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

In 2018, 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

0.025.050.075.0100BhutanBhutan: 100.00%100LesothoLesotho: 99.88%99.9NorwayNorway: 97.80%97.8Costa RicaCosta Rica: 97.70%97.7UruguayUruguay: 97.36%97.4Central African RepublicCentral African Republic: 96.47%96.5AndorraAndorra: 96.39%96.4NamibiaNamibia: 94.97%95.0TajikistanTajikistan: 94.08%94.1UgandaUganda: 92.38%92.4Kyrgyz RepublicKyrgyz Republic: 92.23%92.2EthiopiaEthiopia: 91.27%91.3

Full table

#CountryValue
1 Bhutan 100.00%
2 Lesotho 99.88%
3 Norway 97.80%
4 Costa Rica 97.70%
5 Uruguay 97.36%
6 Central African Republic 96.47%
7 Andorra 96.39%
8 Namibia 94.97%
9 Tajikistan 94.08%
10 Uganda 92.38%
11 Kyrgyz Republic 92.23%
12 Ethiopia 91.27%
13 Angola 88.13%
14 Luxembourg 87.64%
15 Zambia 84.60%
16 New Zealand 83.65%
17 Afghanistan 82.67%
18 Georgia 82.61%
19 Burundi 82.35%
20 Brazil 81.57%
21 Mozambique 81.54%
22 Panama 80.42%
23 Malawi 80.15%
24 Belize 79.67%
25 Kenya 79.40%
26 El Salvador 78.40%
27 Austria 78.17%
28 Lithuania 77.85%
29 Eswatini 77.40%
30 Sierra Leone 75.28%
31 Colombia 73.24%
32 Ecuador 72.57%
33 Greenland 72.56%
34 Croatia 72.37%
35 Denmark 68.36%
36 Myanmar 68.04%
37 Honduras 66.76%
38 Canada 65.95%
39 Venezuela, RB 63.29%
40 Guinea 63.29%
41 Guatemala 63.18%
42 Zimbabwe 63.03%
43 Lao PDR 61.73%
44 Mali 61.25%
45 Peru 60.93%
46 Switzerland 60.31%
47 Sudan 60.21%
48 Cameroon 59.51%
49 Montenegro 59.21%
50 Nicaragua 58.95%

Analytical takeaways

  • Bhutan leads the global ranking for Renewable electricity output (% of total electricity output) in 2018, 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 Ethiopia at 91.27%.
  • The ranking page acts as a high-intent entry point into country+indicator pages, year archives, and thematic collections.