List of countries by renewable electricity production

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

Renewables accounted for 32% of electric generation in 2024. Renewables consist of hydro (44%), wind (25%), solar (22%), biomass (6%) and other renewables (1%). In 2025 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,^[4] amounting to 83% of new electric capacity that year.^[5] The renewable energy industry employs almost 14 million people.^[6]

Data in this table are from Ember.^[1] It includes some dependent territories. All figures are in terawatt-hours. The 'Renewables' column indicates the amount of that country's overall electric generation that was renewable.

Links for each location go to the relevant renewable energy page, when available.

Data in this table are from Ember.^[1] It includes some dependent territories. The 'Renewables' column indicates the percent of that country's overall electric generation that was renewable.

Links for each location go to the relevant renewable energy page, when available.

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