Renewable electricity output
Tracks each grid’s total renewable share, including large hydro.
Burundi, 2021, ranked 56 of 209
61.3%
% of total electricity output
Since 2011
−30.5
percentage points, down from 91.8%
Burundi, its region and the world
- Burundi
- World
- Sub-Saharan Africa
0%
50%
100%
BurundiSub-Saharan AfricaWorld View data table
| Year | Burundi | World | Sub-Saharan Africa |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 61.3% | 27.8% | 32.6% |
| 2020 | 70.3% | 28.0% | 31.9% |
| 2019 | 77.4% | 26.1% | 30.7% |
| 2018 | 82.3% | 25.1% | 29.2% |
| 2017 | 84.1% | 24.5% | 27.7% |
| 2016 | 88.3% | 23.9% | 25.5% |
| 2015 | 86.1% | 23.0% | 26.0% |
| 2014 | 85.4% | 22.4% | 26.1% |
| 2013 | 88.1% | 21.8% | 25.2% |
| 2012 | 98.1% | 21.2% | 24.4% |
| 2011 | 91.8% | 20.1% | 24.1% |
| 2010 | 88.5% | 19.8% | 24.3% |
| 2009 | 97.1% | 19.7% | 24.2% |
| 2008 | 100.0% | 19.0% | 22.6% |
| 2007 | 100.0% | 18.3% | 22.0% |
| 2006 | 100.0% | 18.5% | 23.1% |
| 2005 | 100.0% | 18.4% | 23.5% |
| 2004 | 100.0% | 18.3% | 21.7% |
| 2003 | 100.0% | 17.8% | 21.4% |
| 2002 | 100.0% | 18.3% | 21.8% |
| 2001 | 100.0% | 18.4% | 22.8% |
| 2000 | 100.0% | 18.9% | 21.6% |
| 1999 | – | 18.6% | 18.4% |
| 1998 | – | 19.0% | 17.6% |
| 1997 | – | 19.3% | 16.6% |
| 1996 | – | 19.4% | 16.8% |
| 1995 | – | 19.8% | 17.5% |
Source: The World Bank, updated 13 Oct 2026. Annual national estimates compiled by the World Bank from IEA, IRENA, UN and national sources. The latest year typically lags by one to three years.
World and regions
- Latin America & Caribbean 56.7% 2021
- Europe & Central Asia 34.4% 2021
- Sub-Saharan Africa 32.6% 2021
- World 27.8% 2021
- North America 26.3% 2021
- East Asia & Pacific 25.9% 2021
- South Asia 19.3% 2021
- Middle East & North Africa 6.3% 2021
Years differ where countries report on different schedules.
Every economy
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Ranking of all 209 economies
| # | Economy | % of total electricity output | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bhutan | 100.0% | 2021 |
| 2 | Paraguay | 100.0% | 2012 |
| 3 | Iceland | 100.0% | 2016 |
| 4 | Lesotho | 99.8% | 2021 |
| 5 | Costa Rica | 99.4% | 2021 |
| 6 | Norway | 99.1% | 2021 |
| 7 | Albania | 98.6% | 2011 |
| 8 | Central African Republic | 96.5% | 2021 |
| 9 | El Salvador | 95.6% | 2021 |
| 10 | Ethiopia | 95.3% | 2020 |
| 11 | Tajikistan | 93.4% | 2021 |
| 12 | Namibia | 93.4% | 2021 |
| 13 | Andorra | 93.3% | 2021 |
| 14 | Belize | 92.9% | 2021 |
| 15 | Zambia | 92.0% | 2021 |
| 16 | Angola | 91.2% | 2021 |
| 17 | DR Congo | 90.4% | 2021 |
| 18 | Uganda | 90.0% | 2021 |
| 19 | Luxembourg | 89.0% | 2021 |
| 20 | Guinea | 88.1% | 2021 |
| 21 | Zimbabwe | 87.5% | 2021 |
| 22 | Kyrgyzstan | 85.6% | 2021 |
| 23 | Uruguay | 84.4% | 2021 |
| 24 | Nepal | 84.0% | 2021 |
| 25 | Eswatini | 83.1% | 2021 |
| 26 | Mozambique | 82.7% | 2021 |
| 27 | Venezuela | 81.7% | 2021 |
| 28 | New Zealand | 81.5% | 2021 |
| 29 | Georgia | 81.4% | 2021 |
| 30 | Ecuador | 80.9% | 2021 |
| 31 | Malawi | 80.1% | 2021 |
| 32 | Austria | 79.9% | 2021 |
| 33 | Denmark | 79.0% | 2021 |
| 34 | Afghanistan | 78.2% | 2021 |
| 35 | Kenya | 78.1% | 2021 |
| 36 | Brazil | 77.4% | 2021 |
| 37 | Greenland | 77.0% | 2021 |
| 38 | Colombia | 76.2% | 2021 |
| 39 | Sierra Leone | 75.3% | 2021 |
| 40 | Croatia | 69.9% | 2021 |
| 41 | Nicaragua | 69.5% | 2021 |
| 42 | Panama | 69.0% | 2021 |
| 43 | Switzerland | 67.9% | 2021 |
| 44 | Sweden | 67.4% | 2021 |
| 45 | Canada | 67.0% | 2021 |
| 46 | Cameroon | 65.8% | 2021 |
| 47 | Lithuania | 65.6% | 2021 |
| 48 | Honduras | 64.9% | 2021 |
| 49 | Portugal | 64.9% | 2021 |
| 50 | Latvia | 63.6% | 2021 |
| 51 | Laos | 63.3% | 2021 |
| 52 | North Korea | 63.1% | 2021 |
| 53 | Mali | 62.3% | 2021 |
| 54 | Peru | 61.8% | 2021 |
| 55 | Montenegro | 61.8% | 2021 |
| 56 | Burundi | 61.3% | 2021 |
| 57 | Sudan | 61.1% | 2021 |
| 58 | Guatemala | 60.6% | 2021 |
| 59 | Fiji | 60.1% | 2021 |
| 60 | Rwanda | 59.9% | 2021 |
| 61 | Liberia | 57.4% | 2021 |
| 62 | Cambodia | 56.4% | 2021 |
| 63 | Finland | 52.9% | 2021 |
| 64 | Myanmar | 50.8% | 2021 |
| 65 | Sri Lanka | 49.2% | 2021 |
| 66 | Samoa | 49.1% | 2021 |
| 67 | Chile | 48.1% | 2021 |
| 68 | Spain | 47.0% | 2021 |
| 69 | Romania | 44.9% | 2021 |
| 70 | Suriname | 41.9% | 2021 |
| 71 | Vietnam | 41.2% | 2021 |
| 72 | Italy | 41.0% | 2021 |
| 73 | Greece | 40.6% | 2021 |
| 74 | United Kingdom | 40.2% | 2021 |
| 75 | Papua New Guinea | 40.0% | 2021 |
| 76 | Estonia | 40.0% | 2021 |
| 77 | Germany | 39.8% | 2021 |
| 78 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 39.3% | 2021 |
| 79 | Bolivia | 38.2% | 2021 |
| 80 | Faroe Islands | 38.1% | 2021 |
| 81 | Tanzania | 37.2% | 2021 |
| 82 | Ireland | 37.2% | 2021 |
| 83 | Slovenia | 36.1% | 2021 |
| 84 | Türkiye | 35.4% | 2021 |
| 85 | Djibouti | 35.4% | 2021 |
| 86 | Serbia | 35.0% | 2021 |
| 87 | Ghana | 34.9% | 2021 |
| 88 | Madagascar | 34.1% | 2021 |
| 89 | Netherlands | 33.1% | 2021 |
| 90 | Gabon | 33.0% | 2021 |
| 91 | Congo | 31.7% | 2021 |
| 92 | North Macedonia | 31.0% | 2021 |
| 93 | Armenia | 30.0% | 2021 |
| 94 | China | 28.4% | 2021 |
| 95 | Pakistan | 28.3% | 2021 |
| 96 | Australia | 26.7% | 2021 |
| 97 | Argentina | 25.5% | 2021 |
| 98 | Togo | 25.3% | 2021 |
| 99 | Vanuatu | 25.2% | 2021 |
| 100 | Jordan | 24.9% | 2021 |
| 101 | Palestine | 24.5% | 2021 |
| 102 | French Polynesia | 23.7% | 2021 |
| 103 | Slovakia | 23.6% | 2021 |
| 104 | Belgium | 23.5% | 2021 |
| 105 | Mexico | 23.4% | 2021 |
| 106 | France | 22.8% | 2021 |
| 107 | Ivory Coast | 22.8% | 2021 |
| 108 | Philippines | 22.6% | 2021 |
| 109 | New Caledonia | 22.5% | 2021 |
| 110 | Bulgaria | 22.2% | 2021 |
| 111 | Nigeria | 22.0% | 2021 |
| 112 | Mauritius | 21.7% | 2021 |
| 113 | Japan | 21.1% | 2021 |
| 114 | Haiti | 20.5% | 2021 |
| 115 | Dominica | 20.3% | 2021 |
| 116 | United States | 20.3% | 2021 |
| 117 | Thailand | 19.9% | 2021 |
| 118 | Mauritania | 19.4% | 2021 |
| 119 | Morocco | 19.3% | 2021 |
| 120 | Russia | 19.2% | 2021 |
| 121 | Hungary | 19.1% | 2021 |
| 122 | India | 19.1% | 2021 |
| 123 | Cape Verde | 18.3% | 2021 |
| 124 | Curaçao | 18.3% | 2021 |
| 125 | Poland | 17.5% | 2021 |
| 126 | Dominican Republic | 17.1% | 2021 |
| 127 | Malaysia | 17.0% | 2021 |
| 128 | Kiribati | 16.4% | 2021 |
| 129 | Tuvalu | 15.8% | 2021 |
| 130 | Indonesia | 15.5% | 2021 |
| 131 | Cyprus | 15.1% | 2021 |
| 132 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 15.0% | 2021 |
| 133 | Aruba | 14.8% | 2021 |
| 134 | Tonga | 14.2% | 2021 |
| 135 | Czechia | 14.0% | 2021 |
| 136 | Burkina Faso | 13.9% | 2021 |
| 137 | Senegal | 13.3% | 2021 |
| 138 | Jamaica | 12.8% | 2021 |
| 139 | Egypt | 12.2% | 2021 |
| 140 | Ukraine | 12.0% | 2021 |
| 141 | Malta | 11.9% | 2021 |
| 142 | Somalia | 11.2% | 2021 |
| 143 | Kazakhstan | 11.0% | 2021 |
| 144 | Mongolia | 10.9% | 2021 |
| 145 | Yemen | 10.3% | 2021 |
| 146 | Nauru | 9.8% | 2021 |
| 147 | Equatorial Guinea | 8.8% | 2021 |
| 148 | Israel | 7.6% | 2021 |
| 149 | Barbados | 7.3% | 2021 |
| 150 | Guyana | 7.1% | 2021 |
| 151 | Guinea-Bissau | 7.1% | 2021 |
| 152 | Uzbekistan | 7.1% | 2021 |
| 153 | South Korea | 6.7% | 2021 |
| 154 | Solomon Islands | 6.6% | 2021 |
| 155 | Moldova | 6.5% | 2021 |
| 156 | South Africa | 6.4% | 2021 |
| 157 | Kosovo | 6.4% | 2021 |
| 158 | Niger | 6.2% | 2021 |
| 159 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 6.1% | 2021 |
| 160 | Maldives | 5.8% | 2021 |
| 161 | Azerbaijan | 5.8% | 2021 |
| 162 | Chad | 5.7% | 2021 |
| 163 | Antigua and Barbuda | 5.7% | 2021 |
| 164 | Lebanon | 5.1% | 2021 |
| 165 | Eritrea | 5.0% | 2021 |
| 166 | Micronesia | 4.9% | 2021 |
| 167 | Guam | 4.8% | 2021 |
| 168 | Cuba | 4.8% | 2021 |
| 169 | Palau | 4.6% | 2021 |
| 170 | Puerto Rico | 4.6% | 2021 |
| 171 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 4.5% | 2021 |
| 172 | Seychelles | 4.5% | 2021 |
| 173 | Iran | 4.2% | 2021 |
| 174 | United Arab Emirates | 4.2% | 2021 |
| 175 | Singapore | 4.0% | 2021 |
| 176 | American Samoa | 3.9% | 2021 |
| 177 | Iraq | 3.8% | 2021 |
| 178 | Syria | 3.4% | 2021 |
| 179 | Belarus | 3.1% | 2021 |
| 180 | Cayman Islands | 2.9% | 2021 |
| 181 | Tunisia | 2.8% | 2021 |
| 182 | Saint Lucia | 2.5% | 2021 |
| 183 | United States Virgin Islands | 2.5% | 2021 |
| 184 | Marshall Islands | 2.4% | 2021 |
| 185 | British Virgin Islands | 2.3% | 2021 |
| 186 | Grenada | 2.0% | 2021 |
| 187 | Oman | 1.9% | 2021 |
| 188 | Gambia | 1.6% | 2021 |
| 189 | Bangladesh | 1.5% | 2021 |
| 190 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 1.5% | 2021 |
| 191 | Algeria | 0.9% | 2021 |
| 192 | Hong Kong | 0.8% | 2021 |
| 193 | Saint Martin | 0.8% | 2021 |
| 194 | Bahamas | 0.5% | 2021 |
| 195 | Timor-Leste | 0.4% | 2021 |
| 196 | South Sudan | 0.4% | 2021 |
| 197 | Qatar | 0.3% | 2021 |
| 198 | Kuwait | 0.3% | 2021 |
| 199 | Benin | 0.3% | 2021 |
| 200 | Botswana | 0.2% | 2021 |
| 201 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.1% | 2021 |
| 202 | Saudi Arabia | 0.1% | 2021 |
| 203 | Bahrain | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 204 | Libya | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 205 | Brunei | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 206 | Turkmenistan | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 207 | Comoros | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 208 | Gibraltar | 0.0% | 2015 |
| 209 | Sint Maarten | 0.0% | 2021 |