D35 · Electricity and Gas Utilities · 31 measures · 204 regions
Electricity generation
Bhutan had the highest renewable share of electricity generation in 2024, at 100%, ahead of Democratic Republic of the Congo (100%) and Iceland (100%). Global: 33% in 2025. IEA projects 40% for 2040.
- 33% Renewable share of electricity generation · Global · 2025
- 31Measures
- 201Countries · 2000–2025
Verified 3 Oct 2026 · 6 publishers · 15,131 records · Next period 2026
Renewable share of electricity generation
The best-covered measure of electricity generation. Every point opens its record; the values are one click away under the chart.
Every measure of electricity generation
31 measures: the same subject cut by product, segment, basis or form. Each has its own page with every record.
Electricity generation by country
Countries ranked on one comparable period:
- Renewable share of electricity generation by country
- Solar share of electricity generation by country
- Wind power share of electricity mix by country
A page for every country with at least three records:
- United States
- China
- Denmark
- India
- United Kingdom
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Australia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Bangladesh
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Bolivia
- Brazil
- Canada
- Chile
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- Ethiopia
- Finland
- France
- Georgia
- Germany
- Greece
- Iran
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Japan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Latvia
- Luxembourg
- Malaysia
- Mexico
- Moldova
- Mongolia
- Morocco
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Nigeria
- Norway
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Puerto Rico (US)
- Qatar
- Russia
- South Africa
- South Korea
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Taiwan, China
- Tajikistan
- Thailand
- Tunisia
- Turkiye
- Uruguay
- Uzbekistan
- Vietnam
- Czechia
- Hungary
- Estonia
- Afghanistan
- Algeria
- Angola
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Aruba
- Bahamas
- Bahrain
- Barbados
- Belize
- Benin
- Bermuda
- Bhutan
- Botswana
- Brunei
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cabo Verde
- Cameroon
- Cayman Islands
- Chad
- Congo
- Cote d'Ivoire
- Cuba
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Djibouti
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Eswatini
- Fiji
- French Polynesia
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Gibraltar
- Greenland
- Grenada
- Guam
- Guatemala
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Hong Kong, China
- Iceland
- Indonesia
- Iraq
- Jamaica
- Jordan
- Kiribati
- Laos
- Lebanon
- Liberia
- Libya
- Macao, China
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Maldives
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Namibia
- Nauru
- Nepal
- New Caledonia
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- North Korea
- Palestine
- Panama
- Papua New Guinea
- Rwanda
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Samoa
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Slovakia
- Solomon Islands
- Somalia
- Sudan
- Suriname
- Syria
- Tanzania
- Togo
- Tonga
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Turkmenistan
- Uganda
- United Arab Emirates
- Venezuela
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
- Bulgaria
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Lithuania
- Romania
- British Virgin Islands
- Central African Republic
- Comoros
- Dominica
- Faroe Islands
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Vanuatu
- Virgin Islands (U.S.)
- Lesotho
- Ukraine
- Kosovo
- Malta
- Serbia
- Timor-Leste
- Slovenia
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- North Macedonia
- El Salvador
- Cambodia
- Singapore
- Montenegro
- South Sudan
Frequently asked questions
What does electricity generation measure?
Total volume of electric energy generated.
What is the latest renewable share of electricity generation?
Bhutan had the highest renewable share of electricity generation in 2024, at 100%, ahead of Democratic Republic of the Congo (100%) and Iceland (100%). Global: 33% in 2025. IEA projects 40% for 2040.
Which country has the highest renewable share of electricity generation?
Bhutan, at 100% in 2024, among 101 countries that published that period.
Which countries does this electricity generation data cover?
201 countries, with a page each for United States, China, Denmark, India, United Kingdom and others.
Where does the data come from?
From 23 documents published by EIA, IEA, IHA and 3 more. Every figure links to its record, which preserves its original source evidence.
How often is it updated?
Annual; the newest figure covers 2025, and the next release should cover 2026.
Sources
23 documents from 6 publishers; the 20 largest are listed. Each links to the publisher's own copy.
Cite this page
Published under CC BY 4.0: free to reuse, including commercially, with attribution to StatOrigin and the original publisher. To cite one figure, open its record.
StatOrigin. (2026). Electricity generation statistics [Data set]. Retrieved October 28, 2026, from https://statorigin.org/statistics/electricity-generation
"Electricity generation statistics." StatOrigin, 2026, https://statorigin.org/statistics/electricity-generation. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.
StatOrigin. "Electricity generation statistics." Data set, 2026. Accessed October 28, 2026. https://statorigin.org/statistics/electricity-generation.
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