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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.

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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
151 Micronesia, Fed. Sts. 6.19%
152 South Africa 6.01%
153 Solomon Islands 5.92%
154 Sao Tome and Principe 5.84%
155 Moldova 5.78%
156 Eritrea 5.73%
157 Chad 5.66%
158 Maldives 5.58%
159 Azerbaijan 5.47%
160 Barbados 5.45%
161 Kosovo 5.42%
162 Antigua and Barbuda 4.95%
163 Guam 4.70%
164 Cuba 4.53%
165 St. Kitts and Nevis 4.41%
166 Singapore 4.08%
167 Puerto Rico (US) 4.01%
168 Palau 3.92%
169 Iraq 3.89%
170 American Samoa 3.87%
171 United Arab Emirates 3.78%
172 Belarus 3.49%
173 Syrian Arab Republic 3.13%
174 Tunisia 3.11%
175 Seychelles 2.96%
176 St. Lucia 2.75%
177 Cayman Islands 2.69%
178 Marshall Islands 2.43%
179 Virgin Islands (U.S.) 2.27%
180 British Virgin Islands 2.26%
181 Grenada 1.97%
182 Gambia, The 1.63%
183 Bangladesh 1.47%
184 Algeria 1.06%
185 St. Martin (French part) 0.69%
186 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.57%
187 Hong Kong SAR, China 0.55%
188 Benin 0.55%
189 Djibouti 0.48%
190 Oman 0.41%
191 Timor-Leste 0.37%
192 Bahamas, The 0.31%
193 Qatar 0.29%
194 Botswana 0.26%
195 South Sudan 0.23%
196 Kuwait 0.08%
197 Trinidad and Tobago 0.07%
198 Saudi Arabia 0.07%
199 Bahrain 0.03%
200 Libya 0.03%

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.