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United Kingdom - Renewable Energy 2018

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Renewable energy consumption as % of total · World Bank

10.20% +1.40% from 2017 Global rank: 140th

United Kingdom's renewable energy was 10.20% in 2018, increased +1.40% from 8.80% in 2017. This was the 140th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2018▾

Renewable Energy by Country - 2018
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Congo, Democratic Republic of	96.40%	-0.3%
2nd	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	94.90%	0.0%
3rd	Liberia	94.40%	0.9%
4th	Central African Republic	91.40%	-0.2%
5th	Uganda	90.50%	-0.9%
6th	Gabon	90.30%	0.1%
7th	Guinea-Bissau	86.60%	-0.2%
8th	Burundi	85.70%	-2.8%
9th	Madagascar	84.20%	2.8%
10th	Zambia	83.80%	0.4%
11th	Rwanda	82.80%	-2.0%
12th	Niger	82.00%	0.0%
13th	Iceland	81.40%	0.7%
14th	Tanzania	81.30%	-0.9%
15th	Eritrea	80.80%	-1.0%
16th	Nigeria	80.80%	-1.0%
17th	Bhutan	80.00%	0.4%
18th	Zimbabwe	79.70%	-2.8%
19th	Mozambique	79.00%	1.0%
20th	Cameroon	78.70%	-0.6%
21st	Mali	77.20%	0.3%
22nd	Togo	76.70%	-2.2%
23rd	Haiti	76.20%	0.0%
24th	Sierra Leone	75.90%	1.7%
25th	Nepal	75.00%	-2.3%
26th	Burkina Faso	73.70%	-1.2%
27th	Guinea	73.20%	1.7%
28th	Malawi	73.20%	-4.8%
29th	Chad	73.10%	0.4%
30th	Congo, Republic of	70.60%	1.1%
31st	Kenya	68.70%	0.9%
32nd	Eswatini	65.70%	0.6%
33rd	Guatemala	64.00%	-1.5%
34th	Uruguay	60.80%	0.0%
35th	Côte d'Ivoire	60.50%	-3.2%
36th	Sudan	59.80%	0.7%
37th	Myanmar	59.40%	-0.2%
38th	Paraguay	59.20%	-1.5%
39th	Norway	58.90%	0.0%
40th	Cambodia	58.10%	3.2%
41st	Comoros	57.70%	-3.0%
42nd	Liechtenstein	56.80%	2.7%
43rd	Papua New Guinea	53.40%	-2.4%
44th	Angola	52.50%	0.0%
45th	Sweden	51.60%	-0.4%
46th	Nicaragua	51.30%	4.9%
47th	Lao PDR	50.20%	-0.8%
48th	Honduras	48.90%	7.2%
49th	Solomon Islands	48.60%	-0.8%
50th	Gambia, The	48.10%	0.2%
51st	Sri Lanka	47.90%	4.6%
52nd	Brazil	46.90%	3.5%
53rd	Finland	44.20%	-0.5%
54th	Benin	44.00%	-3.1%
55th	Pakistan	43.40%	3.1%
56th	Lesotho	42.50%	2.4%
57th	Kiribati	42.30%	-0.5%
58th	Ghana	42.10%	-7.1%
59th	Tajikistan	41.60%	-5.9%
60th	Latvia	41.00%	-3.8%
61st	Montenegro	40.60%	7.4%
62nd	São Tomé and Principe	40.60%	3.6%
63rd	Albania	37.80%	2.4%
64th	Samoa	36.60%	2.2%
65th	Belize	35.50%	-4.6%
66th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	35.40%	91.4%
67th	Denmark	34.60%	-1.1%
68th	Senegal	34.20%	-7.1%
69th	Austria	34.10%	0.3%
70th	Lithuania	33.70%	-0.3%
71st	Costa Rica	33.10%	-0.6%
72nd	India	32.90%	1.2%
73rd	Croatia	32.80%	10.1%
74th	South Sudan	31.50%	-10.3%
75th	Namibia	30.90%	2.3%
76th	Colombia	30.40%	-5.6%
77th	Vanuatu	29.70%	-16.8%
78th	New Zealand	28.90%	1.8%
79th	Estonia	28.60%	4.0%
80th	Peru	27.90%	1.1%
81st	Philippines	27.60%	-0.7%
82nd	Portugal	27.50%	12.7%
83rd	Georgia	27.40%	-0.4%
84th	Bangladesh	27.00%	-3.9%
85th	Fiji	25.80%	-9.8%
86th	Botswana	25.60%	-4.1%
87th	Chile	25.50%	5.8%
88th	Moldova	25.30%	-3.1%
89th	Djibouti	24.70%	6.0%
90th	Panama	24.50%	3.8%
91st	Viet Nam	24.30%	-14.1%
92nd	Switzerland	24.20%	-3.2%
93rd	Cuba	24.00%	9.1%
94th	Thailand	23.70%	6.8%
95th	Kyrgyz Republic	23.40%	-5.3%
96th	El Salvador	23.20%	-7.2%
97th	Romania	23.00%	-1.7%
98th	Canada	22.30%	-2.2%
99th	Indonesia	22.00%	-12.7%
100th	Cabo Verde	21.90%	0.5%
101st	Mauritania	21.60%	-15.3%
102nd	Serbia	21.00%	5.0%
103rd	North Macedonia	20.90%	10.0%
104th	Slovenia	20.60%	4.6%
105th	Bulgaria	19.60%	14.6%
106th	European Union	18.72%	5.9%
107th	Afghanistan	18.30%	-6.2%
108th	Suriname	18.30%	18.1%
109th	Greece	17.90%	9.1%
110th	Andorra	17.60%	-2.2%
111th	Italy	17.10%	4.3%
112th	Spain	16.90%	11.2%
113th	Guyana	16.80%	-24.0%
114th	Ecuador	16.30%	-4.1%
115th	Germany	16.00%	5.3%
116th	Luxembourg	16.00%	4.6%
117th	Dominican Republic	15.90%	-5.9%
118th	France	15.20%	7.8%
119th	Poland	15.10%	36.0%
120th	Czechia	14.70%	1.4%
121st	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	14.30%	0.0%
122nd	Hungary	13.60%	-6.8%
123rd	China	13.50%	3.1%
124th	West Bank and Gaza	12.70%	21.0%
125th	Timor-Leste	12.70%	-3.8%
126th	Slovak Republic	12.40%	0.0%
127th	Cyprus	12.00%	10.1%
128th	Marshall Islands	12.00%	0.0%
129th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	11.90%	16.7%
130th	Tunisia	11.90%	0.8%
131st	Türkiye	11.80%	3.5%
132nd	Greenland	11.40%	0.9%
133rd	Armenia	11.10%	-11.9%
134th	Morocco	10.90%	4.8%
135th	Ireland	10.80%	6.9%
136th	Belgium	10.70%	10.3%
137th	Grenada	10.70%	4.9%
138th	Argentina	10.50%	1.0%
139th	Mexico	10.30%	2.0%
140th	United Kingdom	10.20%	15.9%
141st	St. Lucia	10.20%	0.0%
142nd	United States	9.90%	2.1%
143rd	Australia	9.80%	-1.0%
144th	Mauritius	9.20%	-2.1%
145th	Jamaica	8.90%	-19.1%
146th	Aruba	8.60%	26.5%
147th	Macao SAR, China	8.40%	115.4%
148th	South Africa	8.00%	1.3%
149th	Dominica	7.90%	-18.6%
150th	French Polynesia	7.70%	-4.9%
151st	Malta	7.60%	4.1%
152nd	Netherlands	7.40%	15.6%
153rd	Japan	7.30%	5.8%
154th	Belarus	7.20%	-1.4%
155th	Jordan	7.20%	35.8%
156th	Ukraine	6.90%	6.2%
157th	Tuvalu	6.40%	-8.6%
158th	Faroe Islands	5.90%	-1.7%
159th	Virgin Islands (US)	5.80%	9.4%
160th	Malaysia	5.30%	1.9%
161st	Egypt, Arab Republic of	5.00%	2.0%
162nd	Barbados	4.90%	14.0%
163rd	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	4.90%	-7.5%
164th	Equatorial Guinea	4.80%	-4.0%
165th	Lebanon	4.70%	17.5%
166th	New Caledonia	4.60%	-9.8%
167th	Guam	4.50%	15.4%
168th	Israel	3.80%	-2.6%
169th	Korea	3.20%	14.3%
170th	Russian Federation	3.20%	0.0%
171st	Libya	2.90%	0.0%
172nd	Yemen, Republic of	2.90%	-3.3%
173rd	Curaçao	2.50%	31.6%
174th	Mongolia	2.10%	16.7%
175th	Micronesia, Federated States of	2.00%	17.6%
176th	Isle of Man	2.00%	5.3%
177th	Azerbaijan	1.90%	0.0%
178th	Kazakhstan	1.90%	-5.0%
179th	Tonga	1.80%	-10.0%
180th	Uzbekistan	1.50%	-11.8%
181st	Puerto Rico (US)	1.40%	-39.1%
182nd	St. Kitts and Nevis	1.30%	0.0%
183rd	Maldives	1.30%	0.0%
184th	Seychelles	1.20%	0.0%
185th	British Virgin Islands	1.20%	9.1%
186th	Bahamas, The	1.10%	0.0%
187th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	1.00%	0.0%
188th	Syrian Arab Republic	0.90%	-18.2%
189th	Singapore	0.80%	14.3%
190th	Antigua and Barbuda	0.70%	75.0%
191st	Bermuda	0.70%	16.7%
192nd	Nauru	0.70%	16.7%
193rd	Palau	0.60%	0.0%
194th	Iraq	0.50%	0.0%
195th	Trinidad and Tobago	0.50%	25.0%
196th	Turks and Caicos Islands	0.40%	33.3%
197th	United Arab Emirates	0.30%	50.0%
198th	American Samoa	0.30%	0.0%
199th	Algeria	0.20%	100.0%
200th	Hong Kong SAR, China	0.20%	0.0%
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%	-100.0%
210th	Saudi Arabia	0.00%	-
211th	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	0.00%	-

FAQ

What was United Kingdom's renewable energy in 2018?▾

United Kingdom's renewable energy in 2018 was 10.20%. This ranked 140th globally.

How did United Kingdom's renewable energy change in 2018?▾

United Kingdom's renewable energy increased by 15.9% in 2018 compared to 2017.

Which country had the highest renewable energy in 2018?▾

Congo, Democratic Republic of had the highest renewable energy in 2018 at 96.40%.

What is the renewable energy of United Kingdom in 2018?▾

The renewable energy of United Kingdom in 2018 was 10.20%. This ranked 140th globally.

How does 2018 compare to 2017 for United Kingdom's renewable energy?▾

United Kingdom's renewable energy went from 8.80% in 2017 to 10.20% in 2018, a 15.9% increase.

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