Countries with the Most Renewable Electricity 2019
Key Findings
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Countries with the Most Renewable Electricity 2019Bhutan (100.0), Lesotho (99.9) and Costa Rica (98.3) take the top three. Across the twenty shown, values run from 100.0 down to 81.6, a spread of 18.4. Only 0.1 separates Bhutan from Lesotho in second, 0.1% of the leading figure. Bhutan also came first in 2018. Of the 19 in this table that also reported in 2018, 9 recorded a higher figure than the year before and 6 a lower one. The largest single move was Laos, from 61.7 to 86.4. The chart shows the twenty highest of 203 reporting countries, so it describes the top of the distribution rather than the world average.
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Methodology & source
- Data source
- World Bank
- Coverage
- 20 entities · 2019 · 20 observations
- Measure
- Renewable Share of Electricity (%)
- Last updated
- 7 September 2026
- Compiled by
- The ANYSTAT team, from the source above
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- Entities are ranked highest-first on their value in 2019.
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