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Electricity generation from renewables per person

kWh · higher is better · 203 countries

Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0); underlying sources incl. V-DemCC BY 4.0updated 2025
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League table

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  1. 1Norway28,311.9
  2. 2Sweden11,404.2
  3. 3Canada10,389.8
  4. 4Finland8,263.8
  5. 5New Zealand7,305.9
  6. 6Austria6,716.4
  7. 7Paraguay6,466.5
  8. 8Denmark5,057.9
  9. 9Switzerland4,917.8
  10. 10Australia4,099.5
  11. 11Portugal3,975.3
  12. 12Netherlands3,766.3
  13. 13Germany3,517.6
  14. 14Uruguay3,450.8
  15. 15Spain3,357.9
  16. 16United States3,336.8
  17. 17Brazil3,054.2
  18. 18Chile2,957.7
  19. 19Montenegro2,939.6
  20. 20Greece2,913.8
  21. 21Croatia2,913.1
  22. 22Georgia2,824
  23. 23Ireland2,807.1
  24. 24Slovenia2,777.4
  25. 25China2,768.5
  26. 26Estonia2,707.9
  27. 27Costa Rica2,486
  28. 28Latvia2,470.9
  29. 29Lithuania2,438
  30. 30Belgium2,413.6
  31. 31France2,228.9
  32. 32United Kingdom2,184.3
  33. 33Italy2,182.9
  34. 34Tajikistan2,158.2
  35. 35Luxembourg2,072.1
  36. 36Bosnia and Herzegovina2,003.1
  37. 37Japan1,971.8
  38. 38Bulgaria1,854.2
  39. 39Kyrgyz Republic1,832.8
  40. 40North Macedonia1,775.3
  41. 41Turkiye1,745.7
  42. 42Ecuador1,588.9
  43. 43Taiwan1,527.3
  44. 44Serbia1,521.9
  45. 45Hungary1,475.2
  46. 46Israel1,460.5
  47. 47Russian Federation1,437.4
  48. 48Poland1,431.3
  49. 49Viet Nam1,385.7
  50. 50Colombia1,302.7
  51. 51Armenia1,283.7
  52. 52Korea, Rep.1,256.7
  53. 53Romania1,239.1
  54. 54Czechia1,199
  55. 55Cyprus1,196.4
  56. 56Argentina1,155
  57. 57Malaysia1,154.3
  58. 58Peru1,112.6
  59. 59Slovak Republic995.5
  60. 60Kazakhstan881.8
  61. 61El Salvador878.2
  62. 62Qatar731.7
  63. 63Malta641.7
  64. 64Mexico624.7
  65. 65Singapore562.1
  66. 66South Africa511.2
  67. 67Dominican Republic468.7
  68. 68Sri Lanka457.6
  69. 69Uzbekistan453.4
  70. 70Oman436.8
  71. 71Thailand435.6
  72. 72Kuwait411.9
  73. 73Cambodia406.8
  74. 74Puerto Rico (US)398.7
  75. 75Bolivia391
  76. 76India342.2
  77. 77Azerbaijan328
  78. 78Pakistan326.7
  79. 79Morocco277.4
  80. 80Egypt, Arab Rep.270.2
  81. 81Belarus249
  82. 82Ethiopia246.3
  83. 83Philippines245.7
  84. 84Mongolia230.3
  85. 85Moldova230.3
  86. 86Kenya219.7
  87. 87Iran, Islamic Rep.164.6
  88. 88Tunisia72.9
  89. 89Nigeria54.8
  90. 90Bangladesh12.6

Electricity generation from renewables per person