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Which Country Produces the Most Electricity from Renewables?

Electricity Production from Renewable Sources (GWh), 2019 or latest

Energy & Utility | June 12, 2021

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Based on a comparison of 174 countries in 2019, China ranked the highest in electricity production from renewable sources with 2,003,044 GWh followed by USA and Brazil. On the other end of the scale was Palestine with 0.276 GWh, Turkmenistan with 0.300 GWh and Comoros with 0.400 GWh.

Data for more countries are available at Electricity Production from Renewable Sources indicator page.

Electricity Production from Renewable Sources	Unit	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
Brazil	GWh															434,429	428,619	427,281	461,613	462,938
Canada	GWh															419,705	414,210	417,339	426,154	437,096
China	GWh															1,106,628	1,283,425	1,397,766	1,539,611	1,664,816
France	GWh															101,320	96,034	94,100	101,189	95,114
Germany	GWh															159,157	170,403	195,682	196,957	223,080
India	GWh															194,260	196,797	192,863	231,905	249,661
Italy	GWh															113,715	122,274	110,564	109,816	105,675
Japan	GWh															152,118	166,545	183,412	188,028	208,350
Norway	GWh															130,032	137,527	139,649	144,785	144,958
Russia	GWh															182,710	177,332	170,077	186,290	186,976
Spain	GWh															110,433	109,300	95,864	103,048	86,642
Sweden	GWh															83,330	86,330	103,121	90,345	96,247
Turkey	GWh															68,087	51,707	82,293	89,430	86,471
USA	GWh															543,793	563,273	572,408	642,012	723,669
United Kingdom	GWh															55,159	66,957	87,559	88,481	103,724