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	Nepal	100 % of electricity generation
6	Paraguay	100 % of electricity generation
7	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	99.835 % of electricity generation
8	Mozambique	99.762 % of electricity generation
9	Norway	99.332 % of electricity generation
10	Namibia	99.301 % of electricity generation
11	Uruguay	99.271 % of electricity generation
12	Zambia	99.265 % of electricity generation
13	Tajikistan	99.085 % of electricity generation
14	Uganda	97.093 % of electricity generation
15	Ethiopia	97.087 % of electricity generation
16	Cameroon	96.33 % of electricity generation
17	Tanzania	94.118 % of electricity generation
18	Albania	93.801 % of electricity generation
19	Georgia	93.185 % of electricity generation
20	Laos	89.916 % of electricity generation
21	Malawi	85.156 % of electricity generation
22	Iceland	82.754 % of electricity generation
23	Brazil	82.752 % of electricity generation
24	Kyrgyzstan	82.28 % of electricity generation
25	Peru	82.037 % of electricity generation
26	Costa Rica	79.111 % of electricity generation
27	Afghanistan	78.873 % of electricity generation
28	Colombia	75.218 % of electricity generation
29	Central African Republic	72.727 % of electricity generation
30	Ghana	68.638 % of electricity generation
31	French Guiana	66.667 % of electricity generation
32	Austria	66.353 % of electricity generation
33	Venezuela	64.812 % of electricity generation
34	Angola	64.773 % of electricity generation
35	Belize	64.286 % of electricity generation
36	Panama	64.272 % of electricity generation
37	Ecuador	63.082 % of electricity generation
38	Madagascar	62.791 % of electricity generation
39	Latvia	61.965 % of electricity generation
40	Gabon	61.905 % of electricity generation
41	New Zealand	61.229 % of electricity generation
42	Suriname	60.163 % of electricity generation
43	Kenya	60 % of electricity generation
44	Rwanda	58.824 % of electricity generation
45	Guinea	58.416 % of electricity generation
46	Canada	58.232 % of electricity generation
47	Greenland	58.065 % of electricity generation
48	Togo	56.25 % of electricity generation
49	Samoa	54.545 % of electricity generation
50	Fiji	54.217 % of electricity generation
51	Switzerland	53.769 % of electricity generation
52	North Korea	53.459 % of electricity generation
53	Bolivia	52.404 % of electricity generation
54	Vietnam	50.838 % of electricity generation
55	Chile	50.737 % of electricity generation
56	Bosnia and Herzegovina	48.842 % of electricity generation
57	Haiti	47.273 % of electricity generation
58	Croatia	46.099 % of electricity generation
59	Sweden	45.235 % of electricity generation
60	Zimbabwe	44.406 % of electricity generation
61	Dominica	42.857 % of electricity generation
62	Sudan	42.333 % of electricity generation
63	Argentina	42.298 % of electricity generation
64	Faroe Islands	41.667 % of electricity generation
65	Myanmar	41.617 % of electricity generation
66	Sri Lanka	38.905 % of electricity generation
67	Honduras	38.554 % of electricity generation
68	Nigeria	38.19 % of electricity generation
69	Côte d'Ivoire	32.325 % of electricity generation
70	Papua New Guinea	32.056 % of electricity generation
71	Armenia	30.885 % of electricity generation
72	Réunion	30.57 % of electricity generation
73	Serbia	29.874 % of electricity generation
74	Pakistan	29.497 % of electricity generation
75	Romania	29.493 % of electricity generation
76	Guatemala	28.979 % of electricity generation
77	French Polynesia	28.261 % of electricity generation
78	Eswatini	27.778 % of electricity generation
79	El Salvador	27.045 % of electricity generation
80	Turkey	26.218 % of electricity generation
81	Sao Tome and Principe	25 % of electricity generation
82	Slovenia	22.671 % of electricity generation
83	Mali	21.622 % of electricity generation
84	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	20 % of electricity generation
85	New Caledonia	18.286 % of electricity generation
86	Russia	18.195 % of electricity generation
87	China	17.41 % of electricity generation
88	Portugal	17.124 % of electricity generation
89	Burkina Faso	16.667 % of electricity generation
90	Slovakia	16.377 % of electricity generation
91	Egypt	16.224 % of electricity generation
92	Kazakhstan	15.241 % of electricity generation
93	Philippines	14.507 % of electricity generation
94	Finland	14.389 % of electricity generation
95	Equatorial Guinea	14.286 % of electricity generation
96	Italy	14.24 % of electricity generation
97	Sierra Leone	12.5 % of electricity generation
98	North Macedonia	12.479 % of electricity generation
99	Uzbekistan	12.186 % of electricity generation
100	Nicaragua	11.765 % of electricity generation
101	Mexico	11.524 % of electricity generation
102	India	11.243 % of electricity generation
103	Azerbaijan	10.707 % of electricity generation
104	France	10.681 % of electricity generation
105	Senegal	9.135 % of electricity generation
106	Spain	8.845 % of electricity generation
107	Indonesia	8.785 % of electricity generation
108	Syrian Arab Republic	8.728 % of electricity generation
109	Japan	7.307 % of electricity generation
110	Australia	7.199 % of electricity generation
111	Cambodia	7.018 % of electricity generation
112	Thailand	6.796 % of electricity generation
113	Malaysia	6.69 % of electricity generation
114	United States	6.649 % of electricity generation
115	Dominican Republic	6.259 % of electricity generation
116	Republic of Moldova	6.206 % of electricity generation
117	Lebanon	5.801 % of electricity generation
118	Iran	5.795 % of electricity generation
119	Mauritania	5.66 % of electricity generation
120	Morocco	5.563 % of electricity generation
121	Bangladesh	5.541 % of electricity generation
122	Ukraine	5.534 % of electricity generation
123	Greece	5.247 % of electricity generation
124	Bulgaria	5.038 % of electricity generation
125	Mauritius	4.592 % of electricity generation
126	Germany	3.961 % of electricity generation
127	Ireland	3.669 % of electricity generation
128	Luxembourg	3.571 % of electricity generation
129	Czech Republic	3.276 % of electricity generation
130	Lithuania	2.024 % of electricity generation
131	Poland	1.6 % of electricity generation
132	Iraq	1.536 % of electricity generation
133	Guadeloupe	1.504 % of electricity generation
134	Taiwan	1.398 % of electricity generation
135	Jamaica	1.293 % of electricity generation
136	United Kingdom	1.237 % of electricity generation
137	South Korea	0.973 % of electricity generation
138	South Africa	0.943 % of electricity generation
139	Cuba	0.637 % of electricity generation
140	Jordan	0.616 % of electricity generation
141	Hungary	0.526 % of electricity generation
142	Tunisia	0.507 % of electricity generation
143	Puerto Rico	0.475 % of electricity generation
144	Belgium	0.445 % of electricity generation
145	Algeria	0.217 % of electricity generation
146	Estonia	0.117 % of electricity generation
147	Netherlands	0.116 % of electricity generation
148	Belarus	0.113 % of electricity generation
149	Denmark	0.077 % of electricity generation
150	Israel	0.044 % of electricity generation
151	American Samoa	0 % of electricity generation
152	Antigua and Barbuda	0 % of electricity generation
153	Aruba	0 % of electricity generation
154	Bahamas	0 % of electricity generation
155	Bahrain	0 % of electricity generation
156	Barbados	0 % of electricity generation
157	Benin	0 % of electricity generation
158	Bermuda	0 % of electricity generation
159	Botswana	0 % of electricity generation
160	British Virgin Islands	0 % of electricity generation
161	Brunei Darussalam	0 % of electricity generation
162	Cabo Verde	0 % of electricity generation
163	Cayman Islands	0 % of electricity generation
164	Chad	0 % of electricity generation
165	Comoros	0 % of electricity generation
166	Cook Islands	0 % of electricity generation
167	Cyprus	0 % of electricity generation
168	Djibouti	0 % of electricity generation
169	Eritrea	0 % of electricity generation
170	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	0 % of electricity generation
171	Gambia	0 % of electricity generation
172	Gibraltar	0 % of electricity generation
173	Grenada	0 % of electricity generation
174	Guam	0 % of electricity generation
175	Guinea-Bissau	0 % of electricity generation
176	Guyana	0 % of electricity generation
177	China, Hong Kong SAR	0 % of electricity generation
178	Kiribati	0 % of electricity generation
179	Kuwait	0 % of electricity generation
180	Liberia	0 % of electricity generation
181	Libya	0 % of electricity generation
182	China, Macao SAR	0 % of electricity generation
183	Maldives	0 % of electricity generation
184	Malta	0 % of electricity generation
185	Mongolia	0 % of electricity generation
186	Montserrat	0 % of electricity generation
187	Nauru	0 % of electricity generation
188	Niger	0 % of electricity generation
189	Oman	0 % of electricity generation
190	State of Palestine	0 % of electricity generation
191	Qatar	0 % of electricity generation
192	Saint Helena	0 % of electricity generation
193	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0 % of electricity generation
194	Saint Lucia	0 % of electricity generation
195	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	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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