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	Mozambique	99.937 % of electricity generation
7	Zambia	99.896 % of electricity generation
8	Nepal	99.639 % of electricity generation
9	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	98.851 % of electricity generation
10	Norway	98.2 % of electricity generation
11	Namibia	98.089 % of electricity generation
12	Tajikistan	97.827 % of electricity generation
13	Ethiopia	97.668 % of electricity generation
14	Albania	97.527 % of electricity generation
15	Central African Republic	87.5 % of electricity generation
16	Malawi	86.709 % of electricity generation
17	Kyrgyzstan	85.782 % of electricity generation
18	Uruguay	85.501 % of electricity generation
19	Brazil	84.021 % of electricity generation
20	Congo	82.5 % of electricity generation
21	Belize	81.818 % of electricity generation
22	Colombia	80.307 % of electricity generation
23	Georgia	79.412 % of electricity generation
24	Angola	76.852 % of electricity generation
25	Costa Rica	74.61 % of electricity generation
26	Afghanistan	74.257 % of electricity generation
27	Cameroon	73.129 % of electricity generation
28	Venezuela	72.726 % of electricity generation
29	Zimbabwe	70.789 % of electricity generation
30	Uganda	70 % of electricity generation
31	Iceland	69.891 % of electricity generation
32	French Guiana	68.493 % of electricity generation
33	Guinea	67.949 % of electricity generation
34	Peru	65.319 % of electricity generation
35	Madagascar	63.393 % of electricity generation
36	North Korea	61.477 % of electricity generation
37	Montenegro	59.813 % of electricity generation
38	Tanzania	59.434 % of electricity generation
39	Austria	58.969 % of electricity generation
40	Canada	57.967 % of electricity generation
41	Panama	57.43 % of electricity generation
42	Latvia	57.353 % of electricity generation
43	Suriname	57.333 % of electricity generation
44	Fiji	57.303 % of electricity generation
45	Myanmar	56.562 % of electricity generation
46	Greenland	55.556 % of electricity generation
47	New Zealand	53.942 % of electricity generation
48	Switzerland	53.063 % of electricity generation
49	Ghana	53.017 % of electricity generation
50	Ecuador	51.884 % of electricity generation
51	Kenya	51.724 % of electricity generation
52	Rwanda	48 % of electricity generation
53	Togo	47.368 % of electricity generation
54	Gabon	45.665 % of electricity generation
55	Sweden	44.456 % of electricity generation
56	Bolivia	42.279 % of electricity generation
57	Samoa	41.667 % of electricity generation
58	Sri Lanka	40.081 % of electricity generation
59	French Polynesia	40 % of electricity generation
60	Chile	39.293 % of electricity generation
61	Croatia	37.48 % of electricity generation
62	Faroe Islands	37.037 % of electricity generation
63	Vietnam	34.975 % of electricity generation
64	Honduras	34.817 % of electricity generation
65	Guatemala	34.404 % of electricity generation
66	Bosnia and Herzegovina	33.871 % of electricity generation
67	Sierra Leone	33.333 % of electricity generation
68	Haiti	32.609 % of electricity generation
69	Armenia	32.275 % of electricity generation
70	Côte d'Ivoire	31.673 % of electricity generation
71	El Salvador	30.185 % of electricity generation
72	Pakistan	29.86 % of electricity generation
73	Mali	29.747 % of electricity generation
74	Sudan	27.907 % of electricity generation
75	Argentina	27.502 % of electricity generation
76	Nigeria	27.099 % of electricity generation
77	Réunion	26.829 % of electricity generation
78	Serbia	26.3 % of electricity generation
79	Romania	25.942 % of electricity generation
80	Papua New Guinea	25.373 % of electricity generation
81	Eswatini	23.944 % of electricity generation
82	Slovenia	21.742 % of electricity generation
83	Portugal	21.601 % of electricity generation
84	New Caledonia	20.207 % of electricity generation
85	Sao Tome and Principe	20 % of electricity generation
86	Turkey	18.719 % of electricity generation
87	Burkina Faso	18.033 % of electricity generation
88	Finland	17.47 % of electricity generation
89	Russia	17.379 % of electricity generation
90	Iraq	17.268 % of electricity generation
91	Dominica	16.667 % of electricity generation
92	Slovakia	15.978 % of electricity generation
93	North Macedonia	15.538 % of electricity generation
94	India	15.398 % of electricity generation
95	China	14.788 % of electricity generation
96	Philippines	14.358 % of electricity generation
97	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	14.286 % of electricity generation
98	Egypt	11.864 % of electricity generation
99	Dominican Republic	11.668 % of electricity generation
100	Azerbaijan	10.724 % of electricity generation
101	Italy	10.72 % of electricity generation
102	Kazakhstan	10.663 % of electricity generation
103	Mexico	10.385 % of electricity generation
104	France	9.965 % of electricity generation
105	Uzbekistan	9.527 % of electricity generation
106	Nicaragua	9.375 % of electricity generation
107	Spain	9.047 % of electricity generation
108	Syrian Arab Republic	8.999 % of electricity generation
109	Iran	8.842 % of electricity generation
110	Mauritania	7.813 % of electricity generation
111	Equatorial Guinea	7.692 % of electricity generation
112	Indonesia	7.608 % of electricity generation
113	Morocco	6.755 % of electricity generation
114	Bulgaria	6.609 % of electricity generation
115	Senegal	6.429 % of electricity generation
116	Japan	6.314 % of electricity generation
117	Republic of Moldova	5.963 % of electricity generation
118	United States	5.808 % of electricity generation
119	Thailand	5.585 % of electricity generation
120	Malaysia	5.491 % of electricity generation
121	Lebanon	5.487 % of electricity generation
122	Australia	5.366 % of electricity generation
123	Ukraine	5.167 % of electricity generation
124	Greece	4.151 % of electricity generation
125	Luxembourg	3.762 % of electricity generation
126	Cambodia	3.731 % of electricity generation
127	Germany	3.354 % of electricity generation
128	Mauritius	3.252 % of electricity generation
129	Lithuania	3.12 % of electricity generation
130	Jamaica	2.64 % of electricity generation
131	Bangladesh	2.388 % of electricity generation
132	Czech Republic	2.381 % of electricity generation
133	Ireland	2.362 % of electricity generation
134	Taiwan	1.818 % of electricity generation
135	Poland	1.482 % of electricity generation
136	United Kingdom	1.28 % of electricity generation
137	Guadeloupe	1.25 % of electricity generation
138	South Africa	1.089 % of electricity generation
139	South Korea	0.853 % of electricity generation
140	Cuba	0.681 % of electricity generation
141	Puerto Rico	0.648 % of electricity generation
142	Algeria	0.592 % of electricity generation
143	Hungary	0.526 % of electricity generation
144	Jordan	0.468 % of electricity generation
145	Belgium	0.449 % of electricity generation
146	Tunisia	0.364 % of electricity generation
147	Estonia	0.164 % of electricity generation
148	Belarus	0.126 % of electricity generation
149	Netherlands	0.106 % of electricity generation
150	Denmark	0.077 % of electricity generation
151	Israel	0.019 % of electricity generation
152	American Samoa	0 % of electricity generation
153	Antigua and Barbuda	0 % of electricity generation
154	Aruba	0 % of electricity generation
155	Bahamas	0 % of electricity generation
156	Bahrain	0 % of electricity generation
157	Barbados	0 % of electricity generation
158	Benin	0 % of electricity generation
159	Bermuda	0 % of electricity generation
160	Botswana	0 % of electricity generation
161	British Virgin Islands	0 % of electricity generation
162	Brunei Darussalam	0 % of electricity generation
163	Cabo Verde	0 % of electricity generation
164	Cayman Islands	0 % of electricity generation
165	Chad	0 % of electricity generation
166	Comoros	0 % of electricity generation
167	Cook Islands	0 % of electricity generation
168	Cyprus	0 % of electricity generation
169	Djibouti	0 % of electricity generation
170	Timor-Leste	0 % of electricity generation
171	Eritrea	0 % of electricity generation
172	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	0 % of electricity generation
173	Gambia	0 % of electricity generation
174	Gibraltar	0 % of electricity generation
175	Grenada	0 % of electricity generation
176	Guam	0 % of electricity generation
177	Guinea-Bissau	0 % of electricity generation
178	Guyana	0 % of electricity generation
179	China, Hong Kong SAR	0 % of electricity generation
180	Kiribati	0 % of electricity generation
181	Kuwait	0 % of electricity generation
182	Liberia	0 % of electricity generation
183	Libya	0 % of electricity generation
184	China, Macao SAR	0 % of electricity generation
185	Maldives	0 % of electricity generation
186	Malta	0 % of electricity generation
187	Mongolia	0 % of electricity generation
188	Montserrat	0 % of electricity generation
189	Nauru	0 % of electricity generation
190	Niger	0 % of electricity generation
191	Oman	0 % of electricity generation
192	State of Palestine	0 % of electricity generation
193	Qatar	0 % of electricity generation
194	Saint Helena	0 % of electricity generation
195	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0 % of electricity generation
196	Saint Lucia	0 % of electricity generation
197	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	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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