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

In 2020, 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%99.9Costa RicaCosta Rica: 98.94%98.9NorwayNorway: 98.43%98.4AndorraAndorra: 97.38%97.4UgandaUganda: 96.69%96.7Central African RepublicCentral African Republic: 96.47%96.5TajikistanTajikistan: 96.26%96.3EthiopiaEthiopia: 95.43%95.4Congo, Dem. Rep.Congo, Dem. Rep.: 95.36%95.4BelizeBelize: 94.29%94.3UruguayUruguay: 93.75%93.7

Full table

#CountryValue
1 Bhutan 100.00%
2 Lesotho 99.88%
3 Costa Rica 98.94%
4 Norway 98.43%
5 Andorra 97.38%
6 Uganda 96.69%
7 Central African Republic 96.47%
8 Tajikistan 96.26%
9 Ethiopia 95.43%
10 Congo, Dem. Rep. 95.36%
11 Belize 94.29%
12 Uruguay 93.75%
13 Kyrgyz Republic 90.75%
14 Luxembourg 88.57%
15 Afghanistan 87.12%
16 El Salvador 86.14%
17 Zambia 85.48%
18 Namibia 85.33%
19 Angola 84.59%
20 Venezuela, RB 84.45%
21 Mozambique 83.25%
22 Brazil 83.18%
23 Kenya 83.16%
24 Denmark 81.62%
25 Austria 81.00%
26 New Zealand 80.44%
27 Ecuador 79.72%
28 Malawi 79.28%
29 Eswatini 79.26%
30 Panama 78.45%
31 Sierra Leone 75.28%
32 Georgia 74.78%
33 Greenland 74.33%
34 Burundi 70.28%
35 Nicaragua 70.22%
36 Sweden 68.48%
37 Guatemala 68.15%
38 Canada 67.06%
39 Lao PDR 66.09%
40 Colombia 65.28%
41 Sudan 65.19%
42 Croatia 64.99%
43 Peru 64.29%
44 Latvia 63.76%
45 Switzerland 63.72%
46 Rwanda 63.33%
47 Mali 62.29%
48 Guinea 61.84%
49 Lithuania 60.81%
50 Portugal 59.63%

Analytical takeaways

  • Bhutan leads the global ranking for Renewable electricity output (% of total electricity output) in 2020, 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 Uruguay at 93.75%.
  • The ranking page acts as a high-intent entry point into country+indicator pages, year archives, and thematic collections.