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Iceland
Renewable electricity output (% of total electricity output)

Renewable electricity is the share of electricity generated by renewable power plants in total electricity generated by all types of plants.

Global rank#2out of 205 countries
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Historical trend

100.0100.099.999.999.8199020032016Iceland · 2016: 99.99%Iceland

Analytical takeaways

  • Iceland records 99.99% for Renewable electricity output (% of total electricity output) in 2016, ranking #2 globally out of 205 countries.
  • Renewable electricity output (% of total electricity output) increased from 99.87% in 1990 to 99.99% in 2016, a gain of 0.13%.
  • The country sits in the top quartile of the global distribution for this metric, making the page useful for leader-oriented high-intent searches.

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