Share of electricity generation from bioenergy by country

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

Countries reporting
208
Highest
34.4%
Eswatini
Lowest
0.0%
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Median
0.3%
Years covered
36
1990–2025
Data points
5,650

What the numbers show

Share of electricity generation from bioenergy is currently reported for 208 countries. The highest value is 34.4% in Eswatini; the lowest is 0.0% in Saint Pierre and Miquelon.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.3%, and the mean is 2.7%.

Over the past decade 58 countries rose and 53 fell. The largest increase was in Serbia (up 2,004.3%), and the largest decrease in Jordan (down 100.0%).

Share of electricity generation from bioenergy: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Eswatini 34.4% 2024 down 28.2% falling
2 Belize 34.0% 2024 up 75.1% volatile
3 Reunion 33.9% 2023 up 253.8% flat
4 Macao 30.8% 2024 down 24.3% volatile
6 Uruguay 24.9% 2025 up 41.8% volatile
7 Guatemala 22.2% 2024 up 8.7% rising
8 Estonia 21.8% 2025 up 169.4% volatile
9 Denmark 20.1% 2025 up 38.1% volatile
10 Nicaragua 19.7% 2024 up 79.2% rising
13 United Kingdom 14.1% 2025 up 63.3% volatile
14 Finland 12.6% 2025 down 24.5% rising
15 El Salvador 12.1% 2025 up 28.6% volatile
16 Fiji 10.4% 2024 up 137.4% volatile
17 Germany 10.1% 2025 up 28.2% volatile
18 Lithuania 10.0% 2025 down 5.9% volatile
19 Latvia 9.7% 2025 down 30.0% volatile
20 Mauritius 9.4% 2024 down 42.5% falling
21 Uganda 8.1% 2024 up 8.9% rising
22 Czechia 8.0% 2025 up 38.0% volatile
23 Brazil 7.3% 2025 down 14.4% rising
24 Portugal 6.8% 2025 up 12.3% rising
25 Croatia 6.8% 2025 up 183.2% volatile
26 Honduras 6.7% 2024 up 47.0% rising
27 Austria 6.4% 2025 down 15.4% rising
28 Samoa 6.2% 2024 volatile
29 French Guiana 6.1% 2023 up 444.9% volatile
30 Hungary 5.9% 2025 down 16.6% volatile
31 Italy 5.9% 2025 down 14.9% volatile
32 Sweden 5.8% 2025 down 12.2% volatile
33 Indonesia 5.7% 2024 up 48.6% rising
34 Chile 5.7% 2025 down 24.1% rising
35 Slovakia 5.4% 2025 down 12.9% volatile
36 Thailand 5.4% 2025 up 31.2% volatile
37 Japan 5.3% 2025 up 92.8% rising
38 Burkina Faso 5.3% 2024 volatile
39 Belgium 5.2% 2025 down 35.5% volatile
40 Netherlands 5.1% 2025 up 12.0% volatile
41 Greenland 5.0% 2024 volatile
42 Poland 4.9% 2025 down 19.1% volatile
43 Bulgaria 4.5% 2025 up 712.7% volatile
45 Bolivia 3.2% 2025 up 45.3% volatile
46 South Korea 3.2% 2025 up 130.8% volatile
47 Singapore 2.8% 2025 down 5.0% rising
48 Malawi 2.7% 2024 down 1.2% falling
49 Chad 2.7% 2024 down 18.9% volatile
50 Colombia 2.6% 2025 up 48.0% rising
51 Turkey 2.4% 2025 up 405.9% volatile
52 Spain 2.2% 2025 up 7.1% volatile
53 Kenya 2.1% 2025 down 55.4% volatile
54 Burundi 2.0% 2024 down 63.3% volatile
54 Faroe Islands 2.0% 2023 volatile
56 China 2.0% 2025 up 116.4% volatile
57 Slovenia 2.0% 2025 up 11.2% volatile
58 Argentina 1.9% 2025 up 88.0% rising
59 France 1.8% 2025 up 58.4% volatile
60 Cuba 1.8% 2024 down 45.3% falling
61 Mexico 1.7% 2025 down 38.3% falling
62 Bermuda 1.6% 2024 up 8.2% rising
63 Canada 1.6% 2025 up 6.7% flat
64 Switzerland 1.6% 2025 up 103.2% volatile
65 Guyana 1.4% 2024 down 63.8% volatile
66 Senegal 1.4% 2024 down 13.9% falling
67 Sri Lanka 1.3% 2025 up 193.6% volatile
68 New Zealand 1.3% 2025 down 30.1% flat
69 Myanmar 1.2% 2024 down 18.7% volatile
70 Madagascar 1.2% 2024 up 6.2% rising
71 Jamaica 1.2% 2024 down 65.4% volatile
72 Greece 1.2% 2025 up 170.4% volatile
73 Philippines 1.2% 2025 up 177.3% volatile
74 Mali 1.2% 2024 down 41.0% falling
75 Zimbabwe 1.2% 2024 up 1,053.2% volatile
76 Serbia 1.1% 2025 up 2,004.3% volatile
77 India 1.1% 2025 down 21.0% rising
78 Peru 1.1% 2025 down 43.0% flat
79 Australia 1.1% 2025 down 26.7% rising
80 United States 1.0% 2025 down 34.4% falling
81 Cyprus 1.0% 2025 down 7.8% volatile
82 Belarus 1.0% 2025 up 78.0% volatile
83 Romania 1.0% 2025 up 24.2% volatile
84 Cote d'Ivoire 0.9% 2024 up 9.5% volatile
85 Malaysia 0.9% 2025 up 77.2% flat
86 Dominican Republic 0.9% 2025 down 6.6% falling
87 Ecuador 0.9% 2025 up 150.9% volatile
88 Pakistan 0.9% 2025 down 55.1% rising
89 Tanzania 0.8% 2024 down 17.4% falling
90 Sudan 0.7% 2024 down 29.2% volatile
91 Taiwan 0.7% 2025 down 3.1% falling
92 Ukraine 0.7% 2022 up 970.1% volatile
93 Mozambique 0.7% 2024 volatile
94 North Macedonia 0.6% 2025 up 65.7% volatile
95 Suriname 0.6% 2024 volatile
96 Lebanon 0.6% 2024 volatile
97 Cameroon 0.6% 2024 down 45.8% volatile
98 Congo 0.5% 2024 down 67.8% volatile
99 Paraguay 0.5% 2025 up 97.2% volatile
100 Costa Rica 0.5% 2025 down 72.0% volatile
102 Hong Kong 0.4% 2024 up 324.6% volatile
103 Zambia 0.4% 2024 down 15.9% volatile
104 Gabon 0.4% 2024 down 23.5% falling
105 Panama 0.4% 2024 up 15.4% falling
106 Azerbaijan 0.4% 2025 down 2.8% volatile
107 Cambodia 0.3% 2025 down 62.1% volatile
108 Vietnam 0.3% 2025 up 668.6% volatile
109 Moldova 0.3% 2025 up 96.1% volatile
110 Angola 0.3% 2024 down 23.3% volatile
111 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.3% 2025 volatile
112 Qatar 0.2% 2025 down 19.7% volatile
113 Papua New Guinea 0.2% 2024 down 54.8% volatile
114 Israel 0.2% 2025 up 78.8% volatile
115 South Africa 0.2% 2025 up 51.3% falling
116 Norway 0.1% 2025 down 14.6% falling
117 Nigeria 0.1% 2025 up 139.6% volatile
118 Syria 0.1% 2024 down 14.6% rising
119 United Arab Emirates 0.1% 2024 volatile
120 Morocco 0.1% 2025 up 168.9% volatile
121 Ghana 0.1% 2024 down 46.1% falling
122 Laos 0.1% 2024 volatile
123 Russia 0.1% 2025 up 43.6% rising
124 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.1% 2024 volatile
125 Puerto Rico 0.0% 2025 volatile
126 Ethiopia 0.0% 2025 down 89.6% volatile
127 Iran 0.0% 2025 up 6.2% volatile
128 Aruba 0.0% 2024 flat
128 Afghanistan 0.0% 2024 flat
128 Albania 0.0% 2024 flat
128 Armenia 0.0% 2025 flat
128 American Samoa 0.0% 2024 flat
128 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0% 2024 flat
128 Benin 0.0% 2024 flat
128 Bangladesh 0.0% 2025 flat
128 Bahrain 0.0% 2024 flat
128 Bahamas 0.0% 2024 flat
128 Barbados 0.0% 2024 flat
128 Brunei 0.0% 2024 flat
128 Bhutan 0.0% 2024 flat
128 Botswana 0.0% 2024 flat
128 Central African Republic 0.0% 2023 flat
128 Comoros 0.0% 2023 flat
128 Cape Verde 0.0% 2024 flat
128 Cayman Islands 0.0% 2024 flat
128 Djibouti 0.0% 2024 flat
128 Dominica 0.0% 2023 flat
128 Algeria 0.0% 2024 flat
128 Egypt 0.0% 2025 flat
128 Eritrea 0.0% 2024 flat
128 Georgia 0.0% 2025 flat
128 Gibraltar 0.0% 2024 flat
128 Guinea 0.0% 2024 flat
128 Gambia 0.0% 2024 flat
128 Guinea-Bissau 0.0% 2024 flat
128 Equatorial Guinea 0.0% 2024 flat
128 Grenada 0.0% 2024 flat
128 Guam 0.0% 2024 flat
128 Haiti 0.0% 2024 flat
128 Iraq 0.0% 2024 flat
128 Iceland 0.0% 2024 flat
128 Jordan 0.0% 2024 down 100.0% volatile
128 Kazakhstan 0.0% 2025 volatile
128 Kyrgyzstan 0.0% 2025 flat
128 Kiribati 0.0% 2024 flat
128 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0% 2024 flat
128 Kuwait 0.0% 2025 flat
128 Liberia 0.0% 2024 flat
128 Libya 0.0% 2024 flat
128 Saint Lucia 0.0% 2024 flat
128 Lesotho 0.0% 2022 flat
128 Maldives 0.0% 2024 flat
128 Montenegro 0.0% 2025 flat
128 Mongolia 0.0% 2025 flat
128 Mauritania 0.0% 2024 flat
128 Namibia 0.0% 2024 flat
128 New Caledonia 0.0% 2024 flat
128 Niger 0.0% 2024 flat
128 Nepal 0.0% 2024 flat
128 Nauru 0.0% 2024 flat
128 Oman 0.0% 2025 flat
128 North Korea 0.0% 2024 flat
128 Palestine 0.0% 2024 flat
128 French Polynesia 0.0% 2024 flat
128 Rwanda 0.0% 2024 flat
128 Saudi Arabia 0.0% 2024 flat
128 Solomon Islands 0.0% 2024 flat
128 Sierra Leone 0.0% 2024 flat
128 Somalia 0.0% 2024 flat
128 South Sudan 0.0% 2024 flat
128 Sao Tome and Principe 0.0% 2023 flat
128 Seychelles 0.0% 2024 flat
128 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.0% 2024 flat
128 Togo 0.0% 2024 volatile
128 Tajikistan 0.0% 2025 flat
128 Turkmenistan 0.0% 2024 flat
128 East Timor 0.0% 2024 flat
128 Tonga 0.0% 2024 flat
128 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0% 2024 volatile
128 Tunisia 0.0% 2025 flat
128 Uzbekistan 0.0% 2025 flat
128 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0% 2024 flat
128 Venezuela 0.0% 2024 flat
128 British Virgin Islands 0.0% 2023 flat
128 United States Virgin Islands 0.0% 2023 flat
128 Vanuatu 0.0% 2023 flat
128 Yemen 0.0% 2024 flat
128 Western Sahara 0.0% 2009 flat
128 Cook Islands 0.0% 2024 flat
128 Montserrat 0.0% 2024 flat
128 Falkland Islands 0.0% 2023 flat
128 Saint Helena 0.0% 2023 flat
128 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.0% 2023 flat

About this data

Indicator
Share of electricity generation from bioenergy
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
213 places, 5,650 data points, 1990–2025
Last refreshed

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