.4% | 4.03% | 304.3 | 28.7 | 1.01 | ||||
96 | Iraq | Asia | 2.8% | 2.8% | 0.1% | 3.9% | -1.14% | 90.8 | 2.5 | 0.06 | ||||
97 | Ireland | Europe | 42.4% | 42.4% | 38.7% | 29.7% | 12.66% | 33.1 | 14.0 | 12.81 | ||||
98 | Israel | Asia | 6.3% | 6.3% | 6.3% | 2.0% | 4.30% | 68.5 | 4.3 | 4.29 | ||||
99 | Italy | Europe | 44.2% | 44.2% | 26.6% | 40.9% | 3.30% | 271.9 | 120.2 | 72.45 | ||||
100 | Jamaica | N. America | 11.9% | 11.9% | 8.1% | 10.8% | 1.08% | 4.2 | 0.5 | 0.34 |