Renewable Energy Consumption by Country

The Renewable Energy Consumption by Country ranking compares nations by year-over-year changes in renewable energy share, ranking higher those with the largest increases to highlight progress in sustainability and reducing fossil fuel dependence.

Key highlights

• Benin tops the rankings in Renewable Energy Consumption, recording an increase from 46.2% to 54.5%. Vietnam follows with a gain from 18.9% to 24.2%, while Belize rounds out the top three, rising from 26.6% to 30.8%.
• Across all 188 countries, the average year-over-year change was -0.4 percentage points% with a median change of -0.1 percentage points%.
• Overall, 65 countries improved in this area while 98 worsened. Click on a country to open the full country scorecard and see how it performs across a range of key indicators.

Rank ⇵	Country ⇵	Most Recent Year ⇵	Previous Year ⇵	Change ⇵
1	Benin	54.5% (2021)	46.2% (2020)	+8.30 pp
2	Vietnam	24.2% (2021)	18.9% (2020)	+5.30 pp
3	Belize	30.8% (2022)	26.6% (2021)	+4.20 pp
4	Myanmar	62.9% (2021)	59.2% (2020)	+3.70 pp
5	North Korea	14.7% (2021)	11.2% (2020)	+3.50 pp
6	Liechtenstein	56.9% (2022)	53.6% (2021)	+3.30 pp
7	Finland	50.2% (2021)	47.3% (2020)	+2.90 pp
8	Venezuela	33.7% (2021)	31.2% (2020)	+2.50 pp
9	Georgia	25.2% (2021)	23.4% (2020)	+1.80 pp
10	Croatia	34.1% (2021)	32.4% (2020)	+1.70 pp
11	Sao Tome and Principe	42.5% (2022)	40.8% (2021)	+1.70 pp
12	Lithuania	33.2% (2021)	31.7% (2020)	+1.50 pp
13	Netherlands	12.2% (2021)	10.7% (2020)	+1.50 pp
14	Greece	21.5% (2021)	20.1% (2020)	+1.40 pp
15	Switzerland	27.7% (2021)	26.4% (2020)	+1.30 pp
16	Lesotho	34.9% (2022)	33.6% (2021)	+1.30 pp
17	Serbia	27.2% (2021)	26.0% (2020)	+1.20 pp
18	Australia	12.3% (2021)	11.2% (2020)	+1.10 pp
19	Cambodia	52.4% (2021)	51.4% (2020)	+1.00 pp
20	Solomon Islands	50.1% (2022)	49.1% (2021)	+1.00 pp
21	Portugal	32.3% (2021)	31.3% (2020)	+1.00 pp
22	Jordan	11.5% (2021)	10.7% (2020)	+0.80 pp
23	Bhutan	82.5% (2022)	81.8% (2021)	+0.70 pp
24	Armenia	9.1% (2021)	8.4% (2020)	+0.70 pp
25	Mexico	13.0% (2021)	12.3% (2020)	+0.70 pp
26	Slovenia	23.4% (2021)	22.7% (2020)	+0.70 pp
27	Nepal	73.7% (2021)	73.1% (2020)	+0.60 pp
28	Israel	6.2% (2021)	5.6% (2020)	+0.60 pp
29	Cyprus	15.6% (2021)	15.0% (2020)	+0.60 pp
30	Hungary	15.3% (2021)	14.8% (2020)	+0.50 pp
31	Lebanon	6.8% (2021)	6.3% (2020)	+0.50 pp
32	Malaysia	7.5% (2021)	7.0% (2020)	+0.50 pp
33	Norway	61.4% (2021)	60.9% (2020)	+0.50 pp
34	Rwanda	79.9% (2022)	79.4% (2021)	+0.50 pp
35	Sierra Leone	71.6% (2022)	71.1% (2021)	+0.50 pp
36	Tonga	2.3% (2022)	1.8% (2021)	+0.50 pp
37	Haiti	76.7% (2021)	76.3% (2020)	+0.40 pp
38	Vanuatu	25.0% (2022)	24.6% (2021)	+0.40 pp
39	Andorra	18.7% (2022)	18.4% (2021)	+0.30 pp
40	Japan	8.8% (2021)	8.5% (2020)	+0.30 pp
41	Nauru	1.9% (2022)	1.6% (2021)	+0.30 pp
42	China	15.2% (2021)	14.9% (2020)	+0.30 pp
43	Cameroon	79.2% (2021)	78.9% (2020)	+0.30 pp
44	Djibouti	26.9% (2022)	26.6% (2021)	+0.30 pp
45	Slovakia	17.9% (2021)	17.6% (2020)	+0.30 pp
46	Austria	36.0% (2021)	35.8% (2020)	+0.20 pp
47	Burkina Faso	71.4% (2022)	71.2% (2021)	+0.20 pp
48	Latvia	44.0% (2021)	43.8% (2020)	+0.20 pp
49	Ukraine	8.9% (2021)	8.7% (2020)	+0.20 pp
50	Tuvalu	5.2% (2022)	5.0% (2021)	+0.20 pp
51	Yemen	3.7% (2021)	3.5% (2020)	+0.20 pp
52	Singapore	1.1% (2021)	0.9% (2020)	+0.20 pp
53	Kazakhstan	2.0% (2021)	1.8% (2020)	+0.20 pp
54	Seychelles	1.9% (2022)	1.7% (2021)	+0.20 pp
55	Czech Republic	17.2% (2021)	17.0% (2020)	+0.20 pp
56	New Zealand	28.9% (2021)	28.7% (2020)	+0.20 pp
57	Papua New Guinea	54.6% (2022)	54.5% (2021)	+0.10 pp
58	Sweden	57.9% (2021)	57.8% (2020)	+0.10 pp
59	Mongolia	3.0% (2021)	2.9% (2020)	+0.10 pp
60	United Arab Emirates	1.0% (2021)	0.9% (2020)	+0.10 pp
61	Dominica	8.9% (2022)	8.8% (2021)	+0.10 pp
62	Marshall Islands	12.2% (2022)	12.1% (2021)	+0.10 pp
63	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	5.1% (2022)	5.0% (2021)	+0.10 pp
64	Democratic Republic of the Congo	96.3% (2021)	96.2% (2020)	+0.10 pp
65	Chad	70.0% (2022)	69.9% (2021)	+0.10 pp
66	Afghanistan	20.0% (2022)	20.0% (2021)	+0.00 pp
67	Antigua and Barbuda	0.9% (2022)	0.9% (2021)	+0.00 pp
68	Azerbaijan	1.3% (2021)	1.3% (2020)	+0.00 pp
69	Bahamas	1.1% (2022)	1.1% (2021)	+0.00 pp
70	Barbados	5.5% (2022)	5.5% (2021)	+0.00 pp
71	Central African Republic	90.9% (2022)	90.9% (2021)	+0.00 pp
72	Congo	71.4% (2021)	71.4% (2020)	+0.00 pp
73	Denmark	39.5% (2021)	39.5% (2020)	+0.00 pp
74	Algeria	0.1% (2021)	0.1% (2020)	+0.00 pp
75	Gabon	91.3% (2021)	91.3% (2020)	+0.00 pp
76	Guinea-Bissau	87.4% (2022)	87.4% (2021)	+0.00 pp
77	Iran	0.9% (2021)	0.9% (2020)	+0.00 pp
78	Iraq	1.1% (2021)	1.1% (2020)	+0.00 pp
79	South Korea	3.6% (2021)	3.6% (2020)	+0.00 pp
80	Kuwait	0.1% (2021)	0.1% (2020)	+0.00 pp
81	Saint Lucia	9.7% (2022)	9.7% (2021)	+0.00 pp
82	Montenegro	39.6% (2021)	39.6% (2020)	+0.00 pp
83	Oman	0.1% (2021)	0.1% (2020)	+0.00 pp
84	Palau	0.9% (2022)	0.9% (2021)	+0.00 pp
85	Saudi Arabia	0.1% (2021)	0.1% (2020)	+0.00 pp
86	Somalia	95.4% (2022)	95.4% (2021)	+0.00 pp
87	Syria	1.1% (2021)	1.1% (2020)	+0.00 pp
88	Turkmenistan	0.1% (2021)	0.1% (2020)	+0.00 pp
89	Trinidad and Tobago	0.5% (2021)	0.5% (2020)	+0.00 pp
90	Uzbekistan	1.0% (2021)	1.0% (2020)	+0.00 pp
91	Burundi	83.0% (2022)	83.1% (2021)	-0.10 pp
92	Uganda	90.9% (2022)	91.0% (2021)	-0.10 pp
93	Canada	23.8% (2021)	23.9% (2020)	-0.10 pp
94	Suriname	14.5% (2021)	14.6% (2020)	-0.10 pp
95	United States	10.9% (2021)	11.0% (2020)	-0.10 pp
96	Micronesia	2.0% (2022)	2.1% (2021)	-0.10 pp
97	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1.5% (2022)	1.6% (2021)	-0.10 pp
98	Libya	3.1% (2021)	3.2% (2020)	-0.10 pp
99	Samoa	35.9% (2022)	36.0% (2021)	-0.10 pp
100	South Africa	9.7% (2021)	9.8% (2020)	-0.10 pp
101	Ethiopia	90.6% (2021)	90.7% (2020)	-0.10 pp
102	Mali	71.1% (2022)	71.2% (2021)	-0.10 pp
103	Grenada	10.0% (2022)	10.2% (2021)	-0.20 pp
104	Morocco	10.9% (2021)	11.1% (2020)	-0.20 pp
105	Maldives	1.2% (2022)	1.4% (2021)	-0.20 pp
106	Russia	3.5% (2021)	3.7% (2020)	-0.20 pp
107	Belarus	8.2% (2021)	8.4% (2020)	-0.20 pp
108	Eritrea	80.7% (2021)	80.9% (2020)	-0.20 pp
109	Guinea	66.6% (2022)	66.8% (2021)	-0.20 pp
110	Botswana	27.4% (2021)	27.7% (2020)	-0.30 pp
111	Spain	19.0% (2021)	19.3% (2020)	-0.30 pp
112	Luxembourg	20.5% (2021)	20.8% (2020)	-0.30 pp
113	Kiribati	41.9% (2022)	42.2% (2021)	-0.30 pp
114	South Sudan	32.4% (2021)	32.8% (2020)	-0.40 pp
115	Liberia	92.8% (2022)	93.2% (2021)	-0.40 pp
116	Iceland	82.4% (2021)	82.9% (2020)	-0.50 pp
117	Sri Lanka	48.8% (2021)	49.3% (2020)	-0.50 pp
118	Madagascar	83.1% (2022)	83.6% (2021)	-0.50 pp
119	North Macedonia	19.5% (2021)	20.0% (2020)	-0.50 pp
120	Panama	28.0% (2021)	28.5% (2020)	-0.50 pp
121	Romania	23.6% (2021)	24.1% (2020)	-0.50 pp
122	Malta	8.6% (2021)	9.2% (2020)	-0.60 pp
123	Egypt	6.1% (2021)	6.7% (2020)	-0.60 pp
124	Argentina	9.2% (2021)	9.8% (2020)	-0.60 pp
125	Belgium	11.7% (2021)	12.3% (2020)	-0.60 pp
126	France	16.2% (2021)	16.8% (2020)	-0.60 pp
127	Timor-Leste	11.4% (2022)	12.1% (2021)	-0.70 pp
128	Bulgaria	20.4% (2021)	21.1% (2020)	-0.70 pp
129	Eswatini	64.7% (2022)	65.4% (2021)	-0.70 pp
130	Cabo Verde	21.8% (2022)	22.6% (2021)	-0.80 pp
131	Mauritius	8.6% (2021)	9.4% (2020)	-0.80 pp
132	Germany	17.6% (2021)	18.5% (2020)	-0.90 pp
133	Gambia	47.7% (2022)	48.6% (2021)	-0.90 pp
134	Moldova	21.4% (2021)	22.3% (2020)	-0.90 pp
135	Poland	15.2% (2021)	16.1% (2020)	-0.90 pp
136	Ghana	39.0% (2021)	40.0% (2020)	-1.00 pp
137	Equatorial Guinea	4.2% (2022)	5.2% (2021)	-1.00 pp
138	Ireland	12.7% (2021)	13.7% (2020)	-1.00 pp
139	Peru	30.6% (2021)	31.6% (2020)	-1.00 pp
140	Guyana	12.1% (2022)	13.2% (2021)	-1.10 pp
141	Bosnia and Herzegovina	36.6% (2021)	37.7% (2020)	-1.10 pp
142	Pakistan	41.6% (2021)	42.7% (2020)	-1.10 pp
143	Philippines	28.0% (2021)	29.1% (2020)	-1.10 pp
144	Togo	75.1% (2021)	76.2% (2020)	-1.10 pp
145	Dominican Republic	14.8% (2021)	16.0% (2020)	-1.20 pp
146	Italy	17.5% (2021)	18.7% (2020)	-1.20 pp
147	Jamaica	10.5% (2021)	11.7% (2020)	-1.20 pp
148	Namibia	30.0% (2021)	31.2% (2020)	-1.20 pp
149	India	34.9% (2021)	36.1% (2020)	-1.20 pp
150	Kenya	67.7% (2021)	69.0% (2020)	-1.30 pp
151	Ecuador	18.9% (2021)	20.2% (2020)	-1.30 pp
152	Fiji	28.4% (2022)	29.7% (2021)	-1.30 pp
153	Tunisia	11.6% (2021)	12.9% (2020)	-1.30 pp
154	United Kingdom	12.2% (2021)	13.6% (2020)	-1.40 pp
155	Nigeria	80.3% (2021)	81.8% (2020)	-1.50 pp
156	Sudan	61.0% (2021)	62.6% (2020)	-1.60 pp
157	Zimbabwe	82.4% (2021)	84.1% (2020)	-1.70 pp
158	Indonesia	20.2% (2021)	21.9% (2020)	-1.70 pp
159	Türkiye	12.0% (2021)	13.7% (2020)	-1.70 pp
160	El Salvador	21.9% (2021)	23.7% (2020)	-1.80 pp
161	Nicaragua	50.4% (2021)	52.2% (2020)	-1.80 pp
162	Thailand	19.0% (2021)	20.9% (2020)	-1.90 pp
163	Comoros	39.3% (2022)	41.2% (2021)	-1.90 pp
164	Costa Rica	34.2% (2021)	36.4% (2020)	-2.20 pp
165	Bangladesh	25.0% (2021)	27.2% (2020)	-2.20 pp
166	Laos	49.2% (2022)	51.5% (2021)	-2.30 pp
167	Colombia	29.7% (2021)	32.0% (2020)	-2.30 pp
168	Niger	79.6% (2021)	81.9% (2020)	-2.30 pp
169	Estonia	38.0% (2021)	40.4% (2020)	-2.40 pp
170	Kyrgyzstan	27.6% (2021)	30.0% (2020)	-2.40 pp
171	Zambia	83.0% (2021)	85.4% (2020)	-2.40 pp
172	Albania	41.9% (2021)	44.4% (2020)	-2.50 pp
173	Chile	24.2% (2021)	26.7% (2020)	-2.50 pp
174	Mauritania	19.6% (2022)	22.1% (2021)	-2.50 pp
175	Tanzania	78.3% (2021)	80.8% (2020)	-2.50 pp
176	Paraguay	58.8% (2021)	61.5% (2020)	-2.70 pp
177	Mozambique	76.9% (2021)	80.2% (2020)	-3.30 pp
178	Senegal	35.4% (2021)	38.7% (2020)	-3.30 pp
179	Guatemala	62.1% (2021)	65.5% (2020)	-3.40 pp
180	Uruguay	57.8% (2021)	61.2% (2020)	-3.40 pp
181	Brazil	46.5% (2021)	50.0% (2020)	-3.50 pp
182	Côte d'Ivoire	58.2% (2021)	61.8% (2020)	-3.60 pp
183	Cuba	20.9% (2021)	24.5% (2020)	-3.60 pp
184	Tajikistan	34.9% (2021)	38.8% (2020)	-3.90 pp
185	Bolivia	12.8% (2021)	16.9% (2020)	-4.10 pp
186	Honduras	45.9% (2021)	50.2% (2020)	-4.30 pp
187	Angola	52.9% (2021)	60.1% (2020)	-7.20 pp
188	Malawi	62.9% (2022)	71.1% (2021)	-8.20 pp

Source: World Bank. Only countries with complete data (both points within the past 10 years) are shown.