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
89.2%
Iceland
Lowest
0.0%
Libya
Median
6.7%
Years covered
35
1990–2024
Data points
6,654
What the numbers show
Alternative and nuclear energy (% of total energy use) is currently reported for 147 countries. The highest value is 89.2% in Iceland; the lowest is 0.0% in Libya.
The median across all reporting countries is 6.7%, and the mean is 11.4%.
Over the past decade 110 countries rose and 28 fell. The largest increase was in United Arab Emirates (up 34,866.7%), and the largest decrease in Iraq (down 82.0%).
Alternative and nuclear energy: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iceland | 89.2% | 2024 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 2 | Paraguay | 63.6% | 2023 | down 36.4% | falling |
| 3 | France | 51.4% | 2024 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 3 | Sweden | 51.4% | 2024 | up 4.6% | flat |
| 5 | Norway | 50.0% | 2024 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 6 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 49.6% | 2023 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 7 | Switzerland | 48.0% | 2024 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 8 | Tajikistan | 43.4% | 2023 | down 29.9% | rising |
| 9 | New Zealand | 41.8% | 2024 | up 25.9% | rising |
| 10 | Costa Rica | 37.4% | 2024 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 11 | Albania | 36.8% | 2023 | up 40.3% | rising |
| 12 | Finland | 36.4% | 2024 | up 68.1% | rising |
| 13 | Slovenia | 33.3% | 2024 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 14 | Slovakia | 32.3% | 2024 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 15 | El Salvador | 32.2% | 2023 | down 12.8% | rising |
| 16 | Bulgaria | 29.8% | 2023 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 17 | Ukraine | 26.4% | 2023 | up 32.7% | rising |
| 18 | Spain | 25.5% | 2024 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 19 | Kyrgyzstan | 24.6% | 2023 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 20 | Armenia | 24.0% | 2023 | down 13.1% | rising |
| 21 | Czechia | 22.5% | 2024 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 22 | Hungary | 22.2% | 2024 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 23 | Belgium | 20.9% | 2024 | up 16.2% | flat |
| 24 | Montenegro | 20.6% | 2023 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 25 | Canada | 19.2% | 2024 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 26 | Republic of Korea | 19.0% | 2024 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 27 | Austria | 18.8% | 2024 | up 45.5% | rising |
| 28 | Brazil | 17.7% | 2024 | up 43.3% | rising |
| 29 | Portugal | 17.7% | 2024 | up 38.6% | volatile |
| 30 | Romania | 17.5% | 2023 | up 16.8% | volatile |
| 31 | Kenya | 17.4% | 2024 | up 41.6% | volatile |
| 32 | Nicaragua | 17.3% | 2023 | down 11.3% | rising |
| 33 | Georgia | 16.9% | 2023 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 34 | Türkiye | 15.7% | 2024 | up 115.1% | rising |
| 35 | Philippines | 15.7% | 2023 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 36 | Panama | 14.9% | 2023 | up 29.3% | rising |
| 37 | Denmark | 14.5% | 2024 | up 94.2% | volatile |
| 37 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 14.5% | 2023 | up 52.2% | rising |
| 39 | United States | 14.3% | 2024 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 40 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 13.8% | 2024 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 41 | Chile | 13.5% | 2024 | up 115.5% | rising |
| 42 | Ecuador | 12.9% | 2023 | up 94.4% | rising |
| 43 | Uruguay | 12.6% | 2023 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 44 | Greece | 12.5% | 2024 | up 123.7% | volatile |
| 45 | Belarus | 12.0% | 2023 | up 23,860.0% | volatile |
| 46 | Japan | 11.8% | 2024 | up 320.4% | falling |
| 47 | Mozambique | 11.7% | 2023 | down 11.7% | volatile |
| 48 | Croatia | 11.5% | 2023 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 49 | Indonesia | 11.4% | 2023 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 50 | Italy | 11.3% | 2024 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 51 | Honduras | 11.2% | 2023 | up 133.5% | rising |
| 52 | Colombia | 10.7% | 2024 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 53 | United Arab Emirates | 10.5% | 2023 | up 34,866.7% | volatile |
| 54 | Pakistan | 10.5% | 2023 | up 126.9% | rising |
| 55 | Suriname | 10.2% | 2023 | up 38.7% | falling |
| 56 | Peru | 10.2% | 2023 | up 8.7% | flat |
| 57 | Viet Nam | 10.1% | 2023 | up 37.3% | rising |
| 58 | Argentina | 9.9% | 2024 | up 61.9% | falling |
| 59 | China | 9.8% | 2023 | up 97.6% | volatile |
| 60 | Netherlands | 9.6% | 2024 | up 298.8% | volatile |
| 61 | Russian Federation | 9.5% | 2023 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 62 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 9.2% | 2023 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 63 | Germany | 9.1% | 2024 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 64 | Nepal | 9.0% | 2023 | up 239.4% | volatile |
| 65 | Zambia | 8.9% | 2023 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 66 | Ireland | 8.5% | 2024 | up 108.0% | volatile |
| 67 | Latvia | 8.2% | 2024 | up 93.4% | rising |
| 68 | North Korea | 7.8% | 2023 | down 27.6% | rising |
| 69 | Namibia | 7.7% | 2023 | up 4.5% | falling |
| 70 | Jordan | 7.5% | 2023 | up 287.6% | volatile |
| 71 | Cyprus | 7.4% | 2023 | up 61.7% | volatile |
| 72 | Serbia | 7.3% | 2023 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 73 | North Macedonia | 7.2% | 2023 | up 37.7% | rising |
| 74 | Israel | 6.7% | 2024 | up 209.7% | rising |
| 75 | Australia | 6.7% | 2024 | up 172.0% | volatile |
| 76 | Ghana | 6.4% | 2023 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 77 | Sri Lanka | 6.4% | 2023 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 78 | Lebanon | 6.2% | 2023 | up 205.4% | volatile |
| 79 | Angola | 6.1% | 2023 | up 110.4% | volatile |
| 80 | Lithuania | 6.0% | 2024 | up 331.4% | volatile |
| 81 | Mexico | 6.0% | 2024 | up 17.3% | falling |
| 82 | Sudan | 5.4% | 2023 | up 34.3% | volatile |
| 83 | Cambodia | 5.2% | 2023 | up 197.2% | volatile |
| 84 | Estonia | 5.1% | 2024 | up 419.4% | volatile |
| 85 | Cameroon | 5.0% | 2023 | up 7.9% | flat |
| 86 | Morocco | 4.9% | 2023 | up 158.9% | volatile |
| 87 | Guatemala | 4.2% | 2023 | down 19.3% | rising |
| 88 | Zimbabwe | 4.1% | 2023 | down 38.4% | rising |
| 89 | India | 4.1% | 2023 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 90 | Poland | 3.9% | 2024 | up 303.1% | volatile |
| 91 | Malta | 3.8% | 2023 | up 328.1% | volatile |
| 92 | Myanmar | 3.6% | 2023 | down 19.2% | volatile |
| 93 | Ethiopia | 3.6% | 2023 | up 77.7% | volatile |
| 94 | South Africa | 3.6% | 2023 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 95 | Luxembourg | 3.0% | 2024 | up 345.6% | volatile |
| 96 | Congo | 2.9% | 2023 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 97 | Curacao | 2.9% | 2023 | up 388.3% | volatile |
| 98 | Dominican Republic | 2.9% | 2023 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 99 | Malaysia | 2.9% | 2023 | up 170.8% | rising |
| 100 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 2.6% | 2023 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 101 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 2.6% | 2023 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 102 | Gabon | 2.5% | 2023 | up 45.6% | falling |
| 103 | Eswatini | 2.4% | 2023 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 104 | Egypt | 2.2% | 2023 | up 36.8% | falling |
| 105 | Uganda | 2.0% | 2023 | up 31.4% | rising |
| 106 | Equatorial Guinea | 1.9% | 2023 | up 306.4% | volatile |
| 107 | Côte d'Ivoire | 1.9% | 2023 | up 43.4% | falling |
| 108 | Republic of Moldova | 1.8% | 2023 | up 122.5% | rising |
| 109 | Kazakhstan | 1.7% | 2023 | up 104.9% | rising |
| 110 | Senegal | 1.6% | 2023 | up 15,700.0% | volatile |
| 111 | Jamaica | 1.5% | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Mauritius | 1.5% | 2023 | up 131.2% | rising |
| 113 | Uzbekistan | 1.3% | 2023 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 114 | Tunisia | 1.2% | 2023 | up 68.5% | volatile |
| 115 | Madagascar | 1.1% | 2023 | up 2.8% | falling |
| 115 | Nigeria | 1.1% | 2023 | up 52.8% | falling |
| 117 | Rwanda | 1.0% | 2023 | up 225.0% | volatile |
| 118 | Iran | 1.0% | 2023 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 119 | Thailand | 1.0% | 2023 | up 126.7% | falling |
| 120 | Azerbaijan | 0.9% | 2023 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 121 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 0.9% | 2023 | up 25.7% | falling |
| 122 | Mongolia | 0.9% | 2023 | up 335.0% | volatile |
| 123 | Syria | 0.8% | 2023 | down 64.7% | falling |
| 124 | Yemen | 0.8% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 125 | Oman | 0.7% | 2023 | up 6,500.0% | volatile |
| 126 | Kosovo | 0.5% | 2014 | up 44.9% | rising |
| 127 | Eritrea | 0.4% | 2023 | up 600.0% | volatile |
| 128 | Togo | 0.4% | 2023 | up 310.0% | volatile |
| 129 | Haiti | 0.4% | 2023 | up 31.0% | volatile |
| 129 | Singapore | 0.4% | 2023 | up 3,700.0% | volatile |
| 131 | Qatar | 0.4% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 132 | Cuba | 0.3% | 2023 | up 169.2% | volatile |
| 133 | Bangladesh | 0.3% | 2023 | up 13.8% | falling |
| 134 | Burkina Faso | 0.3% | 2023 | up 60.0% | falling |
| 135 | South Sudan | 0.2% | 2023 | up 1,050.0% | volatile |
| 136 | Hong Kong | 0.2% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 137 | Iraq | 0.2% | 2023 | down 82.0% | volatile |
| 138 | Saudi Arabia | 0.1% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 139 | Algeria | 0.1% | 2023 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 140 | Benin | 0.1% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 140 | Botswana | 0.1% | 2023 | up 700.0% | volatile |
| 140 | Kuwait | 0.1% | 2023 | up 700.0% | volatile |
| 143 | Niger | 0.1% | 2023 | up 600.0% | volatile |
| 144 | Bahrain | 0.1% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 145 | Chad | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 146 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.0% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 147 | Libya | 0.0% | 2023 | — | 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 57.6%
- Small states 57.6%
- Euro area 23.4%
- European Union 22.7%
- Europe & Central Asia 22.3%
- Post-demographic dividend 17.4%
- Africa Eastern and Southern 17.4%
- IDA total 17.4%
- IDA blend 17.4%
- Lower middle income 17.4%
- Pre-demographic dividend 17.4%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 17.4%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 17.4%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 17.4%
- High income 17.1%
- OECD members 16.6%
- World 16.5%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 15.7%
- Late-demographic dividend 15.5%
- North America 14.9%
- East Asia & Pacific 14.2%
- Low & middle income 13.4%
- Middle income 13.4%
- Upper middle income 13.2%
- Central Europe and the Baltics 13.2%
- Latin America & Caribbean 12.8%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 12.8%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 12.6%
- IDA & IBRD total 12.6%
- IBRD only 12.4%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 11.3%
- Early-demographic dividend 10.1%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 9.6%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 9.5%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 6.7%
- IDA only 4.9%
- Least developed countries 4.1%
- South Asia 4.0%
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 4.0%
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 3.7%
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.