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Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (kWh)

Electricity production from renewable sources in kilowatt-hour (kWh), excluding hydroelectric, includes geothermal, solar, tides, wind, biomass, and biofuels.

World Bank code: EG.ELC.RNWX.KH • Data available for 209 countries • Latest year: 2021

In , China led Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (kWh) at 1.11T.

The world median across 208 reporting countries was 262.53M.

What this measures: Electricity production from renewable sources in kilowatt-hour (kWh), excluding hydroelectric, includes geothermal, solar, tides, wind, biomass, and biofuels.

How "Energy" indicators are measured

Energy indicators come from the IEA, national energy ministries, and utility-level reporting. Conventions vary between primary energy supply, final consumption, and electricity generation, so always check the unit and what stage of the energy chain is being measured. Renewable-energy shares can swing depending on whether traditional biomass (firewood, charcoal) is counted as renewable.

Distribution — 2021

Reporting
208 countries
Median
262.53M
Mean
17.06B
25th percentile
12.84M
75th percentile
3.42B
Range
-5.23B – 1.11T

World at a Glance — 2021

Every reporting country, grouped by region, shaded by value (quintile).

East Asia & PacificAmerican Samoa: 6.83MASAustralia: 55.60BAUBrunei Darussalam: 1.12MBNCambodia: 507.94MKHChina: 1.11TCNFiji: 108.96MFJFrench Polynesia: 3.88MPFGuam: 83.70MGUHong Kong SAR, China: 310.09MHKIndonesia: 31.07BIDJapan: 132.70BJPKiribati: 5.43MKIKorea, Dem. People's Rep.: 67.85MKPKorea, Rep.: 34.54BKRLao PDR: -4.49BLAMalaysia: -504.09MMYMarshall Islands: 1.95MMHMicronesia, Fed. Sts.: 3.16MFMMongolia: 735.79MMNMyanmar: 2.73BMMNauru: 4.68MNRNew Caledonia: 229.15MNCNew Zealand: 12.10BNZPalau: 4.47MPWPapua New Guinea: 133.79MPGPhilippines: 14.84BPHSamoa: 33.21MWSSingapore: 2.27BSGSolomon Islands: 5.89MSBThailand: 30.79BTHTimor-Leste: 570,000.00TLTonga: 10.49MTOTuvalu: 1.53MTVVanuatu: 11.41MVUViet Nam: 25.78BVNEurope & Central AsiaAlbania: 41.71MALAndorra: 18.16MADArmenia: 165.70MAMAustria: 14.00BATAzerbaijan: 340.10MAZBelarus: 926.60MBYBelgium: 22.31BBEBosnia and Herzegovina: 496.00MBABulgaria: 5.49BBGCroatia: 3.40BHRCyprus: 774.76MCYCzechia: 8.30BCZDenmark: 26.08BDKEstonia: 2.86BEEFaroe Islands: 61.10MFOFinland: 22.38BFIFrance: 62.76BFRGeorgia: 106.82MGEGermany: 211.14BDEGreece: 16.23BGRGreenland: 14.73MGLHungary: 6.70BHUIceland: 5.81BISIreland: 10.86BIEItaly: 70.96BITKazakhstan: 3.45BKZKosovo: 142.36MXKKyrgyz Republic: 140,000.00KGLatvia: 1.01BLVLithuania: 2.24BLTLuxembourg: 883.89MLUMoldova: 117.90MMDMontenegro: 322.70MMENetherlands: 40.38BNLNorth Macedonia: 261.82MMKNorway: 12.14BNOPoland: 28.26BPLPortugal: 19.63BPTRomania: 8.93BRORussian Federation: 5.69BRUSerbia: 1.39BRSSlovak Republic: 2.52BSKSlovenia: 736.25MSISpain: 96.12BESSweden: 41.85BSESwitzerland: 5.05BCHTajikistan: 691.98MTJTurkiye: 62.63BTRTurkmenistan: -1.85MTMUkraine: 8.64BUAUnited Kingdom: 116.76BGBUzbekistan: 78.20MUZLatin America & CaribbeanAntigua and Barbuda: 20.25MAGArgentina: 13.88BARAruba: 156.93MAWBahamas, The: 8.46MBSBarbados: 87.92MBBBelize: 280.06MBZBolivia: 925.78MBOBrazil: 144.85BBRBritish Virgin Islands: 3.85MVGCayman Islands: 21.55MKYChile: 22.97BCLColombia: 827.25MCOCosta Rica: 3.37BCRCuba: 807.43MCUCuracao: 154.50MCWDominica: 780,000.00DMDominican Republic: 2.10BDOEcuador: 501.71MECEl Salvador: 4.24BSVGrenada: 4.59MGDGuatemala: 2.73BGTGuyana: 86.05MGYHaiti: 71.80MHTHonduras: 3.42BHNJamaica: 413.39MJMMexico: 46.87BMXNicaragua: 2.33BNIPanama: 1.26BPAParaguay: 271.82MPYPeru: 3.29BPEPuerto Rico (US): 858.05MPRSint Maarten (Dutch part): 0.00SXSt. Kitts and Nevis: 10.34MKNSt. Lucia: 10.19MLCSt. Martin (French part): 1.47MMFSt. Vincent and the Grenadines: 2.33MVCSuriname: -125.07MSRTrinidad and Tobago: 6.26MTTTurks and Caicos Islands: 3.96MTCUruguay: 8.22BUYVenezuela, RB: -5.23BVEVirgin Islands (U.S.): 17.35MVIMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & PakistanAfghanistan: 77.91MAFAlgeria: 769.11MDZBahrain: 12.84MBHDjibouti: 70.00MDJEgypt, Arab Rep.: 10.64BEGIran, Islamic Rep.: 2.82BIRIraq: 1.20BIQIsrael: 5.63BILJordan: 5.31BJOKuwait: 214.08MKWLebanon: -88.35MLBLibya: 7.79MLYMalta: 263.24MMTMorocco: 7.01BMAOman: 802.43MOMPakistan: 12.48BPKQatar: 142.75MQASaudi Arabia: 266.95MSASyrian Arab Republic: 92.61MSYTunisia: 589.30MTNUnited Arab Emirates: 6.26BAEWest Bank and Gaza: 224.28MPSYemen, Rep.: 497.40MYENorth AmericaCanada: 51.29BCAUnited States: 612.80BUSSouth AsiaBangladesh: 742.19MBDBhutan: 880,000.00BTIndia: 150.63BINMaldives: 48.71MMVNepal: -1.46BNPSri Lanka: 1.35BLKSub-Saharan AfricaAngola: 2.90BAOBenin: 2.83MBJBotswana: 6.12MBWBurkina Faso: 106.92MBFBurundi: 7.89MBICabo Verde: 80.67MCVCameroon: -329.43MCMCentral African Republic: 430,000.00CFChad: 19.27MTDComoros: 0.00KMCongo, Dem. Rep.: -1.21BCDCongo, Rep.: 89.02MCGCote d'Ivoire: 23.60MCIEquatorial Guinea: -342.77MGQEritrea: 22.12MEREswatini: 152.22MSZEthiopia: 935.32METGabon: -535.71MGAGambia, The: 6.29MGMGhana: 169.59MGHGuinea: 22.52MGNGuinea-Bissau: 1.89MGWKenya: 5.99BKELesotho: 780,000.00LSLiberia: 3.91MLRMadagascar: 89.51MMGMalawi: 177.48MMWMali: 172.51MMLMauritania: 271.21MMRMauritius: 542.75MMUMozambique: 136.10MMZNamibia: 365.30MNANiger: 46.09MNENigeria: -170.39MNGRwanda: 51.34MRWSao Tome and Principe: 210,000.00STSenegal: 848.00MSNSeychelles: 20.05MSCSierra Leone: 15.48MSLSomalia, Fed. Rep.: 42.94MSOSouth Africa: 8.98BZASouth Sudan: 1.92MSSSudan: -753.86MSDTanzania: 321.48MTZTogo: 73.13MTGUganda: 108.85MUGZambia: 237.97MZMZimbabwe: 1.70BZW

Lighter = lower value · Darker = higher value. Hover a cell to see the country and value.

Highest Values — 2021

# Country Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (kWh)
1 China East Asia & Pacific 1.106T
2 United States North America 612.796B
3 Germany Europe & Central Asia 211.143B
4 India South Asia 150.626B
5 Brazil Latin America & Caribbean 144.849B
6 Japan East Asia & Pacific 132.704B
7 United Kingdom Europe & Central Asia 116.761B
8 Spain Europe & Central Asia 96.121B
9 Italy Europe & Central Asia 70.964B
10 France Europe & Central Asia 62.762B

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Biggest Movers — Year over Year

Largest increases

Largest decreases

By Income Group — Average

Income group Countries Mean
High income 77 23.70B
Upper middle income 54 27.43B
Lower middle income 50 4.94B
Low income 25 -5.77M
Not classified 2 -2.15B

By Region — Average

Region Countries Mean
East Asia & Pacific 35 41.29B
Europe & Central Asia 52 18.31B
Latin America & Caribbean 42 6.18B
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 23 2.40B
North America 2 332.04B
South Asia 6 25.22B
Sub-Saharan Africa 48 446.09M

Lowest Values — 2021

# Country Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (kWh)
1 Venezuela, RB -5.231B
2 Lao PDR -4.490B
3 Nepal -1.460B
4 Congo, Dem. Rep. -1.210B
5 Sudan -753.860M
6 Gabon -535.710M
7 Malaysia -504.090M
8 Equatorial Guinea -342.770M
9 Cameroon -329.430M
10 Nigeria -170.390M
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Source: World Bank Open Data (EG.ELC.RNWX.KH), CC BY 4.0. Rankings show countries with available data for 2021.