Rank
1	Bhutan	100 % of electricity generation
2	Burundi	100 % of electricity generation
3	Congo	100 % of electricity generation
4	Lesotho	100 % of electricity generation
5	Namibia	100 % of electricity generation
6	Paraguay	100 % of electricity generation
7	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	99.831 % of electricity generation
8	Mozambique	99.66 % of electricity generation
9	Zambia	99.37 % of electricity generation
10	Uruguay	99.351 % of electricity generation
11	Norway	99.291 % of electricity generation
12	Nepal	98.919 % of electricity generation
13	Tajikistan	98.749 % of electricity generation
14	Cameroon	98.006 % of electricity generation
15	Uganda	97.484 % of electricity generation
16	Ethiopia	96.569 % of electricity generation
17	Albania	95.393 % of electricity generation
18	Tanzania	93.286 % of electricity generation
19	Laos	89.918 % of electricity generation
20	Malawi	85.246 % of electricity generation
21	Peru	84.786 % of electricity generation
22	Ghana	83.739 % of electricity generation
23	Kyrgyzstan	83.12 % of electricity generation
24	Iceland	81.784 % of electricity generation
25	Brazil	81.534 % of electricity generation
26	Costa Rica	81.159 % of electricity generation
27	Georgia	79.797 % of electricity generation
28	Colombia	72.972 % of electricity generation
29	Central African Republic	72.727 % of electricity generation
30	Afghanistan	72.464 % of electricity generation
31	Suriname	70.192 % of electricity generation
32	French Guiana	70 % of electricity generation
33	Belize	69.231 % of electricity generation
34	Venezuela	67.074 % of electricity generation
35	Austria	66.35 % of electricity generation
36	Latvia	66.276 % of electricity generation
37	Ecuador	63.752 % of electricity generation
38	Angola	62.195 % of electricity generation
39	Gabon	62.143 % of electricity generation
40	Madagascar	60.227 % of electricity generation
41	Rwanda	60 % of electricity generation
42	Vietnam	59.49 % of electricity generation
43	Fiji	58.228 % of electricity generation
44	Switzerland	58.142 % of electricity generation
45	Guinea	57.292 % of electricity generation
46	Greenland	57.143 % of electricity generation
47	Canada	56.404 % of electricity generation
48	Croatia	56.314 % of electricity generation
49	New Zealand	54.633 % of electricity generation
50	Bolivia	53.283 % of electricity generation
51	North Korea	52.215 % of electricity generation
52	Samoa	50 % of electricity generation
53	Kenya	49.48 % of electricity generation
54	Chile	49.126 % of electricity generation
55	Sweden	48.923 % of electricity generation
56	Panama	48.828 % of electricity generation
57	Bosnia and Herzegovina	48.73 % of electricity generation
58	Honduras	48.082 % of electricity generation
59	Haiti	47.458 % of electricity generation
60	Sri Lanka	46.777 % of electricity generation
61	Sudan	46.642 % of electricity generation
62	Argentina	40.581 % of electricity generation
63	Myanmar	38.544 % of electricity generation
64	Togo	38.462 % of electricity generation
65	Nigeria	38.203 % of electricity generation
66	Dominica	37.5 % of electricity generation
67	Zimbabwe	37.468 % of electricity generation
68	Côte d'Ivoire	36.475 % of electricity generation
69	Papua New Guinea	34.328 % of electricity generation
70	Faroe Islands	33.333 % of electricity generation
71	Guatemala	32.392 % of electricity generation
72	Portugal	30.46 % of electricity generation
73	Serbia	30.365 % of electricity generation
74	El Salvador	29.512 % of electricity generation
75	Romania	27.862 % of electricity generation
76	Eswatini	27.143 % of electricity generation
77	Réunion	27.027 % of electricity generation
78	Pakistan	26.265 % of electricity generation
79	Slovenia	26.243 % of electricity generation
80	French Polynesia	23.81 % of electricity generation
81	Mali	21.495 % of electricity generation
82	New Caledonia	20.93 % of electricity generation
83	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	20 % of electricity generation
84	Turkey	19.642 % of electricity generation
85	Russia	19.511 % of electricity generation
86	China	18.735 % of electricity generation
87	Egypt	17.854 % of electricity generation
88	Finland	17.73 % of electricity generation
89	Spain	17.544 % of electricity generation
90	Italy	17.216 % of electricity generation
91	Armenia	16.725 % of electricity generation
92	Equatorial Guinea	16.667 % of electricity generation
93	Slovakia	15.493 % of electricity generation
94	Philippines	15.09 % of electricity generation
95	Kazakhstan	14.59 % of electricity generation
96	Burkina Faso	13.889 % of electricity generation
97	Luxembourg	13.793 % of electricity generation
98	Mexico	13.529 % of electricity generation
99	France	13.384 % of electricity generation
100	Syrian Arab Republic	12.752 % of electricity generation
101	India	12.288 % of electricity generation
102	Indonesia	10.974 % of electricity generation
103	North Macedonia	9.89 % of electricity generation
104	Uzbekistan	9.091 % of electricity generation
105	Malaysia	8.01 % of electricity generation
106	Sierra Leone	7.692 % of electricity generation
107	Nicaragua	7.692 % of electricity generation
108	Japan	7.528 % of electricity generation
109	Australia	7.188 % of electricity generation
110	Ukraine	6.942 % of electricity generation
111	Azerbaijan	6.804 % of electricity generation
112	Mauritania	6.383 % of electricity generation
113	Republic of Moldova	6.154 % of electricity generation
114	Thailand	6.11 % of electricity generation
115	Cambodia	5.769 % of electricity generation
116	Bangladesh	5.639 % of electricity generation
117	United States	5.584 % of electricity generation
118	Morocco	5.513 % of electricity generation
119	Dominican Republic	5.452 % of electricity generation
120	Greece	3.997 % of electricity generation
121	Germany	3.926 % of electricity generation
122	Bulgaria	3.798 % of electricity generation
123	Mauritius	3.646 % of electricity generation
124	Lebanon	3.317 % of electricity generation
125	Iran	3.229 % of electricity generation
126	Czech Republic	2.762 % of electricity generation
127	Taiwan	2.7 % of electricity generation
128	Ireland	2.44 % of electricity generation
129	Lithuania	2.298 % of electricity generation
130	Iraq	1.922 % of electricity generation
131	Poland	1.621 % of electricity generation
132	United Kingdom	1.053 % of electricity generation
133	Jamaica	0.884 % of electricity generation
134	South Africa	0.819 % of electricity generation
135	Guadeloupe	0.775 % of electricity generation
136	South Korea	0.752 % of electricity generation
137	Puerto Rico	0.583 % of electricity generation
138	Belgium	0.56 % of electricity generation
139	Jordan	0.531 % of electricity generation
140	Hungary	0.522 % of electricity generation
141	Cuba	0.458 % of electricity generation
142	Tunisia	0.439 % of electricity generation
143	Algeria	0.263 % of electricity generation
144	Netherlands	0.13 % of electricity generation
145	Belarus	0.12 % of electricity generation
146	Estonia	0.118 % of electricity generation
147	Denmark	0.08 % of electricity generation
148	Israel	0.023 % 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	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	0 % of electricity generation
169	Gambia	0 % of electricity generation
170	Gibraltar	0 % of electricity generation
171	Grenada	0 % of electricity generation
172	Guam	0 % of electricity generation
173	Guinea-Bissau	0 % of electricity generation
174	Guyana	0 % of electricity generation
175	China, Hong Kong SAR	0 % of electricity generation
176	Kiribati	0 % of electricity generation
177	Kuwait	0 % of electricity generation
178	Liberia	0 % of electricity generation
179	Libya	0 % of electricity generation
180	China, Macao SAR	0 % of electricity generation
181	Maldives	0 % of electricity generation
182	Malta	0 % of electricity generation
183	Mongolia	0 % of electricity generation
184	Montserrat	0 % of electricity generation
185	Nauru	0 % of electricity generation
186	Niger	0 % of electricity generation
187	Oman	0 % of electricity generation
188	State of Palestine	0 % of electricity generation
189	Qatar	0 % of electricity generation
190	Saint Helena	0 % of electricity generation
191	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0 % of electricity generation
192	Saint Lucia	0 % of electricity generation
193	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	0 % of electricity generation
194	Sao Tome and Principe	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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