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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

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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
201 Turkmenistan 0.01%
202 Comoros 0.00%
203 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0.00%

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.