Rank
1	Bhutan	100 % of electricity generation
2	Burundi	100 % of electricity generation
3	Lesotho	100 % of electricity generation
4	Nepal	100 % of electricity generation
5	Paraguay	100 % of electricity generation
6	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	99.836 % of electricity generation
7	Mozambique	99.722 % of electricity generation
8	Uruguay	99.417 % of electricity generation
9	Namibia	99.301 % of electricity generation
10	Zambia	99.279 % of electricity generation
11	Tajikistan	98.97 % of electricity generation
12	Norway	98.884 % of electricity generation
13	Albania	97.897 % of electricity generation
14	Uganda	97.222 % of electricity generation
15	Ethiopia	96.996 % of electricity generation
16	Cameroon	95.616 % of electricity generation
17	Tanzania	94.096 % of electricity generation
18	Georgia	90.986 % of electricity generation
19	Laos	89.841 % of electricity generation
20	Malawi	87.023 % of electricity generation
21	Kyrgyzstan	86.658 % of electricity generation
22	Congo	85 % of electricity generation
23	Brazil	83.872 % of electricity generation
24	Iceland	83.175 % of electricity generation
25	Peru	80.811 % of electricity generation
26	Costa Rica	80.274 % of electricity generation
27	Colombia	77.511 % of electricity generation
28	Central African Republic	72.727 % of electricity generation
29	Afghanistan	69.231 % of electricity generation
30	Rwanda	66.667 % of electricity generation
31	Togo	66.667 % of electricity generation
32	Venezuela	65.829 % of electricity generation
33	Ghana	65.476 % of electricity generation
34	Madagascar	62.5 % of electricity generation
35	Angola	62.312 % of electricity generation
36	Ecuador	61.934 % of electricity generation
37	Zimbabwe	60.751 % of electricity generation
38	Kenya	58.942 % of electricity generation
39	Gabon	58.17 % of electricity generation
40	Greenland	58.065 % of electricity generation
41	New Zealand	57.939 % of electricity generation
42	Suriname	57.692 % of electricity generation
43	Austria	57.288 % of electricity generation
44	Latvia	57.179 % of electricity generation
45	Canada	57.14 % of electricity generation
46	North Korea	55.556 % of electricity generation
47	Switzerland	53.199 % of electricity generation
48	French Guiana	50.746 % of electricity generation
49	Panama	50.628 % of electricity generation
50	Samoa	50 % of electricity generation
51	Haiti	47.17 % of electricity generation
52	Guinea	46.512 % of electricity generation
53	Vietnam	46.396 % of electricity generation
54	Chile	46.022 % of electricity generation
55	Bolivia	45.497 % of electricity generation
56	Sri Lanka	43.512 % of electricity generation
57	Croatia	41.489 % of electricity generation
58	Bosnia and Herzegovina	39.929 % of electricity generation
59	Sweden	39.545 % of electricity generation
60	Fiji	39.08 % of electricity generation
61	Myanmar	38.376 % of electricity generation
62	Guatemala	38.35 % of electricity generation
63	Belize	37.5 % of electricity generation
64	Dominica	37.5 % of electricity generation
65	Armenia	36.981 % of electricity generation
66	Nigeria	36.881 % of electricity generation
67	Honduras	36.752 % of electricity generation
68	Argentina	36.711 % of electricity generation
69	Côte d'Ivoire	35.63 % of electricity generation
70	Portugal	33.887 % of electricity generation
71	Faroe Islands	33.333 % of electricity generation
72	Sudan	33.141 % of electricity generation
73	Pakistan	32.822 % of electricity generation
74	El Salvador	32.548 % of electricity generation
75	French Polynesia	31.915 % of electricity generation
76	Réunion	30.288 % of electricity generation
77	Papua New Guinea	28.571 % of electricity generation
78	Serbia	25.511 % of electricity generation
79	Turkey	25.319 % of electricity generation
80	Sao Tome and Principe	25 % of electricity generation
81	Romania	24.179 % of electricity generation
82	Burkina Faso	22.222 % of electricity generation
83	Slovenia	21.403 % of electricity generation
84	Mali	20.721 % of electricity generation
85	North Macedonia	20.357 % of electricity generation
86	Eswatini	18.75 % of electricity generation
87	New Caledonia	18.286 % of electricity generation
88	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	18.182 % of electricity generation
89	Russia	16.989 % of electricity generation
90	Uzbekistan	16.762 % of electricity generation
91	Spain	15.733 % of electricity generation
92	Philippines	14.866 % of electricity generation
93	China	14.848 % of electricity generation
94	Equatorial Guinea	14.286 % of electricity generation
95	Senegal	14.163 % of electricity generation
96	Egypt	14.036 % of electricity generation
97	Kazakhstan	13.498 % of electricity generation
98	Sierra Leone	13.333 % of electricity generation
99	Italy	12.81 % of electricity generation
100	Azerbaijan	11.477 % of electricity generation
101	Finland	11.379 % of electricity generation
102	Slovakia	11.233 % of electricity generation
103	India	10.86 % of electricity generation
104	Nicaragua	10.741 % of electricity generation
105	Lebanon	10.441 % of electricity generation
106	France	10.257 % of electricity generation
107	Syrian Arab Republic	9.079 % of electricity generation
108	Mexico	8.826 % of electricity generation
109	Morocco	8.813 % of electricity generation
110	Japan	8.463 % of electricity generation
111	Dominican Republic	8.392 % of electricity generation
112	Greece	8.328 % of electricity generation
113	Mauritania	8 % of electricity generation
114	Indonesia	7.752 % of electricity generation
115	Australia	7.174 % of electricity generation
116	Bulgaria	7.072 % of electricity generation
117	United States	6.908 % of electricity generation
118	Iran	6.324 % of electricity generation
119	Cambodia	6.25 % of electricity generation
120	Republic of Moldova	6.239 % of electricity generation
121	Thailand	6.219 % of electricity generation
122	Malaysia	6.11 % of electricity generation
123	Mauritius	5.742 % of electricity generation
124	Bangladesh	5.58 % of electricity generation
125	Ukraine	5.117 % of electricity generation
126	Germany	3.043 % of electricity generation
127	Luxembourg	2.867 % of electricity generation
128	Ireland	2.416 % of electricity generation
129	Lithuania	1.7 % of electricity generation
130	Jamaica	1.671 % of electricity generation
131	Czech Republic	1.667 % of electricity generation
132	Iraq	1.518 % of electricity generation
133	Taiwan	1.449 % of electricity generation
134	Guadeloupe	1.449 % of electricity generation
135	Tunisia	1.418 % of electricity generation
136	South Korea	1.406 % of electricity generation
137	Poland	1.113 % of electricity generation
138	Algeria	0.879 % of electricity generation
139	Cuba	0.822 % of electricity generation
140	United Kingdom	0.811 % of electricity generation
141	Jordan	0.498 % of electricity generation
142	Hungary	0.498 % of electricity generation
143	Puerto Rico	0.418 % of electricity generation
144	South Africa	0.354 % of electricity generation
145	Belgium	0.299 % of electricity generation
146	Belarus	0.113 % of electricity generation
147	Estonia	0.098 % of electricity generation
148	Netherlands	0.073 % of electricity generation
149	Israel	0.064 % of electricity generation
150	Denmark	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	Timor-Leste	0 % of electricity generation
170	Eritrea	0 % of electricity generation
171	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	0 % of electricity generation
172	Gambia	0 % of electricity generation
173	Gibraltar	0 % of electricity generation
174	Grenada	0 % of electricity generation
175	Guam	0 % of electricity generation
176	Guinea-Bissau	0 % of electricity generation
177	Guyana	0 % of electricity generation
178	China, Hong Kong SAR	0 % of electricity generation
179	Kiribati	0 % of electricity generation
180	Kuwait	0 % of electricity generation
181	Liberia	0 % of electricity generation
182	Libya	0 % of electricity generation
183	China, Macao SAR	0 % of electricity generation
184	Maldives	0 % of electricity generation
185	Malta	0 % of electricity generation
186	Mongolia	0 % of electricity generation
187	Montserrat	0 % of electricity generation
188	Nauru	0 % of electricity generation
189	Niger	0 % of electricity generation
190	Oman	0 % of electricity generation
191	State of Palestine	0 % of electricity generation
192	Qatar	0 % of electricity generation
193	Saint Helena	0 % of electricity generation
194	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0 % of electricity generation
195	Saint Lucia	0 % of electricity generation
196	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	0 % of electricity generation
197	Seychelles	0 % of electricity generation
198	Solomon Islands	0 % of electricity generation
199	Somalia	0 % of electricity generation
200	Tonga	0 % of electricity generation
201	Trinidad and Tobago	0 % of electricity generation
202	Turkmenistan	0 % of electricity generation
203	Turks and Caicos Islands	0 % of electricity generation
204	United States Virgin Islands	0 % of electricity generation
205	Vanuatu	0 % of electricity generation
206	Western Sahara	0 % of electricity generation
207	Yemen	0 % of electricity generation

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