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39% of global electricity is generated from Low Carbon

39.07 % Share of global electricity

Low-carbon energy sources are integral in the global movement toward clean, green, sustainable energy. These sources, which include nuclear, wind, and solar, are pivotal in combating climate change and reducing air pollution caused by traditional fossil fuels. Nuclear energy, in particular, is a substantial contributor to low-carbon electricity production globally, alongside wind and solar power. Contrary to popular belief, nuclear power is just as "green" and sustainable as wind or solar energy. It’s crucial to remember that these figures refer specifically to electricity generation, not total energy usage. In short, a shift towards low-carbon energy sources, such as nuclear, wind, and solar, would significantly reduce our global carbon footprint and lead us toward a cleaner, greener future.

Country/Region Watts / person % TWh
Iceland 6079.1 W 100.0% 19.7 TWh
Norway 3192.7 W 99.0% 151.1 TWh
Sweden 1839.0 W 98.2% 168.6 TWh
Canada 1578.4 W 82.6% 527.6 TWh
Finland 1343.0 W 76.1% 65.1 TWh
Bhutan 1321.4 W 100.0% 9.0 TWh
Greenland 1014.4 W 83.3% 0.5 TWh
New Zealand 838.7 W 85.5% 37.7 TWh
Switzerland 787.9 W 92.0% 60.0 TWh
France 729.6 W 85.2% 412.4 TWh
Paraguay 680.3 W 99.8% 40.0 TWh
Belgium 670.5 W 72.1% 68.2 TWh
Austria 631.4 W 67.1% 49.4 TWh
United States 587.2 W 40.0% 1733.4 TWh
Denmark 563.5 W 79.9% 28.9 TWh
Slovenia 512.8 W 65.4% 9.5 TWh
South Korea 494.3 W 37.0% 224.5 TWh
Slovakia 460.2 W 78.6% 22.0 TWh
Czechia 450.6 W 48.7% 41.5 TWh
Laos 448.3 W 73.0% 29.2 TWh
EU 434.1 W 60.3% 1692.4 TWh
Bulgaria 429.7 W 51.2% 25.9 TWh
Spain 429.5 W 62.7% 178.7 TWh
Uruguay 414.1 W 82.4% 12.4 TWh
Germany 392.2 W 49.2% 286.6 TWh
Albania 358.3 W 100.0% 9.0 TWh
Australia 358.0 W 32.3% 81.3 TWh
Faroe Islands 345.2 W 38.1% 0.2 TWh
Netherlands 343.5 W 43.4% 52.7 TWh
French Guiana 342.0 W 66.0% 0.7 TWh
Russia 339.2 W 38.7% 431.1 TWh
Georgia 329.6 W 68.4% 10.8 TWh
Brazil 320.5 W 86.1% 601.7 TWh
Estonia 315.3 W 39.5% 3.7 TWh
Portugal 311.6 W 50.0% 28.1 TWh
United Kingdom 310.2 W 56.3% 182.8 TWh
Montenegro 307.3 W 52.3% 1.7 TWh
Ireland 301.3 W 38.6% 13.2 TWh
Hungary 274.9 W 49.1% 23.4 TWh
Costa Rica 274.2 W 98.0% 12.4 TWh
Chile 257.7 W 52.9% 44.0 TWh
Japan 257.0 W 29.0% 280.5 TWh
People's Republic of China 251.9 W 35.5% 3146.0 TWh
Croatia 251.4 W 47.1% 8.9 TWh
Venezuela 248.2 W 79.9% 61.3 TWh
Greece 248.2 W 40.6% 22.7 TWh
Republic of China (Taiwan) 228.0 W 16.4% 47.6 TWh
Kyrgyzstan 227.3 W 89.5% 13.0 TWh
Latvia 222.3 W 49.5% 3.6 TWh
Ukraine 218.9 W 74.6% 83.5 TWh
Panama 218.5 W 74.4% 8.3 TWh
Bosnia & Herzegovina 215.0 W 37.9% 6.2 TWh
Tajikistan 210.7 W 91.2% 18.0 TWh
Romania 206.8 W 60.8% 35.0 TWh
Italy 195.8 W 31.6% 101.6 TWh
United Arab Emirates 191.3 W 11.3% 15.7 TWh
Suriname 190.0 W 36.2% 1.0 TWh
Turkey 184.3 W 41.7% 136.9 TWh
New Caledonia 182.5 W 13.7% 0.5 TWh
Luxembourg 173.2 W 14.3% 1.0 TWh
Armenia 169.3 W 56.6% 4.1 TWh
Ecuador 167.1 W 78.7% 26.1 TWh
Serbia 166.9 W 27.0% 10.7 TWh
The World 160.8 W 39.1% 11143.1 TWh
Aruba 160.7 W 16.1% 0.1 TWh
Vietnam 159.0 W 51.3% 135.8 TWh
Curaçao 156.3 W 29.2% 0.3 TWh
Guadeloupe 150.1 W 31.2% 0.5 TWh
Colombia 140.9 W 74.8% 63.6 TWh
Cook Islands 134.1 W 40.0% 0.0 TWh
Argentina 132.7 W 33.8% 52.6 TWh
Lithuania 127.8 W 24.3% 3.1 TWh
Malaysia 116.9 W 19.0% 34.4 TWh
Réunion 113.3 W 30.8% 0.9 TWh
Peru 112.5 W 55.1% 33.2 TWh
Poland 112.4 W 21.0% 37.7 TWh
North Macedonia 103.1 W 21.8% 1.9 TWh
El Salvador 100.9 W 67.4% 5.6 TWh
Zambia 95.7 W 92.2% 16.3 TWh
Fiji 87.7 W 62.8% 0.7 TWh
French Polynesia 86.4 W 32.9% 0.2 TWh
Seychelles 85.8 W 12.3% 0.1 TWh
Belarus 84.5 W 16.2% 7.1 TWh
Cyprus 81.7 W 16.9% 0.9 TWh
Mexico 81.6 W 25.7% 90.5 TWh
Kazakhstan 76.1 W 11.3% 12.8 TWh
Belize 74.2 W 26.3% 0.3 TWh
Honduras 69.2 W 52.0% 6.2 TWh
Namibia 67.7 W 39.9% 1.5 TWh
Eswatini 67.0 W 42.2% 0.7 TWh
Israel 63.6 W 6.8% 5.0 TWh
Dominica 63.0 W 23.5% 0.0 TWh
Guatemala 62.3 W 66.6% 9.6 TWh
Malta 58.5 W 9.3% 0.3 TWh
Mozambique 57.7 W 81.4% 16.2 TWh
South Africa 56.7 W 13.8% 29.5 TWh
Mauritius 53.6 W 21.2% 0.6 TWh
Guam 53.5 W 4.4% 0.1 TWh
North Korea 52.8 W 83.2% 12.0 TWh
Jordan 52.7 W 23.4% 5.2 TWh
Gabon 49.7 W 35.9% 1.0 TWh
Thailand 45.9 W 13.0% 28.8 TWh
St. Vincent & Grenadines 43.8 W 25.0% 0.0 TWh
Cuba 42.8 W 21.4% 4.2 TWh
Nicaragua 42.2 W 42.2% 2.5 TWh
Bolivia 41.4 W 38.9% 4.4 TWh
Angola 39.0 W 71.8% 11.8 TWh
India 34.3 W 23.0% 422.6 TWh
Pakistan 32.6 W 43.3% 66.1 TWh
Barbados 32.5 W 7.5% 0.1 TWh
Sri Lanka 32.3 W 37.7% 6.2 TWh
Cambodia 31.7 W 37.4% 4.6 TWh
Zimbabwe 31.5 W 45.1% 4.4 TWh
Samoa 31.3 W 35.3% 0.1 TWh
Dominican Republic 31.0 W 17.2% 3.0 TWh
Equatorial Guinea 30.7 W 31.0% 0.4 TWh
Jamaica 28.7 W 16.3% 0.7 TWh
Iran 28.5 W 5.9% 21.9 TWh
Sudan 27.4 W 66.1% 11.0 TWh
Singapore 26.5 W 2.5% 1.4 TWh
Philippines 25.5 W 22.6% 25.4 TWh
Ghana 25.4 W 34.9% 7.3 TWh
Morocco 25.2 W 19.4% 8.2 TWh
Lesotho 25.0 W 48.5% 0.5 TWh
Antigua & Barbuda 24.5 W 5.7% 0.0 TWh
Egypt 24.4 W 11.2% 23.4 TWh
St. Kitts & Nevis 24.0 W 4.5% 0.0 TWh
Kenya 23.8 W 88.8% 11.1 TWh
Lebanon 23.7 W 5.6% 1.2 TWh
Indonesia 23.4 W 18.1% 56.2 TWh
Nepal 23.3 W 68.8% 6.1 TWh
U.S. Virgin Islands 22.8 W 2.9% 0.0 TWh
Guyana 22.7 W 13.0% 0.2 TWh
Mongolia 21.8 W 7.2% 0.6 TWh
Cameroon 21.1 W 62.2% 5.0 TWh
Myanmar (Burma) 19.9 W 41.9% 9.4 TWh
Congo - Brazzaville 19.0 W 24.1% 1.0 TWh
Puerto Rico 17.9 W 2.8% 0.5 TWh
Guinea 17.0 W 72.7% 2.0 TWh
Uzbekistan 16.8 W 8.1% 5.0 TWh
Azerbaijan 15.7 W 5.4% 1.4 TWh
Papua New Guinea 14.8 W 26.5% 1.3 TWh
Moldova 14.2 W 4.0% 0.4 TWh
Ethiopia 13.9 W 99.9% 14.7 TWh
Iraq 13.8 W 4.6% 5.3 TWh
Côte d’Ivoire 13.8 W 30.1% 3.3 TWh
Cape Verde 13.6 W 15.6% 0.1 TWh
Congo - Kinshasa 13.1 W 98.0% 11.0 TWh
Mauritania 12.4 W 24.0% 0.5 TWh
Liberia 11.6 W 57.6% 0.5 TWh
Maldives 10.9 W 7.6% 0.1 TWh
Tonga 10.8 W 12.5% 0.0 TWh
Uganda 10.6 W 97.0% 4.3 TWh
Tunisia 8.3 W 4.4% 0.9 TWh
Senegal 7.6 W 18.9% 1.1 TWh
Vanuatu 7.2 W 28.6% 0.0 TWh
Malawi 6.8 W 83.8% 1.2 TWh
Tanzania 6.6 W 44.0% 3.6 TWh
Mali 6.4 W 36.0% 1.2 TWh
São Tomé & Príncipe 5.1 W 10.0% 0.0 TWh
Nigeria 4.7 W 27.5% 8.8 TWh
Palestinian Territories 4.4 W 2.8% 0.2 TWh
Rwanda 4.3 W 58.0% 0.5 TWh
Syria 4.1 W 4.5% 0.8 TWh
Oman 4.0 W 0.4% 0.2 TWh
Central African Republic 3.1 W 100.0% 0.1 TWh
Madagascar 2.8 W 34.4% 0.7 TWh
Saudi Arabia 2.6 W 0.2% 0.8 TWh
Sierra Leone 2.6 W 90.5% 0.2 TWh
Algeria 2.4 W 1.2% 0.9 TWh
Burundi 2.3 W 54.3% 0.3 TWh
Togo 2.2 W 11.8% 0.2 TWh
Yemen 2.1 W 17.0% 0.6 TWh
Afghanistan 2.0 W 11.3% 0.7 TWh
Qatar 1.7 W 0.1% 0.0 TWh
Haiti 1.3 W 13.1% 0.1 TWh
Burkina Faso 1.2 W 8.2% 0.2 TWh
Bangladesh 1.1 W 1.8% 1.7 TWh
Bahrain 0.8 W 0.0% 0.0 TWh
Trinidad & Tobago 0.7 W 0.1% 0.0 TWh
Botswana 0.4 W 0.2% 0.0 TWh
Eritrea 0.3 W 2.2% 0.0 TWh
Hong Kong SAR China 0.3 W 0.0% 0.0 TWh
Somalia 0.3 W 9.8% 0.0 TWh
Turkmenistan 0.2 W 0.0% 0.0 TWh
Niger 0.2 W 3.1% 0.1 TWh
Libya 0.2 W 0.0% 0.0 TWh
South Sudan 0.1 W 1.8% 0.0 TWh
Benin 0.1 W 1.1% 0.0 TWh
Chad 0.1 W 3.2% 0.0 TWh