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France - Renewable Energy 2012

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Renewable energy consumption as % of total · World Bank

12.30% +1.70% from 2011 Global rank: 125th

France's renewable energy was 12.30% in 2012, increased +1.70% from 10.60% in 2011. This was the 125th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2012▾

Renewable Energy by Country - 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 France's renewable energy in 2012?▾

France's renewable energy in 2012 was 12.30%. This ranked 125th globally.

How did France's renewable energy change in 2012?▾

France's renewable energy increased by 16.0% 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 France in 2012?▾

The renewable energy of France in 2012 was 12.30%. This ranked 125th globally.

How does 2012 compare to 2011 for France's renewable energy?▾

France's renewable energy went from 10.60% in 2011 to 12.30% in 2012, a 16.0% increase.

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