Clean Electricity Share by Country 2023
About This Dataset
Clean Electricity Share by Country 2023
Share of each country's total electricity generation that came from clean sources - renewables plus nuclear in 2023, measured by Ember from reported national grid data. Covers countries that generated at least 10 TWh of electricity in the year, so very small island grids do not dominate the ranking.
Analysis
Six countries reached effectively 100% clean electricity in 2023 - Ethiopia, Bhutan, DR Congo, Iceland, Paraguay and Nepal - and Costa Rica came within a tenth of a point at 99.9%. The interesting names are lower down. Brazil at 91.0% is by far the largest economy in the ranking, running a 700-plus TWh grid mostly on hydro and wind, and France at 92.1% achieves a similar share through nuclear. Tajikistan at 94.2% and Uruguay at 92.4% complete a list where every entry depends on one dominant clean source.
Source:
Ember - Yearly Electricity Data
Key Findings
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Ethiopia, Bhutan, DR Congo and 3 others are level at the top on 100 Clean Electricity Share (Renewables and Nuclear) in 2023.
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Average Clean Electricity Share (Renewables and Nuclear) in 2023: 97.24 · median: 98.60.
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Gap in 2023: Ethiopia is 1.1× larger than Brazil.
Data Insights
Numbers, trends & sources behind this chart
Methodology & source
- Data source
- Ember - Yearly Electricity Data
- Coverage
- 15 entities · 2023 · 15 observations
- Measure
- Clean Electricity Share (Renewables and Nuclear)
- Last updated
- 15 August 2026
- Compiled by
- The ANYSTAT team, from the source above
How the figures are calculated
- Values are shown as reported by the source. Nothing is rescaled, rebased or converted — the only changes are thousand separators and decimals shown to two places.
- Entities are ranked highest-first on their value in 2023.
Data Sources & References
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