Combustible renewables and waste (% of total energy) by country
Combustible renewables and waste comprise solid biomass, liquid biomass, biogas, industrial waste, and municipal waste, measured as a percentage of total energy use. The indicator expresses the share of total energy supply.
Countries reporting
146
Highest
94.4%
Democratic Republic of Congo
Lowest
0.0%
Brunei
Median
10.8%
Years covered
35
1990–2024
Data points
6,711
What the numbers show
Combustible renewables and waste (% of total energy) is currently reported for 146 countries. The highest value is 94.4% in Democratic Republic of Congo; the lowest is 0.0% in Brunei.
The median across all reporting countries is 10.8%, and the mean is 22.2%.
Over the past decade 74 countries rose and 71 fell. The largest increase was in Jordan (up 1,534.2%), and the largest decrease in Uzbekistan (down 69.7%).
Combustible renewables and waste (% of total energy): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 94.4% | 2024 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 2 | Uganda | 88.7% | 2024 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 3 | Rwanda | 86.6% | 2024 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 4 | Ethiopia | 86.5% | 2024 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 5 | Madagascar | 86.1% | 2024 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 6 | Chad | 80.9% | 2024 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 7 | Haiti | 80.5% | 2024 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 8 | Togo | 78.1% | 2024 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 9 | Gabon | 77.5% | 2024 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 10 | Eritrea | 76.1% | 2024 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 11 | Tanzania | 75.4% | 2024 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 12 | Zambia | 74.6% | 2024 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 13 | Sudan | 72.7% | 2024 | up 19.2% | falling |
| 14 | Cameroon | 71.4% | 2024 | up 3.7% | falling |
| 15 | Burkina Faso | 69.2% | 2024 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 16 | Niger | 66.7% | 2024 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 17 | Mozambique | 65.3% | 2024 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 18 | Kenya | 63.6% | 2024 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 19 | Eswatini | 63.3% | 2024 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 20 | Nepal | 63.0% | 2024 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 21 | Guatemala | 58.0% | 2024 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 22 | Cote d'Ivoire | 58.0% | 2024 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 23 | Benin | 57.4% | 2024 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 24 | Congo | 53.0% | 2024 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 25 | Myanmar | 51.5% | 2024 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 26 | Uruguay | 49.2% | 2024 | up 34.1% | rising |
| 27 | Angola | 46.9% | 2024 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 28 | Nigeria | 45.3% | 2024 | up 10.7% | falling |
| 29 | Sri Lanka | 42.8% | 2024 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 30 | Latvia | 39.9% | 2024 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 31 | Zimbabwe | 37.5% | 2024 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 32 | Nicaragua | 36.9% | 2024 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 33 | Denmark | 35.5% | 2024 | up 56.5% | volatile |
| 34 | Brazil | 33.0% | 2024 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 35 | Pakistan | 32.4% | 2024 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 36 | Paraguay | 31.8% | 2024 | down 25.7% | falling |
| 37 | Estonia | 31.2% | 2024 | up 98.7% | volatile |
| 38 | Finland | 31.1% | 2024 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 39 | South Sudan | 29.6% | 2024 | up 8.0% | falling |
| 40 | Ghana | 29.6% | 2024 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 41 | Senegal | 28.6% | 2024 | down 34.8% | falling |
| 42 | Sweden | 27.1% | 2024 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 43 | Laos | 27.0% | 2024 | down 48.1% | falling |
| 44 | Honduras | 26.4% | 2024 | down 36.4% | falling |
| 45 | Cambodia | 25.8% | 2024 | down 55.5% | falling |
| 46 | Namibia | 25.2% | 2024 | up 64.9% | flat |
| 47 | Lithuania | 24.0% | 2024 | up 39.8% | volatile |
| 48 | Botswana | 23.1% | 2024 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 49 | Austria | 22.5% | 2024 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 50 | Chile | 22.1% | 2024 | up 4.0% | flat |
| 51 | India | 19.3% | 2024 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 52 | Portugal | 19.2% | 2024 | up 36.2% | rising |
| 53 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 18.3% | 2024 | up 146.0% | volatile |
| 54 | Thailand | 17.8% | 2024 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 55 | Croatia | 16.7% | 2024 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 56 | Philippines | 16.4% | 2024 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 57 | Bangladesh | 15.5% | 2024 | down 35.7% | falling |
| 58 | Montenegro | 14.9% | 2024 | down 13.1% | flat |
| 59 | Moldova | 14.7% | 2024 | down 14.9% | volatile |
| 60 | Switzerland | 13.5% | 2024 | up 36.3% | rising |
| 61 | Romania | 13.4% | 2024 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 62 | Luxembourg | 13.1% | 2024 | up 157.9% | volatile |
| 63 | Colombia | 12.9% | 2024 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 64 | Albania | 12.8% | 2024 | up 37.3% | falling |
| 65 | Germany | 12.7% | 2024 | up 29.2% | volatile |
| 66 | Czechia | 12.5% | 2024 | up 30.4% | volatile |
| 67 | Bolivia | 12.2% | 2024 | up 3.0% | falling |
| 68 | Poland | 11.6% | 2024 | up 32.8% | rising |
| 69 | Serbia | 11.4% | 2024 | up 44.0% | rising |
| 70 | Kosovo | 11.4% | 2014 | up 5.4% | falling |
| 70 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 11.4% | 2014 | up 5.4% | falling |
| 72 | Indonesia | 11.1% | 2024 | up 27.8% | volatile |
| 73 | Hungary | 10.9% | 2024 | down 6.8% | volatile |
| 74 | United Kingdom | 10.8% | 2024 | up 129.2% | volatile |
| 75 | Slovenia | 10.5% | 2024 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 76 | Peru | 10.2% | 2024 | down 39.3% | falling |
| 77 | Slovakia | 10.1% | 2024 | up 8.4% | volatile |
| 78 | Italy | 9.8% | 2024 | up 3.0% | volatile |
| 79 | Bulgaria | 9.5% | 2024 | up 48.4% | volatile |
| 80 | Vietnam | 9.1% | 2024 | down 57.8% | volatile |
| 81 | France | 9.1% | 2024 | up 44.8% | rising |
| 82 | El Salvador | 9.0% | 2024 | down 14.4% | volatile |
| 83 | Norway | 8.2% | 2024 | up 69.5% | rising |
| 84 | Lebanon | 8.2% | 2024 | up 340.2% | volatile |
| 85 | Mauritius | 8.0% | 2024 | down 46.2% | falling |
| 86 | North Macedonia | 7.9% | 2024 | down 9.1% | rising |
| 87 | Netherlands | 7.8% | 2024 | up 54.8% | volatile |
| 88 | Spain | 7.7% | 2024 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 89 | Belgium | 7.5% | 2024 | up 16.3% | volatile |
| 90 | Jamaica | 7.3% | 2024 | down 29.6% | falling |
| 91 | Ireland | 7.2% | 2024 | up 71.8% | volatile |
| 92 | Dominican Republic | 7.0% | 2024 | down 35.6% | falling |
| 93 | Costa Rica | 6.5% | 2024 | down 49.6% | falling |
| 94 | Belarus | 6.5% | 2024 | up 23.3% | rising |
| 95 | Panama | 6.5% | 2024 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 96 | Cyprus | 6.2% | 2024 | up 135.6% | volatile |
| 97 | North Korea | 6.0% | 2024 | down 33.7% | rising |
| 98 | Ukraine | 5.9% | 2024 | up 223.6% | volatile |
| 99 | Greece | 5.9% | 2024 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 100 | New Zealand | 5.6% | 2024 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 101 | Morocco | 5.5% | 2024 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 102 | Argentina | 4.9% | 2024 | up 28.4% | rising |
| 103 | Equatorial Guinea | 4.9% | 2024 | down 6.2% | volatile |
| 104 | United States | 4.9% | 2024 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 105 | Japan | 4.8% | 2024 | up 73.0% | volatile |
| 106 | Cuba | 4.7% | 2024 | down 65.7% | falling |
| 107 | Tunisia | 4.5% | 2024 | down 55.9% | falling |
| 108 | Canada | 4.4% | 2024 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 109 | Mexico | 4.3% | 2024 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 110 | South Africa | 3.5% | 2024 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 111 | Turkey | 3.5% | 2024 | up 19.1% | volatile |
| 112 | Australia | 3.4% | 2024 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 113 | South Korea | 3.3% | 2024 | up 60.8% | volatile |
| 114 | Egypt | 3.3% | 2024 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 115 | Georgia | 3.3% | 2024 | down 68.6% | volatile |
| 116 | China | 3.1% | 2024 | down 22.3% | volatile |
| 117 | Ecuador | 3.1% | 2024 | down 10.6% | volatile |
| 118 | Yemen | 2.6% | 2024 | up 74.2% | rising |
| 119 | Libya | 2.6% | 2024 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 120 | Armenia | 2.6% | 2024 | up 142.8% | volatile |
| 121 | Malta | 2.4% | 2024 | up 132.5% | volatile |
| 122 | Singapore | 2.3% | 2024 | down 10.9% | rising |
| 123 | Mongolia | 2.0% | 2024 | down 23.2% | falling |
| 124 | Suriname | 2.0% | 2024 | down 34.5% | falling |
| 125 | Malaysia | 1.5% | 2024 | up 74.4% | volatile |
| 126 | Hong Kong | 1.3% | 2024 | up 143.8% | volatile |
| 127 | Russia | 1.3% | 2024 | up 25.5% | falling |
| 128 | Jordan | 0.9% | 2024 | up 1,534.2% | volatile |
| 129 | Venezuela | 0.9% | 2024 | down 27.4% | falling |
| 130 | Azerbaijan | 0.6% | 2024 | down 45.5% | volatile |
| 131 | Kuwait | 0.5% | 2024 | up 321.7% | volatile |
| 132 | Iceland | 0.5% | 2024 | up 96.1% | volatile |
| 133 | Israel | 0.4% | 2024 | up 133.8% | volatile |
| 134 | Iran | 0.2% | 2024 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 135 | Syria | 0.1% | 2024 | up 40.5% | rising |
| 136 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.1% | 2024 | up 24.5% | volatile |
| 137 | Kazakhstan | 0.1% | 2024 | up 64.8% | volatile |
| 138 | Iraq | 0.1% | 2024 | down 29.8% | falling |
| 139 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0% | 2024 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 140 | Qatar | 0.0% | 2024 | up 36.6% | volatile |
| 141 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0% | 2024 | down 45.3% | falling |
| 142 | Turkmenistan | 0.0% | 2024 | down 31.6% | volatile |
| 143 | Algeria | 0.0% | 2024 | up 96.9% | volatile |
| 144 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0% | 2024 | up 23.4% | volatile |
| 145 | Uzbekistan | 0.0% | 2024 | down 69.7% | falling |
| 146 | Brunei | 0.0% | 2015 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 72.5%
- Low income 71.8%
- Least developed countries 64.4%
- IDA only 60.6%
- Africa Eastern and Southern 59.0%
- Pre-demographic dividend 58.7%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 56.6%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 56.6%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 56.6%
- Africa Western and Central 51.2%
- IDA total 50.2%
- IDA blend 36.2%
- Lower middle income 24.0%
- South Asia 20.1%
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 20.1%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 20.0%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 19.9%
- Latin America & Caribbean 19.8%
- Other small states 17.2%
- Early-demographic dividend 13.5%
- Central Europe and the Baltics 13.2%
- European Union 12.4%
- Low & middle income 11.9%
- Euro area 11.5%
- IDA & IBRD total 11.1%
- Middle income 10.2%
- World 9.3%
- Small states 8.5%
- Europe & Central Asia 7.7%
- IBRD only 7.6%
- OECD members 7.0%
- Post-demographic dividend 6.8%
- Upper middle income 6.2%
- High income 5.9%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 5.9%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 5.9%
- Late-demographic dividend 5.8%
- North America 4.8%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 4.7%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 4.7%
About this data
Combustible renewables and waste comprise solid biomass, liquid biomass, biogas, industrial waste, and municipal waste, measured as a percentage of total energy use. The indicator expresses the share of total energy supply.