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	99.864 % of electricity generation
7	Mozambique	99.848 % of electricity generation
8	Zambia	99.329 % of electricity generation
9	Tajikistan	99.298 % of electricity generation
10	Nepal	99.203 % of electricity generation
11	Norway	98.863 % of electricity generation
12	Albania	98.701 % of electricity generation
13	Namibia	98.225 % of electricity generation
14	Ethiopia	97.569 % of electricity generation
15	Cameroon	94.192 % of electricity generation
16	Uganda	93.878 % of electricity generation
17	Uruguay	86.979 % of electricity generation
18	Georgia	85.694 % of electricity generation
19	Malawi	85.621 % of electricity generation
20	Kyrgyzstan	85.483 % of electricity generation
21	Angola	84.411 % of electricity generation
22	Brazil	83.722 % of electricity generation
23	Ghana	82.641 % of electricity generation
24	Congo	81.395 % of electricity generation
25	Central African Republic	81.25 % of electricity generation
26	Iceland	80.72 % of electricity generation
27	Costa Rica	79.365 % of electricity generation
28	Colombia	78.895 % of electricity generation
29	Venezuela	73.28 % of electricity generation
30	Afghanistan	71.951 % of electricity generation
31	Peru	70.902 % of electricity generation
32	Latvia	67.683 % of electricity generation
33	Montenegro	65.157 % of electricity generation
34	Panama	63.918 % of electricity generation
35	Guinea	62.025 % of electricity generation
36	French Guiana	60.563 % of electricity generation
37	Madagascar	60.377 % of electricity generation
38	Greenland	58.824 % of electricity generation
39	Canada	58.334 % of electricity generation
40	Austria	57.636 % of electricity generation
41	North Korea	57.093 % of electricity generation
42	New Zealand	54.355 % of electricity generation
43	Switzerland	54.031 % of electricity generation
44	Croatia	53.946 % of electricity generation
45	Ecuador	53.877 % of electricity generation
46	Rwanda	52.632 % of electricity generation
47	Zimbabwe	52.457 % of electricity generation
48	Gabon	50.955 % of electricity generation
49	Chile	50.211 % of electricity generation
50	Myanmar	49.834 % of electricity generation
51	Tanzania	48.634 % of electricity generation
52	Suriname	48.521 % of electricity generation
53	Bosnia and Herzegovina	47.619 % of electricity generation
54	Haiti	47.273 % of electricity generation
55	Sweden	45.971 % of electricity generation
56	Samoa	45.455 % of electricity generation
57	Kenya	44.776 % of electricity generation
58	Belize	43.75 % of electricity generation
59	Guatemala	41.871 % of electricity generation
60	Faroe Islands	40 % of electricity generation
61	Bolivia	39.673 % of electricity generation
62	Sri Lanka	39.229 % of electricity generation
63	Fiji	38.202 % of electricity generation
64	Togo	36.842 % of electricity generation
65	French Polynesia	35.294 % of electricity generation
66	Romania	34.064 % of electricity generation
67	El Salvador	33.725 % of electricity generation
68	Nigeria	32.994 % of electricity generation
69	Pakistan	32.635 % of electricity generation
70	Argentina	32.359 % of electricity generation
71	Serbia	31.818 % of electricity generation
72	Vietnam	31.74 % of electricity generation
73	Sudan	31.566 % of electricity generation
74	Honduras	30.741 % of electricity generation
75	Mali	30.201 % of electricity generation
76	Armenia	28.783 % of electricity generation
77	Eswatini	25.806 % of electricity generation
78	Côte d'Ivoire	25.044 % of electricity generation
79	Dominica	25 % of electricity generation
80	Sierra Leone	25 % of electricity generation
81	Turkey	24.476 % of electricity generation
82	Papua New Guinea	24.309 % of electricity generation
83	Slovenia	22.899 % of electricity generation
84	Réunion	22.467 % of electricity generation
85	North Macedonia	21.47 % of electricity generation
86	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	21.429 % of electricity generation
87	Iraq	19.737 % of electricity generation
88	Finland	19.529 % of electricity generation
89	Burkina Faso	19.231 % of electricity generation
90	Uzbekistan	18.733 % of electricity generation
91	Russia	18.091 % of electricity generation
92	New Caledonia	18.085 % of electricity generation
93	China	15.879 % of electricity generation
94	Nicaragua	15.035 % of electricity generation
95	Philippines	14.831 % of electricity generation
96	Slovakia	14.805 % of electricity generation
97	Dominican Republic	14.318 % of electricity generation
98	India	13.828 % of electricity generation
99	Azerbaijan	13.047 % of electricity generation
100	Italy	12.242 % of electricity generation
101	Egypt	12.045 % of electricity generation
102	Syrian Arab Republic	11.973 % of electricity generation
103	Kazakhstan	11.572 % of electricity generation
104	Mexico	11.175 % of electricity generation
105	Portugal	10.28 % of electricity generation
106	Equatorial Guinea	10 % of electricity generation
107	Senegal	9.811 % of electricity generation
108	Bulgaria	9.797 % of electricity generation
109	Mauritania	9.434 % of electricity generation
110	Lebanon	8.866 % of electricity generation
111	France	8.81 % of electricity generation
112	Greece	8.548 % of electricity generation
113	Iran	8.161 % of electricity generation
114	Indonesia	8.074 % of electricity generation
115	Morocco	7.425 % of electricity generation
116	Japan	6.726 % of electricity generation
117	Australia	6.705 % of electricity generation
118	Ukraine	6.631 % of electricity generation
119	United States	6.537 % of electricity generation
120	Spain	6.353 % of electricity generation
121	Malaysia	6.086 % of electricity generation
122	Republic of Moldova	6.03 % of electricity generation
123	Mauritius	4.867 % of electricity generation
124	Bangladesh	4.748 % of electricity generation
125	Cambodia	4.545 % of electricity generation
126	Thailand	4.347 % of electricity generation
127	Germany	3.202 % of electricity generation
128	Lithuania	3.121 % of electricity generation
129	Czech Republic	2.905 % of electricity generation
130	Luxembourg	2.687 % of electricity generation
131	Ireland	2.461 % of electricity generation
132	Jamaica	2.008 % of electricity generation
133	Taiwan	1.789 % of electricity generation
134	Algeria	1.622 % of electricity generation
135	Poland	1.417 % of electricity generation
136	Guadeloupe	1.333 % of electricity generation
137	United Kingdom	1.235 % of electricity generation
138	Tunisia	1.106 % of electricity generation
139	South Korea	0.942 % of electricity generation
140	Jordan	0.622 % of electricity generation
141	Puerto Rico	0.561 % of electricity generation
142	Hungary	0.559 % of electricity generation
143	South Africa	0.543 % of electricity generation
144	Cuba	0.456 % of electricity generation
145	Belgium	0.344 % of electricity generation
146	Estonia	0.196 % of electricity generation
147	Belarus	0.129 % of electricity generation
148	Netherlands	0.091 % of electricity generation
149	Israel	0.062 % of electricity generation
150	Denmark	0.055 % 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	Sao Tome and Principe	0 % of electricity generation
198	Seychelles	0 % of electricity generation
199	Solomon Islands	0 % of electricity generation
200	Somalia	0 % of electricity generation
201	Tonga	0 % of electricity generation
202	Trinidad and Tobago	0 % of electricity generation
203	Turkmenistan	0 % of electricity generation
204	Turks and Caicos Islands	0 % of electricity generation
205	United States Virgin Islands	0 % of electricity generation
206	Vanuatu	0 % of electricity generation
207	Western Sahara	0 % of electricity generation
208	Yemen	0 % of electricity generation

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