Share of clean energy - Country rankings
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Alternative and nuclear energy, percent of total energy use, 2021:
The average for 2021 based on 53 countries was 56.12 percent. The highest value was in Democratic Republic of the Congo: 96.3 percent and the lowest value was in Algeria: 0.1 percent. The indicator is available from 1990 to 2022. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.Measure: percent; Source: The World Bank
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| Countries | Share of clean energy, 2021 | Global rank | Available data |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 96.3 | 1 | 1990 - 2021 |
| Somalia | 95.4 | 2 | 1990 - 2022 |
| Liberia | 93.2 | 3 | 1990 - 2022 |
| Gabon | 91.3 | 4 | 1990 - 2021 |
| Uganda | 91 | 5 | 1990 - 2022 |
| C.A. Republic | 90.9 | 6 | 1990 - 2022 |
| Ethiopia | 90.6 | 7 | 1990 - 2021 |
| G.-Bissau | 87.4 | 8 | 1990 - 2022 |
| Madagascar | 83.6 | 9 | 1990 - 2022 |
| Burundi | 83.1 | 10 | 1990 - 2022 |
| Zambia | 83 | 11 | 1990 - 2021 |
| Zimbabwe | 82.4 | 12 | 1990 - 2021 |
| Eritrea | 80.7 | 13 | 1992 - 2021 |
| Nigeria | 80.3 | 14 | 1990 - 2021 |
| Niger | 79.6 | 15 | 1990 - 2021 |
| Rwanda | 79.4 | 16 | 1990 - 2022 |
| Cameroon | 79.2 | 17 | 1990 - 2021 |
| Tanzania | 78.3 | 18 | 1990 - 2021 |
| Mozambique | 76.9 | 19 | 1990 - 2021 |
| Togo | 75.1 | 20 | 1990 - 2021 |
| R. of Congo | 71.4 | 21 | 1990 - 2021 |
| Burkina Faso | 71.2 | 22 | 1990 - 2022 |
| Mali | 71.2 | 23 | 1990 - 2022 |
| Malawi | 71.1 | 24 | 1990 - 2022 |
| Sierra Leone | 71.1 | 25 | 1990 - 2022 |
| Chad | 69.9 | 26 | 1990 - 2022 |
| Kenya | 67.7 | 27 | 1990 - 2021 |
| Guinea | 66.8 | 28 | 1990 - 2022 |
| Swaziland | 65.4 | 29 | 1990 - 2022 |
| Sudan | 61 | 30 | 1990 - 2021 |
| Ivory Coast | 58.2 | 31 | 1990 - 2021 |
| Benin | 54.5 | 32 | 1990 - 2021 |
| Angola | 52.9 | 33 | 1990 - 2021 |
| Gambia | 48.6 | 34 | 1990 - 2022 |
| Comoros | 41.2 | 35 | 1990 - 2022 |
| S.T.&Principe | 40.8 | 36 | 1990 - 2022 |
| Ghana | 39 | 37 | 1990 - 2021 |
| Senegal | 35.4 | 38 | 1990 - 2021 |
| Lesotho | 33.6 | 39 | 1990 - 2022 |
| Namibia | 30 | 40 | 1991 - 2021 |
| Botswana | 27.4 | 41 | 1990 - 2021 |
| Djibouti | 26.6 | 42 | 1990 - 2022 |
| Cape Verde | 22.6 | 43 | 1990 - 2022 |
| Mauritania | 22.1 | 44 | 1990 - 2022 |
| Tunisia | 11.6 | 45 | 1990 - 2021 |
| Morocco | 10.9 | 46 | 1990 - 2021 |
| South Africa | 9.7 | 47 | 1990 - 2021 |
| Mauritius | 8.6 | 48 | 1990 - 2021 |
| Egypt | 6.1 | 49 | 1990 - 2021 |
| Eq. Guinea | 5.2 | 50 | 1990 - 2022 |
| Libya | 3.1 | 51 | 1990 - 2021 |
| Seychelles | 1.7 | 52 | 1990 - 2022 |
| Algeria | 0.1 | 53 | 1990 - 2021 |
Definition: Renewable energy consumption is the share of renewables energy in total final energy consumption.
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