Puerto Rico (US) - Renewable Energy 2017
2.30%
+0.40% from 2016
Puerto Rico (US)'s renewable energy was 2.30% in 2017, increased +0.40% from 1.90% in 2016. This was the 173rd highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2017▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 96.70% | -0.3% |
| 2nd | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 94.90% | 0.1% |
| 3rd | Liberia | 93.60% | 0.9% |
| 4th | Central African Republic | 91.60% | -0.5% |
| 5th | Uganda | 91.30% | -0.1% |
| 6th | Gabon | 90.20% | 10.7% |
| 7th | Burundi | 88.20% | -1.6% |
| 8th | Guinea-Bissau | 86.80% | 0.0% |
| 9th | Rwanda | 84.50% | -1.2% |
| 10th | Zambia | 83.50% | -0.6% |
| 11th | Niger | 82.00% | 2.2% |
| 12th | Tanzania | 82.00% | 0.4% |
| 13th | Zimbabwe | 82.00% | 0.4% |
| 14th | Madagascar | 81.90% | -2.3% |
| 15th | Eritrea | 81.60% | 0.2% |
| 16th | Nigeria | 81.60% | 0.6% |
| 17th | Iceland | 80.80% | -0.1% |
| 18th | Bhutan | 79.70% | -1.4% |
| 19th | Cameroon | 79.20% | 0.5% |
| 20th | Togo | 78.40% | -2.9% |
| 21st | Mozambique | 78.20% | 1.0% |
| 22nd | Mali | 77.00% | -1.2% |
| 23rd | Malawi | 76.90% | -2.5% |
| 24th | Nepal | 76.80% | -3.3% |
| 25th | Haiti | 76.20% | 0.1% |
| 26th | Burkina Faso | 74.60% | -3.2% |
| 27th | Sierra Leone | 74.60% | 1.4% |
| 28th | Chad | 72.80% | 0.1% |
| 29th | Guinea | 72.00% | -4.4% |
| 30th | Congo, Republic of | 69.80% | 3.1% |
| 31st | Kenya | 68.10% | -0.3% |
| 32nd | Eswatini | 65.30% | 1.6% |
| 33rd | Guatemala | 65.00% | 2.8% |
| 34th | Côte d'Ivoire | 62.50% | -2.3% |
| 35th | Uruguay | 60.80% | 0.8% |
| 36th | Paraguay | 60.10% | -3.8% |
| 37th | Comoros | 59.50% | -7.0% |
| 38th | Myanmar | 59.50% | -13.5% |
| 39th | Sudan | 59.40% | 0.8% |
| 40th | Norway | 58.90% | 2.1% |
| 41st | Cambodia | 56.30% | -2.9% |
| 42nd | Liechtenstein | 55.30% | -0.9% |
| 43rd | Papua New Guinea | 54.70% | -0.2% |
| 44th | Angola | 52.50% | 9.1% |
| 45th | Sweden | 51.80% | 1.8% |
| 46th | Lao PDR | 50.60% | -2.1% |
| 47th | Solomon Islands | 49.00% | 0.6% |
| 48th | Nicaragua | 48.90% | -1.2% |
| 49th | Gambia, The | 48.00% | -1.2% |
| 50th | Sri Lanka | 45.80% | 1.6% |
| 51st | Honduras | 45.60% | -13.5% |
| 52nd | Benin | 45.40% | 0.0% |
| 53rd | Brazil | 45.30% | -0.2% |
| 54th | Ghana | 45.30% | 0.2% |
| 55th | Finland | 44.40% | 4.7% |
| 56th | Tajikistan | 44.20% | 1.1% |
| 57th | Latvia | 42.60% | 10.6% |
| 58th | Kiribati | 42.50% | -11.6% |
| 59th | Pakistan | 42.10% | -3.7% |
| 60th | Lesotho | 41.50% | -8.0% |
| 61st | São Tomé and Principe | 39.20% | 2.9% |
| 62nd | Montenegro | 37.80% | -13.9% |
| 63rd | Belize | 37.20% | 11.7% |
| 64th | Albania | 36.90% | -6.3% |
| 65th | Senegal | 36.80% | 0.3% |
| 66th | Samoa | 35.80% | -2.7% |
| 67th | Vanuatu | 35.70% | 7.9% |
| 68th | South Sudan | 35.10% | 22.3% |
| 69th | Denmark | 35.00% | 9.4% |
| 70th | Austria | 34.00% | -1.7% |
| 71st | Lithuania | 33.80% | 7.3% |
| 72nd | Costa Rica | 33.30% | -2.3% |
| 73rd | India | 32.50% | -1.5% |
| 74th | Colombia | 32.20% | 5.6% |
| 75th | Namibia | 30.20% | 3.4% |
| 76th | Croatia | 29.80% | -6.3% |
| 77th | Fiji | 28.60% | 3.2% |
| 78th | New Zealand | 28.40% | -5.6% |
| 79th | Viet Nam | 28.30% | 5.6% |
| 80th | Bangladesh | 28.10% | -7.0% |
| 81st | Philippines | 27.80% | -2.8% |
| 82nd | Peru | 27.60% | 1.5% |
| 83rd | Estonia | 27.50% | 1.1% |
| 84th | Georgia | 27.50% | 1.1% |
| 85th | Botswana | 26.70% | 0.0% |
| 86th | Moldova | 26.10% | 3.2% |
| 87th | Mauritania | 25.50% | -19.6% |
| 88th | Indonesia | 25.20% | -9.4% |
| 89th | Switzerland | 25.00% | 3.7% |
| 90th | El Salvador | 25.00% | 20.8% |
| 91st | Kyrgyz Republic | 24.70% | 11.3% |
| 92nd | Portugal | 24.40% | -15.9% |
| 93rd | Chile | 24.10% | -2.0% |
| 94th | Panama | 23.60% | 6.8% |
| 95th | Romania | 23.40% | -4.1% |
| 96th | Djibouti | 23.30% | -1.3% |
| 97th | Canada | 22.80% | 3.2% |
| 98th | Thailand | 22.20% | -0.9% |
| 99th | Guyana | 22.10% | 3.8% |
| 100th | Cuba | 22.00% | 14.6% |
| 101st | Cabo Verde | 21.80% | -8.8% |
| 102nd | Serbia | 20.00% | -4.3% |
| 103rd | Slovenia | 19.70% | -6.2% |
| 104th | Afghanistan | 19.50% | -3.5% |
| 105th | North Macedonia | 19.00% | -11.2% |
| 106th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 18.50% | -19.6% |
| 107th | Andorra | 18.00% | -4.8% |
| 108th | European Union | 17.69% | 0.9% |
| 109th | Bulgaria | 17.10% | -3.4% |
| 110th | Ecuador | 17.00% | 14.9% |
| 111th | Dominican Republic | 16.90% | 10.5% |
| 112th | Greece | 16.40% | 0.0% |
| 113th | Italy | 16.40% | 1.9% |
| 114th | Suriname | 15.50% | 39.6% |
| 115th | Luxembourg | 15.30% | 13.3% |
| 116th | Germany | 15.20% | 7.0% |
| 117th | Spain | 15.20% | -9.0% |
| 118th | Hungary | 14.60% | -4.6% |
| 119th | Czechia | 14.50% | -2.0% |
| 120th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 14.30% | 5.1% |
| 121st | France | 14.10% | -0.7% |
| 122nd | Timor-Leste | 13.20% | 3.9% |
| 123rd | China | 13.10% | 4.0% |
| 124th | Armenia | 12.60% | -4.5% |
| 125th | Slovak Republic | 12.40% | -5.3% |
| 126th | Marshall Islands | 12.00% | -0.8% |
| 127th | Tunisia | 11.80% | -4.8% |
| 128th | Türkiye | 11.40% | -13.6% |
| 129th | Greenland | 11.30% | -8.9% |
| 130th | Poland | 11.10% | -1.8% |
| 131st | Jamaica | 11.00% | -0.9% |
| 132nd | Cyprus | 10.90% | 5.8% |
| 133rd | West Bank and Gaza | 10.50% | -14.6% |
| 134th | Argentina | 10.40% | 10.6% |
| 135th | Morocco | 10.40% | -6.3% |
| 136th | Grenada | 10.20% | -1.9% |
| 137th | St. Lucia | 10.20% | -8.9% |
| 138th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 10.20% | -57.5% |
| 139th | Ireland | 10.10% | 17.4% |
| 140th | Mexico | 10.10% | 9.8% |
| 141st | Australia | 9.90% | 3.1% |
| 142nd | Belgium | 9.70% | 5.4% |
| 143rd | Dominica | 9.70% | -9.3% |
| 144th | United States | 9.70% | 4.3% |
| 145th | Mauritius | 9.40% | -8.7% |
| 146th | United Kingdom | 8.80% | 14.3% |
| 147th | French Polynesia | 8.10% | 0.0% |
| 148th | South Africa | 7.90% | 1.3% |
| 149th | Belarus | 7.30% | 9.0% |
| 150th | Malta | 7.30% | -20.7% |
| 151st | Tuvalu | 7.00% | -4.1% |
| 152nd | Japan | 6.90% | 7.8% |
| 153rd | Aruba | 6.80% | -2.9% |
| 154th | Ukraine | 6.50% | 18.2% |
| 155th | Netherlands | 6.40% | 14.3% |
| 156th | Faroe Islands | 6.00% | -4.8% |
| 157th | Jordan | 5.30% | 12.8% |
| 158th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 5.30% | 29.3% |
| 159th | Virgin Islands (US) | 5.30% | -7.0% |
| 160th | Malaysia | 5.20% | 18.2% |
| 161st | New Caledonia | 5.10% | 37.8% |
| 162nd | Equatorial Guinea | 5.00% | 4.2% |
| 163rd | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 4.90% | -3.9% |
| 164th | Barbados | 4.30% | 53.6% |
| 165th | Lebanon | 4.00% | 0.0% |
| 166th | Guam | 3.90% | -11.4% |
| 167th | Israel | 3.90% | -2.5% |
| 168th | Macao SAR, China | 3.90% | -27.8% |
| 169th | Russian Federation | 3.20% | -5.9% |
| 170th | Yemen, Republic of | 3.00% | 15.4% |
| 171st | Libya | 2.90% | 3.6% |
| 172nd | Korea | 2.80% | 7.7% |
| 173rd | Puerto Rico (US) | 2.30% | 21.1% |
| 174th | Kazakhstan | 2.00% | -4.8% |
| 175th | Tonga | 2.00% | 0.0% |
| 176th | Azerbaijan | 1.90% | 0.0% |
| 177th | Curaçao | 1.90% | 35.7% |
| 178th | Isle of Man | 1.90% | 0.0% |
| 179th | Mongolia | 1.80% | -47.1% |
| 180th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 1.70% | -10.5% |
| 181st | Uzbekistan | 1.70% | 6.2% |
| 182nd | St. Kitts and Nevis | 1.30% | -23.5% |
| 183rd | Maldives | 1.30% | 8.3% |
| 184th | Seychelles | 1.20% | 0.0% |
| 185th | Bahamas, The | 1.10% | -8.3% |
| 186th | Syrian Arab Republic | 1.10% | -15.4% |
| 187th | British Virgin Islands | 1.10% | 10.0% |
| 188th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 1.00% | 0.0% |
| 189th | Singapore | 0.70% | 0.0% |
| 190th | Bermuda | 0.60% | -45.5% |
| 191st | Nauru | 0.60% | 200.0% |
| 192nd | Palau | 0.60% | 0.0% |
| 193rd | Iraq | 0.50% | -44.4% |
| 194th | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.40% | 0.0% |
| 195th | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.40% | 0.0% |
| 196th | American Samoa | 0.30% | 50.0% |
| 197th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.30% | -25.0% |
| 198th | United Arab Emirates | 0.20% | 100.0% |
| 199th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 0.20% | 0.0% |
| 200th | Algeria | 0.10% | 0.0% |
| 201st | Qatar | 0.10% | 0.0% |
| 202nd | Turkmenistan | 0.10% | 0.0% |
| 203rd | Bahrain | 0.00% | - |
| 204th | Brunei Darussalam | 0.00% | - |
| 205th | Cayman Islands | 0.00% | - |
| 206th | Gibraltar | 0.00% | - |
| 207th | Kuwait | 0.00% | - |
| 208th | Northern Mariana Islands | 0.00% | - |
| 209th | Oman | 0.00% | - |
| 210th | Saudi Arabia | 0.00% | - |
| 211th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 0.00% | - |
FAQ
What was Puerto Rico (US)'s renewable energy in 2017?▾
Puerto Rico (US)'s renewable energy in 2017 was 2.30%. This ranked 173rd globally.
How did Puerto Rico (US)'s renewable energy change in 2017?▾
Puerto Rico (US)'s renewable energy increased by 21.1% in 2017 compared to 2016.
Which country had the highest renewable energy in 2017?▾
Congo, Democratic Republic of had the highest renewable energy in 2017 at 96.70%.
What is the renewable energy of Puerto Rico (US) in 2017?▾
The renewable energy of Puerto Rico (US) in 2017 was 2.30%. This ranked 173rd globally.
How does 2017 compare to 2016 for Puerto Rico (US)'s renewable energy?▾
Puerto Rico (US)'s renewable energy went from 1.90% in 2016 to 2.30% in 2017, a 21.1% increase.
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