Rank
1	Bhutan	100 % of electricity generation
2	Burundi	100 % of electricity generation
3	Laos	100 % of electricity generation
4	Lesotho	100 % of electricity generation
5	Paraguay	100 % of electricity generation
6	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	99.858 % of electricity generation
7	Nepal	99.582 % of electricity generation
8	Mozambique	99.569 % of electricity generation
9	Zambia	99.412 % of electricity generation
10	Namibia	99.275 % of electricity generation
11	Tajikistan	99.09 % of electricity generation
12	Norway	98.801 % of electricity generation
13	Albania	97.477 % of electricity generation
14	Uganda	97.423 % of electricity generation
15	Ethiopia	97.276 % of electricity generation
16	Cameroon	95.332 % of electricity generation
17	Georgia	87.318 % of electricity generation
18	Ghana	87.167 % of electricity generation
19	Kyrgyzstan	86.324 % of electricity generation
20	Malawi	85.714 % of electricity generation
21	Brazil	82.789 % of electricity generation
22	Iceland	82.67 % of electricity generation
23	Congo	82.5 % of electricity generation
24	Uruguay	81.017 % of electricity generation
25	Costa Rica	80.451 % of electricity generation
26	Colombia	80.438 % of electricity generation
27	Central African Republic	80 % of electricity generation
28	Angola	78.125 % of electricity generation
29	Tanzania	77.012 % of electricity generation
30	Peru	72.247 % of electricity generation
31	Venezuela	71.101 % of electricity generation
32	Afghanistan	70.886 % of electricity generation
33	Latvia	66.311 % of electricity generation
34	Panama	65.625 % of electricity generation
35	New Zealand	63.804 % of electricity generation
36	French Guiana	61.194 % of electricity generation
37	Guinea	61.111 % of electricity generation
38	Madagascar	60 % of electricity generation
39	Austria	59.434 % of electricity generation
40	Greenland	57.576 % of electricity generation
41	Gabon	57.516 % of electricity generation
42	Ecuador	57.344 % of electricity generation
43	Rwanda	57.143 % of electricity generation
44	North Korea	56.633 % of electricity generation
45	Zimbabwe	56.584 % of electricity generation
46	Canada	56.541 % of electricity generation
47	Croatia	55.011 % of electricity generation
48	Suriname	53.147 % of electricity generation
49	Switzerland	52.842 % of electricity generation
50	Haiti	47.273 % of electricity generation
51	Bolivia	47.02 % of electricity generation
52	Bosnia and Herzegovina	46.976 % of electricity generation
53	Kenya	46.104 % of electricity generation
54	Samoa	45.455 % of electricity generation
55	Myanmar	42.959 % of electricity generation
56	Belize	42.857 % of electricity generation
57	Chile	42.667 % of electricity generation
58	Togo	42.105 % of electricity generation
59	Fiji	42.045 % of electricity generation
60	Sweden	39.667 % of electricity generation
61	Guatemala	39.564 % of electricity generation
62	Vietnam	38.571 % of electricity generation
63	Sri Lanka	36.712 % of electricity generation
64	Faroe Islands	36 % of electricity generation
65	Armenia	34.197 % of electricity generation
66	Nigeria	33.388 % of electricity generation
67	French Polynesia	33.333 % of electricity generation
68	Côte d'Ivoire	31.455 % of electricity generation
69	Turkey	30.771 % of electricity generation
70	Sudan	30.556 % of electricity generation
71	Argentina	30.381 % of electricity generation
72	Pakistan	29.863 % of electricity generation
73	El Salvador	29.814 % of electricity generation
74	Romania	29.237 % of electricity generation
75	Serbia	28.556 % of electricity generation
76	Dominica	27.273 % of electricity generation
77	Honduras	26.938 % of electricity generation
78	Slovenia	26.785 % of electricity generation
79	Réunion	26.484 % of electricity generation
80	Papua New Guinea	25.356 % of electricity generation
81	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	25 % of electricity generation
82	Sao Tome and Principe	25 % of electricity generation
83	North Macedonia	22.222 % of electricity generation
84	Portugal	22.09 % of electricity generation
85	Burkina Faso	21.277 % of electricity generation
86	Mali	19.841 % of electricity generation
87	New Caledonia	19.162 % of electricity generation
88	Russia	18.852 % of electricity generation
89	Finland	17.556 % of electricity generation
90	Eswatini	17.241 % of electricity generation
91	Sierra Leone	16.667 % of electricity generation
92	China	16.046 % of electricity generation
93	Philippines	15.356 % of electricity generation
94	Italy	14.416 % of electricity generation
95	India	14.412 % of electricity generation
96	Slovakia	13.46 % of electricity generation
97	Dominican Republic	13.311 % of electricity generation
98	Egypt	13.059 % of electricity generation
99	Syrian Arab Republic	12.993 % of electricity generation
100	Azerbaijan	12.569 % of electricity generation
101	Uzbekistan	12.274 % of electricity generation
102	Senegal	12.134 % of electricity generation
103	Kazakhstan	12.039 % of electricity generation
104	Nicaragua	11.388 % of electricity generation
105	Spain	11.236 % of electricity generation
106	Equatorial Guinea	11.111 % of electricity generation
107	Mexico	10.697 % of electricity generation
108	France	10.249 % of electricity generation
109	Lebanon	9.703 % of electricity generation
110	Morocco	9.101 % of electricity generation
111	Japan	8.176 % of electricity generation
112	Greece	8.021 % of electricity generation
113	Indonesia	7.75 % of electricity generation
114	Bulgaria	7.592 % of electricity generation
115	Mauritania	7.407 % of electricity generation
116	Iran	7.33 % of electricity generation
117	Australia	6.845 % of electricity generation
118	United States	6.577 % of electricity generation
119	Ukraine	6.44 % of electricity generation
120	Republic of Moldova	6.034 % of electricity generation
121	Malaysia	5.798 % of electricity generation
122	Mauritius	5.556 % of electricity generation
123	Bangladesh	4.815 % of electricity generation
124	Thailand	4.753 % of electricity generation
125	Cambodia	4.054 % of electricity generation
126	Germany	3.404 % of electricity generation
127	Luxembourg	2.967 % of electricity generation
128	Ireland	2.5 % of electricity generation
129	Czech Republic	2.411 % of electricity generation
130	Lithuania	2.24 % of electricity generation
131	Guadeloupe	2.098 % of electricity generation
132	Jamaica	1.793 % of electricity generation
133	Iraq	1.517 % of electricity generation
134	Taiwan	1.47 % of electricity generation
135	Poland	1.364 % of electricity generation
136	Tunisia	1.257 % of electricity generation
137	United Kingdom	1.229 % of electricity generation
138	South Korea	1.171 % of electricity generation
139	Algeria	0.8 % of electricity generation
140	Hungary	0.593 % of electricity generation
141	Puerto Rico	0.58 % of electricity generation
142	Cuba	0.575 % of electricity generation
143	Jordan	0.558 % of electricity generation
144	South Africa	0.388 % of electricity generation
145	Belgium	0.386 % of electricity generation
146	Estonia	0.194 % of electricity generation
147	Belarus	0.096 % of electricity generation
148	Netherlands	0.09 % of electricity generation
149	Denmark	0.075 % of electricity generation
150	Israel	0.063 % 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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