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World Renewable share of electricity Ranking Map In the available data, Albania and 9 other countries and territories share the highest recorded value at 100% (tied rank #1); Japan ranks #123 at 23.6%. Coverage: 213 countries and territories. Reference years: tied first-place countries 2022–2025; Japan 2025. This is renewable electricity as a share of total generation, not the renewable share of all final energy consumption.
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Compare renewable share of electricity across the world. Compare renewable share of electricity by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details.
Japan 23.6%
Japan, world rank 123 for Renewable share of electricity, 23.6%
Fiji: 63.5% Tanzania: 32.9% Western Sahara: 0% Canada: 63.9% United States: 25.6% Kazakhstan: 14.9% Uzbekistan: 19.4% Papua New Guinea: 23.7% Indonesia: 18.1% Argentina: 34.6% Chile: 66.4% Democratic Republic of the Congo: 100% Somalia: 20.9% Kenya: 90% Sudan: 79.7% Chad: 5.4% Haiti: 18.6% Dominican Republic: 23.8% Russia: 17.4% Bahamas: 0.9% Falkland Islands: 0% Norway: 99% Greenland: 83.3% Fr. S. Antarctic Lands: No data Timor-Leste: 0% South Africa: 13.6% Lesotho: 100% Mexico: 23.1% Uruguay: 97.8% Brazil: 86.6% Bolivia: 36.1% Peru: 63.7% Colombia: 77% Panama: 68% Costa Rica: 100% Nicaragua: 62.4% Honduras: 55.5% El Salvador: 86.5% Guatemala: 68.3% Belize: 87.2% Venezuela: 91.1% Guyana: 2.9% Suriname: 52.9% France: 26.1% Ecuador: 79.4% Puerto Rico: 6.4% Jamaica: 12.6% Cuba: 4% Zimbabwe: 57.1% Botswana: 0.3% Namibia: 97.6% Senegal: 19.8% Mali: 19.5% Mauritania: 22.7% Benin: 4% Niger: 3.2% Nigeria: 31.3% Cameroon: 73.1% Togo: 29.6% Ghana: 36.2% Côte d’Ivoire: 28.9% Guinea: 75.2% Guinea-Bissau: 0% Liberia: 54.4% Sierra Leone: 95.2% Burkina Faso: 17.2% Central African Republic: 100% Republic of the Congo: 20.9% Gabon: 35.4% Equatorial Guinea: 26.9% Zambia: 87.5% Malawi: 95.6% Mozambique: 83.4% Eswatini: 96.7% Angola: 73.7% Burundi: 75.5% Israel: 16.9% Lebanon: 43.8% Madagascar: 42.4% Palestine: 39.4% Gambia: 0% Tunisia: 4% Algeria: 1.1% Jordan: 24.1% United Arab Emirates: 8.8% Qatar: 4.1% Kuwait: 2.2% Iraq: 1.6% Oman: 4.5% Vanuatu: 25% Cambodia: 40.9% Thailand: 16.6% Laos: 76.7% Myanmar: 47.9% Vietnam: 45.4% North Korea: 63.4% South Korea: 10.4% Mongolia: 8.4% India: 24.1% Bangladesh: 2.1% Bhutan: 100% Nepal: 100% Pakistan: 42.8% Afghanistan: 86.9% Tajikistan: 94.4% Kyrgyzstan: 84.7% Turkmenistan: 0% Iran: 3.8% Syria: 3.5% Armenia: 39% Sweden: 71.2% Belarus: 4.8% Ukraine: 16.4% Poland: 31.5% Austria: 83.6% Hungary: 35.3% Moldova: 11.2% Romania: 47% Lithuania: 77.6% Latvia: 73.1% Estonia: 59.6% Germany: 59.1% Bulgaria: 32.8% Greece: 49.7% Türkiye: 43.3% Albania: 100% Croatia: 76.3% Switzerland: 67.8% Luxembourg: 91.6% Belgium: 38.9% Netherlands: 51.2% Portugal: 81% Spain: 55.9% Ireland: 48.1% New Caledonia: 26.9% Solomon Islands: 9.1% New Zealand: 88.5% Australia: 38.6% Sri Lanka: 61.6% China: 37% Taiwan: 12.2% Italy: 48.8% Denmark: 91.2% United Kingdom: 52% Iceland: 100% Azerbaijan: 12.1% Georgia: 79.6% Philippines: 23.3% Malaysia: 20.7% Brunei: 0.2% Slovenia: 39.6% Finland: 56.5% Slovakia: 18.7% Czechia: 16.9% Eritrea: 11.1% Japan: 23.6% Paraguay: 100% Yemen: 11.2% Saudi Arabia: 2.2% Antarctica: No data N. Cyprus: No data Cyprus: 27.8% Morocco: 24% Egypt: 13% Libya: 0% Ethiopia: 100% Djibouti: 35% Somaliland: No data Uganda: 97.1% Rwanda: 49.6% Bosnia and Herzegovina: 43.6% North Macedonia: 47.2% Serbia: 27.8% Montenegro: 75.6% Kosovo: No data Trinidad and Tobago: 0.1% South Sudan: 1.8% Japan Democratic Republic of the Congo 1 Costa Rica 1 Central African Republic 1 Bhutan 1 Albania 1 Western Sahara 202 Timor-Leste 202 Guinea-Bissau 202 Namibia Norway Paraguay Iceland Uruguay Lesotho Move map ⛶ Expand map+ − Reset
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View Japan's profile and all rankings→ Renewable share of electricityRankings 123/213 23.6%
Area 377,969 km² World # 63
Population 123,366,734 people World # 12 Did you know? Japan ranks #123 for renewable share of electricity. Switch themes to see how the same country changes across the map.
1 Albania 100% 1 Bhutan 100% 1 Central African Republic 100% 1 Democratic Republic of the Congo 100% 1 Costa Rica 100%
202 Western Sahara 0% 202 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0% 202 Saint Helena 0% 202 Timor-Leste 0% 202 Guinea-Bissau 0% 02 / ABOUT THIS DATA
How to read the Renewable share of electricity ranking map Compare renewable share of electricity by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details. This page orders 213 countries and territories by value and divides the ranking into ten map colors.
Top 3 #1 Albania (100%), #1 Bhutan (100%), #1 Central African Republic (100%)
Japan’s position World #123 (23.6%)
Data period 2009–2025 Reference years differ by country. Compare each value with the year and source shown in the country card.
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Renewable share of electricity Full ranking213 countries #1 Central African Republic 100% Profile #1 Democratic Republic of the Congo 100% Profile #82 Bosnia and Herzegovina 43.6% Profile #128 Republic of the Congo 20.9% Profile #150 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 13.3% Profile #158 Sao Tome and Principe 11.1% Profile #163 United Arab Emirates 8.8% Profile #181 Turks and Caicos Islands 3.7% Profile #202 British Virgin Islands 0% Profile #202 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0% Profile