China Renewable Energy 1990-2025

China renewable energy for 2015 was 23.93%, a 1.32% increase from 2014.
  • China renewable energy for 2014 was 22.61%, a 2.31% increase from 2013.
  • China renewable energy for 2013 was 20.30%, a 0.33% increase from 2012.
  • China renewable energy for 2012 was 19.97%, a 3.2% increase from 2011.
Renewable electricity is the share of electrity generated by renewable power plants in total electricity generated by all types of plants.

Percent of Electricity from Renewables

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Annual Change

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Country Rankings
Country Name Percent of Electricity from Renewables
Albania 100.00%
Lesotho 100.00%
Nepal 100.00%
Paraguay 100.00%
Bhutan 99.99%
Iceland 99.98%
Ethiopia 99.96%
Democratic Republic of Congo 99.82%
Central African Republic 99.42%
Costa Rica 99.00%
Tajikistan 98.47%
Namibia 97.79%
Norway 97.71%
Zambia 96.99%
Liechtenstein 96.86%
Uganda 92.95%
Malawi 91.31%
Uruguay 88.56%
Kenya 87.51%
Mozambique 86.41%
Lao PDR 86.37%
Andorra 86.12%
Afghanistan 86.05%
Kyrgyz Republic 85.19%
Burundi 82.71%
Greenland 81.29%
New Zealand 80.08%
Guinea 78.75%
Georgia 78.04%
Austria 76.49%
Cameroon 76.12%
Togo 75.31%
Brazil 73.97%
North Korea 72.80%
Colombia 68.24%
Croatia 66.83%
Denmark 65.51%
Panama 65.33%
Sudan 64.54%
Venezuela 63.70%
Sweden 63.26%
Canada 63.01%
Switzerland 62.20%
Sierra Leone 60.98%
Guatemala 60.39%
Faroe Islands 60.07%
Suriname 60.05%
Myanmar 58.85%
Equatorial Guinea 57.83%
El Salvador 57.82%
Rwanda 56.89%
Madagascar 54.60%
Republic of Congo 53.34%
Angola 53.17%
Ecuador 52.80%
Peru 52.73%
Zimbabwe 52.72%
Ghana 50.89%
Latvia 50.17%
Nicaragua 50.05%
Montenegro 49.65%
Sri Lanka 48.48%
Portugal 47.53%
Eswatini 46.57%
Cambodia 46.42%
Belize 45.24%
Fiji 45.02%
Finland 44.50%
Gabon 43.74%
Chile 43.60%
Mali 43.52%
Honduras 42.28%
Romania 39.75%
Lithuania 39.41%
Italy 38.68%
Vietnam 36.73%
North Macedonia 35.94%
Bosnia 35.52%
Spain 34.95%
Papua New Guinea 34.53%
Tanzania 34.15%
Luxembourg 32.38%
French Polynesia 32.01%
Turkey 31.96%
Pakistan 31.43%
Bolivia 31.40%
Samoa 30.35%
Slovenia 29.39%
Germany 29.23%
Euro Area 28.72%
Greece 28.66%
Armenia 28.34%
Tuvalu 28.17%
Argentina 28.14%
Ireland 27.97%
Serbia 26.91%
Philippines 25.41%
United Kingdom 24.84%
China 23.93%
Mauritius 22.72%
Slovak Republic 22.68%
Vanuatu 21.26%
Belgium 20.80%
Uzbekistan 20.65%
Cabo Verde 20.21%
Nigeria 18.20%
Bulgaria 17.99%
Dominica 16.18%
Japan 15.98%
France 15.86%
Russia 15.86%
St. Vincent and the Grenadines 15.66%
Mexico 15.39%
India 15.34%
Aruba 14.86%
Estonia 14.42%
Morocco 14.31%
New Caledonia 14.09%
Poland 13.80%
Australia 13.64%
Mauritania 13.37%
United States 13.23%
Netherlands 12.44%
Dominican Republic 11.63%
Czech Republic 11.40%
Indonesia 10.65%
Hungary 10.58%
Sao Tome and Principe 10.47%
Senegal 10.42%
Jamaica 10.26%
Malaysia 9.96%
Burkina Faso 9.35%
Kazakhstan 8.87%
Cyprus 8.78%
Thailand 8.54%
Egypt 8.26%
Haiti 8.00%
Malta 7.67%
Kiribati 7.27%
Azerbaijan 7.04%
Tonga 5.91%
Benin 5.56%
Moldova 5.37%
Iran 5.10%
St. Kitts and Nevis 4.57%
Ukraine 4.38%
Cuba 3.95%
Virgin Islands (U.S.) 3.88%
Iraq 3.73%
Curacao 3.71%
Mongolia 3.08%
Tunisia 2.84%
Lebanon 2.60%
Seychelles 2.38%
Syrian Arab Republic 2.31%
Kosovo 2.29%
Solomon Islands 2.26%
South Africa 2.26%
South Korea 1.89%
Israel 1.89%
Puerto Rico 1.84%
Singapore 1.82%
Micronesia 1.60%
British Virgin Islands 1.29%
Maldives 1.28%
Bangladesh 1.23%
Jordan 0.97%
American Samoa 0.89%
Isle of Man 0.83%
Belarus 0.82%
Niger 0.75%
South Sudan 0.61%
Eritrea 0.49%
Nauru 0.40%
Algeria 0.32%
Hong Kong 0.28%
Marshall Islands 0.23%
UAE 0.23%
Brunei 0.05%
Botswana 0.03%
Saudi Arabia 0.00%
Antigua and Barbuda 0.00%
Bahrain 0.00%
Bahamas 0.00%
Bermuda 0.00%
Barbados 0.00%
Channel Islands 0.00%
Comoros 0.00%
Cayman Islands 0.00%
Djibouti 0.00%
Gibraltar 0.00%
Gambia 0.00%
Guinea-Bissau 0.00%
Grenada 0.00%
Guam 0.00%
Guyana 0.00%
Kuwait 0.00%
Liberia 0.00%
Libya 0.00%
St. Lucia 0.00%
Macao 0.00%
St. Martin (French part) 0.00%
Monaco 0.00%
Northern Mariana Islands 0.00%
Oman 0.00%
Palau 0.00%
West Bank and Gaza 0.00%
Qatar 0.00%
San Marino 0.00%
Somalia 0.00%
Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0.00%
Turks and Caicos Islands 0.00%
Chad 0.00%
Turkmenistan 0.00%
Timor-Leste 0.00%
Trinidad and Tobago 0.00%
Yemen 0.00%