Countries with the Most Renewable Electricity 2018
About This Dataset
Countries with the Most Renewable Electricity 2018
Countries ranked by renewable share of electricity (%) in 2018, using World Bank figures for the 203 countries that reported that year. Bhutan leads on 100.0, ahead of Lesotho (99.9) and Norway (97.8). The share of electricity generated from renewable sources, which for several leaders is almost entirely hydropower. It covers electricity only, not heating or transport fuel.
Analysis
Bhutan (100.0), Lesotho (99.9) and Norway (97.8) 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 2017. Of the 20 in this table that also reported in 2017, 8 recorded a higher figure than the year before and 8 a lower one. The largest single move was Namibia, from 85.3 to 95.0. The chart shows the twenty highest of 203 reporting countries, so it describes the top of the distribution rather than the world average.
Source:
World Bank
Key Findings
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Bhutan leads in Renewable Share of Electricity (%) with 100 in 2018.
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Average Renewable Share of Electricity (%) in 2018: 91 · median: 92.
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Gap in 2018: Bhutan is 1.2× larger than Brazil.
Data Insights
Numbers, trends & sources behind this chart
Methodology & source
- Data source
- World Bank
- Coverage
- 20 entities · 2018 · 20 observations
- Measure
- Renewable Share of Electricity (%)
- Last updated
- 7 September 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 2018.
Data Sources & References
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