Electricity from renewable sources, kWh - Country rankings

* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

Electricity production from renewable sources, million kWh, 2015:

The average for 2015 based on 138 countries was 11878.63 million kWh. The highest value was in the USA: 317420.99 million kWh and the lowest value was in Albania: 0 million kWh. The indicator is available from 1960 to 2015. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: million kWh; Source: The International Energy Agency
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Countries Electricity from renewable sources, kWh, 2015 Global rank Available data
USA 317420.99 1 1960 - 2015
China 283851 2 1971 - 2015
Germany 168389 3 1960 - 2015
Japan 80292 4 1960 - 2015
UK 77262 5 1960 - 2015
India 74143 6 1971 - 2015
Brazil 70487 7 1971 - 2015
Spain 68948 8 1960 - 2015
Italy 63368 9 1960 - 2015
Canada 42037 10 1960 - 2015
France 34917 11 1960 - 2015
Sweden 27130 12 1960 - 2015
Australia 21044 13 1960 - 2015
Poland 20851 14 1960 - 2015
Denmark 18944 15 1960 - 2015
Mexico 17082 16 1971 - 2015
Turkey 16511 17 1960 - 2015
Portugal 15712 18 1960 - 2015
Belgium 14148 19 1960 - 2015
Finland 13756 20 1960 - 2015
Netherlands 13602 21 1960 - 2015
Philippines 12279 22 1971 - 2015
Indonesia 11181 23 1971 - 2015
New Zealand 10865 24 1960 - 2015
Thailand 10439 25 1971 - 2015
Austria 10187 26 1960 - 2015
Romania 9569 27 1971 - 2015
Chile 8991 28 1971 - 2015
Greece 8752 29 1960 - 2015
South Korea 8260 30 1971 - 2015
Czechia 7627 31 1971 - 2015
Ireland 7051 32 1960 - 2015
Iceland 5014 33 1960 - 2015
South Africa 4763 34 1971 - 2015
Kenya 4659 35 1971 - 2015
Uruguay 3902 36 1971 - 2015
Bulgaria 3107 37 1971 - 2015
Hungary 2977 38 1965 - 2015
Switzerland 2853 39 1960 - 2015
Guatemala 2803 40 1971 - 2015
Argentina 2752 41 1971 - 2015
Norway 2712 42 1960 - 2015
Costa Rica 2637 43 1971 - 2015
Morocco 2525 44 1971 - 2015
Colombia 2262 45 1971 - 2015
Slovakia 2174 46 1971 - 2015
El Salvador 2110 47 1971 - 2015
Nicaragua 1997 48 1971 - 2015
Peru 1732 49 1971 - 2015
Ukraine 1706 50 1990 - 2015
Egypt 1598 51 1971 - 2015
Estonia 1475 52 1990 - 2015
Honduras 1450 53 1971 - 2015
Lithuania 1329 54 1990 - 2015
Israel 1190 55 1971 - 2015
Croatia 1119 56 1990 - 2015
Malaysia 1024 57 1971 - 2015
Domin. Rep. 972 58 1971 - 2015
Russia 970 59 1990 - 2015
Singapore 918 60 1971 - 2015
Latvia 916 61 1990 - 2015
Pakistan 840 62 1971 - 2015
Ethiopia 759 63 1971 - 2015
Mauritius 559 64 1971 - 2015
Slovenia 547 65 1990 - 2015
Ecuador 543 66 1971 - 2015
Tunisia 489 67 1971 - 2015
Panama 469 68 1971 - 2015
Sri Lanka 421 69 1971 - 2015
Cyprus 398 70 1971 - 2015
Luxembourg 332 71 1960 - 2015
UA Emirates 296 72 1971 - 2015
Jamaica 294 73 1971 - 2015
Iran 236 74 1971 - 2015
Bolivia 215 75 1971 - 2015
Vietnam 181 76 1971 - 2015
Kazakhstan 179 77 1990 - 2015
Belarus 171 78 1990 - 2015
Mongolia 170 79 1985 - 2015
North Macedonia 164 80 1990 - 2015
Bangladesh 158 81 1971 - 2015
Jordan 131 82 1971 - 2015
Zimbabwe 129 83 1971 - 2015
Hong Kong 106 84 1971 - 2015
Ivory Coast 105 85 1971 - 2015
Azerbaijan 101 86 1990 - 2015
Malta 100 87 1971 - 2015
Algeria 77 88 1971 - 2015
Cameroon 76 89 1971 - 2015
Senegal 70 90 1971 - 2015
Tanzania 42 91 1971 - 2015
Cambodia 41 92 1995 - 2015
Serbia 35 93 1990 - 2015
Moldova 19 94 1990 - 2015
Gabon 12 95 1971 - 2015
DR Congo 10 96 1971 - 2015
Nepal 7 97 1971 - 2015
Benin 5 98 1971 - 2015
Togo 5 99 1971 - 2015
Armenia 4 100 1990 - 2015
Niger 4 101 2000 - 2015
Ghana 3 102 1971 - 2015
Brunei 2 103 1971 - 2015
Eritrea 2 104 1992 - 2015
Botswana 1 105 1981 - 2015
Saudi Arabia 1 106 1971 - 2015
Albania 0 107 1971 - 2015
Angola 0 108 1971 - 2015
Bahrain 0 109 1971 - 2015
Bosnia & Herz. 0 110 1990 - 2015
Burma 0 111 1971 - 2015
Georgia 0 112 1990 - 2015
Gibraltar 0 113 1971 - 2015
Haiti 0 114 1971 - 2015
Iraq 0 115 1971 - 2015
Kuwait 0 116 1971 - 2015
Kyrgyzstan 0 117 1990 - 2015
Lebanon 0 118 1971 - 2015
Libya 0 119 1971 - 2015
Montenegro 0 120 2005 - 2015
Mozambique 0 121 1971 - 2015
Namibia 0 122 1991 - 2015
Nigeria 0 123 1971 - 2015
North Korea 0 124 1971 - 2015
Oman 0 125 1971 - 2015
Paraguay 0 126 1971 - 2015
Qatar 0 127 1971 - 2015
R. of Congo 0 128 1971 - 2015
Sudan 0 129 1971 - 2015
Suriname 0 130 2000 - 2015
Syria 0 131 1971 - 2015
Tajikistan 0 132 1990 - 2015
Tr.&Tobago 0 133 1971 - 2015
Turkmenistan 0 134 1990 - 2015
Uzbekistan 0 135 1990 - 2015
Venezuela 0 136 1971 - 2015
Yemen 0 137 1971 - 2015
Zambia 0 138 1971 - 2015



Definition: Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric, includes geothermal, solar, tides, wind, biomass, and biofuels.

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1. USA
2. China
3. Germany
4. Japan
5. UK
6. India
7. Brazil
8. Spain
9. Italy
10. Canada
11. France
12. Sweden
13. Australia
14. Poland
15. Denmark
16. Mexico
17. Turkey
18. Portugal
19. Belgium
20. Finland
21. Netherlands
22. Philippines
23. Indonesia
24. New Zealand
25. Thailand
26. Austria
27. Romania
28. Chile
29. Greece
30. South Korea
31. Czechia
32. Ireland
33. Iceland
34. South Africa
35. Kenya
36. Uruguay
37. Bulgaria
38. Hungary
39. Switzerland
40. Guatemala
41. Argentina
42. Norway
43. Costa Rica
44. Morocco
45. Colombia
46. Slovakia
47. El Salvador
48. Nicaragua
49. Peru
50. Ukraine
51. Egypt
52. Estonia
53. Honduras
54. Lithuania
55. Israel
56. Croatia
57. Malaysia
58. Domin. Rep.
59. Russia
60. Singapore
61. Latvia
62. Pakistan
63. Ethiopia
64. Mauritius
65. Slovenia
66. Ecuador
67. Tunisia
68. Panama
69. Sri Lanka
70. Cyprus
71. Luxembourg
72. UA Emirates
73. Jamaica
74. Iran
75. Bolivia
76. Vietnam
77. Kazakhstan
78. Belarus
79. Mongolia
80. North Macedonia
81. Bangladesh
82. Jordan
83. Zimbabwe
84. Hong Kong
85. Ivory Coast
86. Azerbaijan
87. Malta
88. Algeria
89. Cameroon
90. Senegal
91. Tanzania
92. Cambodia
93. Serbia
94. Moldova
95. Gabon
96. DR Congo
97. Nepal
98. Benin
99. Togo
100. Armenia
101. Niger
102. Ghana
103. Brunei
104. Eritrea
105. Botswana
106. Saudi Arabia
107. Albania
108. Angola
109. Bahrain
110. Bosnia & Herz.
111. Burma
112. Georgia
113. Gibraltar
114. Haiti
115. Iraq
116. Kuwait
117. Kyrgyzstan
118. Lebanon
119. Libya
120. Montenegro
121. Mozambique
122. Namibia
123. Nigeria
124. North Korea
125. Oman
126. Paraguay
127. Qatar
128. R. of Congo
129. Sudan
130. Suriname
131. Syria
132. Tajikistan
133. Tr.&Tobago
134. Turkmenistan
135. Uzbekistan
136. Venezuela
137. Yemen
138. Zambia
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