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Alternative and nuclear energy, percent of total energy use, 2021:

The average for 2021 based on 12 countries was 29.16 percent. The highest value was in Paraguay: 58.8 percent and the lowest value was in Argentina: 9.2 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
Paraguay 58.8 1 -
Uruguay 57.8 2 -
Brazil 46.5 3 -
Venezuela 33.7 4 -
Peru 30.6 5 -
Colombia 29.7 6 -
Chile 24.2 7 -
Ecuador 18.9 8 -
Suriname 14.5 9 -
Guyana 13.2 10 -
Bolivia 12.8 11 -
Argentina 9.2 12 -


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Definition: Renewable energy consumption is the share of renewables energy in total final energy consumption.

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