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 47 countries was 17.07 percent. The highest value was in Bhutan: 81.8 percent and the lowest value was in Bahrain: 0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bhutan | 81.8 | 1 | 1990 - 2022 |
| Nepal | 73.7 | 2 | 1990 - 2021 |
| Burma | 62.9 | 3 | 1990 - 2021 |
| Cambodia | 52.4 | 4 | 1995 - 2021 |
| Laos | 51.5 | 5 | 1990 - 2022 |
| Sri Lanka | 48.8 | 6 | 1990 - 2021 |
| Pakistan | 41.6 | 7 | 1990 - 2021 |
| India | 34.9 | 8 | 1990 - 2021 |
| Tajikistan | 34.9 | 9 | 1990 - 2021 |
| Philippines | 28 | 10 | 1990 - 2021 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 27.6 | 11 | 1990 - 2021 |
| Georgia | 25.2 | 12 | 1990 - 2021 |
| Bangladesh | 25 | 13 | 1990 - 2021 |
| Vietnam | 24.2 | 14 | 1990 - 2021 |
| Indonesia | 20.2 | 15 | 1990 - 2021 |
| Afghanistan | 20 | 16 | 1990 - 2022 |
| Thailand | 19 | 17 | 1990 - 2021 |
| Palestine | 15.4 | 18 | 1990 - 2022 |
| China | 15.2 | 19 | 1990 - 2021 |
| North Korea | 14.7 | 20 | 1990 - 2021 |
| Macao | 13.6 | 21 | 1990 - 2022 |
| Jordan | 11.5 | 22 | 1990 - 2021 |
| Armenia | 9.1 | 23 | 1990 - 2021 |
| Japan | 8.8 | 24 | 1990 - 2021 |
| Malaysia | 7.5 | 25 | 1990 - 2021 |
| Lebanon | 6.8 | 26 | 1990 - 2021 |
| Israel | 6.2 | 27 | 1990 - 2021 |
| Yemen | 3.7 | 28 | 1990 - 2021 |
| South Korea | 3.6 | 29 | 1990 - 2021 |
| Mongolia | 3 | 30 | 1990 - 2021 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 31 | 1990 - 2021 |
| Maldives | 1.4 | 32 | 1990 - 2022 |
| Azerbaijan | 1.3 | 33 | 1990 - 2021 |
| Iraq | 1.1 | 34 | 1990 - 2021 |
| Singapore | 1.1 | 35 | 1990 - 2021 |
| Syria | 1.1 | 36 | 1990 - 2021 |
| UA Emirates | 1 | 37 | 1990 - 2021 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 38 | 1990 - 2021 |
| Iran | 0.9 | 39 | 1990 - 2021 |
| Hong Kong | 0.4 | 40 | 1990 - 2021 |
| Kuwait | 0.1 | 41 | 1990 - 2021 |
| Oman | 0.1 | 42 | 1990 - 2021 |
| Saudi Arabia | 0.1 | 43 | 1990 - 2021 |
| Turkmenistan | 0.1 | 44 | 1990 - 2021 |
| Bahrain | 0 | 45 | 1990 - 2021 |
| Brunei | 0 | 46 | 1990 - 2021 |
| Qatar | 0 | 47 | 1990 - 2021 |
Definition: Renewable energy consumption is the share of renewables energy in total final energy consumption.
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