Share of electricity generation from fossil fuels, renewables and nuclear by country

Measured as a percentage of total electricity produced in the country or region.

Countries reporting
204
Highest
68.8%
France
Lowest
0.0%
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Median
0.0%
Years covered
106
1920–2025
Data points
6,536

What the numbers show

Share of electricity generation from fossil fuels, renewables and nuclear is currently reported for 204 countries. The highest value is 68.8% in France; the lowest is 0.0% in Saint Pierre and Miquelon.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.0%, and the mean is 3.7%.

Over the past decade 13 countries rose and 18 fell. The largest increase was in Japan (up 1,982.2%), and the largest decrease in Germany (down 100.0%).

Share of electricity generation from fossil fuels, renewables and nuclear: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 France 68.8% 2025 down 9.7% falling
2 Slovakia 66.4% 2025 up 16.7% rising
3 Ukraine 55.8% 2022 up 23.0% rising
4 Czechia 42.3% 2025 up 30.0% rising
5 Hungary 40.0% 2025 down 23.3% rising
6 Finland 39.9% 2025 up 17.7% flat
7 Slovenia 39.3% 2025 up 2.9% flat
8 Bulgaria 39.1% 2025 up 23.9% flat
9 Belarus 36.6% 2025 volatile
10 Belgium 33.1% 2025 down 13.3% falling
11 Switzerland 29.9% 2025 down 14.5% falling
12 South Korea 29.6% 2025 down 1.7% falling
13 Sweden 27.6% 2025 down 20.7% falling
14 Armenia 27.0% 2025 down 20.8% falling
15 United Arab Emirates 22.9% 2024 volatile
16 Romania 20.5% 2025 up 15.5% volatile
17 Spain 18.8% 2025 down 9.0% falling
18 Russia 18.3% 2025 up 0.1% rising
19 United States 17.4% 2025 down 11.0% flat
20 Canada 13.1% 2025 down 14.5% falling
21 United Kingdom 12.4% 2025 down 40.0% volatile
22 Pakistan 12.2% 2025 up 216.7% volatile
23 Japan 9.1% 2025 up 1,982.2% volatile
24 Argentina 7.0% 2025 up 45.1% falling
25 China 4.6% 2025 up 56.3% volatile
26 South Africa 4.2% 2025 down 14.1% falling
27 Netherlands 3.0% 2025 down 21.0% falling
28 Mexico 2.8% 2025 down 23.7% rising
29 India 2.6% 2025 down 11.5% rising
30 Brazil 2.1% 2025 down 16.6% volatile
31 Iran 1.9% 2025 up 48.7% volatile
32 Taiwan 1.1% 2025 down 92.0% volatile
33 Aruba 0.0% 2024 flat
33 Afghanistan 0.0% 2024 flat
33 Angola 0.0% 2024 flat
33 Albania 0.0% 2024 flat
33 American Samoa 0.0% 2024 flat
33 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0% 2024 flat
33 Australia 0.0% 2025 flat
33 Austria 0.0% 2025 flat
33 Azerbaijan 0.0% 2025 flat
33 Burundi 0.0% 2024 flat
33 Benin 0.0% 2024 flat
33 Burkina Faso 0.0% 2024 flat
33 Bangladesh 0.0% 2025 flat
33 Bahrain 0.0% 2024 flat
33 Bahamas 0.0% 2024 flat
33 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.0% 2025 flat
33 Belize 0.0% 2024 flat
33 Bermuda 0.0% 2024 flat
33 Bolivia 0.0% 2025 flat
33 Barbados 0.0% 2024 flat
33 Brunei 0.0% 2024 flat
33 Bhutan 0.0% 2024 flat
33 Botswana 0.0% 2024 flat
33 Central African Republic 0.0% 2023 flat
33 Chile 0.0% 2025 flat
33 Cote d'Ivoire 0.0% 2024 flat
33 Cameroon 0.0% 2024 flat
33 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.0% 2024 flat
33 Congo 0.0% 2024 flat
33 Colombia 0.0% 2025 flat
33 Comoros 0.0% 2023 flat
33 Cape Verde 0.0% 2024 flat
33 Costa Rica 0.0% 2025 flat
33 Cuba 0.0% 2024 flat
33 Cayman Islands 0.0% 2024 flat
33 Cyprus 0.0% 2025 flat
33 Germany 0.0% 2025 down 100.0% falling
33 Djibouti 0.0% 2024 flat
33 Dominica 0.0% 2023 flat
33 Denmark 0.0% 2025 flat
33 Dominican Republic 0.0% 2025 flat
33 Algeria 0.0% 2024 flat
33 Ecuador 0.0% 2025 flat
33 Egypt 0.0% 2025 flat
33 Eritrea 0.0% 2024 flat
33 Estonia 0.0% 2025 flat
33 Ethiopia 0.0% 2025 flat
33 Fiji 0.0% 2024 flat
33 Faroe Islands 0.0% 2023 flat
33 Gabon 0.0% 2024 flat
33 Georgia 0.0% 2025 flat
33 Ghana 0.0% 2024 flat
33 Gibraltar 0.0% 2024 flat
33 Guinea 0.0% 2024 flat
33 Gambia 0.0% 2024 flat
33 Guinea-Bissau 0.0% 2024 flat
33 Equatorial Guinea 0.0% 2024 flat
33 Greece 0.0% 2025 flat
33 Grenada 0.0% 2024 flat
33 Greenland 0.0% 2024 flat
33 Guatemala 0.0% 2024 flat
33 Guam 0.0% 2024 flat
33 Guyana 0.0% 2024 flat
33 Hong Kong 0.0% 2024 flat
33 Honduras 0.0% 2024 flat
33 Croatia 0.0% 2025 flat
33 Haiti 0.0% 2024 flat
33 Indonesia 0.0% 2024 flat
33 Iraq 0.0% 2024 flat
33 Iceland 0.0% 2024 flat
33 Israel 0.0% 2025 flat
33 Italy 0.0% 2025 volatile
33 Jamaica 0.0% 2024 flat
33 Jordan 0.0% 2024 flat
33 Kazakhstan 0.0% 2025 volatile
33 Kenya 0.0% 2025 flat
33 Kyrgyzstan 0.0% 2025 flat
33 Kiribati 0.0% 2024 flat
33 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0% 2024 flat
33 Kuwait 0.0% 2025 flat
33 Laos 0.0% 2024 flat
33 Lebanon 0.0% 2024 flat
33 Liberia 0.0% 2024 flat
33 Libya 0.0% 2024 flat
33 Saint Lucia 0.0% 2024 flat
33 Sri Lanka 0.0% 2025 flat
33 Lesotho 0.0% 2022 flat
33 Lithuania 0.0% 2025 volatile
33 Latvia 0.0% 2025 flat
33 Macao 0.0% 2024 flat
33 Morocco 0.0% 2025 flat
33 Moldova 0.0% 2025 flat
33 Madagascar 0.0% 2024 flat
33 Maldives 0.0% 2024 flat
33 North Macedonia 0.0% 2025 flat
33 Mali 0.0% 2024 flat
33 Myanmar 0.0% 2024 flat
33 Montenegro 0.0% 2025 flat
33 Mongolia 0.0% 2025 flat
33 Mozambique 0.0% 2024 flat
33 Mauritania 0.0% 2024 flat
33 Mauritius 0.0% 2024 flat
33 Malawi 0.0% 2024 flat
33 Malaysia 0.0% 2025 flat
33 Namibia 0.0% 2024 flat
33 New Caledonia 0.0% 2024 flat
33 Niger 0.0% 2024 flat
33 Nigeria 0.0% 2025 flat
33 Nicaragua 0.0% 2024 flat
33 Norway 0.0% 2025 flat
33 Nepal 0.0% 2024 flat
33 Nauru 0.0% 2024 flat
33 New Zealand 0.0% 2025 flat
33 Oman 0.0% 2025 flat
33 Panama 0.0% 2024 flat
33 Peru 0.0% 2025 flat
33 Philippines 0.0% 2025 flat
33 Papua New Guinea 0.0% 2024 flat
33 Poland 0.0% 2025 flat
33 Puerto Rico 0.0% 2025 flat
33 North Korea 0.0% 2024 flat
33 Portugal 0.0% 2025 flat
33 Paraguay 0.0% 2025 flat
33 Palestine 0.0% 2024 flat
33 French Polynesia 0.0% 2024 flat
33 Qatar 0.0% 2025 flat
33 Rwanda 0.0% 2024 flat
33 Saudi Arabia 0.0% 2024 flat
33 Sudan 0.0% 2024 flat
33 Senegal 0.0% 2024 flat
33 Singapore 0.0% 2025 flat
33 Solomon Islands 0.0% 2024 flat
33 Sierra Leone 0.0% 2024 flat
33 Somalia 0.0% 2024 flat
33 Serbia 0.0% 2025 flat
33 South Sudan 0.0% 2024 flat
33 Sao Tome and Principe 0.0% 2023 flat
33 Suriname 0.0% 2024 flat
33 Eswatini 0.0% 2024 flat
33 Seychelles 0.0% 2024 flat
33 Syria 0.0% 2024 flat
33 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.0% 2024 flat
33 Chad 0.0% 2024 flat
33 Togo 0.0% 2024 flat
33 Thailand 0.0% 2025 flat
33 Tajikistan 0.0% 2025 flat
33 Turkmenistan 0.0% 2024 flat
33 East Timor 0.0% 2024 flat
33 Tonga 0.0% 2024 flat
33 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0% 2024 flat
33 Tunisia 0.0% 2025 flat
33 Turkey 0.0% 2025 flat
33 Tanzania 0.0% 2024 flat
33 Uganda 0.0% 2024 flat
33 Uruguay 0.0% 2025 flat
33 Uzbekistan 0.0% 2025 flat
33 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0% 2024 flat
33 Venezuela 0.0% 2024 flat
33 British Virgin Islands 0.0% 2023 flat
33 United States Virgin Islands 0.0% 2023 flat
33 Vietnam 0.0% 2025 flat
33 Vanuatu 0.0% 2023 flat
33 Samoa 0.0% 2024 flat
33 Yemen 0.0% 2024 flat
33 Zambia 0.0% 2024 flat
33 Zimbabwe 0.0% 2024 flat
33 Western Sahara 0.0% 2009 flat
33 Cook Islands 0.0% 2024 flat
33 Montserrat 0.0% 2024 flat
33 Falkland Islands 0.0% 2023 flat
33 Saint Helena 0.0% 2023 flat
33 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.0% 2023 flat

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Share of electricity generation from fossil fuels, renewables and nuclear
Unit
%
Source
Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
209 places, 6,536 data points, 1920–2025
Last refreshed

Measured as a percentage of total electricity produced in the country or region.