Rank
1	Bhutan	100 % of electricity generation
2	Burundi	100 % of electricity generation
3	Congo	100 % of electricity generation
4	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	100 % of electricity generation
5	Lesotho	100 % of electricity generation
6	Paraguay	100 % of electricity generation
7	Mozambique	99.896 % of electricity generation
8	Norway	99.509 % of electricity generation
9	Zambia	99.481 % of electricity generation
10	Cameroon	98.841 % of electricity generation
11	Tajikistan	98.455 % of electricity generation
12	Nepal	98.182 % of electricity generation
13	Uganda	97.484 % of electricity generation
14	Namibia	97.222 % of electricity generation
15	Ethiopia	96.45 % of electricity generation
16	Albania	96.195 % of electricity generation
17	Uruguay	92.885 % of electricity generation
18	Ghana	91.213 % of electricity generation
19	Laos	89.863 % of electricity generation
20	French Guiana	89.13 % of electricity generation
21	Brazil	87.238 % of electricity generation
22	Kyrgyzstan	85.489 % of electricity generation
23	Tanzania	85.2 % of electricity generation
24	Malawi	84.298 % of electricity generation
25	Iceland	82.654 % of electricity generation
26	Costa Rica	81.924 % of electricity generation
27	Peru	81.175 % of electricity generation
28	Central African Republic	80 % of electricity generation
29	Georgia	78.804 % of electricity generation
30	Colombia	74.165 % of electricity generation
31	Suriname	73.958 % of electricity generation
32	Venezuela	73.754 % of electricity generation
33	Ecuador	71.51 % of electricity generation
34	Austria	70.154 % of electricity generation
35	Panama	69.939 % of electricity generation
36	Belize	69.231 % of electricity generation
37	Latvia	68.116 % of electricity generation
38	Afghanistan	64.583 % of electricity generation
39	Angola	63.194 % of electricity generation
40	Madagascar	62.791 % of electricity generation
41	Rwanda	62.5 % of electricity generation
42	New Zealand	62.169 % of electricity generation
43	Honduras	61.538 % of electricity generation
44	Gabon	61.069 % of electricity generation
45	Canada	59.084 % of electricity generation
46	Greenland	58.621 % of electricity generation
47	Croatia	57.538 % of electricity generation
48	Switzerland	55.702 % of electricity generation
49	Togo	55.556 % of electricity generation
50	Vietnam	54.782 % of electricity generation
51	Fiji	54.667 % of electricity generation
52	Sweden	54.107 % of electricity generation
53	North Korea	52.332 % of electricity generation
54	Haiti	51.852 % of electricity generation
55	Guinea	50.617 % of electricity generation
56	Bolivia	50.258 % of electricity generation
57	Samoa	50 % of electricity generation
58	Bosnia and Herzegovina	48.802 % of electricity generation
59	Chile	47.544 % of electricity generation
60	Sri Lanka	47.345 % of electricity generation
61	Sudan	46.063 % of electricity generation
62	Zimbabwe	45.637 % of electricity generation
63	Papua New Guinea	42.396 % of electricity generation
64	Guatemala	38.7 % of electricity generation
65	Nigeria	38.195 % of electricity generation
66	Dominica	37.5 % of electricity generation
67	Myanmar	36.667 % of electricity generation
68	Côte d'Ivoire	36.458 % of electricity generation
69	Faroe Islands	36.364 % of electricity generation
70	El Salvador	33.425 % of electricity generation
71	Sao Tome and Principe	33.333 % of electricity generation
72	Argentina	32.12 % of electricity generation
73	Réunion	31.818 % of electricity generation
74	Serbia	30.736 % of electricity generation
75	Kenya	30.394 % of electricity generation
76	Luxembourg	30 % of electricity generation
77	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	30 % of electricity generation
78	French Polynesia	29.268 % of electricity generation
79	Eswatini	28.788 % of electricity generation
80	Romania	28.666 % of electricity generation
81	Slovenia	28.141 % of electricity generation
82	New Caledonia	26.829 % of electricity generation
83	Portugal	26.198 % of electricity generation
84	Pakistan	25.854 % of electricity generation
85	Burkina Faso	25.641 % of electricity generation
86	Turkey	24.827 % of electricity generation
87	Mali	21.698 % of electricity generation
88	Armenia	21.626 % of electricity generation
89	Finland	20.952 % of electricity generation
90	Equatorial Guinea	20 % of electricity generation
91	Egypt	19.34 % of electricity generation
92	Russia	18.693 % of electricity generation
93	Philippines	17.219 % of electricity generation
94	North Macedonia	17.181 % of electricity generation
95	China	16.407 % of electricity generation
96	Italy	16.374 % of electricity generation
97	Mexico	16.241 % of electricity generation
98	Slovakia	14.977 % of electricity generation
99	Kazakhstan	14.582 % of electricity generation
100	India	13.474 % of electricity generation
101	Syrian Arab Republic	12.792 % of electricity generation
102	Spain	12.792 % of electricity generation
103	France	12.164 % of electricity generation
104	Sierra Leone	11.111 % of electricity generation
105	Indonesia	10.22 % of electricity generation
106	Malaysia	10 % of electricity generation
107	Nicaragua	9.211 % of electricity generation
108	Azerbaijan	8.137 % of electricity generation
109	Japan	7.681 % of electricity generation
110	Australia	7.596 % of electricity generation
111	Uzbekistan	7.533 % of electricity generation
112	Republic of Moldova	7.156 % of electricity generation
113	Mauritania	7.143 % of electricity generation
114	United States	7.102 % of electricity generation
115	Greece	6.97 % of electricity generation
116	Ukraine	6.558 % of electricity generation
117	Bulgaria	6.479 % of electricity generation
118	Cambodia	6.25 % of electricity generation
119	Thailand	6.166 % of electricity generation
120	Bangladesh	5.897 % of electricity generation
121	Dominican Republic	5.765 % of electricity generation
122	Morocco	5.182 % of electricity generation
123	Mauritius	5.085 % of electricity generation
124	Lebanon	4.422 % of electricity generation
125	Germany	3.819 % of electricity generation
126	Ireland	3.597 % of electricity generation
127	Iran	3.167 % of electricity generation
128	Lithuania	3.055 % of electricity generation
129	Taiwan	2.467 % of electricity generation
130	Czech Republic	2.414 % of electricity generation
131	Iraq	1.912 % of electricity generation
132	Jamaica	1.625 % of electricity generation
133	Poland	1.474 % of electricity generation
134	South Korea	1.381 % of electricity generation
135	United Kingdom	1.35 % of electricity generation
136	Guadeloupe	0.82 % of electricity generation
137	Puerto Rico	0.686 % of electricity generation
138	Cuba	0.599 % of electricity generation
139	Tunisia	0.567 % of electricity generation
140	Belgium	0.556 % of electricity generation
141	Jordan	0.543 % of electricity generation
142	South Africa	0.522 % of electricity generation
143	Hungary	0.512 % of electricity generation
144	Algeria	0.197 % of electricity generation
145	Netherlands	0.159 % of electricity generation
146	Belarus	0.115 % of electricity generation
147	Denmark	0.084 % of electricity generation
148	Israel	0.07 % of electricity generation
149	American Samoa	0 % of electricity generation
150	Antigua and Barbuda	0 % of electricity generation
151	Aruba	0 % of electricity generation
152	Bahamas	0 % of electricity generation
153	Bahrain	0 % of electricity generation
154	Barbados	0 % of electricity generation
155	Benin	0 % of electricity generation
156	Bermuda	0 % of electricity generation
157	Botswana	0 % of electricity generation
158	British Virgin Islands	0 % of electricity generation
159	Brunei Darussalam	0 % of electricity generation
160	Cabo Verde	0 % of electricity generation
161	Cayman Islands	0 % of electricity generation
162	Chad	0 % of electricity generation
163	Comoros	0 % of electricity generation
164	Cook Islands	0 % of electricity generation
165	Cyprus	0 % of electricity generation
166	Djibouti	0 % of electricity generation
167	Eritrea	0 % of electricity generation
168	Estonia	0 % of electricity generation
169	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	0 % of electricity generation
170	Gambia	0 % of electricity generation
171	Gibraltar	0 % of electricity generation
172	Grenada	0 % of electricity generation
173	Guam	0 % of electricity generation
174	Guinea-Bissau	0 % of electricity generation
175	Guyana	0 % of electricity generation
176	China, Hong Kong SAR	0 % of electricity generation
177	Kiribati	0 % of electricity generation
178	Kuwait	0 % of electricity generation
179	Liberia	0 % of electricity generation
180	Libya	0 % of electricity generation
181	China, Macao SAR	0 % of electricity generation
182	Maldives	0 % of electricity generation
183	Malta	0 % of electricity generation
184	Mongolia	0 % of electricity generation
185	Montserrat	0 % of electricity generation
186	Nauru	0 % of electricity generation
187	Niger	0 % of electricity generation
188	Oman	0 % of electricity generation
189	State of Palestine	0 % of electricity generation
190	Qatar	0 % of electricity generation
191	Saint Helena	0 % of electricity generation
192	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0 % of electricity generation
193	Saint Lucia	0 % of electricity generation
194	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	0 % of electricity generation
195	Senegal	0 % of electricity generation
196	Seychelles	0 % of electricity generation
197	Solomon Islands	0 % of electricity generation
198	Somalia	0 % of electricity generation
199	Tonga	0 % of electricity generation
200	Trinidad and Tobago	0 % of electricity generation
201	Turkmenistan	0 % of electricity generation
202	Turks and Caicos Islands	0 % of electricity generation
203	United States Virgin Islands	0 % of electricity generation
204	Vanuatu	0 % of electricity generation
205	Western Sahara	0 % of electricity generation
206	Yemen	0 % of electricity generation

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