Renewable Energy Share by Country 2022

About This Dataset

This chart ranks countries by renewable energy as a share of total final energy consumption in 2022. Unlike renewable electricity measures, this covers all energy use including cooking and heating, where traditional biomass such as wood and charcoal counts as renewable.

✨ AI Insight

Somalia leads with 95.4% of its energy from renewable sources, followed by Liberia on 92.8% and the Central African Republic and Uganda both on 90.9%. This ranking is the opposite of what most readers expect, and the reason matters: it counts all energy, not just electricity, and traditional biomass such as firewood and charcoal is classified as renewable. These figures therefore reflect poverty and limited access to modern fuels rather than a green transition, and burning biomass indoors is a major cause of respiratory illness. No wealthy nation appears anywhere near the top. Bhutan's 82.5% is the exception that genuinely reflects clean energy, built on Himalayan hydropower rather than firewood.

Source: World Bank (IEA / UN Statistics)

Key Findings

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Somalia leads with 95 in 2022.

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Average value in 2022: 86 · median: 85.

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Gap in 2022: Somalia is 1.3× larger than Sierra Leone.