List of countries by renewable electricity production

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Renewable electricity generation by source and country in 2023

This is a list of countries and dependencies by electricity generation from renewable sources. [1]

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Renewables accounted for 30% of electric generation in 2023. Renewables consist of hydro (47%), wind (26%), solar (18%), biomass (8%) and geothermal (1%). China produced 32% of global renewable electricity, followed by the United States (11%), Brazil (7.0%), Canada (4.7%) and India (4.3%). [1]

Renewable investment reached almost $500 billion globally in 2022, [2] amounting to 83% of new electric capacity that year. [3] The renewable energy industry employs almost 14 million people. [4]

Renewable production (TWh)

Data in this table are from Ember and are for 2023 unless otherwise specified. [1] Includes some dependent territories. All figures are in terawatt-hours.

Links for each location go to the relevant electricity market page, when available.

Renewable production (percent)

Data in this table are from Ember and are for 2023 unless otherwise specified. [1] Includes some dependent territories. The 'renewables' column indicates the percent of that country's electric generation that was renewable.

Links for each location go to the relevant electricity market page, when available.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Yearly Electricity Data". ember-energy.org. Retrieved 10 Feb 2025.
  2. ↑ "A Record $495 Billion Invested in Renewable Energy in 2022". bnef.com. 2 Feb 2023. Retrieved 19 Dec 2023.
  3. ↑ "Record Growth in Renewables Achieved Despite Energy Crisis". IRENA. 21 Mar 2023. Retrieved 19 Dec 2023.
  4. ↑ "Renewables Jobs Nearly Doubled in Past Decade, Soared to 13.7 Million in 2022". IRENA. 28 Sep 2023. Retrieved 19 Dec 2023.
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