The world energy mix for electricity generation
The chart shows the percent of electricity generated in the world from various energy sources.
These are our calculations based on data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
The latest year with data available for a wide range of countries is 2020.
On the chart, in 2020 the distribution of electricity production was as follows:
62.05 percent from fossil fuels that includes oil, coal, and natural gas;
6.36 percent from wind;
3.36 percent from solar installations;
17.35 percent from hydroelectric sources;
10.54 percent from nuclear plants;
and 0.34 percent from geothermal sources.
World electricity generation from various sources, in percent
The table shows the percent of electricity produced from various sources in each country using U.S. Energy Information Administration data from 2020.
You can sort the table by clicking on the column titles.
Click on a country name to see trends in that country over time.
| Country | Fossil | Wind | Solar | Hydro | Nuclear | Geothermal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 12.61 | 0.00 | 2.79 | 84.60 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Albania | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 99.98 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Algeria | 99.66 | 0.03 | 0.09 | 0.22 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Angola | 45.45 | 0.00 | 0.19 | 54.35 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 98.35 | 0.00 | 1.65 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Argentina | 71.40 | 0.43 | 0.01 | 23.38 | 4.77 | 0.00 |
| Armenia | 35.62 | 0.04 | 0.01 | 29.55 | 34.78 | 0.00 |
| Aruba | 80.94 | 17.90 | 1.16 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Australia | 87.29 | 4.89 | 2.14 | 5.68 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Austria | 23.76 | 9.00 | 1.65 | 65.58 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Azerbaijan | 92.95 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 7.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Bahamas | 99.89 | 0.00 | 0.11 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Bahrain | 99.97 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Bangladesh | 98.54 | 0.01 | 0.38 | 1.07 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Barbados | 98.57 | 0.00 | 1.43 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Belarus | 99.56 | 0.08 | 0.03 | 0.33 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Belgium | 42.31 | 9.52 | 5.22 | 0.54 | 42.41 | 0.00 |
| Belize | 43.34 | 0.00 | 0.15 | 56.51 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Benin | 98.07 | 0.00 | 1.61 | 0.32 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Bermuda | 100.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Bhutan | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 99.98 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Bolivia | 70.86 | 0.14 | 0.06 | 28.94 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 63.28 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 36.71 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Botswana | 99.89 | 0.00 | 0.11 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Brazil | 24.56 | 4.16 | 0.01 | 68.59 | 2.68 | 0.00 |
| Brunei | 99.95 | 0.00 | 0.05 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Bulgaria | 49.96 | 3.14 | 2.99 | 12.11 | 31.80 | 0.00 |
| Burkina Faso | 92.64 | 0.00 | 0.90 | 6.46 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Burma (Myanmar) | 39.88 | 0.00 | 0.05 | 60.08 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Burundi | 18.97 | 0.00 | 2.87 | 78.16 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Cambodia | 52.76 | 0.01 | 0.07 | 47.17 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Cameroon | 43.76 | 0.00 | 0.13 | 56.11 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Canada | 20.07 | 4.28 | 0.45 | 60.02 | 15.17 | 0.00 |
| Cape Verde | 78.80 | 19.70 | 1.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Central African Republic | 0.59 | 0.00 | 0.24 | 99.17 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Chad | 99.89 | 0.00 | 0.11 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Chile | 59.90 | 3.17 | 1.86 | 35.08 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| China | 72.83 | 3.38 | 0.81 | 20.05 | 2.93 | 0.00 |
| Colombia | 35.81 | 0.09 | 0.01 | 64.09 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Comoros | 96.15 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.85 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Croatia | 32.80 | 7.45 | 0.53 | 59.22 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Cuba | 99.47 | 0.11 | 0.16 | 0.26 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Cyprus | 91.78 | 5.24 | 2.98 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Czechia | 59.20 | 0.78 | 3.06 | 2.43 | 34.54 | 0.00 |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.13 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 99.86 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Denmark | 37.08 | 60.26 | 2.58 | 0.08 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Djibouti | 99.70 | 0.00 | 0.30 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Dominica | 75.47 | 0.97 | 0.35 | 23.22 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Dominican Republic | 92.54 | 1.72 | 0.19 | 5.55 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Ecuador | 46.88 | 0.40 | 0.15 | 52.57 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Egypt | 90.42 | 1.26 | 0.10 | 8.21 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| El Salvador | 45.74 | 0.00 | 0.52 | 25.09 | 0.00 | 28.65 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 68.15 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 31.85 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Eritrea | 98.81 | 0.60 | 0.60 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Estonia | 91.68 | 7.95 | 0.07 | 0.30 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Ethiopia | 0.04 | 7.33 | 0.17 | 92.46 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Faroe Islands | 38.56 | 18.30 | 0.00 | 43.14 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Fiji | 53.42 | 0.68 | 0.50 | 45.40 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Finland | 24.44 | 4.26 | 0.02 | 30.38 | 40.90 | 0.00 |
| France | 7.33 | 3.95 | 1.43 | 10.11 | 77.17 | 0.02 |
| Gabon | 55.26 | 0.00 | 0.10 | 44.64 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Gambia | 98.90 | 0.04 | 1.06 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Georgia | 21.09 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 78.91 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Germany | 59.59 | 14.48 | 6.96 | 3.35 | 15.59 | 0.02 |
| Ghana | 48.11 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 51.86 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Gibraltar | 100.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Greece | 70.78 | 9.44 | 7.97 | 11.81 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Grenada | 99.21 | 0.10 | 0.69 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Guatemala | 51.23 | 1.19 | 1.67 | 42.99 | 0.00 | 2.93 |
| Guinea | 20.85 | 0.00 | 1.84 | 77.31 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 98.31 | 0.00 | 1.69 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Guyana | 99.45 | 0.04 | 0.51 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Haiti | 91.43 | 0.00 | 0.20 | 8.37 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Honduras | 59.08 | 8.01 | 5.02 | 27.89 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Hong Kong | 99.99 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Hungary | 39.43 | 2.62 | 0.53 | 0.86 | 56.56 | 0.00 |
| Iceland | 0.02 | 0.06 | 0.00 | 72.96 | 0.00 | 26.96 |
| India | 84.57 | 2.70 | 0.80 | 9.26 | 2.67 | 0.00 |
| Indonesia | 89.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.18 | 0.00 | 4.56 |
| Iran | 93.44 | 0.08 | 0.00 | 5.26 | 1.21 | 0.00 |
| Iraq | 96.02 | 0.00 | 0.09 | 3.89 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Ireland | 71.99 | 24.96 | 0.01 | 3.03 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Israel | 98.10 | 0.01 | 1.85 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Italy | 64.26 | 5.98 | 9.10 | 18.17 | 0.00 | 2.49 |
| Ivory Coast | 83.56 | 0.00 | 0.05 | 16.40 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Jamaica | 93.45 | 3.24 | 0.00 | 3.32 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Japan | 85.79 | 0.59 | 3.69 | 9.19 | 0.46 | 0.28 |
| Jordan | 99.02 | 0.68 | 0.01 | 0.29 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Kazakhstan | 89.13 | 0.15 | 0.14 | 10.58 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Kenya | 13.75 | 0.59 | 0.38 | 38.85 | 0.00 | 46.42 |
| Kiribati | 86.02 | 0.00 | 13.98 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Kuwait | 99.98 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 14.17 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 85.83 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Laos | 13.25 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 86.73 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Latvia | 56.59 | 3.21 | 0.00 | 40.20 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Lebanon | 97.17 | 0.03 | 0.10 | 2.70 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Lesotho | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.19 | 99.81 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Liberia | 100.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Libya | 99.98 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Lithuania | 63.29 | 24.20 | 2.18 | 10.34 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Luxembourg | 72.35 | 9.37 | 9.55 | 8.73 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Macao | 100.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Madagascar | 53.71 | 0.02 | 0.79 | 45.48 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Malawi | 7.99 | 0.00 | 1.16 | 90.85 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Malaysia | 89.04 | 0.00 | 0.19 | 10.77 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Maldives | 99.55 | 0.45 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Mali | 49.17 | 0.00 | 1.24 | 49.60 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Malta | 92.21 | 0.05 | 7.75 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Mauritania | 71.81 | 9.18 | 2.29 | 16.72 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Mauritius | 93.55 | 0.13 | 1.12 | 5.20 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Mexico | 80.55 | 2.98 | 0.08 | 10.43 | 3.81 | 2.16 |
| Moldova | 93.90 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 6.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Mongolia | 95.76 | 2.96 | 0.15 | 1.12 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Montenegro | 49.06 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 50.94 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Montserrat | 100.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Morocco | 84.33 | 9.00 | 0.00 | 6.67 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Mozambique | 12.97 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 87.02 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Namibia | 2.05 | 0.06 | 2.50 | 95.38 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Nepal | 0.00 | 0.17 | 0.56 | 99.27 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Netherlands | 87.13 | 7.70 | 1.13 | 0.09 | 3.94 | 0.00 |
| New Caledonia | 85.35 | 2.26 | 0.00 | 12.39 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| New Zealand | 19.45 | 5.59 | 0.09 | 57.37 | 0.00 | 17.51 |
| Nicaragua | 53.88 | 21.69 | 0.06 | 7.32 | 0.00 | 17.05 |
| Niger | 99.20 | 0.00 | 0.80 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Nigeria | 81.51 | 0.01 | 0.08 | 18.40 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| North Korea | 26.17 | 0.00 | 0.08 | 73.75 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| North Macedonia | 63.08 | 2.24 | 0.43 | 34.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Norway | 1.84 | 1.77 | 0.00 | 96.39 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Oman | 99.99 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Pakistan | 62.50 | 0.74 | 0.35 | 32.33 | 4.09 | 0.00 |
| Panama | 28.84 | 4.50 | 0.17 | 66.49 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Papua New Guinea | 73.03 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 26.93 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Paraguay | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 100.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Peru | 46.87 | 1.30 | 0.50 | 51.32 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Philippines | 73.80 | 0.96 | 0.18 | 10.96 | 0.00 | 14.11 |
| Poland | 91.26 | 7.45 | 0.04 | 1.24 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Portugal | 54.09 | 25.11 | 1.72 | 18.64 | 0.00 | 0.44 |
| Puerto Rico | 98.80 | 0.46 | 0.46 | 0.27 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Qatar | 99.98 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Republic of the Congo | 59.08 | 0.00 | 0.04 | 40.88 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Romania | 42.15 | 11.28 | 3.17 | 26.30 | 17.10 | 0.00 |
| Russia | 65.23 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 16.53 | 18.16 | 0.05 |
| Rwanda | 47.79 | 0.00 | 3.62 | 48.60 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Saint Lucia | 99.67 | 0.00 | 0.33 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 87.10 | 0.00 | 0.65 | 12.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Samoa | 74.45 | 0.19 | 0.00 | 25.36 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 89.74 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.26 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Saudi Arabia | 99.96 | 0.00 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Senegal | 91.25 | 0.00 | 0.10 | 8.64 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Serbia | 72.11 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 27.86 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Seychelles | 97.93 | 1.61 | 0.46 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Sierra Leone | 34.90 | 0.00 | 0.52 | 64.58 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Singapore | 99.85 | 0.00 | 0.15 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Slovakia | 21.46 | 0.03 | 2.17 | 15.89 | 60.45 | 0.00 |
| Slovenia | 32.46 | 0.04 | 1.97 | 26.94 | 38.59 | 0.00 |
| Solomon Islands | 98.32 | 0.00 | 1.68 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Somalia | 98.45 | 1.49 | 0.06 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| South Africa | 92.99 | 1.08 | 0.84 | 0.35 | 4.74 | 0.00 |
| South Korea | 68.00 | 0.26 | 0.75 | 0.41 | 30.57 | 0.00 |
| Spain | 44.23 | 18.96 | 5.13 | 10.63 | 21.05 | 0.00 |
| Sri Lanka | 50.44 | 2.71 | 0.17 | 46.68 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Sudan | 34.25 | 0.00 | 0.10 | 65.65 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Suriname | 75.40 | 0.00 | 0.46 | 24.14 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Swaziland | 51.98 | 0.00 | 0.21 | 47.82 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Sweden | 1.24 | 11.07 | 0.07 | 50.69 | 36.94 | 0.00 |
| Switzerland | 1.05 | 0.19 | 1.88 | 59.57 | 37.31 | 0.00 |
| Syria | 97.58 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.42 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Taiwan | 82.36 | 0.64 | 0.37 | 1.88 | 14.75 | 0.00 |
| Tajikistan | 0.90 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 99.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Tanzania | 67.22 | 0.00 | 0.23 | 32.55 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Thailand | 95.97 | 0.21 | 1.49 | 2.33 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Togo | 84.80 | 0.00 | 0.27 | 14.93 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Tonga | 100.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 99.94 | 0.00 | 0.06 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Tunisia | 96.83 | 2.44 | 0.35 | 0.37 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Turkey | 67.30 | 4.70 | 0.08 | 26.55 | 0.00 | 1.38 |
| Turkmenistan | 99.99 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Uganda | 2.95 | 0.00 | 1.27 | 95.77 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Ukraine | 41.32 | 0.71 | 0.31 | 3.51 | 54.14 | 0.00 |
| United Arab Emirates | 99.75 | 0.00 | 0.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| United Kingdom | 58.77 | 14.08 | 2.63 | 2.18 | 22.33 | 0.00 |
| Uruguay | 7.90 | 18.47 | 0.44 | 73.19 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| USA | 67.86 | 4.75 | 0.97 | 6.20 | 19.83 | 0.40 |
| Uzbekistan | 87.17 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.83 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Vanuatu | 84.48 | 14.17 | 1.35 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Venezuela | 37.71 | 0.07 | 0.01 | 62.21 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Vietnam | 63.70 | 0.08 | 0.00 | 36.22 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Yemen | 98.14 | 0.00 | 1.86 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Zambia | 2.86 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 97.14 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Zimbabwe | 46.56 | 0.00 | 0.09 | 53.35 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
