Countries with the highest
Renewable electricity output (% of total electricity output)

In 2017, Bhutan leads Renewable electricity output (% of total electricity output) with 100.00%. Lesotho follows at 99.88%, and the gap between the top two positions is 0.12%. This page is built for long-tail search demand and links to archives and country profiles.

Year archive

Ranking leaders

0.025.050.075.0100.0BhutanBhutan: 100.00%100.0LesothoLesotho: 99.88%99.9Costa RicaCosta Rica: 98.74%98.7UruguayUruguay: 98.29%98.3NorwayNorway: 97.85%97.8UgandaUganda: 97.23%97.2Central African RepublicCentral African Republic: 96.47%96.5AndorraAndorra: 96.04%96.0TajikistanTajikistan: 95.57%95.6EthiopiaEthiopia: 95.02%95.0Kyrgyz RepublicKyrgyz Republic: 91.56%91.6AfghanistanAfghanistan: 86.86%86.9

Full table

#CountryValue
1 Bhutan 100.00%
2 Lesotho 99.88%
3 Costa Rica 98.74%
4 Uruguay 98.29%
5 Norway 97.85%
6 Uganda 97.23%
7 Central African Republic 96.47%
8 Andorra 96.04%
9 Tajikistan 95.57%
10 Ethiopia 95.02%
11 Kyrgyz Republic 91.56%
12 Afghanistan 86.86%
13 Belize 86.69%
14 Luxembourg 86.65%
15 Zambia 86.24%
16 Namibia 85.34%
17 Malawi 84.49%
18 Angola 84.22%
19 Burundi 84.06%
20 New Zealand 81.52%
21 Kenya 81.47%
22 Georgia 80.64%
23 Mozambique 80.09%
24 Brazil 78.42%
25 Austria 77.02%
26 Sierra Leone 75.24%
27 El Salvador 74.85%
28 Colombia 74.48%
29 Lithuania 74.44%
30 Panama 74.15%
31 Ecuador 73.69%
32 Latvia 72.52%
33 Eswatini 71.32%
34 Greenland 71.25%
35 Denmark 70.27%
36 Guinea 69.30%
37 Myanmar 68.50%
38 Canada 66.56%
39 Guatemala 66.50%
40 Switzerland 64.50%
41 Cameroon 63.13%
42 Lao PDR 62.86%
43 Mali 61.26%
44 Honduras 61.23%
45 Croatia 61.05%
46 Sudan 61.03%
47 Sweden 57.89%
48 Liberia 57.38%
49 Peru 57.23%
50 Nicaragua 56.05%

Analytical takeaways

  • Bhutan leads the global ranking for Renewable electricity output (% of total electricity output) in 2017, with a lead of 0.12% over the next country.
  • The visible slice on this page covers 12 countries, and the lower edge of that slice currently sits with Afghanistan at 86.86%.
  • The ranking page acts as a high-intent entry point into country+indicator pages, year archives, and thematic collections.