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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.

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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
151 Iran, Islamic Rep. 5.36%
152 Kosovo 5.15%
153 South Africa 4.88%
154 American Samoa 4.76%
155 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 4.70%
156 Korea, Rep. 4.54%
157 Guam 4.29%
158 Singapore 4.12%
159 Maldives 3.87%
160 Cuba 3.65%
161 St. Kitts and Nevis 3.63%
162 Palau 3.59%
163 Israel 3.10%
164 Naoero 3.09%
165 Syrian Arab Republic 2.98%
166 Antigua and Barbuda 2.83%
167 Tunisia 2.80%
168 Seychelles 2.74%
169 Benin 2.68%
170 Puerto Rico (US) 2.65%
171 Marshall Islands 2.43%
172 Virgin Islands (U.S.) 2.42%
173 Barbados 2.30%
174 Iraq 2.23%
175 St. Lucia 2.19%
176 Lebanon 2.18%
177 Cayman Islands 2.14%
178 Belarus 1.99%
179 British Virgin Islands 1.71%
180 Bangladesh 1.59%
181 Grenada 1.54%
182 Gambia, The 1.43%
183 Djibouti 1.08%
184 Algeria 1.02%
185 United Arab Emirates 0.89%
186 Hong Kong SAR, China 0.40%
187 Timor-Leste 0.39%
188 Qatar 0.30%
189 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.27%
190 Bahamas, The 0.22%
191 South Sudan 0.20%
192 Botswana 0.19%
193 Oman 0.13%
194 Kuwait 0.07%
195 Trinidad and Tobago 0.07%
196 Saudi Arabia 0.06%
197 Brunei Darussalam 0.04%
198 Bahrain 0.03%
199 Libya 0.02%
200 St. Martin (French part) 0.01%

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.