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DEFINITION:
This entry measures the capacity of plants that generate electricity by using renewable energy sources other than hydroelectric (including, for example, wind, waves, solar, and geothermal), expressed as a share of the country's total generating capacity.
CONTENTS
| # | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dominica | 74.2% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 2 | Denmark | 36.9% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 3 | Spain | 25.8% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 4 | Nicaragua | 24.5% of total installed capacity | 2011 | ||
| 5 | Portugal | 24.1% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 6 | Iceland | 22.3% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 7 | Mauritius | 17.8% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 8 | Ireland | 17.4% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 9 | Belize | 16.9% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 10 | Sweden | 16.6% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 11 | Belgium | 16.3% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 12 | Italy | 15.8% of total installed capacity | 2011 | ||
| 13 | El Salvador | 15.7% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 14 | Austria | 15.4% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 15 | Netherlands | 14.3% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 16 | New Zealand | 14% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 17 | Kenya | 13.3% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 18 | Germany | 13% of total installed capacity | 2011 | ||
| 19 | Finland | 12.7% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 20 | Guatemala | 12.4% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 21 | Philippines | 12.3% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 22 | Costa Rica | 12.1% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 23 | Aruba | 11.3% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 24 | Vanuatu | 10.7% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| Eurozone average (profile) | 10.51% of total installed capacity | 2010 | |||
| 25 | Greece | 10.5% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| European Union average (profile) | 10.43% of total installed capacity | 2010 | |||
| High income OECD countries average (profile) | 10.22% of total installed capacity | 2010 | |||
| 26 | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | 10% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| NATO countries average (profile) | 9.29% of total installed capacity | 2010 | |||
| 27 | United Kingdom | 8.3% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 28 | Papua New Guinea | 8% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 29 | Brazil | 7.7% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| =30 | China | 7.6% of total installed capacity | 2012 | ||
| =30 | New Caledonia | 7.6% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 32 | India | 7.5% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| Heavily indebted countries average (profile) | 7.29% of total installed capacity | 2010 | |||
| 33 | Hungary | 7% of total installed capacity | 2011 | ||
| =34 | Taiwan | 6.9% of total installed capacity | 2011 | ||
| =34 | France | 6.9% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 36 | Estonia | 6.4% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| Europe average (profile) | 6.34% of total installed capacity | 2009 | |||
| Non-religious countries average (profile) | 6.24% of total installed capacity | 2009 | |||
| 37 | Luxembourg | 5.9% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 38 | Cyprus | 5.8% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 39 | Fiji | 5.7% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 40 | Honduras | 5.4% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 41 | United States | 5.3% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 42 | Australia | 5.1% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 43 | Lithuania | 5% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 44 | Bulgaria | 4.8% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 45 | Czech Republic | 4.6% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| Christian countries average (profile) | 4.36% of total installed capacity | 2009 | |||
| =46 | Morocco | 4.3% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| =46 | Chile | 4.3% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 48 | Canada | 4.2% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 49 | Faroe Islands | 4.1% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| Former Spanish colonies average (profile) | 4.06% of total installed capacity | 2010 | |||
| =50 | Poland | 3.7% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| =50 | Guyana | 3.7% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| Potential Future EU Members average (profile) | 3.63% of total installed capacity | 2010 | |||
| Latin America and Caribbean average (profile) | 3.56% of total installed capacity | 2009 | |||
| Former British colonies average (profile) | 3.53% of total installed capacity | 2010 | |||
| 52 | Mexico | 3.3% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 53 | Uganda | 3.2% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| =54 | Indonesia | 3.1% of total installed capacity | 2011 | ||
| =54 | Turkey | 3.1% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| =54 | Cape Verde | 3.1% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| =57 | Sudan | 3% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| =57 | Jamaica | 3% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| =57 | Switzerland | 3% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| =57 | South Sudan | 3% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 61 | Japan | 2.8% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| Sparsely populated countries average (profile) | 2.72% of total installed capacity | 2010 | |||
| 62 | Slovakia | 2.6% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| =63 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 2.3% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| =63 | Croatia | 2.3% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| Emerging markets average (profile) | 2.1% of total installed capacity | 2009 | |||
| Hot countries average (profile) | 2.04% of total installed capacity | 2009 | |||
| =65 | Ecuador | 2% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| =65 | Egypt | 2% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| Religious countries average (profile) | 1.95% of total installed capacity | 2010 | |||
| =67 | Romania | 1.9% of total installed capacity | 2011 | ||
| =67 | Latvia | 1.9% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| =67 | Norway | 1.9% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| =67 | Slovenia | 1.9% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| =71 | Bermuda | 1.8% of total installed capacity | 2013 | ||
| =71 | Israel | 1.8% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 73 | Bolivia | 1.7% of total installed capacity | 2012 | ||
| =74 | Sri Lanka | 1.6% of total installed capacity | 2011 | ||
| =74 | Cambodia | 1.6% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| South Asia average (profile) | 1.6% of total installed capacity | 2010 | |||
| =76 | South Korea | 1.5% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| =76 | Tunisia | 1.5% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 78 | Grenada | 1.4% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 79 | Eritrea | 1.3% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 80 | Cook Islands | 1.1% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| Former Soviet republics average (profile) | 1.05% of total installed capacity | 2010 | |||
| Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile) | 1.01% of total installed capacity | 2010 | |||
| Eastern Europe average (profile) | 0.956% of total installed capacity | 2009 | |||
| 81 | Uruguay | 0.8% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| South and Central Asia average (profile) | 0.7% of total installed capacity | 2010 | |||
| Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile) | 0.625% of total installed capacity | 2010 | |||
| =82 | Bangladesh | 0.5% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| =82 | South Africa | 0.5% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| failed states average (profile) | 0.429% of total installed capacity | 2010 | |||
| =84 | Ethiopia | 0.4% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| =84 | Rwanda | 0.4% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| =84 | Colombia | 0.4% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| Muslim countries average (profile) | 0.364% of total installed capacity | 2010 | |||
| Former French colonies average (profile) | 0.35% of total installed capacity | 2010 | |||
| =87 | Senegal | 0.3% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| =87 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.3% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| =87 | Malta | 0.3% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| =90 | Thailand | 0.2% of total installed capacity | 2012 | ||
| =90 | Dominican Republic | 0.2% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| =90 | Jordan | 0.2% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| =90 | Argentina | 0.2% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| =90 | Samoa | 0.2% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| =90 | Iran | 0.2% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| =90 | Singapore | 0.2% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| =97 | Vietnam | 0.1% of total installed capacity | 2012 | ||
| =97 | Cuba | 0.1% of total installed capacity | 2011 | ||
| =97 | Ukraine | 0.1% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| =97 | Maldives | 0.1% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| =97 | Belarus | 0.1% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| =97 | Azerbaijan | 0.1% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| =97 | Mongolia | 0.1% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| =97 | Armenia | 0.1% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| OPEC countries average (profile) | 0.0222% of total installed capacity | 2010 | |||
| =105 | Venezuela | 0.0 | 2012 | ||
| =105 | Namibia | 0.0 | 2012 | ||
| =105 | Macau | 0.0 | 2012 | ||
| =105 | Iraq | 0.0 | 2012 | ||
| =105 | Mozambique | 0.0 | 2012 | ||
| =105 | Tajikistan | 0.0 | 2012 | ||
| =105 | Congo, Republic of the | 0.0 | 2012 | ||
| =105 | The Bahamas | 0.0 | 2012 | ||
| =105 | Hong Kong | 0.0 | 2012 | ||
| =105 | Russia | 0.0 | 2012 | ||
| =105 | Bahrain | 0.0 | 2011 | ||
| =105 | Haiti | 0.0 | 2011 | ||
| =105 | Paraguay | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =105 | Botswana | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =105 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =105 | The Gambia | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =105 | Ghana | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =105 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =105 | Pakistan | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =105 | Oman | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =105 | Greenland | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =105 | Gabon | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =105 | Niue | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =105 | Yemen | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =105 | Albania | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =105 | West Bank | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =105 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =105 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =105 | Guam | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =105 | Lesotho | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =105 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =105 | Solomon Islands | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =105 | Saint Lucia | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =105 | Somalia | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =105 | Peru | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =105 | Laos | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =105 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =105 | Benin | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =105 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =105 | Togo | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =105 | Tonga | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =105 | Western Sahara | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =105 | Cayman Islands | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =105 | British Virgin Islands | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =105 | Mali | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =105 | Angola | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =105 | Chad | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =105 | Niger | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =105 | Brunei | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =105 | Algeria | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =105 | Puerto Rico | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =105 | Kiribati | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =105 | French Polynesia | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =105 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =105 | Seychelles | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =105 | Djibouti | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =105 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =105 | Burundi | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =105 | Bhutan | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =105 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =105 | Kuwait | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =105 | Zambia | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =105 | Kazakhstan | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =105 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =105 | Montserrat | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =105 | North Korea | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =105 | Burma | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =105 | Comoros | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =105 | Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =105 | Turkmenistan | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =105 | Swaziland | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =105 | Cameroon | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =105 | Burkina Faso | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =105 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =105 | Liberia | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =105 | Tanzania | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =105 | Madagascar | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =105 | Afghanistan | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =105 | Nauru | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =105 | Malawi | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =105 | Montenegro | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =105 | Virgin Islands | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =105 | Libya | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =105 | Central African Republic | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =105 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =105 | Malaysia | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =105 | Barbados | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =105 | Guinea | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =105 | Panama | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =105 | American Samoa | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =105 | Gibraltar | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =105 | Nigeria | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =105 | Sierra Leone | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =105 | Georgia | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =105 | Moldova | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =105 | Lebanon | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =105 | Uzbekistan | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =105 | Qatar | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =105 | Nepal | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =105 | Suriname | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =105 | Zimbabwe | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =105 | Mauritania | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =105 | Syria | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =105 | Republic of Macedonia | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =105 | Serbia | 0.0 | 2010 |
