Electricity generation from renewables per person by country

Measured in kilowatt-hours per person.

Countries reporting
209
Highest
48,424 kilowatt-hours
Iceland
Lowest
0 kilowatt-hours
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Median
402.81 kilowatt-hours
Years covered
106
1920–2025
Data points
6,983

What the numbers show

Electricity generation from renewables per person is currently reported for 209 countries. The highest value is 48,424 kilowatt-hours in Iceland; the lowest is 0 kilowatt-hours in Saint Pierre and Miquelon.

The median across all reporting countries is 402.81 kilowatt-hours, and the mean is 1,565 kilowatt-hours.

Over the past decade 136 countries rose and 36 fell. The largest increase was in Saudi Arabia (up 16,669.1%), and the largest decrease in Lesotho (down 100.0%).

Electricity generation from renewables per person: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Iceland 48,424 kilowatt-hours 2024 down 10.9% rising
2 Norway 28,312 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 4.9% rising
3 Bhutan 13,897 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 42.5% rising
4 Sweden 11,404 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 9.0% rising
5 Canada 10,390 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 11.5% flat
6 Greenland 8,950 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 29.0% rising
7 Finland 8,264 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 48.3% rising
8 New Zealand 7,306 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 3.4% rising
9 Austria 6,716 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 22.0% rising
10 Paraguay 6,466 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 28.7% falling
11 Laos 5,165 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 129.0% volatile
12 Denmark 5,058 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 51.9% volatile
13 Switzerland 4,918 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 0.9% flat
14 Faroe Islands 4,202 kilowatt-hours 2023 up 84.5% rising
15 Australia 4,100 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 174.2% volatile
16 Portugal 3,975 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 69.2% volatile
17 Netherlands 3,766 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 370.6% volatile
18 Germany 3,518 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 53.5% volatile
19 Uruguay 3,451 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 9.2% rising
20 Spain 3,358 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 61.5% volatile
21 United States 3,337 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 95.6% rising
22 Brazil 3,054 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 42.8% rising
23 Albania 2,987 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 83.8% rising
24 Chile 2,958 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 65.0% rising
25 Montenegro 2,940 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 23.9% rising
26 Greece 2,914 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 112.3% volatile
27 Croatia 2,913 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 62.1% rising
28 New Caledonia 2,870 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 130.6% rising
29 Georgia 2,824 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 27.9% rising
30 Slovenia 2,777 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 31.5% rising
31 China 2,769 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 177.3% volatile
32 Estonia 2,708 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 128.2% volatile
33 Venezuela 2,571 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 20.8% rising
34 Costa Rica 2,486 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 12.4% rising
35 Latvia 2,471 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 75.8% rising
36 Lithuania 2,438 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 321.7% volatile
37 Belgium 2,414 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 88.5% volatile
38 France 2,229 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 57.6% rising
39 United Kingdom 2,184 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 71.3% volatile
40 Italy 2,183 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 21.4% rising
41 Tajikistan 2,158 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 9.7% falling
42 French Guiana 2,109 kilowatt-hours 2023 down 1.1% falling
43 Panama 2,022 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 51.6% rising
44 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2,003 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 27.0% rising
45 Reunion 1,989 kilowatt-hours 2023 up 57.5% rising
46 Japan 1,972 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 62.9% rising
47 Bulgaria 1,854 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 52.1% volatile
48 Kyrgyzstan 1,833 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 0.1% falling
49 North Macedonia 1,775 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 73.2% rising
50 Turkey 1,746 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 67.0% volatile
51 Ecuador 1,589 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 95.8% rising
52 Aruba 1,573 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 1.6% volatile
53 Taiwan 1,527 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 308.8% volatile
54 Serbia 1,522 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 8.0% rising
55 Hungary 1,475 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 350.8% volatile
56 Israel 1,461 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 864.0% volatile
57 Cook Islands 1,455 kilowatt-hours 2024 volatile
58 Suriname 1,450 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 51.7% flat
59 Russia 1,437 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 23.6% rising
60 Poland 1,431 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 141.4% volatile
61 United Arab Emirates 1,417 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 3,663.7% volatile
62 Vietnam 1,386 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 128.4% volatile
63 Colombia 1,303 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 23.9% rising
64 Armenia 1,284 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 72.0% rising
65 South Korea 1,257 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 321.5% volatile
66 Romania 1,239 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 6.0% rising
67 Czechia 1,199 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 34.1% volatile
68 Cyprus 1,196 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 264.8% volatile
69 Argentina 1,155 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 45.9% rising
70 Malaysia 1,154 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 141.3% volatile
71 Peru 1,113 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 33.2% rising
72 Slovakia 995.46 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 10.8% rising
73 Belize 983.03 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 3.9% rising
74 Guam 953.57 kilowatt-hours 2024 volatile
75 French Polynesia 887.1 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 22.6% rising
76 Kazakhstan 881.8 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 68.7% rising
77 El Salvador 878.17 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 53.4% rising
78 Nauru 835.56 kilowatt-hours 2024 volatile
79 Zambia 809.29 kilowatt-hours 2024 down 8.8% flat
80 Fiji 785.96 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 63.9% rising
81 Seychelles 766.66 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 702.4% volatile
82 Qatar 731.73 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 1,266.3% volatile
83 North Korea 647.95 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 28.0% rising
84 Honduras 639.22 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 71.9% rising
85 Mexico 624.72 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 56.8% rising
86 Guatemala 586.21 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 26.3% rising
87 Singapore 562.11 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 112.7% volatile
88 Namibia 528.03 kilowatt-hours 2024 down 19.7% falling
89 South Africa 511.22 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 344.8% volatile
90 Jordan 493.38 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 6,096.7% volatile
91 Mauritius 479.87 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 3.3% rising
92 Mozambique 476.73 kilowatt-hours 2024 down 24.0% falling
93 Eswatini 474.72 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 17.3% falling
94 Dominican Republic 468.73 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 244.4% rising
95 Sri Lanka 457.61 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 54.4% volatile
96 Uzbekistan 453.4 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 104.4% falling
97 Ukraine 445.81 kilowatt-hours 2022 up 83.4% rising
98 Oman 436.79 kilowatt-hours 2025 volatile
99 Thailand 435.63 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 122.5% volatile
100 Saint Kitts and Nevis 426.74 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 101.0% volatile
101 Kuwait 411.85 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 15,692.3% volatile
102 Nicaragua 407.74 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 3.1% rising
103 Cambodia 406.77 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 188.9% volatile
104 Lebanon 403.03 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 1,118.1% volatile
105 Cayman Islands 402.81 kilowatt-hours 2024 volatile
106 Puerto Rico 398.73 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 269.5% volatile
107 Bolivia 391.04 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 62.5% rising
108 Nepal 375.37 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 173.3% volatile
109 Gabon 362.35 kilowatt-hours 2024 down 10.4% falling
110 Barbados 354.01 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 885.4% volatile
111 Zimbabwe 352.28 kilowatt-hours 2024 down 8.0% falling
112 India 342.23 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 137.1% volatile
113 Macao 333.21 kilowatt-hours 2024 down 21.8% rising
114 Azerbaijan 327.96 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 87.0% falling
115 Pakistan 326.66 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 87.0% rising
116 Samoa 321.06 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 114.1% rising
117 Antigua and Barbuda 319.89 kilowatt-hours 2024 volatile
118 Cape Verde 304.83 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 73.5% volatile
119 Angola 303.28 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 63.1% volatile
120 Dominica 300.61 kilowatt-hours 2023 down 47.6% falling
121 Saudi Arabia 289.14 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 16,669.1% volatile
122 Morocco 277.38 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 99.6% volatile
123 Egypt 270.18 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 72.4% rising
124 Ghana 255.32 kilowatt-hours 2024 down 13.9% falling
125 Belarus 248.96 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 594.7% volatile
126 Ethiopia 246.32 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 146.2% volatile
127 Philippines 245.75 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 23.6% rising
128 Indonesia 237.08 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 78.4% volatile
129 United States Virgin Islands 233.34 kilowatt-hours 2023 volatile
130 Sudan 233.31 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 1.2% volatile
131 Mongolia 230.3 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 211.6% volatile
132 Moldova 230.3 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 180.4% rising
133 Kenya 219.7 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 17.4% rising
134 Jamaica 218.37 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 45.3% rising
135 Turks and Caicos Islands 214.76 kilowatt-hours 2024 volatile
136 American Samoa 213.71 kilowatt-hours 2024 volatile
137 Equatorial Guinea 211.36 kilowatt-hours 2024 down 22.1% volatile
138 Guinea 205.36 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 461.0% volatile
139 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 198.75 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 113.8% falling
140 Myanmar 190.64 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 6.6% rising
141 Cameroon 182.32 kilowatt-hours 2024 down 8.8% falling
142 Congo 180.01 kilowatt-hours 2024 down 7.7% rising
143 Iran 164.58 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 1.4% rising
144 Bermuda 154.66 kilowatt-hours 2024 down 1.7% flat
145 Democratic Republic of Congo 145.69 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 30.8% rising
146 Maldives 113.68 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 370.2% volatile
147 Uganda 112.77 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 30.7% rising
148 Papua New Guinea 105.89 kilowatt-hours 2024 down 36.9% falling
149 Cote d'Ivoire 97.7 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 22.3% rising
150 Tonga 95.98 kilowatt-hours 2024 volatile
151 Mauritania 90.92 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 59.0% volatile
152 Senegal 81.61 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 203.9% volatile
153 Malawi 80.81 kilowatt-hours 2024 down 34.5% falling
154 Kiribati 74.34 kilowatt-hours 2024 volatile
155 Tunisia 72.88 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 43.3% volatile
156 Cuba 71.04 kilowatt-hours 2024 down 5.7% flat
157 Palestine 70.97 kilowatt-hours 2024 volatile
158 Vanuatu 62.42 kilowatt-hours 2023 up 58.8% volatile
159 Bahrain 62.23 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 716.9% volatile
160 Djibouti 59.89 kilowatt-hours 2024 volatile
161 Saint Lucia 55.63 kilowatt-hours 2024 volatile
162 Liberia 55.23 kilowatt-hours 2024 volatile
163 Nigeria 54.77 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 61.4% falling
164 Iraq 52.78 kilowatt-hours 2024 down 35.5% volatile
165 Hong Kong 52.6 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 862.5% volatile
166 Bahamas 49.84 kilowatt-hours 2024 volatile
167 Guyana 48.13 kilowatt-hours 2024 down 9.2% volatile
168 Mali 47.39 kilowatt-hours 2024 down 41.5% rising
169 Sao Tome and Principe 43.31 kilowatt-hours 2023 down 16.3% volatile
170 Tanzania 42.44 kilowatt-hours 2024 down 20.0% falling
171 Rwanda 39.28 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 123.2% volatile
172 Syria 35.67 kilowatt-hours 2024 down 69.5% volatile
173 Madagascar 32.22 kilowatt-hours 2024 down 12.3% flat
174 Central African Republic 27.17 kilowatt-hours 2023 down 9.9% rising
175 Burundi 26.34 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 89.6% rising
176 Togo 24.98 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 44.4% rising
177 Sierra Leone 23.14 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 32.6% volatile
178 Algeria 22 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 245.0% volatile
179 Brunei 21.61 kilowatt-hours 2024 volatile
180 Afghanistan 20.17 kilowatt-hours 2024 down 33.9% rising
181 Yemen 14.54 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 4,294.3% volatile
182 Eritrea 14.14 kilowatt-hours 2024 volatile
183 Haiti 13.59 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 56.6% falling
184 Bangladesh 12.58 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 150.6% rising
185 Burkina Faso 12.31 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 124.5% rising
186 Solomon Islands 12.21 kilowatt-hours 2024 volatile
187 Trinidad and Tobago 6.63 kilowatt-hours 2024 volatile
188 Somalia 4.73 kilowatt-hours 2024 volatile
189 Botswana 3.97 kilowatt-hours 2024 volatile
190 Benin 2.77 kilowatt-hours 2024 volatile
191 Libya 1.35 kilowatt-hours 2024 down 12.9% volatile
192 Turkmenistan 1.33 kilowatt-hours 2024 volatile
193 Niger 1.11 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 113.3% volatile
194 Chad 0.9853 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 39.8% volatile
195 South Sudan 0.8373 kilowatt-hours 2024 volatile
196 Comoros 0 kilowatt-hours 2023 flat
196 Gibraltar 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
196 Gambia 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
196 Guinea-Bissau 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
196 Grenada 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
196 Lesotho 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 down 100.0% falling
196 East Timor 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
196 British Virgin Islands 0 kilowatt-hours 2023 flat
196 Western Sahara 0 kilowatt-hours 2009 flat
196 Montserrat 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
196 Niue 0 kilowatt-hours 2023 flat
196 Falkland Islands 0 kilowatt-hours 2023 down 100.0% volatile
196 Saint Helena 0 kilowatt-hours 2023 flat
196 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0 kilowatt-hours 2023 flat

About this data

Indicator
Electricity generation from renewables per person
Unit
kilowatt-hours
Source
Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
214 places, 6,983 data points, 1920–2025
Last refreshed

Measured in kilowatt-hours per person.