Renewable electricity-generating capacity per person by country

Installed renewable electricity-generating capacity (watts per capita)

Countries reporting
213
Highest
7,430 watts per capita
Iceland
Lowest
0 watts per capita
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Median
157.71 watts per capita
Years covered
24
2000–2023
Data points
5,256

What the numbers show

Renewable electricity-generating capacity per person is currently reported for 213 countries. The highest value is 7,430 watts per capita in Iceland; the lowest is 0 watts per capita in Saint Pierre and Miquelon.

The median across all reporting countries is 157.71 watts per capita, and the mean is 497.23 watts per capita.

Over the past decade 184 countries rose and 24 fell. The largest increase was in Oman (up 79,350.0%), and the largest decrease in Saint Pierre and Miquelon (down 100.0%).

Renewable electricity-generating capacity per person: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Iceland 7,430 watts per capita 2023 down 9.3% rising
2 Norway 7,286 watts per capita 2023 up 15.7% rising
3 Sweden 3,852 watts per capita 2023 up 50.1% rising
4 Bhutan 2,971 watts per capita 2023 up 44.8% rising
5 Austria 2,926 watts per capita 2023 up 44.3% rising
6 Canada 2,766 watts per capita 2023 up 12.4% rising
7 Finland 2,516 watts per capita 2023 up 148.1% rising
8 Switzerland 2,417 watts per capita 2023 up 35.7% rising
9 Denmark 2,190 watts per capita 2023 up 86.8% rising
10 Australia 2,073 watts per capita 2023 up 225.2% volatile
11 Germany 1,974 watts per capita 2023 up 91.0% volatile
12 Netherlands 1,969 watts per capita 2023 up 701.4% volatile
13 Portugal 1,765 watts per capita 2023 up 65.7% rising
14 Spain 1,673 watts per capita 2023 up 67.4% rising
15 Greenland 1,664 watts per capita 2023 up 2.4% rising
16 New Zealand 1,604 watts per capita 2023 up 1.3% flat
17 Greece 1,543 watts per capita 2023 up 120.6% volatile
18 Montenegro 1,352 watts per capita 2023 up 35.9% volatile
19 Laos 1,297 watts per capita 2023 up 181.2% volatile
20 Paraguay 1,296 watts per capita 2023 down 12.3% falling
21 Belgium 1,285 watts per capita 2023 up 149.2% volatile
22 Uruguay 1,207 watts per capita 2023 up 100.2% rising
24 Faroe Islands 1,174 watts per capita 2023 up 18.4% rising
25 Latvia 1,165 watts per capita 2023 up 33.3% rising
27 United States 1,121 watts per capita 2023 up 109.5% rising
28 Estonia 1,121 watts per capita 2023 up 184.8% volatile
29 New Caledonia 1,118 watts per capita 2023 up 159.5% rising
30 Palau 1,107 watts per capita 2023 up 2,521.8% volatile
31 Italy 1,095 watts per capita 2023 up 35.9% rising
32 Chile 1,093 watts per capita 2023 up 154.8% rising
33 Slovenia 1,084 watts per capita 2023 up 63.0% rising
34 Japan 1,035 watts per capita 2023 up 190.7% volatile
35 France 1,022 watts per capita 2023 up 69.1% rising
36 China 1,022 watts per capita 2023 up 292.0% volatile
37 Croatia 1,022 watts per capita 2023 up 75.1% rising
38 Lithuania 975.79 watts per capita 2023 up 447.8% volatile
39 Falkland Islands 972.1 watts per capita 2023 up 36.8% volatile
40 Georgia 925.72 watts per capita 2023 up 32.4% rising
41 Brazil 919.22 watts per capita 2023 up 82.7% rising
42 Bulgaria 914.58 watts per capita 2023 up 62.2% rising
43 United Kingdom 811.26 watts per capita 2023 up 160.8% volatile
44 North Macedonia 739.34 watts per capita 2023 up 138.5% rising
45 Poland 705.08 watts per capita 2023 up 427.3% volatile
46 Hungary 697.62 watts per capita 2023 up 821.1% volatile
47 Andorra 684.58 watts per capita 2023 up 0.9% rising
48 Turkey 669.89 watts per capita 2023 up 100.3% rising
49 Bosnia and Herzegovina 664.41 watts per capita 2023 up 40.8% rising
50 Panama 657.85 watts per capita 2023 up 61.9% rising
51 Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba 632.32 watts per capita 2023 up 35.3% volatile
52 Guam 631.04 watts per capita 2023 up 12,831.1% volatile
53 Costa Rica 626.24 watts per capita 2023 up 37.9% rising
54 Romania 615.27 watts per capita 2023 up 22.2% rising
55 Venezuela 601.57 watts per capita 2023 up 20.5% rising
56 Armenia 598.76 watts per capita 2023 up 35.5% rising
58 French Guiana 595.01 watts per capita 2023 down 4.6% flat
59 South Korea 589.46 watts per capita 2023 up 579.5% volatile
60 Cyprus 578.18 watts per capita 2023 up 256.1% volatile
61 United Arab Emirates 567.11 watts per capita 2023 up 3,379.2% volatile
62 Tajikistan 554.72 watts per capita 2023 down 6.5% falling
63 Reunion 542.41 watts per capita 2023 up 31.9% rising
64 Israel 526.38 watts per capita 2023 up 762.6% volatile
65 Niue 517.89 watts per capita 2023 up 1,559.4% volatile
66 Serbia 469.69 watts per capita 2023 up 46.6% rising
67 Vietnam 458.5 watts per capita 2023 up 178.7% volatile
68 Slovakia 455.7 watts per capita 2023 up 4.5% rising
69 Kyrgyzstan 453.77 watts per capita 2023 down 26.3% falling
70 Czechia 446.12 watts per capita 2023 up 14.5% rising
71 Tokelau 440.55 watts per capita 2023 down 20.0% volatile
74 Aruba 415.09 watts per capita 2023 up 34.7% volatile
75 Cook Islands 391.65 watts per capita 2023 up 869.7% volatile
76 Tuvalu 390.08 watts per capita 2023 up 1,147.5% volatile
77 Russia 389.91 watts per capita 2023 up 11.4% rising
78 Ukraine 387.25 watts per capita 2023 up 209.7% volatile
79 French Polynesia 363.96 watts per capita 2023 up 49.8% rising
80 Puerto Rico 356.9 watts per capita 2023 up 376.1% volatile
81 Argentina 348.86 watts per capita 2023 up 41.1% rising
82 Curacao 322.83 watts per capita 2023 up 59.0% volatile
83 Suriname 307.08 watts per capita 2023 down 3.5% falling
84 Ecuador 302.98 watts per capita 2023 up 100.6% rising
85 Kazakhstan 278.55 watts per capita 2023 up 88.6% rising
86 Qatar 276.63 watts per capita 2023 up 2,542.1% volatile
87 El Salvador 276.59 watts per capita 2023 up 105.1% rising
88 Colombia 273.28 watts per capita 2023 up 25.2% rising
89 Nauru 266.36 watts per capita 2023 up 1,233.8% volatile
90 Malaysia 257.71 watts per capita 2023 up 36.0% rising
91 Mexico 253.97 watts per capita 2023 up 97.2% rising
92 Barbados 249.71 watts per capita 2023 up 14,763.7% volatile
93 Fiji 244.09 watts per capita 2023 up 17.2% rising
94 Belize 236.41 watts per capita 2023 down 2.9% rising
95 Montserrat 230.32 watts per capita 2023 volatile
96 Jordan 229.08 watts per capita 2023 up 10,654.9% volatile
97 Lebanon 224.63 watts per capita 2023 up 348.2% volatile
98 Mauritius 212.1 watts per capita 2023 up 88.0% rising
99 Cayman Islands 204 watts per capita 2023 volatile
100 Peru 199.26 watts per capita 2023 up 56.1% rising
101 Singapore 198.1 watts per capita 2023 up 658.1% volatile
102 Dominican Republic 194.26 watts per capita 2023 up 184.3% rising
103 North Korea 190.07 watts per capita 2023 up 12.2% falling
104 Honduras 182.36 watts per capita 2023 up 104.8% rising
105 Seychelles 180.11 watts per capita 2023 up 192.9% volatile
106 Namibia 177.52 watts per capita 2023 up 20.2% rising
107 Thailand 174.99 watts per capita 2023 up 83.0% rising
108 South Africa 168.05 watts per capita 2023 up 512.4% volatile
109 Antigua and Barbuda 167 watts per capita 2023 up 3,578.4% volatile
110 Azerbaijan 163.57 watts per capita 2023 up 38.2% rising
111 Zambia 161.21 watts per capita 2023 up 7.8% falling
112 Tonga 157.71 watts per capita 2023 up 520.9% volatile
113 Guatemala 149.56 watts per capita 2023 up 39.2% rising
114 Eswatini 144.95 watts per capita 2023 down 11.6% rising
115 Oman 143.01 watts per capita 2023 up 79,350.0% volatile
116 Iran 139.65 watts per capita 2023 up 8.2% rising
117 Samoa 136.9 watts per capita 2023 up 138.3% rising
118 Sri Lanka 135.89 watts per capita 2023 up 68.0% rising
119 Cambodia 134.78 watts per capita 2023 up 177.8% volatile
120 Gabon 133.73 watts per capita 2023 down 22.6% rising
121 India 122.34 watts per capita 2023 up 149.3% volatile
122 United States Virgin Islands 117.77 watts per capita 2023 up 1,163.6% volatile
123 Saint Kitts and Nevis 111.51 watts per capita 2023 up 44.6% volatile
124 Angola 111.31 watts per capita 2023 up 205.5% volatile
125 Nicaragua 109.96 watts per capita 2023 up 18.6% rising
126 Morocco 108.85 watts per capita 2023 up 100.2% rising
127 Dominica 108.04 watts per capita 2023 up 6.1% flat
128 Anguilla 107.01 watts per capita 2023 up 2,186.5% volatile
129 Bolivia 106.08 watts per capita 2023 up 115.8% rising
130 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 103.76 watts per capita 2023 up 90.7% rising
131 American Samoa 101.22 watts per capita 2023 up 126.2% volatile
132 Cape Verde 101.17 watts per capita 2023 up 58.1% volatile
133 Moldova 100.39 watts per capita 2023 up 410.6% volatile
135 Jamaica 96.4 watts per capita 2023 up 152.8% volatile
136 Nepal 94.26 watts per capita 2023 up 252.1% volatile
137 Saudi Arabia 89.84 watts per capita 2023 up 11,130.0% volatile
138 British Virgin Islands 85.34 watts per capita 2023 up 418.2% volatile
139 Mongolia 81.52 watts per capita 2023 up 174.7% volatile
140 Saint Martin (French part) 76.32 watts per capita 2023 up 104.0% volatile
141 Turks and Caicos Islands 76.19 watts per capita 2023 volatile
142 Zimbabwe 75.02 watts per capita 2023 up 22.3% rising
143 Uzbekistan 74.85 watts per capita 2023 up 22.0% flat
144 Maldives 73.6 watts per capita 2023 up 831.6% volatile
145 Cuba 72.79 watts per capita 2023 up 77.2% rising
146 Guyana 72.12 watts per capita 2023 down 0.8% rising
147 Mozambique 70.44 watts per capita 2023 down 22.1% falling
148 Djibouti 69.7 watts per capita 2023 up 23,133.3% volatile
149 Belarus 69.32 watts per capita 2023 up 783.1% volatile
150 Equatorial Guinea 68.82 watts per capita 2023 down 26.2% volatile
151 Philippines 68.17 watts per capita 2023 up 43.3% rising
152 Tunisia 66.97 watts per capita 2023 up 174.8% volatile
153 Syria 66 watts per capita 2023 up 66.8% falling
154 Myanmar 64.82 watts per capita 2023 up 6.4% volatile
155 Egypt 58.58 watts per capita 2023 up 61.6% rising
156 Guinea 57.64 watts per capita 2023 up 398.6% volatile
157 Pakistan 57.2 watts per capita 2023 up 59.6% rising
158 Ghana 52.13 watts per capita 2023 down 10.2% flat
159 Mauritania 51.72 watts per capita 2023 up 762.0% volatile
160 Kenya 49.44 watts per capita 2023 up 102.2% rising
161 Marshall Islands 47.6 watts per capita 2023 up 300.7% volatile
162 Indonesia 47.41 watts per capita 2023 up 46.8% rising
163 Lesotho 44.53 watts per capita 2023 up 22.7% falling
164 Ethiopia 43.09 watts per capita 2023 up 90.7% volatile
165 Micronesia (country) 39.5 watts per capita 2023 up 524.0% volatile
166 Bahamas 39.05 watts per capita 2023 up 554.1% volatile
167 Vanuatu 38.93 watts per capita 2023 up 38.6% volatile
168 Papua New Guinea 38.39 watts per capita 2023 up 3.3% falling
169 Bahrain 37.78 watts per capita 2023 up 6,896.3% volatile
170 Sudan 37.39 watts per capita 2023 down 8.0% rising
171 Congo 36.67 watts per capita 2023 down 13.6% rising
172 Palestine 35.53 watts per capita 2023 up 25,278.6% volatile
173 Iraq 35.47 watts per capita 2023 down 45.7% flat
174 Hong Kong 33.7 watts per capita 2023 volatile
175 Grenada 32.97 watts per capita 2023 up 529.2% volatile
176 Cameroon 30.89 watts per capita 2023 down 9.7% falling
177 Democratic Republic of Congo 30.23 watts per capita 2023 down 5.2% falling
178 Cote d'Ivoire 29.7 watts per capita 2023 up 17.7% falling
179 Uganda 25.15 watts per capita 2023 up 18.5% rising
180 Mali 24.95 watts per capita 2023 up 34.3% rising
181 Senegal 24.67 watts per capita 2023 up 1,248.1% volatile
182 Saint Lucia 24.63 watts per capita 2023 up 6,937.1% volatile
183 Malawi 24.61 watts per capita 2023 up 1.4% falling
184 Kiribati 24.24 watts per capita 2023 up 430.4% volatile
185 Kuwait 23.57 watts per capita 2023 up 3,173.6% volatile
186 Liberia 17.56 watts per capita 2023 up 1,482.0% volatile
187 Togo 14.27 watts per capita 2023 up 56.1% falling
188 Sierra Leone 13.57 watts per capita 2023 up 67.7% volatile
189 Nigeria 13.09 watts per capita 2023 up 11.9% falling
190 Algeria 12.77 watts per capita 2023 up 94.1% rising
191 Afghanistan 11.89 watts per capita 2023 up 28.0% rising
192 Brunei 10.98 watts per capita 2023 up 276.0% volatile
193 Rwanda 10.84 watts per capita 2023 up 95.0% rising
194 Tanzania 10.37 watts per capita 2023 down 21.2% falling
195 Burkina Faso 9.31 watts per capita 2023 up 392.6% volatile
196 Central African Republic 8.58 watts per capita 2023 up 111.3% flat
197 Sao Tome and Principe 8.37 watts per capita 2023 down 15.8% falling
198 Madagascar 7.81 watts per capita 2023 up 15.7% rising
199 Eritrea 7.38 watts per capita 2023 up 2,535.7% volatile
200 Yemen 7.36 watts per capita 2023 up 9,100.0% volatile
201 Haiti 7.04 watts per capita 2023 up 24.8% rising
202 Solomon Islands 6.98 watts per capita 2023 up 179.2% volatile
203 Comoros 6.45 watts per capita 2023 up 210.1% volatile
204 Bangladesh 5.99 watts per capita 2023 up 125.2% rising
205 Burundi 5.56 watts per capita 2023 up 5.3% falling
206 Niger 3.06 watts per capita 2023 up 774.3% volatile
207 Trinidad and Tobago 2.73 watts per capita 2023 down 3.5% falling
208 Somalia 2.69 watts per capita 2023 up 1,482.3% volatile
209 Botswana 2.54 watts per capita 2023 up 217.5% volatile
210 Benin 2.4 watts per capita 2023 up 4,700.0% volatile
211 South Sudan 1.39 watts per capita 2023 up 13,800.0% volatile
212 Libya 1.14 watts per capita 2023 up 46.2% volatile
213 Gambia 1.09 watts per capita 2023 up 73.0% volatile
214 Guinea-Bissau 0.84 watts per capita 2023 up 2,000.0% volatile
215 East Timor 0.58 watts per capita 2023 down 49.1% volatile
216 Turkmenistan 0.3 watts per capita 2023 up 50.0% falling
217 Chad 0.25 watts per capita 2023 up 66.7% rising
218 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0 watts per capita 2023 flat
218 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0 watts per capita 2023 down 100.0% volatile

About this data

Indicator
Renewable electricity-generating capacity per person
Unit
watts per capita
Source
International Renewable Energy Agency and United Nations World Population Prospects – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
219 places, 5,256 data points, 2000–2023
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Installed renewable electricity-generating capacity (watts per capita)