Brazil - Renewable Energy 2012
43.50%
−1.70% from 2011
Brazil's renewable energy was 43.50% in 2012, decreased +1.70% from 45.20% in 2011. This was the 60th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2012▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 95.50% | -0.7% |
| 2nd | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 93.90% | 0.2% |
| 3rd | Uganda | 93.40% | 0.1% |
| 4th | Central African Republic | 93.10% | -0.2% |
| 5th | Burundi | 91.70% | -0.4% |
| 6th | Rwanda | 88.80% | -1.0% |
| 7th | Guinea-Bissau | 87.80% | -0.1% |
| 8th | Liberia | 86.20% | -1.0% |
| 9th | Zambia | 85.40% | -2.8% |
| 10th | Tanzania | 85.20% | -2.7% |
| 11th | Nepal | 84.70% | -2.6% |
| 12th | Mozambique | 84.50% | -1.1% |
| 13th | Nigeria | 83.90% | -0.2% |
| 14th | Madagascar | 83.30% | -1.4% |
| 15th | Bhutan | 82.80% | -2.5% |
| 16th | Haiti | 82.20% | 4.1% |
| 17th | Mali | 81.20% | -2.9% |
| 18th | Malawi | 80.20% | 0.0% |
| 19th | Burkina Faso | 79.20% | -2.7% |
| 20th | Sierra Leone | 79.10% | -2.3% |
| 21st | Cameroon | 78.60% | 0.0% |
| 22nd | Eritrea | 78.40% | 1.7% |
| 23rd | Myanmar | 78.10% | -6.8% |
| 24th | Iceland | 77.70% | 0.8% |
| 25th | Zimbabwe | 77.00% | -0.3% |
| 26th | Guinea | 76.40% | 2.1% |
| 27th | Kenya | 76.20% | 2.0% |
| 28th | Chad | 76.10% | -5.7% |
| 29th | Gabon | 75.50% | -5.3% |
| 30th | Côte d'Ivoire | 74.90% | -5.3% |
| 31st | Niger | 72.70% | -5.8% |
| 32nd | Togo | 72.70% | 5.2% |
| 33rd | Eswatini | 68.80% | -0.7% |
| 34th | Comoros | 68.30% | -1.0% |
| 35th | Guatemala | 67.40% | 0.4% |
| 36th | Congo, Republic of | 65.10% | 1.2% |
| 37th | Cambodia | 64.40% | 0.6% |
| 38th | Sudan | 63.70% | 0.0% |
| 39th | Paraguay | 63.40% | 1.4% |
| 40th | Lao PDR | 62.40% | -1.9% |
| 41st | Gambia, The | 57.00% | 1.4% |
| 42nd | Norway | 56.90% | 1.6% |
| 43rd | Tajikistan | 55.80% | -7.0% |
| 44th | Liechtenstein | 55.50% | 0.4% |
| 45th | Papua New Guinea | 55.50% | 1.5% |
| 46th | Nicaragua | 53.30% | 0.0% |
| 47th | Sri Lanka | 52.90% | -6.2% |
| 48th | Benin | 50.30% | 3.3% |
| 49th | Senegal | 49.60% | 3.3% |
| 50th | Honduras | 49.30% | -3.1% |
| 51st | Angola | 49.00% | -5.2% |
| 52nd | Kiribati | 48.70% | -3.6% |
| 53rd | Sweden | 48.30% | 6.4% |
| 54th | Belize | 47.90% | 13.5% |
| 55th | Uruguay | 47.90% | -3.6% |
| 56th | Pakistan | 47.20% | 0.9% |
| 57th | Ghana | 46.50% | -7.2% |
| 58th | Montenegro | 45.90% | 7.2% |
| 59th | Solomon Islands | 43.80% | 0.5% |
| 60th | Brazil | 43.50% | -3.8% |
| 61st | Lesotho | 40.80% | -3.5% |
| 62nd | Latvia | 40.40% | 13.8% |
| 63rd | Samoa | 40.20% | -1.0% |
| 64th | São Tomé and Principe | 40.10% | -5.4% |
| 65th | Albania | 39.90% | 11.5% |
| 66th | Vanuatu | 39.00% | 8.9% |
| 67th | Finland | 38.70% | 10.3% |
| 68th | Costa Rica | 38.10% | 0.3% |
| 69th | Viet Nam | 37.90% | 4.4% |
| 70th | Bangladesh | 37.30% | -2.9% |
| 71st | India | 34.80% | -0.6% |
| 72nd | Austria | 34.40% | 8.9% |
| 73rd | Philippines | 34.10% | 0.9% |
| 74th | Fiji | 33.30% | -0.3% |
| 75th | Djibouti | 32.30% | 0.9% |
| 76th | Mauritania | 31.90% | -4.2% |
| 77th | Namibia | 31.90% | 0.9% |
| 78th | Peru | 30.80% | 0.7% |
| 79th | South Sudan | 30.60% | - |
| 80th | Chile | 30.30% | 5.2% |
| 81st | El Salvador | 30.30% | 2.7% |
| 82nd | Indonesia | 30.10% | -7.1% |
| 83rd | Colombia | 29.60% | 0.0% |
| 84th | Croatia | 29.40% | 8.1% |
| 85th | New Zealand | 28.80% | -5.0% |
| 86th | Georgia | 28.70% | -8.9% |
| 87th | Guyana | 28.70% | -12.5% |
| 88th | Botswana | 27.80% | -3.8% |
| 89th | Denmark | 26.90% | 13.0% |
| 90th | Timor-Leste | 25.60% | -22.0% |
| 91st | Portugal | 25.50% | -6.3% |
| 92nd | Estonia | 25.00% | -0.8% |
| 93rd | Cabo Verde | 24.30% | 16.8% |
| 94th | Lithuania | 23.90% | 5.3% |
| 95th | Thailand | 23.60% | 2.6% |
| 96th | Kyrgyz Republic | 22.40% | -13.8% |
| 97th | Moldova | 22.10% | 8.3% |
| 98th | Switzerland | 21.90% | 6.3% |
| 99th | Canada | 21.80% | 1.4% |
| 100th | Romania | 21.50% | 1.9% |
| 101st | Panama | 21.20% | 7.6% |
| 102nd | Slovenia | 20.20% | 5.8% |
| 103rd | Serbia | 19.50% | 12.1% |
| 104th | Cuba | 19.40% | 1.0% |
| 105th | Andorra | 18.80% | 1.1% |
| 106th | North Macedonia | 18.30% | -1.6% |
| 107th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 17.40% | -3.9% |
| 108th | Dominican Republic | 16.50% | -1.8% |
| 109th | Hungary | 16.50% | 12.2% |
| 110th | European Union | 16.05% | 9.8% |
| 111th | Spain | 15.80% | 7.5% |
| 112th | Suriname | 15.80% | -25.5% |
| 113th | Bulgaria | 15.60% | 18.2% |
| 114th | Afghanistan | 15.40% | 22.2% |
| 115th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 15.40% | 4.1% |
| 116th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 15.30% | 7.7% |
| 117th | Italy | 14.40% | 21.0% |
| 118th | Greece | 14.20% | 24.6% |
| 119th | Germany | 13.60% | 8.8% |
| 120th | Ecuador | 13.20% | 0.0% |
| 121st | Tunisia | 13.00% | -1.5% |
| 122nd | Türkiye | 13.00% | 2.4% |
| 123rd | Czechia | 12.80% | 4.9% |
| 124th | St. Lucia | 12.40% | -3.9% |
| 125th | France | 12.30% | 16.0% |
| 126th | Jamaica | 12.20% | 24.5% |
| 127th | West Bank and Gaza | 12.20% | -20.8% |
| 128th | Marshall Islands | 12.00% | -2.4% |
| 129th | China | 11.50% | 1.8% |
| 130th | Grenada | 11.50% | 0.9% |
| 131st | Mauritius | 11.40% | -5.0% |
| 132nd | Dominica | 11.30% | -18.1% |
| 133rd | Macao SAR, China | 11.10% | 73.4% |
| 134th | Morocco | 10.90% | -7.6% |
| 135th | Poland | 10.90% | 4.8% |
| 136th | Slovak Republic | 10.50% | 1.0% |
| 137th | Greenland | 10.10% | -1.0% |
| 138th | Mexico | 9.00% | -1.1% |
| 139th | Argentina | 8.60% | -2.3% |
| 140th | Cyprus | 8.60% | 13.2% |
| 141st | United States | 8.50% | 1.2% |
| 142nd | Australia | 8.30% | 0.0% |
| 143rd | South Africa | 8.30% | -7.8% |
| 144th | Belgium | 7.70% | 14.9% |
| 145th | Belarus | 7.20% | -4.0% |
| 146th | Aruba | 6.90% | 21.1% |
| 147th | Ireland | 6.90% | -1.4% |
| 148th | Armenia | 6.60% | -17.5% |
| 149th | French Polynesia | 6.60% | -4.3% |
| 150th | New Caledonia | 6.20% | 5.1% |
| 151st | Lebanon | 5.60% | -9.7% |
| 152nd | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 5.30% | -1.9% |
| 153rd | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 5.00% | -18.0% |
| 154th | Netherlands | 4.90% | 4.3% |
| 155th | Faroe Islands | 4.70% | -6.0% |
| 156th | Japan | 4.70% | -2.1% |
| 157th | Equatorial Guinea | 4.40% | -21.4% |
| 158th | United Kingdom | 4.20% | 5.0% |
| 159th | Luxembourg | 4.20% | 10.5% |
| 160th | Barbados | 3.80% | -7.3% |
| 161st | Isle of Man | 3.50% | 20.7% |
| 162nd | Russian Federation | 3.20% | 0.0% |
| 163rd | Mongolia | 3.00% | -25.0% |
| 164th | Israel | 2.90% | -68.1% |
| 165th | Jordan | 2.90% | -3.3% |
| 166th | Ukraine | 2.90% | 7.4% |
| 167th | Azerbaijan | 2.80% | -20.0% |
| 168th | Malta | 2.70% | 35.0% |
| 169th | Libya | 2.60% | -18.8% |
| 170th | Malaysia | 2.50% | 13.6% |
| 171st | Syrian Arab Republic | 2.00% | 25.0% |
| 172nd | Virgin Islands (US) | 2.00% | 66.7% |
| 173rd | Korea | 1.60% | 14.3% |
| 174th | Bahamas, The | 1.40% | 0.0% |
| 175th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 1.40% | -12.5% |
| 176th | Iraq | 1.30% | 18.2% |
| 177th | Kazakhstan | 1.30% | -7.1% |
| 178th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 1.30% | 44.4% |
| 179th | Uzbekistan | 1.30% | 44.4% |
| 180th | Maldives | 1.20% | -7.7% |
| 181st | Tonga | 1.10% | 0.0% |
| 182nd | Yemen, Republic of | 1.10% | 22.2% |
| 183rd | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 0.90% | 0.0% |
| 184th | British Virgin Islands | 0.90% | 0.0% |
| 185th | Seychelles | 0.80% | 0.0% |
| 186th | Curaçao | 0.60% | 20.0% |
| 187th | Guam | 0.50% | 0.0% |
| 188th | Puerto Rico (US) | 0.50% | -28.6% |
| 189th | Singapore | 0.50% | 0.0% |
| 190th | Bermuda | 0.40% | 0.0% |
| 191st | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.40% | 0.0% |
| 192nd | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.40% | 0.0% |
| 193rd | Tuvalu | 0.30% | 50.0% |
| 194th | Algeria | 0.20% | 0.0% |
| 195th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 0.20% | -60.0% |
| 196th | United Arab Emirates | 0.10% | 0.0% |
| 197th | American Samoa | 0.10% | - |
| 198th | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.10% | 0.0% |
| 199th | Nauru | 0.10% | - |
| 200th | Bahrain | 0.00% | - |
| 201st | Brunei Darussalam | 0.00% | - |
| 202nd | Cayman Islands | 0.00% | - |
| 203rd | Gibraltar | 0.00% | - |
| 204th | Kuwait | 0.00% | - |
| 205th | Northern Mariana Islands | 0.00% | - |
| 206th | Oman | 0.00% | - |
| 207th | Palau | 0.00% | - |
| 208th | Qatar | 0.00% | -100.0% |
| 209th | Saudi Arabia | 0.00% | - |
| 210th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 0.00% | - |
| 211th | Turkmenistan | 0.00% | -100.0% |
FAQ
What was Brazil's renewable energy in 2012?▾
Brazil's renewable energy in 2012 was 43.50%. This ranked 60th globally.
How did Brazil's renewable energy change in 2012?▾
Brazil's renewable energy decreased by 3.8% in 2012 compared to 2011.
Which country had the highest renewable energy in 2012?▾
Congo, Democratic Republic of had the highest renewable energy in 2012 at 95.50%.
What is the renewable energy of Brazil in 2012?▾
The renewable energy of Brazil in 2012 was 43.50%. This ranked 60th globally.
How does 2012 compare to 2011 for Brazil's renewable energy?▾
Brazil's renewable energy went from 45.20% in 2011 to 43.50% in 2012, a 3.8% decrease.
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