Alternative and nuclear energy (% of total energy use) by country
Clean energy is noncarbohydrate energy that does not produce carbon dioxide when generated. It includes hydropower and nuclear, geothermal, and solar power, among others. This is the share of total energy supply that is non-fossil.
Countries reporting
147
Highest
88.9%
Iceland
Lowest
0.0%
Brunei
Median
6.4%
Years covered
35
1990–2024
Data points
6,790
What the numbers show
Alternative and nuclear energy (% of total energy use) is currently reported for 147 countries. The highest value is 88.9% in Iceland; the lowest is 0.0% in Brunei.
The median across all reporting countries is 6.4%, and the mean is 11.4%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 8,890.
Over the past decade 114 countries rose and 26 fell. The largest increase was in Belarus (up 38,300.0%), and the largest decrease in Zimbabwe (down 66.8%).
Alternative and nuclear energy (% of total energy use): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iceland | 88.9% | 2024 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 2 | Laos | 52.7% | 2024 | up 23.2% | rising |
| 3 | Sweden | 51.7% | 2024 | up 5.2% | flat |
| 4 | France | 51.4% | 2024 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 5 | Paraguay | 49.9% | 2024 | down 45.2% | falling |
| 6 | Norway | 48.9% | 2024 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 7 | Switzerland | 48.3% | 2024 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 8 | New Zealand | 41.6% | 2024 | up 25.3% | rising |
| 9 | Tajikistan | 40.1% | 2024 | down 25.9% | flat |
| 10 | Costa Rica | 39.2% | 2024 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 11 | Finland | 36.6% | 2024 | up 68.9% | rising |
| 12 | Albania | 34.4% | 2024 | up 92.4% | rising |
| 13 | Slovakia | 33.3% | 2024 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 14 | Slovenia | 33.1% | 2024 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 15 | El Salvador | 33.0% | 2024 | down 11.5% | rising |
| 16 | Bulgaria | 29.9% | 2024 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 17 | Armenia | 25.5% | 2024 | down 13.0% | rising |
| 18 | Spain | 25.4% | 2024 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 19 | Ukraine | 25.1% | 2024 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 20 | Czechia | 22.5% | 2024 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 21 | Hungary | 22.1% | 2024 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 22 | Kyrgyzstan | 21.8% | 2024 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 23 | Belgium | 21.0% | 2024 | up 16.7% | flat |
| 24 | Canada | 19.4% | 2024 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 25 | South Korea | 18.7% | 2024 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 26 | Austria | 18.7% | 2024 | up 44.4% | rising |
| 27 | Panama | 18.6% | 2024 | up 68.9% | rising |
| 28 | Nicaragua | 17.8% | 2024 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 29 | Portugal | 17.6% | 2024 | up 38.4% | volatile |
| 30 | Brazil | 17.6% | 2024 | up 41.8% | rising |
| 31 | Montenegro | 17.1% | 2024 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 32 | Georgia | 17.0% | 2024 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 33 | Kenya | 16.6% | 2024 | up 39.1% | volatile |
| 34 | Romania | 16.3% | 2024 | down 4.6% | volatile |
| 35 | Uruguay | 16.1% | 2024 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 36 | Turkey | 15.8% | 2024 | up 117.1% | rising |
| 37 | Venezuela | 15.4% | 2024 | up 83.1% | rising |
| 38 | Belarus | 15.4% | 2024 | up 38,300.0% | volatile |
| 39 | Philippines | 15.0% | 2024 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 40 | Denmark | 14.5% | 2024 | up 95.2% | volatile |
| 41 | United States | 14.1% | 2024 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 42 | United Kingdom | 13.5% | 2024 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 43 | Greece | 13.1% | 2024 | up 135.1% | volatile |
| 44 | Chile | 12.8% | 2024 | up 104.5% | rising |
| 45 | United Arab Emirates | 12.2% | 2024 | up 13,400.0% | volatile |
| 46 | Honduras | 11.8% | 2024 | up 148.2% | rising |
| 47 | Japan | 11.7% | 2024 | up 319.3% | falling |
| 48 | Ecuador | 11.7% | 2024 | up 85.4% | rising |
| 49 | Peru | 11.3% | 2024 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 50 | Italy | 11.2% | 2024 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 51 | Mozambique | 11.2% | 2024 | down 20.4% | volatile |
| 52 | Colombia | 11.2% | 2024 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 53 | Namibia | 11.2% | 2024 | up 36.8% | falling |
| 54 | Indonesia | 11.0% | 2024 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 55 | China | 10.7% | 2024 | up 91.2% | volatile |
| 56 | Croatia | 10.3% | 2024 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 57 | Pakistan | 10.2% | 2024 | up 117.6% | rising |
| 58 | Nepal | 10.1% | 2024 | up 186.1% | volatile |
| 59 | Argentina | 9.9% | 2024 | up 61.9% | falling |
| 60 | Netherlands | 9.7% | 2024 | up 302.1% | volatile |
| 61 | Vietnam | 9.3% | 2024 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 62 | Russia | 9.2% | 2024 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 63 | Germany | 9.0% | 2024 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 64 | Ireland | 8.8% | 2024 | up 115.6% | volatile |
| 65 | North Macedonia | 8.5% | 2024 | up 94.5% | rising |
| 66 | Cyprus | 8.2% | 2024 | up 82.4% | volatile |
| 66 | Latvia | 8.2% | 2024 | up 94.1% | rising |
| 68 | Suriname | 8.0% | 2024 | up 68.4% | falling |
| 69 | Sri Lanka | 7.9% | 2024 | up 90.8% | rising |
| 70 | Jordan | 7.8% | 2024 | up 308.3% | volatile |
| 71 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 7.6% | 2024 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 72 | North Korea | 7.2% | 2024 | down 23.0% | rising |
| 73 | Cambodia | 7.1% | 2024 | up 142.5% | volatile |
| 74 | Serbia | 6.4% | 2024 | down 10.6% | rising |
| 75 | Australia | 6.4% | 2024 | up 158.9% | volatile |
| 75 | Ghana | 6.4% | 2024 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 77 | Israel | 6.3% | 2024 | up 190.3% | rising |
| 78 | Lebanon | 6.2% | 2024 | up 671.6% | volatile |
| 79 | Angola | 6.2% | 2024 | up 85.3% | volatile |
| 80 | Lithuania | 6.2% | 2024 | up 340.0% | volatile |
| 81 | Mexico | 6.0% | 2024 | up 22.5% | falling |
| 82 | Cameroon | 6.0% | 2024 | up 37.1% | rising |
| 83 | Estonia | 5.6% | 2024 | up 471.4% | volatile |
| 84 | Sudan | 5.4% | 2024 | up 29.6% | volatile |
| 84 | Zambia | 5.4% | 2024 | down 51.3% | falling |
| 86 | Morocco | 5.3% | 2024 | up 230.4% | volatile |
| 87 | Ethiopia | 4.9% | 2024 | up 129.6% | volatile |
| 88 | India | 4.5% | 2024 | up 40.9% | rising |
| 89 | Poland | 4.2% | 2024 | up 332.3% | volatile |
| 90 | Malta | 3.9% | 2024 | up 191.1% | volatile |
| 91 | Guatemala | 3.8% | 2024 | down 29.5% | rising |
| 91 | Syria | 3.8% | 2024 | up 107.0% | falling |
| 93 | South Africa | 3.5% | 2024 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 94 | Myanmar | 3.5% | 2024 | down 15.2% | volatile |
| 95 | Curacao | 3.1% | 2024 | up 408.2% | volatile |
| 96 | Bolivia | 3.1% | 2024 | up 30.4% | falling |
| 97 | Dominican Republic | 3.1% | 2024 | up 70.6% | rising |
| 98 | Malaysia | 3.0% | 2024 | up 131.1% | rising |
| 99 | Congo | 2.9% | 2024 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 100 | Luxembourg | 2.7% | 2024 | up 297.1% | volatile |
| 101 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 2.6% | 2024 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 102 | Egypt | 2.5% | 2024 | up 51.5% | falling |
| 103 | Gabon | 2.5% | 2024 | up 33.9% | falling |
| 104 | Zimbabwe | 2.4% | 2024 | down 66.8% | rising |
| 105 | Eswatini | 2.2% | 2024 | up 26.9% | rising |
| 106 | Moldova | 2.2% | 2024 | up 186.8% | rising |
| 107 | Uganda | 2.1% | 2024 | up 39.3% | rising |
| 108 | Kazakhstan | 2.0% | 2024 | up 86.2% | rising |
| 109 | Tanzania | 2.0% | 2024 | up 83.2% | falling |
| 110 | Cote d'Ivoire | 1.9% | 2024 | up 26.8% | falling |
| 110 | Equatorial Guinea | 1.9% | 2024 | up 9.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Uzbekistan | 1.8% | 2024 | up 32.4% | rising |
| 113 | Azerbaijan | 1.8% | 2024 | up 128.6% | flat |
| 113 | Mauritius | 1.8% | 2024 | up 141.1% | rising |
| 115 | Jamaica | 1.7% | 2024 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 116 | Senegal | 1.7% | 2024 | up 16,500.0% | volatile |
| 117 | Tunisia | 1.4% | 2024 | up 58.0% | volatile |
| 118 | Nigeria | 1.3% | 2024 | up 81.7% | falling |
| 119 | Rwanda | 1.2% | 2024 | up 195.2% | volatile |
| 120 | Yemen | 1.1% | 2024 | up 11,000.0% | volatile |
| 121 | Iran | 1.0% | 2024 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 122 | Thailand | 1.0% | 2024 | up 126.7% | flat |
| 123 | Oman | 1.0% | 2024 | up 9,600.0% | volatile |
| 124 | Madagascar | 0.9% | 2024 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 125 | Mongolia | 0.9% | 2024 | up 171.9% | volatile |
| 126 | South Sudan | 0.5% | 2024 | up 2,600.0% | volatile |
| 127 | Kosovo | 0.5% | 2014 | up 44.9% | rising |
| 127 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 0.5% | 2014 | up 44.9% | rising |
| 129 | Burkina Faso | 0.5% | 2024 | up 194.1% | falling |
| 129 | Singapore | 0.5% | 2024 | up 4,900.0% | volatile |
| 131 | Eritrea | 0.4% | 2024 | up 104.8% | volatile |
| 131 | Iraq | 0.4% | 2024 | down 33.8% | volatile |
| 133 | Bangladesh | 0.4% | 2024 | up 90.5% | falling |
| 133 | Qatar | 0.4% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 135 | Haiti | 0.4% | 2024 | up 105.3% | volatile |
| 136 | Togo | 0.3% | 2024 | up 3.0% | volatile |
| 137 | Cuba | 0.3% | 2024 | up 181.8% | volatile |
| 138 | Hong Kong | 0.3% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 139 | Saudi Arabia | 0.3% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 140 | Botswana | 0.1% | 2024 | up 1,200.0% | volatile |
| 141 | Algeria | 0.1% | 2024 | up 42.9% | rising |
| 142 | Benin | 0.1% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 143 | Niger | 0.1% | 2024 | up 700.0% | volatile |
| 144 | Bahrain | 0.1% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 144 | Kuwait | 0.1% | 2024 | up 600.0% | volatile |
| 146 | Chad | 0.0% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 147 | Brunei | 0.0% | 2024 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Other small states 29.1%
- Euro area 23.3%
- European Union 22.6%
- Small states 17.2%
- Post-demographic dividend 17.1%
- Europe & Central Asia 16.8%
- OECD members 16.5%
- North America 14.7%
- Central Europe and the Baltics 14.7%
- High income 14.6%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 12.7%
- Latin America & Caribbean 12.6%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 12.5%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 11.6%
- World 11.2%
- East Asia & Pacific 10.6%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 10.3%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 10.3%
- Late-demographic dividend 10.2%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 10.0%
- Upper middle income 9.8%
- IBRD only 9.0%
- Middle income 8.8%
- IDA & IBRD total 8.8%
- Low & middle income 8.7%
- IDA blend 6.2%
- Early-demographic dividend 5.8%
- IDA total 5.6%
- IDA only 5.2%
- Lower middle income 5.2%
- Africa Eastern and Southern 4.8%
- South Asia 4.5%
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 4.5%
- Least developed countries 4.3%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 4.0%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 4.0%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 4.0%
- Low income 3.9%
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 3.9%
- Pre-demographic dividend 3.5%
About this data
Clean energy is noncarbohydrate energy that does not produce carbon dioxide when generated. It includes hydropower and nuclear, geothermal, and solar power, among others. This is the share of total energy supply that is non-fossil.