Sri Lanka - Renewable Energy 2016
45.10%
−6.20% from 2015
Sri Lanka's renewable energy was 45.10% in 2016, decreased +6.20% from 51.30% in 2015. This was the 55th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2016▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 97.00% | 1.3% |
| 2nd | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 94.80% | 0.3% |
| 3rd | Liberia | 92.80% | 1.0% |
| 4th | Central African Republic | 92.10% | -0.9% |
| 5th | Uganda | 91.40% | -0.3% |
| 6th | Burundi | 89.60% | -1.8% |
| 7th | Guinea-Bissau | 86.80% | -0.5% |
| 8th | Rwanda | 85.50% | -0.9% |
| 9th | Zambia | 84.00% | 0.0% |
| 10th | Madagascar | 83.80% | -0.1% |
| 11th | Tanzania | 81.70% | -1.3% |
| 12th | Zimbabwe | 81.70% | 1.1% |
| 13th | Gabon | 81.50% | -0.5% |
| 14th | Eritrea | 81.40% | 0.2% |
| 15th | Nigeria | 81.10% | -0.2% |
| 16th | Iceland | 80.90% | 3.7% |
| 17th | Bhutan | 80.80% | -1.0% |
| 18th | Togo | 80.70% | -0.4% |
| 19th | Niger | 80.20% | 1.6% |
| 20th | Nepal | 79.40% | -6.8% |
| 21st | Malawi | 78.90% | -2.6% |
| 22nd | Cameroon | 78.80% | 0.9% |
| 23rd | Mali | 77.90% | -4.1% |
| 24th | Mozambique | 77.40% | -3.4% |
| 25th | Burkina Faso | 77.10% | -2.2% |
| 26th | Haiti | 76.10% | 0.0% |
| 27th | Guinea | 75.30% | -1.2% |
| 28th | Sierra Leone | 73.60% | -0.5% |
| 29th | Chad | 72.70% | 0.0% |
| 30th | Myanmar | 68.80% | -1.7% |
| 31st | Kenya | 68.30% | -1.3% |
| 32nd | Congo, Republic of | 67.70% | 5.5% |
| 33rd | Eswatini | 64.30% | -6.5% |
| 34th | Côte d'Ivoire | 64.00% | -0.8% |
| 35th | Comoros | 64.00% | -4.5% |
| 36th | Guatemala | 63.20% | -0.2% |
| 37th | Paraguay | 62.50% | 3.3% |
| 38th | Uruguay | 60.30% | 1.5% |
| 39th | Sudan | 58.90% | -4.8% |
| 40th | Cambodia | 58.00% | -4.3% |
| 41st | Norway | 57.70% | 2.1% |
| 42nd | Liechtenstein | 55.80% | 0.5% |
| 43rd | Papua New Guinea | 54.80% | -0.9% |
| 44th | Honduras | 52.70% | 3.7% |
| 45th | Lao PDR | 51.70% | -3.0% |
| 46th | Sweden | 50.90% | -1.9% |
| 47th | Nicaragua | 49.50% | -1.0% |
| 48th | Solomon Islands | 48.70% | 0.2% |
| 49th | Gambia, The | 48.60% | -0.8% |
| 50th | Angola | 48.10% | 2.1% |
| 51st | Kiribati | 48.10% | 1.3% |
| 52nd | Benin | 45.40% | -9.0% |
| 53rd | Brazil | 45.40% | 3.9% |
| 54th | Ghana | 45.20% | 2.7% |
| 55th | Sri Lanka | 45.10% | -12.1% |
| 56th | Lesotho | 45.10% | -2.0% |
| 57th | Montenegro | 43.90% | 2.1% |
| 58th | Pakistan | 43.70% | -4.8% |
| 59th | Tajikistan | 43.70% | -9.1% |
| 60th | Finland | 42.40% | -1.9% |
| 61st | Albania | 39.40% | 2.3% |
| 62nd | Latvia | 38.50% | 1.0% |
| 63rd | São Tomé and Principe | 38.10% | -2.8% |
| 64th | Samoa | 36.80% | -0.8% |
| 65th | Senegal | 36.70% | -6.1% |
| 66th | Austria | 34.60% | -0.6% |
| 67th | Costa Rica | 34.10% | -11.0% |
| 68th | Belize | 33.30% | 9.9% |
| 69th | Vanuatu | 33.10% | -7.0% |
| 70th | India | 33.00% | -1.2% |
| 71st | Denmark | 32.00% | -1.5% |
| 72nd | Croatia | 31.80% | -3.9% |
| 73rd | Mauritania | 31.70% | 12.0% |
| 74th | Lithuania | 31.50% | 8.6% |
| 75th | Colombia | 30.50% | -1.9% |
| 76th | Bangladesh | 30.20% | -8.8% |
| 77th | New Zealand | 30.10% | 2.7% |
| 78th | Namibia | 29.20% | -0.3% |
| 79th | Portugal | 29.00% | 6.6% |
| 80th | South Sudan | 28.70% | 4.4% |
| 81st | Philippines | 28.60% | -7.1% |
| 82nd | Indonesia | 27.80% | 4.5% |
| 83rd | Fiji | 27.70% | -15.3% |
| 84th | Estonia | 27.20% | -3.5% |
| 85th | Georgia | 27.20% | -1.1% |
| 86th | Peru | 27.20% | -0.7% |
| 87th | Viet Nam | 26.80% | -3.6% |
| 88th | Botswana | 26.70% | 2.3% |
| 89th | Moldova | 25.30% | 2.4% |
| 90th | Chile | 24.60% | -2.0% |
| 91st | Romania | 24.40% | 3.0% |
| 92nd | Switzerland | 24.10% | 0.8% |
| 93rd | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 24.00% | 6.2% |
| 94th | Cabo Verde | 23.90% | -9.5% |
| 95th | Djibouti | 23.60% | -4.8% |
| 96th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 23.00% | -8.7% |
| 97th | Thailand | 22.40% | -0.9% |
| 98th | Kyrgyz Republic | 22.20% | -5.5% |
| 99th | Canada | 22.10% | -0.9% |
| 100th | Panama | 22.10% | 0.5% |
| 101st | North Macedonia | 21.40% | -10.5% |
| 102nd | Guyana | 21.30% | -14.8% |
| 103rd | Slovenia | 21.00% | -1.9% |
| 104th | Serbia | 20.90% | -1.4% |
| 105th | El Salvador | 20.70% | -1.4% |
| 106th | Afghanistan | 20.20% | 14.1% |
| 107th | Cuba | 19.20% | -9.0% |
| 108th | Andorra | 18.90% | -0.5% |
| 109th | Bulgaria | 17.70% | -1.1% |
| 110th | European Union | 17.52% | -0.5% |
| 111th | Spain | 16.70% | 2.5% |
| 112th | Greece | 16.40% | -6.3% |
| 113th | Italy | 16.10% | -3.0% |
| 114th | Dominican Republic | 15.30% | 2.7% |
| 115th | Hungary | 15.30% | -1.9% |
| 116th | Czechia | 14.80% | 0.0% |
| 117th | Ecuador | 14.80% | 13.0% |
| 118th | Germany | 14.20% | -2.7% |
| 119th | France | 14.20% | 6.8% |
| 120th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 13.60% | -4.2% |
| 121st | Luxembourg | 13.50% | 48.4% |
| 122nd | Armenia | 13.20% | 23.4% |
| 123rd | Türkiye | 13.20% | -0.8% |
| 124th | Slovak Republic | 13.10% | -2.2% |
| 125th | Timor-Leste | 12.70% | -29.4% |
| 126th | China | 12.60% | 3.3% |
| 127th | Greenland | 12.40% | -5.3% |
| 128th | Tunisia | 12.40% | -0.8% |
| 129th | West Bank and Gaza | 12.30% | 11.8% |
| 130th | Marshall Islands | 12.10% | 3.4% |
| 131st | Poland | 11.30% | -5.0% |
| 132nd | St. Lucia | 11.20% | -2.6% |
| 133rd | Jamaica | 11.10% | -8.3% |
| 134th | Morocco | 11.10% | -0.9% |
| 135th | Suriname | 11.10% | -4.3% |
| 136th | Dominica | 10.70% | 23.0% |
| 137th | Grenada | 10.40% | -1.0% |
| 138th | Cyprus | 10.30% | -1.0% |
| 139th | Mauritius | 10.30% | -10.4% |
| 140th | Australia | 9.60% | 2.1% |
| 141st | Argentina | 9.40% | 0.0% |
| 142nd | United States | 9.30% | 4.5% |
| 143rd | Belgium | 9.20% | -2.1% |
| 144th | Mexico | 9.20% | 0.0% |
| 145th | Malta | 9.20% | 53.3% |
| 146th | Ireland | 8.60% | -9.5% |
| 147th | French Polynesia | 8.10% | 3.8% |
| 148th | South Africa | 7.80% | 2.6% |
| 149th | United Kingdom | 7.70% | 0.0% |
| 150th | Tuvalu | 7.30% | 143.3% |
| 151st | Aruba | 7.00% | 4.5% |
| 152nd | Belarus | 6.70% | -1.5% |
| 153rd | Japan | 6.40% | 3.2% |
| 154th | Faroe Islands | 6.30% | -16.0% |
| 155th | Virgin Islands (US) | 5.70% | 1.8% |
| 156th | Netherlands | 5.60% | -3.4% |
| 157th | Ukraine | 5.50% | 31.0% |
| 158th | Macao SAR, China | 5.40% | 0.0% |
| 159th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 5.10% | -3.8% |
| 160th | Equatorial Guinea | 4.80% | -12.7% |
| 161st | Jordan | 4.70% | 46.9% |
| 162nd | Guam | 4.40% | 91.3% |
| 163rd | Malaysia | 4.40% | 29.4% |
| 164th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 4.10% | -4.7% |
| 165th | Israel | 4.00% | 8.1% |
| 166th | Lebanon | 4.00% | -4.8% |
| 167th | New Caledonia | 3.70% | -27.5% |
| 168th | Mongolia | 3.40% | -2.9% |
| 169th | Russian Federation | 3.40% | 6.2% |
| 170th | Barbados | 2.80% | -6.7% |
| 171st | Libya | 2.80% | -3.4% |
| 172nd | Korea | 2.60% | -3.7% |
| 173rd | Yemen, Republic of | 2.60% | 30.0% |
| 174th | Kazakhstan | 2.10% | 23.5% |
| 175th | Tonga | 2.00% | 5.3% |
| 176th | Azerbaijan | 1.90% | -17.4% |
| 177th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 1.90% | 11.8% |
| 178th | Isle of Man | 1.90% | -13.6% |
| 179th | Puerto Rico (US) | 1.90% | 0.0% |
| 180th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 1.70% | 6.2% |
| 181st | Uzbekistan | 1.60% | -5.9% |
| 182nd | Curaçao | 1.40% | 7.7% |
| 183rd | Syrian Arab Republic | 1.30% | 116.7% |
| 184th | Bahamas, The | 1.20% | -14.3% |
| 185th | Maldives | 1.20% | -20.0% |
| 186th | Seychelles | 1.20% | -14.3% |
| 187th | Bermuda | 1.10% | 83.3% |
| 188th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 1.00% | 11.1% |
| 189th | British Virgin Islands | 1.00% | 0.0% |
| 190th | Iraq | 0.90% | 12.5% |
| 191st | Singapore | 0.70% | 0.0% |
| 192nd | Palau | 0.60% | 50.0% |
| 193rd | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.40% | 0.0% |
| 194th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.40% | 0.0% |
| 195th | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.40% | 0.0% |
| 196th | American Samoa | 0.20% | 0.0% |
| 197th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 0.20% | 0.0% |
| 198th | Nauru | 0.20% | 100.0% |
| 199th | United Arab Emirates | 0.10% | 0.0% |
| 200th | Algeria | 0.10% | 0.0% |
| 201st | Qatar | 0.10% | - |
| 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 Sri Lanka's renewable energy in 2016?▾
Sri Lanka's renewable energy in 2016 was 45.10%. This ranked 55th globally.
How did Sri Lanka's renewable energy change in 2016?▾
Sri Lanka's renewable energy decreased by 12.1% in 2016 compared to 2015.
Which country had the highest renewable energy in 2016?▾
Congo, Democratic Republic of had the highest renewable energy in 2016 at 97.00%.
What is the renewable energy of Sri Lanka in 2016?▾
The renewable energy of Sri Lanka in 2016 was 45.10%. This ranked 55th globally.
How does 2016 compare to 2015 for Sri Lanka's renewable energy?▾
Sri Lanka's renewable energy went from 51.30% in 2015 to 45.10% in 2016, a 12.1% decrease.
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