Switzerland - Renewable Energy 2015
23.90%
+1.70% from 2014
Switzerland's renewable energy was 23.90% in 2015, increased +1.70% from 22.20% in 2014. This was the 95th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2015▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 95.80% | 3.1% |
| 2nd | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 94.50% | -0.1% |
| 3rd | Central African Republic | 92.90% | -2.0% |
| 4th | Liberia | 91.90% | 0.8% |
| 5th | Uganda | 91.70% | -0.8% |
| 6th | Burundi | 91.20% | -0.1% |
| 7th | Guinea-Bissau | 87.20% | -0.1% |
| 8th | Rwanda | 86.30% | -1.9% |
| 9th | Nepal | 85.20% | 1.4% |
| 10th | Zambia | 84.00% | -0.7% |
| 11th | Madagascar | 83.90% | 2.1% |
| 12th | Tanzania | 82.80% | -2.2% |
| 13th | Gabon | 81.90% | 0.7% |
| 14th | Bhutan | 81.60% | -0.6% |
| 15th | Nigeria | 81.30% | 1.8% |
| 16th | Eritrea | 81.20% | 0.9% |
| 17th | Mali | 81.20% | -4.0% |
| 18th | Malawi | 81.00% | -2.2% |
| 19th | Togo | 81.00% | -0.5% |
| 20th | Zimbabwe | 80.80% | 0.0% |
| 21st | Mozambique | 80.10% | -1.4% |
| 22nd | Niger | 78.90% | 1.0% |
| 23rd | Burkina Faso | 78.80% | -0.1% |
| 24th | Cameroon | 78.10% | 1.6% |
| 25th | Iceland | 78.00% | 0.5% |
| 26th | Guinea | 76.20% | -3.1% |
| 27th | Haiti | 76.10% | -2.2% |
| 28th | Sierra Leone | 74.00% | 1.4% |
| 29th | Chad | 72.70% | 0.3% |
| 30th | Myanmar | 70.00% | -2.8% |
| 31st | Kenya | 69.20% | -3.6% |
| 32nd | Eswatini | 68.80% | 0.7% |
| 33rd | Comoros | 67.00% | -1.5% |
| 34th | Côte d'Ivoire | 64.50% | -10.3% |
| 35th | Congo, Republic of | 64.20% | 3.4% |
| 36th | Guatemala | 63.30% | -4.4% |
| 37th | Sudan | 61.90% | -2.8% |
| 38th | Cambodia | 60.60% | -4.9% |
| 39th | Paraguay | 60.50% | -3.2% |
| 40th | Uruguay | 59.40% | 4.8% |
| 41st | Norway | 56.50% | 1.3% |
| 42nd | Liechtenstein | 55.50% | 0.9% |
| 43rd | Papua New Guinea | 55.30% | -2.8% |
| 44th | Lao PDR | 53.30% | -8.4% |
| 45th | Sweden | 51.90% | 6.8% |
| 46th | Sri Lanka | 51.30% | -5.4% |
| 47th | Honduras | 50.80% | -2.7% |
| 48th | Nicaragua | 50.00% | -5.7% |
| 49th | Benin | 49.90% | -2.2% |
| 50th | Gambia, The | 49.00% | -7.9% |
| 51st | Solomon Islands | 48.60% | 5.9% |
| 52nd | Tajikistan | 48.10% | 4.8% |
| 53rd | Kiribati | 47.50% | -1.0% |
| 54th | Angola | 47.10% | -0.8% |
| 55th | Lesotho | 46.00% | 6.5% |
| 56th | Pakistan | 45.90% | -2.8% |
| 57th | Ghana | 44.00% | -7.8% |
| 58th | Brazil | 43.70% | 4.8% |
| 59th | Finland | 43.20% | 4.9% |
| 60th | Montenegro | 43.00% | -6.5% |
| 61st | São Tomé and Principe | 39.20% | 2.1% |
| 62nd | Senegal | 39.10% | -8.0% |
| 63rd | Albania | 38.50% | -0.3% |
| 64th | Costa Rica | 38.30% | 1.9% |
| 65th | Latvia | 38.10% | -5.2% |
| 66th | Samoa | 37.10% | -10.4% |
| 67th | Vanuatu | 35.60% | 13.0% |
| 68th | Austria | 34.80% | -2.5% |
| 69th | India | 33.40% | -1.5% |
| 70th | Bangladesh | 33.10% | -6.5% |
| 71st | Croatia | 33.10% | -1.5% |
| 72nd | Fiji | 32.70% | -1.5% |
| 73rd | Denmark | 32.50% | 7.6% |
| 74th | Colombia | 31.10% | -3.1% |
| 75th | Philippines | 30.80% | -4.9% |
| 76th | Belize | 30.30% | -19.0% |
| 77th | Namibia | 29.30% | -3.0% |
| 78th | New Zealand | 29.30% | 1.0% |
| 79th | Lithuania | 29.00% | 4.7% |
| 80th | Mauritania | 28.30% | -8.7% |
| 81st | Estonia | 28.20% | 11.5% |
| 82nd | Viet Nam | 27.80% | -24.3% |
| 83rd | Georgia | 27.50% | -10.4% |
| 84th | South Sudan | 27.50% | -6.5% |
| 85th | Peru | 27.40% | -4.2% |
| 86th | Portugal | 27.20% | -10.8% |
| 87th | Indonesia | 26.60% | -9.2% |
| 88th | Cabo Verde | 26.40% | 1.1% |
| 89th | Botswana | 26.10% | 1.2% |
| 90th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 25.20% | 6.8% |
| 91st | Chile | 25.10% | -7.0% |
| 92nd | Guyana | 25.00% | 4.2% |
| 93rd | Djibouti | 24.80% | -15.6% |
| 94th | Moldova | 24.70% | 1.6% |
| 95th | Switzerland | 23.90% | 7.7% |
| 96th | North Macedonia | 23.90% | 12.7% |
| 97th | Romania | 23.70% | -2.5% |
| 98th | Kyrgyz Republic | 23.50% | -11.7% |
| 99th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 22.60% | 22.2% |
| 100th | Thailand | 22.60% | -7.4% |
| 101st | Canada | 22.30% | 0.5% |
| 102nd | Panama | 22.00% | 11.1% |
| 103rd | Slovenia | 21.40% | -6.6% |
| 104th | Serbia | 21.20% | -8.6% |
| 105th | Cuba | 21.10% | -9.1% |
| 106th | El Salvador | 21.00% | -12.5% |
| 107th | Andorra | 19.00% | -2.1% |
| 108th | Timor-Leste | 18.00% | -0.6% |
| 109th | Bulgaria | 17.90% | 4.7% |
| 110th | Afghanistan | 17.70% | -7.3% |
| 111th | European Union | 17.61% | 1.0% |
| 112th | Greece | 17.50% | 6.7% |
| 113th | Italy | 16.60% | -2.9% |
| 114th | Spain | 16.30% | -5.8% |
| 115th | Hungary | 15.60% | -0.6% |
| 116th | Dominican Republic | 14.90% | -13.9% |
| 117th | Czechia | 14.80% | 0.0% |
| 118th | Germany | 14.60% | 4.3% |
| 119th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 14.20% | -5.3% |
| 120th | Slovak Republic | 13.40% | 9.8% |
| 121st | France | 13.30% | 0.8% |
| 122nd | Türkiye | 13.30% | 15.7% |
| 123rd | Ecuador | 13.10% | 7.4% |
| 124th | Greenland | 13.10% | 4.8% |
| 125th | Tunisia | 12.50% | -3.1% |
| 126th | China | 12.20% | 2.5% |
| 127th | Jamaica | 12.10% | 1.7% |
| 128th | Poland | 11.90% | 2.6% |
| 129th | Marshall Islands | 11.70% | -4.1% |
| 130th | Suriname | 11.60% | -9.4% |
| 131st | St. Lucia | 11.50% | -1.7% |
| 132nd | Mauritius | 11.50% | 8.5% |
| 133rd | Morocco | 11.20% | 0.9% |
| 134th | West Bank and Gaza | 11.00% | 1.9% |
| 135th | Armenia | 10.70% | 50.7% |
| 136th | Grenada | 10.50% | -4.5% |
| 137th | Cyprus | 10.40% | 9.5% |
| 138th | Ireland | 9.50% | 8.0% |
| 139th | Argentina | 9.40% | -4.1% |
| 140th | Australia | 9.40% | 1.1% |
| 141st | Belgium | 9.40% | 3.3% |
| 142nd | Mexico | 9.20% | -6.1% |
| 143rd | Luxembourg | 9.10% | 33.8% |
| 144th | United States | 8.90% | -1.1% |
| 145th | Dominica | 8.70% | -12.1% |
| 146th | French Polynesia | 7.80% | 5.4% |
| 147th | United Kingdom | 7.70% | 16.7% |
| 148th | South Africa | 7.60% | 0.0% |
| 149th | Faroe Islands | 7.50% | 15.4% |
| 150th | Belarus | 6.80% | 1.5% |
| 151st | Aruba | 6.70% | -2.9% |
| 152nd | Japan | 6.20% | 10.7% |
| 153rd | Malta | 6.00% | 33.3% |
| 154th | Netherlands | 5.80% | 3.6% |
| 155th | Virgin Islands (US) | 5.60% | 33.3% |
| 156th | Equatorial Guinea | 5.50% | 12.2% |
| 157th | Macao SAR, China | 5.40% | -52.6% |
| 158th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 5.30% | -1.9% |
| 159th | New Caledonia | 5.10% | 18.6% |
| 160th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 4.30% | 30.3% |
| 161st | Lebanon | 4.20% | 0.0% |
| 162nd | Ukraine | 4.20% | 20.0% |
| 163rd | Israel | 3.70% | 0.0% |
| 164th | Mongolia | 3.50% | 6.1% |
| 165th | Malaysia | 3.40% | 13.3% |
| 166th | Jordan | 3.20% | 3.2% |
| 167th | Russian Federation | 3.20% | -3.0% |
| 168th | Barbados | 3.00% | 0.0% |
| 169th | Tuvalu | 3.00% | 328.6% |
| 170th | Libya | 2.90% | 26.1% |
| 171st | Korea | 2.70% | -6.9% |
| 172nd | Azerbaijan | 2.30% | 9.5% |
| 173rd | Guam | 2.30% | 228.6% |
| 174th | Isle of Man | 2.20% | 15.8% |
| 175th | Yemen, Republic of | 2.00% | 150.0% |
| 176th | Puerto Rico (US) | 1.90% | 18.8% |
| 177th | Tonga | 1.90% | 11.8% |
| 178th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 1.70% | 13.3% |
| 179th | Kazakhstan | 1.70% | 30.8% |
| 180th | Uzbekistan | 1.70% | 21.4% |
| 181st | St. Kitts and Nevis | 1.60% | 0.0% |
| 182nd | Maldives | 1.50% | 25.0% |
| 183rd | Bahamas, The | 1.40% | 0.0% |
| 184th | Seychelles | 1.40% | 0.0% |
| 185th | Curaçao | 1.30% | -7.1% |
| 186th | British Virgin Islands | 1.00% | 0.0% |
| 187th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 0.90% | 0.0% |
| 188th | Iraq | 0.80% | -20.0% |
| 189th | Singapore | 0.70% | 16.7% |
| 190th | Bermuda | 0.60% | 50.0% |
| 191st | Syrian Arab Republic | 0.60% | -77.8% |
| 192nd | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.40% | 300.0% |
| 193rd | Palau | 0.40% | 33.3% |
| 194th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.40% | 0.0% |
| 195th | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.40% | 33.3% |
| 196th | American Samoa | 0.20% | 0.0% |
| 197th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 0.20% | 0.0% |
| 198th | United Arab Emirates | 0.10% | 0.0% |
| 199th | Algeria | 0.10% | 0.0% |
| 200th | Nauru | 0.10% | - |
| 201st | Turkmenistan | 0.10% | 0.0% |
| 202nd | Bahrain | 0.00% | - |
| 203rd | Brunei Darussalam | 0.00% | - |
| 204th | Cayman Islands | 0.00% | - |
| 205th | Gibraltar | 0.00% | - |
| 206th | Kuwait | 0.00% | - |
| 207th | Northern Mariana Islands | 0.00% | - |
| 208th | Oman | 0.00% | - |
| 209th | Qatar | 0.00% | - |
| 210th | Saudi Arabia | 0.00% | - |
| 211th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 0.00% | - |
FAQ
What was Switzerland's renewable energy in 2015?▾
Switzerland's renewable energy in 2015 was 23.90%. This ranked 95th globally.
How did Switzerland's renewable energy change in 2015?▾
Switzerland's renewable energy increased by 7.7% in 2015 compared to 2014.
Which country had the highest renewable energy in 2015?▾
Congo, Democratic Republic of had the highest renewable energy in 2015 at 95.80%.
What is the renewable energy of Switzerland in 2015?▾
The renewable energy of Switzerland in 2015 was 23.90%. This ranked 95th globally.
How does 2015 compare to 2014 for Switzerland's renewable energy?▾
Switzerland's renewable energy went from 22.20% in 2014 to 23.90% in 2015, a 7.7% increase.
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