Bhutan - Renewable Energy 1998
91.50%
+0.20% from 1997
Bhutan's renewable energy was 91.50% in 1998, increased +0.20% from 91.30% in 1997. This was the 9th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1998▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 96.80% | -0.3% |
| 2nd | Uganda | 95.40% | -0.5% |
| 3rd | Sierra Leone | 94.60% | 0.1% |
| 4th | Mozambique | 94.00% | 1.5% |
| 5th | Burundi | 93.20% | -0.2% |
| 6th | Niger | 93.10% | -0.4% |
| 7th | Tanzania | 93.10% | 0.4% |
| 8th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 92.50% | 0.9% |
| 9th | Bhutan | 91.50% | 0.2% |
| 10th | Rwanda | 90.80% | -0.3% |
| 11th | Nepal | 90.50% | -0.2% |
| 12th | Central African Republic | 89.00% | -3.2% |
| 13th | Guinea-Bissau | 89.00% | 0.7% |
| 14th | Chad | 88.90% | 0.0% |
| 15th | Liberia | 88.50% | 0.5% |
| 16th | Zambia | 87.80% | 0.9% |
| 17th | Nigeria | 87.20% | 1.9% |
| 18th | Lao PDR | 86.60% | 2.4% |
| 19th | Mali | 84.80% | 0.2% |
| 20th | Cameroon | 84.50% | -0.2% |
| 21st | Guinea | 84.30% | -1.1% |
| 22nd | Burkina Faso | 84.10% | -1.3% |
| 23rd | Myanmar | 83.40% | -2.1% |
| 24th | Haiti | 83.30% | -1.5% |
| 25th | Madagascar | 82.70% | -0.5% |
| 26th | Malawi | 81.90% | 0.9% |
| 27th | Sudan | 81.90% | 1.7% |
| 28th | Cambodia | 81.30% | -1.1% |
| 29th | Congo, Republic of | 79.70% | -0.6% |
| 30th | Benin | 79.60% | -1.2% |
| 31st | Kenya | 77.90% | -0.3% |
| 32nd | Togo | 77.80% | -2.3% |
| 33rd | Angola | 76.40% | 4.1% |
| 34th | Eritrea | 75.00% | -3.4% |
| 35th | Ghana | 73.60% | -6.0% |
| 36th | Côte d'Ivoire | 73.40% | 1.8% |
| 37th | Comoros | 71.50% | -1.9% |
| 38th | Gabon | 69.70% | -0.4% |
| 39th | Zimbabwe | 67.80% | 0.6% |
| 40th | Papua New Guinea | 67.70% | -1.5% |
| 41st | Paraguay | 67.40% | -3.0% |
| 42nd | Sri Lanka | 64.20% | -2.6% |
| 43rd | Honduras | 62.90% | -3.8% |
| 44th | Guatemala | 62.00% | -4.8% |
| 45th | Nicaragua | 60.50% | -3.7% |
| 46th | Bangladesh | 60.20% | 0.3% |
| 47th | Norway | 59.50% | 1.2% |
| 48th | Viet Nam | 59.20% | -2.1% |
| 49th | Kiribati | 59.10% | 2.8% |
| 50th | Equatorial Guinea | 58.20% | -8.5% |
| 51st | Samoa | 58.00% | -1.9% |
| 52nd | Gambia, The | 57.50% | -2.0% |
| 53rd | Iceland | 57.20% | 4.2% |
| 54th | Eswatini | 56.80% | 3.3% |
| 55th | Tajikistan | 55.80% | -1.8% |
| 56th | São Tomé and Principe | 55.10% | -1.8% |
| 57th | Liechtenstein | 52.60% | -1.1% |
| 58th | Solomon Islands | 52.50% | -1.1% |
| 59th | El Salvador | 51.70% | -2.5% |
| 60th | Pakistan | 51.60% | -0.6% |
| 61st | Lesotho | 50.60% | 0.0% |
| 62nd | Albania | 49.90% | -10.7% |
| 63rd | Vanuatu | 49.30% | 5.6% |
| 64th | Indonesia | 48.90% | 2.7% |
| 65th | India | 48.00% | 0.2% |
| 66th | Senegal | 48.00% | -5.3% |
| 67th | Georgia | 47.50% | 7.0% |
| 68th | Mauritania | 46.00% | 5.0% |
| 69th | Fiji | 45.40% | -12.0% |
| 70th | Brazil | 43.80% | 0.2% |
| 71st | Peru | 39.40% | 24.3% |
| 72nd | Botswana | 39.20% | -14.4% |
| 73rd | Afghanistan | 38.00% | 4.4% |
| 74th | Uruguay | 36.90% | -2.1% |
| 75th | Sweden | 35.50% | 0.0% |
| 76th | Latvia | 35.40% | 7.6% |
| 77th | Belize | 35.30% | -3.8% |
| 78th | Cuba | 34.80% | -5.4% |
| 79th | Mauritius | 33.50% | -8.2% |
| 80th | Philippines | 32.80% | -1.8% |
| 81st | St. Kitts and Nevis | 32.00% | -5.6% |
| 82nd | Namibia | 31.70% | 3.6% |
| 83rd | Panama | 31.40% | -14.0% |
| 84th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 30.60% | -4.4% |
| 85th | Finland | 30.50% | 5.9% |
| 86th | Cabo Verde | 30.00% | -1.6% |
| 87th | Chile | 29.80% | -0.7% |
| 88th | Djibouti | 29.60% | -7.5% |
| 89th | China | 29.50% | -1.7% |
| 90th | Costa Rica | 28.90% | -14.0% |
| 91st | Croatia | 28.10% | -3.4% |
| 92nd | Guyana | 27.60% | 0.7% |
| 93rd | New Zealand | 27.30% | 5.4% |
| 94th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 26.70% | -3.3% |
| 95th | Colombia | 25.80% | 0.4% |
| 96th | Kyrgyz Republic | 25.10% | -12.8% |
| 97th | St. Lucia | 25.10% | -9.4% |
| 98th | Austria | 24.50% | -1.6% |
| 99th | Portugal | 22.40% | -8.9% |
| 100th | Canada | 22.00% | 0.9% |
| 101st | Thailand | 21.50% | 1.9% |
| 102nd | Türkiye | 21.50% | 3.9% |
| 103rd | Dominican Republic | 20.40% | 12.1% |
| 104th | Marshall Islands | 19.60% | -0.5% |
| 105th | Ecuador | 18.20% | 9.6% |
| 106th | Estonia | 17.90% | -10.5% |
| 107th | Morocco | 17.60% | -6.4% |
| 108th | South Africa | 17.30% | 1.2% |
| 109th | Switzerland | 17.10% | -1.7% |
| 110th | West Bank and Gaza | 16.40% | -4.7% |
| 111th | Romania | 16.30% | 3.2% |
| 112th | Serbia | 15.50% | 2.0% |
| 113th | North Macedonia | 15.10% | -5.0% |
| 114th | Dominica | 15.00% | -3.2% |
| 115th | Tunisia | 14.50% | 0.7% |
| 116th | Andorra | 14.20% | 1.4% |
| 117th | Lithuania | 12.90% | 11.2% |
| 118th | Mexico | 12.20% | -3.9% |
| 119th | Slovenia | 11.10% | 8.8% |
| 120th | Barbados | 10.60% | -25.9% |
| 121st | Jamaica | 10.50% | -18.6% |
| 122nd | Grenada | 10.20% | 22.9% |
| 123rd | French Polynesia | 10.10% | 36.5% |
| 124th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 9.90% | 3.1% |
| 125th | France | 9.70% | -3.0% |
| 126th | Argentina | 9.60% | -1.0% |
| 127th | Armenia | 9.40% | -6.9% |
| 128th | Greenland | 9.30% | 1.1% |
| 129th | Spain | 8.90% | -3.3% |
| 130th | Australia | 8.60% | -5.5% |
| 131st | European Union | 8.59% | 1.4% |
| 132nd | Denmark | 8.50% | 4.9% |
| 133rd | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 8.50% | -1.2% |
| 134th | New Caledonia | 8.50% | 6.3% |
| 135th | Greece | 7.60% | -5.0% |
| 136th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 7.20% | -18.2% |
| 137th | Luxembourg | 6.70% | 52.3% |
| 138th | Poland | 6.50% | 8.3% |
| 139th | Israel | 6.10% | 7.0% |
| 140th | Czechia | 6.00% | 5.3% |
| 141st | Bulgaria | 5.80% | 52.6% |
| 142nd | Lebanon | 5.50% | 25.0% |
| 143rd | Hungary | 5.20% | 0.0% |
| 144th | Italy | 4.80% | 0.0% |
| 145th | Malaysia | 4.50% | 7.1% |
| 146th | United States | 4.50% | 0.0% |
| 147th | Belarus | 4.10% | 7.9% |
| 148th | Moldova | 4.10% | 5.1% |
| 149th | Japan | 3.80% | 0.0% |
| 150th | Mongolia | 3.70% | 8.8% |
| 151st | Russian Federation | 3.60% | -5.3% |
| 152nd | Slovak Republic | 3.60% | -7.7% |
| 153rd | Cyprus | 3.20% | -3.0% |
| 154th | Faroe Islands | 3.10% | -6.1% |
| 155th | Germany | 3.00% | 7.1% |
| 156th | Maldives | 3.00% | 11.1% |
| 157th | Azerbaijan | 2.50% | 25.0% |
| 158th | Ireland | 2.30% | 21.1% |
| 159th | Jordan | 2.20% | 4.8% |
| 160th | Libya | 2.10% | 0.0% |
| 161st | Seychelles | 1.90% | -9.5% |
| 162nd | Netherlands | 1.60% | 6.7% |
| 163rd | Syrian Arab Republic | 1.60% | -5.9% |
| 164th | Ukraine | 1.60% | 60.0% |
| 165th | Kazakhstan | 1.50% | -11.8% |
| 166th | Belgium | 1.30% | 18.2% |
| 167th | Tonga | 1.20% | -7.7% |
| 168th | Uzbekistan | 1.20% | -14.3% |
| 169th | Yemen, Republic of | 1.10% | 0.0% |
| 170th | United Kingdom | 1.00% | 0.0% |
| 171st | British Virgin Islands | 1.00% | 0.0% |
| 172nd | Korea | 0.90% | 28.6% |
| 173rd | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.90% | 0.0% |
| 174th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 0.80% | 0.0% |
| 175th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 0.80% | -11.1% |
| 176th | Algeria | 0.50% | 0.0% |
| 177th | Puerto Rico (US) | 0.50% | 0.0% |
| 178th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.50% | 0.0% |
| 179th | Virgin Islands (US) | 0.50% | 0.0% |
| 180th | Bermuda | 0.40% | 0.0% |
| 181st | Guam | 0.40% | 0.0% |
| 182nd | Iraq | 0.40% | 0.0% |
| 183rd | Singapore | 0.40% | 0.0% |
| 184th | Aruba | 0.20% | 0.0% |
| 185th | Macao SAR, China | 0.20% | 0.0% |
| 186th | United Arab Emirates | 0.10% | 0.0% |
| 187th | Curaçao | 0.10% | 0.0% |
| 188th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 0.10% | 0.0% |
| 189th | Qatar | 0.10% | 0.0% |
| 190th | Turkmenistan | 0.10% | - |
| 191st | American Samoa | 0.00% | - |
| 192nd | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.00% | - |
| 193rd | Bahrain | 0.00% | - |
| 194th | Bahamas, The | 0.00% | - |
| 195th | Brunei Darussalam | 0.00% | - |
| 196th | Cayman Islands | 0.00% | - |
| 197th | Gibraltar | 0.00% | - |
| 198th | Kuwait | 0.00% | - |
| 199th | Malta | 0.00% | - |
| 200th | Northern Mariana Islands | 0.00% | - |
| 201st | Nauru | 0.00% | - |
| 202nd | Oman | 0.00% | - |
| 203rd | Palau | 0.00% | - |
| 204th | Saudi Arabia | 0.00% | - |
| 205th | Tuvalu | 0.00% | - |
FAQ
What was Bhutan's renewable energy in 1998?▾
Bhutan's renewable energy in 1998 was 91.50%. This ranked 9th globally.
How did Bhutan's renewable energy change in 1998?▾
Bhutan's renewable energy increased by 0.2% in 1998 compared to 1997.
Which country had the highest renewable energy in 1998?▾
Congo, Democratic Republic of had the highest renewable energy in 1998 at 96.80%.
What is the renewable energy of Bhutan in 1998?▾
The renewable energy of Bhutan in 1998 was 91.50%. This ranked 9th globally.
How does 1998 compare to 1997 for Bhutan's renewable energy?▾
Bhutan's renewable energy went from 91.30% in 1997 to 91.50% in 1998, a 0.2% increase.
HistorySaid - pattern alert
Bhutan matched the Export Boom Cycle pattern in 1998. Historically: 768 occurrences, 546 successful (71%). Outcome 24 months later: 3.4%. View full analysis →
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