United States - Renewable Energy 2018
9.90%
+0.20% from 2017
United States's renewable energy was 9.90% in 2018, increased +0.20% from 9.70% in 2017. This was the 142nd highest globally.
Global Ranking - 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 States's renewable energy in 2018?▾
United States's renewable energy in 2018 was 9.90%. This ranked 142nd globally.
How did United States's renewable energy change in 2018?▾
United States's renewable energy increased by 2.1% 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 States in 2018?▾
The renewable energy of United States in 2018 was 9.90%. This ranked 142nd globally.
How does 2018 compare to 2017 for United States's renewable energy?▾
United States's renewable energy went from 9.70% in 2017 to 9.90% in 2018, a 2.1% increase.
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