List of countries by electricity production from renewable sources

This article is a list of countries by electricity generation from renewable sources every year. Note that most countries import and/or export electricity, so the percentage figures do not reflect the percentage of consumption that is renewable based.

Based on REN21's 2016 report, renewables contributed 19.2% to humans' global energy consumption and 23.7% to their generation of electricity in 2014 and 2015, respectively. This energy consumption is divided as 8.9% coming from traditional biomass, 4.2% as heat energy (modern biomass, geothermal and solar heat), 3.9% hydro electricity and 2.2% is electricity from wind, solar, geothermal, and biomass. Worldwide investments in renewable technologies amounted to more than US$286 billion in 2015, with countries like China and the United States heavily investing in wind, hydro, solar and biofuels.^[1] Globally, there are an estimated 7.7 million jobs associated with the renewable energy industries, with solar photovoltaics being the largest renewable employer.^[2] As of 2015 worldwide, more than half of all new electricity capacity installed was renewable.^[3]

This list is based on US Energy Information Administration (EIA) statistics^[4] where not otherwise specified.

Country	Year	Renewables as % of total generation	Generation, all sources (GWh)	Total renewable (GWh)	Hydropower (GWh)	Wind power (GWh)	Biomass and waste (GWh)	Solar power (GWh)	Geothermal (GWh)	Wave and tidal (GWh)	Ref
Afghanistan	2015	86.1%	1,034	890	890	-	-	-	-	-
Albania	2015	100.0%	5,866	5,866	5,866	-	-	-	-	-
Algeria	2015	0.3%	64,684	223	144	19	-	60	-	-
American Samoa	2015	-	163	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Angola	2015	54.5%	9,438	5,140	5,140	-	-	-	-	-
Antarctica	2015	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Antigua and Barbuda	2015	-	330	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Argentina	2017	30.7%	136,466	41,912	41,280	632 (Includes solar)	-	632 (Includes wind)	-	-	[5]
Armenia	2015	29.6%	7,392	2,188	2,184	3	-	1	-	-
Aruba	2015	17.8%	973	173	-	173	-	-	-	-
Australia	2015	14.4%	239,145	34,405	13,361	11,467	3,608	5,968	1	-
Austria	2015	80.0%	56,940	45,553	34,919	4,561	5,190	883	0	-
Azerbaijan	2015	7.8%	23,300	1,813	1,621	5	182	5	-	-
Bahamas, The	2015	-	1,807	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bahrain	2015	0.0%	26,776	1	-	1	-	-	-	-
Bangladesh	2015	1.3%	55,504	714	560	4	-	150	-	-
Barbados	2015	-	915	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Belarus	2015	1.0%	32,056	326	106	26	186	8	-	-
Belgium	2015	23.8%	65,713	15,612	315	5,491	6,763	3,043	-	-
Belize	2015	95.2%	248	236	236	-	-	-	-	-
Benin	2015	2.6%	312	8	2	-	1	5	-	-
Bermuda	2015	-	662	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bhutan	2015	100.0%	7,732	7,731	7,731	-	-	-	-	-
Bolivia	2015	32.5%	8,151	2,652	2,438	12	192	10	-	-
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2015	36.7%	14,969	5,496	5,495	1	-	-	-	-
Botswana	2015	0.0%	2,789	1	-	-	-	1	-	-
Brazil	2015	75.0%	568,650	426,638	356,146	21,630	48,802	60	-	-
Brunei	2015	0.1%	3,948	2	-	-	-	2	-	-
Bulgaria	2015	18.8%	46,267	8,706	5,604	1,450	272	1,380	-	-
Burkina Faso	2015	9.9%	944	93	93	-	-	-	-	-
Burundi	2015	87.0%	230	200	200	-	-	-	-	-
Cambodia	2015	47.7%	4,236	2,021	1,980	-	38	3	-	-
Cameroon	2015	77.0%	6,610	5,093	5,017	-	76	-	-	-
Canada	2015	64.7%	647,045	418,679	376,838	26,184	12,776	2,866	-	15
Cape Verde	2015	30.7%	462	142	-	142	-	-	-	-
Cayman Islands	2015	-	624	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Central African Republic	2015	86.2%	174	150	150	-	-	-	-	-
Chad	2015	-	215	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chile	2015	44.7%	72,332	32,368	23,403	2,112	5,615	1,238	-	-
China	2015	25.0%	5,581,739	1,398,207	1,103,325	185,770	63,729	45,250	125	8
Colombia	2015	69.4%	67,256	46,649	44,385	60	2,204	-	-	-
Comoros	2015	3.7%	54	2	2	-	-	-	-	-
Congo (Brazzaville)	2015	54.6%	1,676	916	916	-	-	-	-	-
Congo (Kinshasa)	2015	99.8%	8,852	8,837	8,827	-	10	-	-	-
Cook Islands	2015	-	32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Costa Rica	2015	99.1%	10,725	10,623	7,986	1,080	179	3	1,375	-
Croatia	2015	68.5%	10,886	7,453	6,327	800	266	60	-	-
Cuba	2015	4.2%	19,119	801	48	20	703	30	-	-
Cyprus	2015	9.2%	4,283	396	-	220	51	125	-	-
Czech Republic	2015	12.1%	77,830	9,454	1,779	563	4,868	2,244	-	-
Denmark	2015	69.4%	28,393	19,713	18	14,133	4,958	604	-	-
Djibouti	2015	-	405	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dominica	2015	25.5%	94	24	23	1	-	-	-	-
Dominican Republic	2015	12.2%	15,644	1,906	934	725	22	225	-	-
Ecuador	2015	54.1%	24,973	13,513	12,965	100	408	40	-	-
Egypt	2015	8.7%	171,826	14,896	13,298	1,345	-	253	-	-
El Salvador	2015	58.4%	5,918	3,459	1,349	-	570	-	1,540	-
Equatorial Guinea	2015	45.9%	425	195	195	-	-	-	-	-
Eritrea	2015	1.0%	384	4	-	2	-	2	-	-
Estonia	2015	16.5%	9,890	1,630	27	715	888	-	-	-
Ethiopia	2015	100.0%	10,341	10,337	9,577	760	-	-	0	-
Falkland Islands	2015	47.4%	19	9	-	9	-	-	-	-
Faroe Islands	2015	61.6%	307	189	133	56	-	-	-	-
Fiji	2015	46.2%	892	412	406	6	-	-	-	-
Finland	2015	46.3%	66,394	30,726	16,584	2,327	11,805	10	-	-
France	2015	16.8%	540,123	90,940	53,774	21,249	8,171	7,259	-	487
French Guiana	2015	59.0%	830	490	490	-	-	-	-	-
French Polynesia	2015	36.1%	626	226	225	1	-	-	-	-
Gabon	2015	45.0%	2,045	921	909	-	10	2	-	-
Gambia, The	2015	-	240	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Georgia	2015	78.9%	10,605	8,369	8,369	-	-	-	-	-
Germany	2015	31.8%	610,171	193,735	18,667	78,871	57,379	38,726	92	-
Ghana	2015	52.2%	11,094	5,790	5,787	-	-	3	-	-
Gibraltar	2015	-	195	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Greece	2015	29.7%	49,272	14,646	5,782	4,621	343	3,900	-	-
Greenland	2015	67.7%	625	423	423	-	-	-	-	-
Grenada	2015	-	200	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Guadeloupe	2015	3.4%	1,527	52	-	52	-	-	-	-
Guam	2015	-	1,623	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Guatemala	2015	61.7%	10,760	6,643	3,836	110	2,295	150	252	-
Guinea	2015	50.0%	1,000	500	500	-	-	-	-	-
Guinea-Bissau	2015	-	34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Guyana	2015	-	1,000	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Haiti	2015	8.4%	980	82	82	-	-	-	-	-
Honduras	2015	43.6%	8,632	3,767	2,317	665	785	-	-	-
Hong Kong	2015	0.3%	35,755	106	-	2	103	1	-	-
Hungary	2015	11.6%	28,708	3,321	227	671	2,302	121	-	-
Iceland	2015	100.0%	18,558	18,554	13,541	10	-	-	5,003	-
India	2015	15.1%	1,294,503	195,242	120,270	42,790	26,542	5,640	-	-
Indonesia	2015	11.2%	221,306	24,797	13,604	4	1,134	5	10,050	-
Iran	2015	5.4%	264,971	14,184	13,949	220	14	1	-	-
Iraq	2015	3.9%	64,915	2,546	2,546	-	-	-	-	-
Ireland	2015	29.7%	26,638	7,923	798	6,573	550	2	-	-
Israel	2015	2.0%	60,445	1,214	24	7	68	1,115	-	-
Italy	2015	40.9%	268,939	109,962	45,018	14,706	21,826	22,588	5,824	-
Ivory Coast	2015	17.5%	8,262	1,443	1,338	-	105	-	-	-
Jamaica	2015	10.8%	3,899	422	128	125	169	-	-	-
Japan	2015	17.4%	976,393	169,660	84,845	5,160	41,460	35,858	2,337	-
Jordan	2015	1.0%	17,883	183	52	123	6	2	-	-
Kazakhstan	2015	9.3%	100,557	9,358	9,176	132	-	50	-	-
Kenya	2015	88.2%	9,568	8,435	3,749	60	122	24	4,480	-
Kiribati	2015	-	24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Korea, North	2015	73.8%	13,413	9,900	9,900	-	-	-	-	-
Korea, South	2015	2.1%	516,545	10,878	2,118	1,201	3,150	3,880	-	529
Kosovo	2015	2.4%	5,759	139	139	-	-	-	-	-
Kuwait	2015	-	63,843	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kyrgyzstan	2015	85.8%	12,803	10,989	10,989	-	-	-	-	-
Laos	2015	96.5%	11,460	11,060	11,060	-	-	-	-	-
Latvia	2015	51.5%	5,349	2,757	1,841	146	769	1	-	-
Lebanon	2015	2.8%	17,322	480	474	6	-	-	-	-
Lesotho	2015	100.0%	600	600	600	-	-	-	-	-
Liberia	2015	-	300	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Libya	2015	-	35,450	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lithuania	2015	48.1%	3,603	1,733	346	810	507	70	-	-
Luxembourg	2015	65.1%	757	493	95	102	192	104	-	-
Macau	2015	-	904	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Macedonia	2015	32.7%	6,073	1,986	1,846	120	-	20	-	-
Madagascar	2015	59.7%	1,508	901	900	1	-	-	-	-
Malawi	2015	99.1%	2,120	2,100	2,100	-	-	-	-	-
Malaysia	2015	10.4%	141,871	14,806	13,785	-	751	270	-	-
Maldives	2015	-	350	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mali	2015	54.0%	2,175	1,175	1,169	-	-	6	-	-
Malta	2015	7.9%	1,228	97	-	-	7	90	-	-
Martinique	2015	0.1%	1,602	2	-	2	-	-	-	-
Mauritania	2015	23.6%	1,282	302	180	104	-	18	-	-
Mauritius	2015	23.8%	2,857	680	121	3	530	26	-	-
Mexico	2015	16.0%	294,818	47,095	30,614	8,453	1,788	245	5,995	-
Moldova	2015	5.6%	5,742	324	305	2	15	2	-	-
Mongolia	2015	3.3%	5,192	170	-	170	-	-	-	-
Montenegro	2015	50.9%	2,897	1,476	1,476	-	-	-	-	-
Montserrat	2015	-	24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Morocco	2015	15.7%	27,967	4,392	1,866	2,520	-	6	-	-
Mozambique	2015	87.0%	19,579	17,035	17,035	-	-	-	-	-
Myanmar	2015	60.1%	15,482	9,305	9,305	-	-	-	-	-
Namibia	2015	97.9%	1,519	1,487	1,487	-	-	-	-	-
Nauru	2015	-	25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nepal	2015	100.0%	3,493	3,493	3,461	-	-	32	-	-
Netherlands	2015	14.7%	104,274	15,329	93	7,550	6,564	1,122	-	-
Netherlands Antilles	2015	20.0%	1,000	200	-	200	-	-	-	-
New Caledonia	2015	14.4%	2,814	404	340	64	-	-	-	-
New Zealand	2015	80.8%	42,912	34,689	24,292	2,333	620	33	7,411	-
Nicaragua	2015	51.6%	4,441	2,291	292	865	454	-	680	-
Niger	2015	0.8%	499	4	-	-	-	4	-	-
Nigeria	2015	19.0%	29,830	5,664	5,661	3	-	-	-	-
Niue	2015	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Norway	2015	98.5%	142,381	140,240	137,306	2,515	419	-	-	-
Oman	2015	-	30,793	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pakistan	2015	33.0%	104,580	34,504	33,664	840	-	-	-	-
Palestine	2015	-	475	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Panama	2015	66.5%	10,024	6,668	6,194	420	34	20	-	-
Papua New Guinea	2015	23.8%	3,620	860	860	-	-	-	-	-
Paraguay	2015	100.0%	55,191	55,190	55,190	-	-	-	-	-
Peru	2015	54.0%	46,646	25,206	23,474	595	907	230	-	-
Philippines	2015	26.5%	78,638	20,875	8,578	750	367	140	11,040	-
Poland	2015	14.6%	155,292	22,610	1,814	10,728	10,011	57	-	-
Portugal	2015	49.8%	49,161	24,477	8,615	11,482	3,404	794	182	-
Puerto Rico	2015	2.2%	20,321	440	201	239	-	-	-	-
Qatar	2015	-	39,009	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Reunion	2015	19.7%	2,616	516	500	16	-	-	-	-
Romania	2015	41.3%	63,024	26,031	16,467	7,060	524	1,980	-	-
Russia	2015	16.9%	1,008,360	170,077	166,313	150	2,819	335	460	-
Rwanda	2015	50.0%	600	300	300	-	-	-	-	-
Saint Helena	2015	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Saint Kitts and Nevis	2015	3.8%	208	8	-	8	-	-	-	-
Saint Lucia	2015	-	358	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	2015	4.3%	47	2	-	2	-	-	-	-
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2015	16.1%	155	25	25	-	-	-	-	-
Samoa	2015	33.1%	127	42	40	2	-	-	-	-
Sao Tome and Principe	2015	9.1%	66	6	6	-	-	-	-	-
Saudi Arabia	2015	0.0%	318,036	1	-	-	-	1	-	-
Senegal	2015	11.1%	3,673	409	339	-	66	4	-	-
Serbia	2015	28.3%	35,458	10,018	9,979	1	28	10	-	-
Seychelles	2015	2.0%	347	7	-	7	-	-	-	-
Sierra Leone	2015	62.9%	175	110	110	-	-	-	-	-
Singapore	2015	3.3%	47,483	1,551	-	-	1,487	64	-	-
Slovakia	2015	23.7%	24,848	5,901	3,701	6	1,688	506	-	-
Slovenia	2015	30.5%	14,098	4,305	3,750	6	275	274	-	-
Solomon Islands	2015	-	90	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Somalia	2015	1.4%	345	5	-	5	-	-	-	-
South Africa	2015	2.4%	230,590	5,553	793	2,270	310	2,180	-	-
South Sudan	2015	0.6%	310	2	-	-	-	2	-	-
Spain	2015	36.2%	264,197	95,660	27,656	48,122	6,532	13,350	-	-
Sri Lanka	2015	49.8%	12,711	6,327	5,909	340	57	21	-	-
Sudan	2015	65.7%	12,685	8,336	8,336	-	-	-	-	-
Suriname	2015	61.3%	2,190	1,342	1,342	-	-	-	-	-
Swaziland	2015	53.6%	431	231	231	-	-	-	-	-
Sweden	2015	64.7%	159,289	103,067	74,734	16,268	11,968	97	-	-
Switzerland	2015	65.4%	64,070	41,922	37,879	110	2,814	1,119	-	-
Syria	2015	2.4%	16,829	409	409	-	-	-	-	-
Taiwan	2015	4.4%	240,404	10,563	4,425	1,526	3,788	824	-	-
Tajikistan	2015	98.5%	16,977	16,731	16,731	-	-	-	-	-
Tanzania	2015	35.3%	6,025	2,129	2,087	-	21	21	-	-
Thailand	2015	9.0%	167,961	15,134	4,692	330	7,731	2,380	1	-
Togo	2015	76.1%	79	60	55	-	5	-	-	-
Tonga	2015	-	50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Trinidad and Tobago	2015	-	9,682	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tunisia	2015	3.0%	18,328	558	68	450	-	40	-	-
Turkey	2015	32.9%	248,863	81,911	65,856	11,591	1,349	191	2,924	-
Turkmenistan	2015	0.0%	21,185	3	3	-	-	-	-	-
Turks and Caicos Islands	2015	-	220	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Uganda	2015	80.8%	3,235	2,615	2,615	-	-	-	-	-
Ukraine	2015	4.6%	152,122	7,048	5,343	1,080	145	480	-	-
United Arab Emirates	2015	0.2%	119,743	297	-	2	-	295	-	-
United Kingdom	2015	27.4%	318,150	87,083	6,238	40,310	32,972	7,561	-	2
United States	2015	14.0%	4,097,027	572,409	249,080	190,719	77,660	39,032	15,918	-
United States Minor Outlying Islands	2015	-	620	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Uruguay	2015	89.1%	13,564	12,086	8,183	2,065	1,788	50	-	-
Uzbekistan	2015	21.5%	54,423	11,700	11,700	-	-	-	-	-
Vanuatu	2015	9.1%	55	5	-	5	-	-	-	-
Venezuela	2015	64.9%	114,370	74,240	74,150	90	-	-	-	-
Vietnam	2015	37.9%	146,902	55,742	55,562	120	60	-	-	-
Virgin Islands, U.S.	2015	-	679	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Virgin Islands, British	2015	0.8%	126	1	-	1	-	-	-	-
Yemen	2015	-	5,006	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zambia	2015	97.1%	13,285	12,905	12,905	-	-	-	-	-
Zimbabwe	2015	54.0%	9,384	5,069	4,940	-	129	-	-	-

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