Renewable power generation - Country rankings
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Renewable power generation, billion kilowatthours, 2024:
The average for 2024 based on 190 countries was 52.33 billion kilowatthours. The highest value was in China: 3480.26 billion kilowatthours and the lowest value was in the Comoros: 0 billion kilowatthours. The indicator is available from 1980 to 2024. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.Measure: billion kilowatthours; Source: The U.S. Energy Information Administration
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| Countries | Renewable power generation, 2024 | Global rank | Available data |
|---|---|---|---|
| China | 3480.26 | 1 | 1980 - 2024 |
| USA | 1068.55 | 2 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Brazil | 650.14 | 3 | 1980 - 2024 |
| India | 412.08 | 4 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Canada | 404.81 | 5 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Germany | 279.33 | 6 | 1991 - 2024 |
| Japan | 227.88 | 7 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Russia | 227.69 | 8 | 1992 - 2024 |
| Spain | 156.23 | 9 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Turkey | 155.3 | 10 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Norway | 154.07 | 11 | 1980 - 2024 |
| France | 150.86 | 12 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Vietnam | 145.38 | 13 | 1980 - 2024 |
| UK | 140.77 | 14 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Italy | 129.01 | 15 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Sweden | 119.31 | 16 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Australia | 102.92 | 17 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Colombia | 82.99 | 18 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Mexico | 73.75 | 19 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Venezuela | 73.03 | 20 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Indonesia | 70.69 | 21 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Netherlands | 63.4 | 22 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Austria | 62.87 | 23 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Chile | 62.06 | 24 | 1980 - 2024 |
| South Korea | 56.02 | 25 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Argentina | 55.25 | 26 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Paraguay | 53.24 | 27 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Switzerland | 53.16 | 28 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Pakistan | 50.2 | 29 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Poland | 49.91 | 30 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Finland | 44.95 | 31 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Laos | 40.13 | 32 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Portugal | 39.99 | 33 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Malaysia | 38.32 | 34 | 1980 - 2024 |
| New Zealand | 37.83 | 35 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Thailand | 36.24 | 36 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Peru | 35.65 | 37 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Taiwan | 33.92 | 38 | 1980 - 2024 |
| South Africa | 31.97 | 39 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Denmark | 30.94 | 40 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Belgium | 27.23 | 41 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Egypt | 26.85 | 42 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Romania | 25.64 | 43 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Greece | 25.45 | 44 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Philippines | 25.41 | 45 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Ecuador | 23.66 | 46 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Tajikistan | 21 | 47 | 1992 - 2024 |
| Iran | 19.79 | 48 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Iceland | 19.05 | 49 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Zambia | 17.24 | 50 | 1980 - 2024 |
| North Korea | 17.17 | 51 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Ethiopia | 16.64 | 52 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Mozambique | 16.51 | 53 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Kazakhstan | 16.22 | 54 | 1992 - 2024 |
| DR Congo | 15.92 | 55 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Ukraine | 15.72 | 56 | 1992 - 2024 |
| Ireland | 14.34 | 57 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 14 | 58 | 1992 - 2024 |
| Czechia | 13.59 | 59 | 1993 - 2024 |
| Uruguay | 13.22 | 60 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Hungary | 12.22 | 61 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Serbia | 12.2 | 62 | 2006 - 2024 |
| Kenya | 12.13 | 63 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Sudan | 11.77 | 64 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Bulgaria | 11.7 | 65 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Angola | 11.5 | 66 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Georgia | 11.12 | 67 | 1992 - 2024 |
| Nepal | 11.12 | 68 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Bhutan | 11 | 69 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Guatemala | 10.79 | 70 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Croatia | 10.69 | 71 | 1992 - 2024 |
| Burma | 10.39 | 72 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Morocco | 10.35 | 73 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Nigeria | 9.39 | 74 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Panama | 9.13 | 75 | 1980 - 2024 |
| UA Emirates | 9.13 | 76 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Sri Lanka | 9.12 | 77 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Ghana | 8.79 | 78 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Uzbekistan | 8.51 | 79 | 1992 - 2024 |
| Albania | 8.34 | 80 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Israel | 8.06 | 81 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Cambodia | 7.93 | 82 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Slovenia | 7.31 | 83 | 1992 - 2024 |
| Honduras | 6.92 | 84 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Slovakia | 6.81 | 85 | 1993 - 2024 |
| El Salvador | 6.07 | 86 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Bosnia & Herz. | 5.92 | 87 | 1992 - 2024 |
| Zimbabwe | 5.86 | 88 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Jordan | 5.7 | 89 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Uganda | 5.64 | 90 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Cameroon | 5.32 | 91 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Lithuania | 5.23 | 92 | 1992 - 2024 |
| Bolivia | 4.6 | 93 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Domin. Rep. | 4.53 | 94 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Latvia | 4.23 | 95 | 1992 - 2024 |
| Estonia | 3.38 | 96 | 1992 - 2024 |
| Azerbaijan | 3.27 | 97 | 1992 - 2024 |
| Saudi Arabia | 3.15 | 98 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Singapore | 3.13 | 99 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Ivory Coast | 3.12 | 100 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Guinea | 3.03 | 101 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Tanzania | 2.91 | 102 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Armenia | 2.88 | 103 | 1992 - 2024 |
| Nicaragua | 2.82 | 104 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Iraq | 2.43 | 105 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Montenegro | 2.36 | 106 | 2006 - 2024 |
| North Macedonia | 2.34 | 107 | 1992 - 2024 |
| Lebanon | 2.33 | 108 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Qatar | 2.28 | 109 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Kuwait | 2.08 | 110 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Oman | 2.05 | 111 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Bangladesh | 1.93 | 112 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Malawi | 1.76 | 113 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Namibia | 1.6 | 114 | 1990 - 2024 |
| Senegal | 1.51 | 115 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Belarus | 1.41 | 116 | 1992 - 2024 |
| Luxembourg | 1.38 | 117 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Cyprus | 1.33 | 118 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Puerto Rico | 1.2 | 119 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Mali | 1.16 | 120 | 1980 - 2024 |
| R. of Congo | 1.14 | 121 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Papua N.G. | 1.12 | 122 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Algeria | 1.04 | 123 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Madagascar | 1.02 | 124 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Tunisia | 0.94 | 125 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Gabon | 0.92 | 126 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Suriname | 0.92 | 127 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Syria | 0.89 | 128 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Afghanistan | 0.86 | 129 | 1980 - 2024 |
| N. Caledonia | 0.84 | 130 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Cuba | 0.79 | 131 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Mongolia | 0.79 | 132 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Fiji | 0.73 | 133 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Moldova | 0.65 | 134 | 1992 - 2024 |
| Jamaica | 0.62 | 135 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Mauritius | 0.61 | 136 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Swaziland | 0.59 | 137 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Yemen | 0.59 | 138 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Rwanda | 0.56 | 139 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Mauritania | 0.47 | 140 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Belize | 0.41 | 141 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Eq. Guinea | 0.4 | 142 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Hong Kong | 0.39 | 143 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Burundi | 0.37 | 144 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Malta | 0.32 | 145 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Liberia | 0.31 | 146 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Burkina Faso | 0.28 | 147 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Macao | 0.24 | 148 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Faroe Isl. | 0.23 | 149 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Sierra Leone | 0.21 | 150 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Togo | 0.21 | 151 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Aruba | 0.17 | 152 | 1986 - 2024 |
| Cape Verde | 0.16 | 153 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Haiti | 0.16 | 154 | 1980 - 2024 |
| C.A. Republic | 0.14 | 155 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Bahrain | 0.11 | 156 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Barbados | 0.1 | 157 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Seychelles | 0.1 | 158 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Somalia | 0.08 | 159 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Djibouti | 0.07 | 160 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Maldives | 0.07 | 161 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Samoa | 0.07 | 162 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Eritrea | 0.05 | 163 | 1994 - 2024 |
| Guyana | 0.05 | 164 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Benin | 0.04 | 165 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Ant.& Barb. | 0.03 | 166 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Niger | 0.03 | 167 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Bahamas | 0.02 | 168 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Chad | 0.02 | 169 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Dominica | 0.02 | 170 | 1980 - 2024 |
| St. Vincent & ... | 0.02 | 171 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Vanuatu | 0.02 | 172 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Bermuda | 0.01 | 173 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Botswana | 0.01 | 174 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Brunei | 0.01 | 175 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Gambia | 0.01 | 176 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Kiribati | 0.01 | 177 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Libya | 0.01 | 178 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Saint Lucia | 0.01 | 179 | 1980 - 2024 |
| S.T.&Principe | 0.01 | 180 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Solomon Isl. | 0.01 | 181 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Tonga | 0.01 | 182 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Tr.&Tobago | 0.01 | 183 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Turkmenistan | 0.01 | 184 | 1992 - 2024 |
| Comoros | 0 | 185 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Gibraltar | 0 | 186 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Grenada | 0 | 187 | 1980 - 2024 |
| G.-Bissau | 0 | 188 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Lesotho | 0 | 189 | 1980 - 2024 |
| Montserrat | 0 | 190 | 1980 - 2024 |
Definition: Total Renewables Electricity Net Generation (Net generation excludes the energy consumed by the generating units and also excludes generation from hydroelectric pumped storage)
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