Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (kWh) by country
Electricity production from renewable sources in kilowatt-hour (kWh), excluding hydroelectric, includes geothermal, solar, tides, wind, biomass, and biofuels.
Countries reporting
207
Highest
1.11 trillion kWh
China
Lowest
-5.23 billion kWh
Venezuela
Median
263.24 million kWh
Years covered
32
1990–2021
Data points
7,460
What the numbers show
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (kWh) is currently reported for 207 countries. The highest value is 1.11 trillion kWh in China; the lowest is -5.23 billion kWh in Venezuela.
The median across all reporting countries is 263.24 million kWh, and the mean is 17.15 billion kWh.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 211.
Over the past decade 163 countries rose and 26 fell. The largest increase was in Kuwait (up 2,140,700.0%), and the largest decrease in Venezuela (down 111,165.0%).
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 1.11 trillion kWh | 2021 | up 1,063.7% | volatile |
| 2 | United States | 612.80 billion kWh | 2021 | up 195.7% | volatile |
| 3 | Germany | 211.14 billion kWh | 2021 | up 98.5% | volatile |
| 4 | India | 150.63 billion kWh | 2021 | up 657.0% | volatile |
| 5 | Brazil | 144.85 billion kWh | 2021 | up 309.9% | volatile |
| 6 | Japan | 132.70 billion kWh | 2021 | up 433.3% | volatile |
| 7 | United Kingdom | 116.76 billion kWh | 2021 | up 295.6% | volatile |
| 8 | Spain | 96.12 billion kWh | 2021 | up 68.8% | volatile |
| 9 | Italy | 70.96 billion kWh | 2021 | up 91.1% | volatile |
| 10 | France | 62.76 billion kWh | 2021 | up 209.4% | volatile |
| 11 | Turkey | 62.63 billion kWh | 2021 | up 985.1% | volatile |
| 12 | Australia | 55.60 billion kWh | 2021 | up 480.4% | volatile |
| 13 | Canada | 51.29 billion kWh | 2021 | up 155.9% | volatile |
| 14 | Mexico | 46.87 billion kWh | 2021 | up 430.9% | volatile |
| 15 | Sweden | 41.85 billion kWh | 2021 | up 137.1% | volatile |
| 16 | Netherlands | 40.38 billion kWh | 2021 | up 229.3% | volatile |
| 17 | South Korea | 34.54 billion kWh | 2021 | up 1,077.4% | volatile |
| 18 | Indonesia | 31.07 billion kWh | 2021 | up 71.6% | volatile |
| 19 | Thailand | 30.79 billion kWh | 2021 | up 158.4% | volatile |
| 20 | Poland | 28.26 billion kWh | 2021 | up 157.8% | volatile |
| 21 | Denmark | 26.08 billion kWh | 2021 | up 84.1% | volatile |
| 22 | Vietnam | 25.78 billion kWh | 2021 | up 1,316.6% | volatile |
| 23 | Chile | 22.97 billion kWh | 2021 | up 350.7% | volatile |
| 24 | Finland | 22.38 billion kWh | 2021 | up 90.8% | rising |
| 25 | Belgium | 22.31 billion kWh | 2021 | up 174.1% | volatile |
| 26 | Portugal | 19.63 billion kWh | 2021 | up 56.1% | volatile |
| 27 | Greece | 16.23 billion kWh | 2021 | up 292.8% | volatile |
| 28 | Philippines | 14.84 billion kWh | 2021 | up 45.5% | rising |
| 29 | Austria | 14.00 billion kWh | 2021 | up 109.9% | volatile |
| 30 | Argentina | 13.88 billion kWh | 2021 | up 343.2% | volatile |
| 31 | Pakistan | 12.48 billion kWh | 2021 | up 279.2% | volatile |
| 32 | Norway | 12.14 billion kWh | 2021 | up 644.5% | volatile |
| 33 | New Zealand | 12.10 billion kWh | 2021 | up 35.1% | volatile |
| 34 | Ireland | 10.86 billion kWh | 2021 | up 130.3% | volatile |
| 35 | Egypt | 10.64 billion kWh | 2021 | up 388.1% | volatile |
| 36 | South Africa | 8.98 billion kWh | 2021 | up 3,816.6% | volatile |
| 37 | Romania | 8.93 billion kWh | 2021 | up 463.1% | volatile |
| 38 | Ukraine | 8.64 billion kWh | 2021 | up 3,308.0% | volatile |
| 39 | Czechia | 8.30 billion kWh | 2021 | up 57.1% | volatile |
| 40 | Uruguay | 8.22 billion kWh | 2021 | up 563.2% | volatile |
| 41 | Morocco | 7.01 billion kWh | 2021 | up 854.5% | volatile |
| 42 | Hungary | 6.70 billion kWh | 2021 | up 169.6% | volatile |
| 43 | United Arab Emirates | 6.26 billion kWh | 2021 | up 27,856.2% | volatile |
| 44 | Kenya | 5.99 billion kWh | 2021 | up 191.6% | volatile |
| 45 | Iceland | 5.81 billion kWh | 2021 | up 23.7% | volatile |
| 46 | Russia | 5.69 billion kWh | 2021 | up 180.0% | volatile |
| 47 | Israel | 5.63 billion kWh | 2021 | up 1,403.7% | volatile |
| 48 | Bulgaria | 5.49 billion kWh | 2021 | up 439.3% | volatile |
| 49 | Jordan | 5.31 billion kWh | 2021 | up 47,925.1% | volatile |
| 50 | Switzerland | 5.05 billion kWh | 2021 | up 210.1% | volatile |
| 51 | El Salvador | 4.24 billion kWh | 2021 | up 121.4% | volatile |
| 52 | Kazakhstan | 3.45 billion kWh | 2021 | up 20,181.9% | volatile |
| 53 | Honduras | 3.42 billion kWh | 2021 | up 613.2% | volatile |
| 54 | Croatia | 3.40 billion kWh | 2021 | up 1,228.8% | volatile |
| 55 | Costa Rica | 3.37 billion kWh | 2021 | up 90.9% | volatile |
| 56 | Peru | 3.29 billion kWh | 2021 | up 1,155.3% | volatile |
| 57 | Angola | 2.90 billion kWh | 2021 | up 7,981.1% | volatile |
| 58 | Estonia | 2.86 billion kWh | 2021 | up 148.3% | volatile |
| 59 | Iran | 2.82 billion kWh | 2021 | up 1,092.7% | volatile |
| 60 | Guatemala | 2.73 billion kWh | 2021 | up 105.7% | volatile |
| 61 | Myanmar | 2.73 billion kWh | 2021 | up 1,100.4% | volatile |
| 62 | Slovakia | 2.52 billion kWh | 2021 | up 106.4% | volatile |
| 63 | Nicaragua | 2.33 billion kWh | 2021 | up 172.1% | volatile |
| 64 | Singapore | 2.27 billion kWh | 2021 | up 46.2% | volatile |
| 65 | Lithuania | 2.24 billion kWh | 2021 | up 254.1% | volatile |
| 66 | Dominican Republic | 2.10 billion kWh | 2021 | up 1,592.3% | volatile |
| 67 | Zimbabwe | 1.70 billion kWh | 2021 | up 2,285.6% | volatile |
| 68 | Serbia | 1.39 billion kWh | 2021 | up 26,555.9% | volatile |
| 69 | Sri Lanka | 1.35 billion kWh | 2021 | up 904.0% | volatile |
| 70 | Panama | 1.26 billion kWh | 2021 | up 481.2% | volatile |
| 71 | Iraq | 1.20 billion kWh | 2021 | up 60.4% | volatile |
| 72 | Latvia | 1.01 billion kWh | 2021 | up 429.6% | volatile |
| 73 | Ethiopia | 935.32 million kWh | 2021 | up 1,313.9% | volatile |
| 74 | Belarus | 926.60 million kWh | 2021 | up 856.5% | volatile |
| 75 | Bolivia | 925.78 million kWh | 2021 | up 640.4% | volatile |
| 76 | Luxembourg | 883.89 million kWh | 2021 | up 382.3% | volatile |
| 77 | Puerto Rico | 858.05 million kWh | 2021 | up 5,850.4% | volatile |
| 78 | Senegal | 848.00 million kWh | 2021 | up 1,720.5% | volatile |
| 79 | Colombia | 827.25 million kWh | 2021 | up 14.9% | volatile |
| 80 | Cuba | 807.43 million kWh | 2021 | up 70.3% | falling |
| 81 | Oman | 802.43 million kWh | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 82 | Cyprus | 774.76 million kWh | 2021 | up 333.8% | volatile |
| 83 | Algeria | 769.11 million kWh | 2021 | up 3,822.7% | volatile |
| 84 | Bangladesh | 742.19 million kWh | 2021 | up 854.8% | volatile |
| 85 | Slovenia | 736.25 million kWh | 2021 | up 131.0% | volatile |
| 86 | Mongolia | 735.79 million kWh | 2021 | up 7,243.2% | volatile |
| 87 | Tajikistan | 691.98 million kWh | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 88 | Tunisia | 589.30 million kWh | 2021 | up 416.7% | volatile |
| 89 | Mauritius | 542.75 million kWh | 2021 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 90 | Cambodia | 507.94 million kWh | 2021 | up 3,001.0% | volatile |
| 91 | Ecuador | 501.71 million kWh | 2021 | up 36.8% | volatile |
| 92 | Yemen | 497.40 million kWh | 2021 | up 19,875.9% | volatile |
| 93 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 496.00 million kWh | 2021 | up 43,030.4% | volatile |
| 94 | Jamaica | 413.39 million kWh | 2021 | up 239.5% | volatile |
| 95 | Namibia | 365.30 million kWh | 2021 | up 213.7% | volatile |
| 96 | Azerbaijan | 340.10 million kWh | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Montenegro | 322.70 million kWh | 2021 | up 215,233.0% | volatile |
| 98 | Tanzania | 321.48 million kWh | 2021 | up 130.9% | volatile |
| 99 | Hong Kong | 310.09 million kWh | 2021 | up 248.3% | volatile |
| 100 | Belize | 280.06 million kWh | 2021 | up 197.8% | volatile |
| 101 | Paraguay | 271.82 million kWh | 2021 | up 13,911.3% | volatile |
| 102 | Mauritania | 271.21 million kWh | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 103 | Saudi Arabia | 266.95 million kWh | 2021 | up 4,852.7% | volatile |
| 104 | Malta | 263.24 million kWh | 2021 | up 2,535.0% | volatile |
| 105 | North Macedonia | 261.82 million kWh | 2021 | up 20,196.1% | volatile |
| 106 | Zambia | 237.97 million kWh | 2021 | down 47.7% | volatile |
| 107 | New Caledonia | 229.15 million kWh | 2021 | up 361.1% | volatile |
| 108 | Palestine | 224.28 million kWh | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 109 | Kuwait | 214.08 million kWh | 2021 | up 2,140,700.0% | volatile |
| 110 | Malawi | 177.48 million kWh | 2021 | up 283.9% | volatile |
| 111 | Mali | 172.51 million kWh | 2021 | up 117.3% | volatile |
| 112 | Ghana | 169.59 million kWh | 2021 | up 973.4% | volatile |
| 113 | Armenia | 165.70 million kWh | 2021 | up 3,026.4% | volatile |
| 114 | Aruba | 156.93 million kWh | 2021 | up 39.4% | volatile |
| 115 | Curacao | 154.50 million kWh | 2021 | up 144.8% | volatile |
| 116 | Eswatini | 152.22 million kWh | 2021 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 117 | Qatar | 142.75 million kWh | 2021 | up 1,242.9% | volatile |
| 118 | Kosovo | 142.36 million kWh | 2021 | up 50,742.9% | volatile |
| 118 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 142.36 million kWh | 2021 | up 50,742.9% | volatile |
| 120 | Mozambique | 136.10 million kWh | 2021 | up 89.3% | volatile |
| 121 | Papua New Guinea | 133.79 million kWh | 2021 | down 62.9% | volatile |
| 122 | Moldova | 117.90 million kWh | 2021 | up 2,707.1% | volatile |
| 123 | Fiji | 108.96 million kWh | 2021 | up 38.2% | flat |
| 124 | Uganda | 108.85 million kWh | 2021 | down 19.3% | volatile |
| 125 | Burkina Faso | 106.92 million kWh | 2021 | up 71,180.0% | volatile |
| 126 | Georgia | 106.82 million kWh | 2021 | up 4,242.3% | volatile |
| 127 | Syria | 92.61 million kWh | 2021 | down 71.0% | volatile |
| 128 | Madagascar | 89.51 million kWh | 2021 | up 258.5% | volatile |
| 129 | Congo | 89.02 million kWh | 2021 | up 187.3% | volatile |
| 130 | Barbados | 87.92 million kWh | 2021 | up 3,230.3% | volatile |
| 131 | Guyana | 86.05 million kWh | 2021 | down 7.9% | rising |
| 132 | Guam | 83.70 million kWh | 2021 | up 33,380.0% | volatile |
| 133 | Cape Verde | 80.67 million kWh | 2021 | up 228.3% | volatile |
| 134 | Uzbekistan | 78.20 million kWh | 2021 | down 96.7% | volatile |
| 135 | Afghanistan | 77.91 million kWh | 2021 | up 37,000.0% | volatile |
| 136 | Togo | 73.13 million kWh | 2021 | down 23.5% | volatile |
| 137 | Haiti | 71.80 million kWh | 2021 | up 7,379.2% | volatile |
| 138 | Djibouti | 70.00 million kWh | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 139 | North Korea | 67.85 million kWh | 2021 | up 2,581.8% | volatile |
| 140 | Faroe Islands | 61.10 million kWh | 2021 | up 321.4% | volatile |
| 141 | Rwanda | 51.34 million kWh | 2021 | down 33.9% | volatile |
| 142 | Maldives | 48.71 million kWh | 2021 | up 1,671.3% | volatile |
| 143 | Niger | 46.09 million kWh | 2021 | up 840.6% | volatile |
| 144 | Somalia | 42.94 million kWh | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 145 | Albania | 41.71 million kWh | 2021 | up 5,316.9% | volatile |
| 146 | Samoa | 33.21 million kWh | 2021 | up 47,342.9% | volatile |
| 147 | Cote d'Ivoire | 23.60 million kWh | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 148 | Guinea | 22.52 million kWh | 2021 | up 2,321.5% | volatile |
| 149 | Eritrea | 22.12 million kWh | 2021 | up 1,000.5% | volatile |
| 150 | Cayman Islands | 21.55 million kWh | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 151 | Antigua and Barbuda | 20.25 million kWh | 2021 | up 4,208.5% | volatile |
| 152 | Seychelles | 20.05 million kWh | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 153 | Chad | 19.27 million kWh | 2021 | up 127.0% | rising |
| 154 | Andorra | 18.16 million kWh | 2021 | up 47.6% | volatile |
| 155 | United States Virgin Islands | 17.35 million kWh | 2021 | up 2,414.5% | volatile |
| 156 | Sierra Leone | 15.48 million kWh | 2021 | up 6,630.4% | volatile |
| 157 | Greenland | 14.73 million kWh | 2021 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 158 | Bahrain | 12.84 million kWh | 2021 | up 970.0% | volatile |
| 159 | Vanuatu | 11.41 million kWh | 2021 | up 116.9% | volatile |
| 160 | Tonga | 10.49 million kWh | 2021 | up 6,456.2% | volatile |
| 161 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 10.34 million kWh | 2021 | up 90.4% | volatile |
| 162 | Saint Lucia | 10.19 million kWh | 2021 | up 33,866.7% | volatile |
| 163 | Bahamas | 8.46 million kWh | 2021 | up 495.8% | volatile |
| 164 | Burundi | 7.89 million kWh | 2021 | up 37.9% | rising |
| 165 | Libya | 7.79 million kWh | 2021 | up 16.6% | volatile |
| 166 | American Samoa | 6.83 million kWh | 2021 | up 2,429.6% | volatile |
| 167 | Gambia | 6.29 million kWh | 2021 | up 31.0% | volatile |
| 168 | Trinidad and Tobago | 6.26 million kWh | 2021 | up 42.0% | volatile |
| 169 | Botswana | 6.12 million kWh | 2021 | up 2,010.3% | volatile |
| 170 | Solomon Islands | 5.89 million kWh | 2021 | up 55.0% | volatile |
| 171 | Kiribati | 5.43 million kWh | 2021 | up 654.2% | volatile |
| 172 | Nauru | 4.68 million kWh | 2021 | up 9,260.0% | volatile |
| 173 | Grenada | 4.59 million kWh | 2021 | up 595.5% | volatile |
| 174 | Palau | 4.47 million kWh | 2021 | up 480.5% | volatile |
| 175 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 3.96 million kWh | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 176 | Liberia | 3.91 million kWh | 2021 | up 39,000.0% | volatile |
| 177 | French Polynesia | 3.88 million kWh | 2021 | down 60.4% | volatile |
| 178 | British Virgin Islands | 3.85 million kWh | 2021 | up 200.8% | volatile |
| 179 | Micronesia (country) | 3.16 million kWh | 2021 | up 315.8% | volatile |
| 180 | Benin | 2.83 million kWh | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 181 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2.33 million kWh | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 182 | Marshall Islands | 1.95 million kWh | 2021 | up 343.2% | volatile |
| 183 | South Sudan | 1.92 million kWh | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 184 | Guinea-Bissau | 1.89 million kWh | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 185 | Tuvalu | 1.53 million kWh | 2021 | up 1,430.0% | volatile |
| 186 | Saint Martin (French part) | 1.47 million kWh | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 187 | Brunei | 1.12 million kWh | 2021 | down 30.9% | volatile |
| 188 | Bhutan | 880,000 kWh | 2021 | up 125.6% | volatile |
| 189 | Dominica | 780,000 kWh | 2021 | down 17.0% | volatile |
| 189 | Lesotho | 780,000 kWh | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 191 | East Timor | 570,000 kWh | 2021 | down 19.7% | volatile |
| 192 | Central African Republic | 430,000 kWh | 2021 | up 53.6% | volatile |
| 193 | Sao Tome and Principe | 210,000 kWh | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 194 | Kyrgyzstan | 140,000 kWh | 2021 | down 99.9% | volatile |
| 198 | Turkmenistan | -1.85 million kWh | 2021 | down 1,333.3% | volatile |
| 199 | Lebanon | -88.35 million kWh | 2021 | down 220.2% | volatile |
| 200 | Suriname | -125.07 million kWh | 2021 | down 138.1% | volatile |
| 201 | Nigeria | -170.39 million kWh | 2021 | up 73.3% | volatile |
| 202 | Cameroon | -329.43 million kWh | 2021 | down 3,878.6% | volatile |
| 203 | Equatorial Guinea | -342.77 million kWh | 2021 | down 4,796.7% | volatile |
| 204 | Malaysia | -504.09 million kWh | 2021 | down 147.1% | volatile |
| 205 | Gabon | -535.71 million kWh | 2021 | down 54,212.1% | volatile |
| 206 | Sudan | -753.86 million kWh | 2021 | down 703.7% | volatile |
| 207 | Democratic Republic of Congo | -1.21 billion kWh | 2021 | down 89.5% | volatile |
| 208 | Nepal | -1.46 billion kWh | 2021 | down 11,769.9% | volatile |
| 209 | Laos | -4.49 billion kWh | 2021 | down 19,353.0% | volatile |
| 210 | Venezuela | -5.23 billion kWh | 2021 | down 111,165.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 3.56 trillion kWh
- OECD members 1.89 trillion kWh
- High income 1.84 trillion kWh
- IDA & IBRD total 1.81 trillion kWh
- IBRD only 1.78 trillion kWh
- Low & middle income 1.72 trillion kWh
- Middle income 1.72 trillion kWh
- Post-demographic dividend 1.72 trillion kWh
- Upper middle income 1.53 trillion kWh
- East Asia & Pacific 1.46 trillion kWh
- Late-demographic dividend 1.43 trillion kWh
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 1.21 trillion kWh
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 1.21 trillion kWh
- Europe & Central Asia 952.19 billion kWh
- European Union 727.11 billion kWh
- North America 664.09 billion kWh
- Euro area 606.97 billion kWh
- Early-demographic dividend 385.77 billion kWh
- Latin America & Caribbean 259.74 billion kWh
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 257.71 billion kWh
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 222.48 billion kWh
- Lower middle income 194.70 billion kWh
- South Asia 151.31 billion kWh
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 151.31 billion kWh
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 131.57 billion kWh
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 79.80 billion kWh
- Central Europe and the Baltics 70.45 billion kWh
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 55.28 billion kWh
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 41.69 billion kWh
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 41.46 billion kWh
- Arab World 33.58 billion kWh
- IDA total 29.42 billion kWh
- Sub-Saharan Africa 21.41 billion kWh
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 21.41 billion kWh
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 21.39 billion kWh
- Africa Eastern and Southern 20.84 billion kWh
- IDA blend 20.51 billion kWh
- Small states 11.53 billion kWh
- Other small states 10.95 billion kWh
- Pre-demographic dividend 10.21 billion kWh
About this data
Electricity production from renewable sources in kilowatt-hour (kWh), excluding hydroelectric, includes geothermal, solar, tides, wind, biomass, and biofuels.