Rank
1	Albania	100 % of electricity generation
2	Bhutan	100 % of electricity generation
3	Burundi	100 % of electricity generation
4	Laos	100 % of electricity generation
5	Lesotho	100 % of electricity generation
6	Paraguay	100 % of electricity generation
7	Mozambique	99.933 % of electricity generation
8	Zambia	99.895 % of electricity generation
9	Nepal	99.642 % of electricity generation
10	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	98.668 % of electricity generation
11	Norway	98.477 % of electricity generation
12	Ethiopia	97.898 % of electricity generation
13	Tajikistan	97.833 % of electricity generation
14	Belize	95.238 % of electricity generation
15	Malawi	89.412 % of electricity generation
16	Namibia	88.535 % of electricity generation
17	Central African Republic	87.5 % of electricity generation
18	Kyrgyzstan	85.714 % of electricity generation
19	Georgia	84.606 % of electricity generation
20	Colombia	82.805 % of electricity generation
21	Congo	80.435 % of electricity generation
22	Brazil	79.788 % of electricity generation
23	Angola	77.778 % of electricity generation
24	Costa Rica	77.766 % of electricity generation
25	Iceland	75.275 % of electricity generation
26	Zimbabwe	74.836 % of electricity generation
27	Cameroon	74.291 % of electricity generation
28	Ghana	73.678 % of electricity generation
29	Venezuela	72.791 % of electricity generation
30	Uganda	69.957 % of electricity generation
31	Afghanistan	69.231 % of electricity generation
32	Togo	69.231 % of electricity generation
33	French Guiana	66.667 % of electricity generation
34	Guinea	64.198 % of electricity generation
35	Panama	61.742 % of electricity generation
36	Myanmar	61.48 % of electricity generation
37	Ecuador	60.465 % of electricity generation
38	North Korea	60.408 % of electricity generation
39	Tanzania	59.551 % of electricity generation
40	Austria	59.537 % of electricity generation
41	Fiji	59.524 % of electricity generation
42	Canada	59.437 % of electricity generation
43	Latvia	59.013 % of electricity generation
44	Peru	58.711 % of electricity generation
45	Madagascar	58.475 % of electricity generation
46	Suriname	56.954 % of electricity generation
47	Rwanda	55.172 % of electricity generation
48	Montenegro	54.417 % of electricity generation
49	Greenland	54.054 % of electricity generation
50	Switzerland	53.759 % of electricity generation
51	Uruguay	51.311 % of electricity generation
52	New Zealand	50.979 % of electricity generation
53	Gabon	48.619 % of electricity generation
54	Sweden	46.077 % of electricity generation
55	Kenya	45.854 % of electricity generation
56	Samoa	45.455 % of electricity generation
57	Croatia	45.227 % of electricity generation
58	Guatemala	41.935 % of electricity generation
59	Sri Lanka	41.734 % of electricity generation
60	Chile	40.279 % of electricity generation
61	Bolivia	38.682 % of electricity generation
62	French Polynesia	36.842 % of electricity generation
63	Haiti	36.735 % of electricity generation
64	Vietnam	36.617 % of electricity generation
65	Honduras	35.031 % of electricity generation
66	El Salvador	34.426 % of electricity generation
67	Faroe Islands	33.333 % of electricity generation
68	Sierra Leone	33.333 % of electricity generation
69	Bosnia and Herzegovina	33.197 % of electricity generation
70	Côte d'Ivoire	32.47 % of electricity generation
71	Mali	31.492 % of electricity generation
72	Armenia	30.169 % of electricity generation
73	Pakistan	29.868 % of electricity generation
74	Nigeria	27.083 % of electricity generation
75	Romania	26.519 % of electricity generation
76	Serbia	25.964 % of electricity generation
77	Sudan	25.709 % of electricity generation
78	Argentina	25.593 % of electricity generation
79	Equatorial Guinea	25 % of electricity generation
80	Papua New Guinea	24.927 % of electricity generation
81	Réunion	24.803 % of electricity generation
82	Slovenia	24.497 % of electricity generation
83	New Caledonia	24.194 % of electricity generation
84	Eswatini	23.188 % of electricity generation
85	Finland	22.12 % of electricity generation
86	Burkina Faso	21.311 % of electricity generation
87	Sao Tome and Principe	20 % of electricity generation
88	China	18.221 % of electricity generation
89	Turkey	16.772 % of electricity generation
90	Philippines	16.179 % of electricity generation
91	Russia	15.844 % of electricity generation
92	Nicaragua	15.774 % of electricity generation
93	Dominica	15.385 % of electricity generation
94	Portugal	14.998 % of electricity generation
95	Mexico	14.564 % of electricity generation
96	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	14.286 % of electricity generation
97	Slovakia	14.077 % of electricity generation
98	India	13.903 % of electricity generation
99	Italy	13.358 % of electricity generation
100	North Macedonia	13.312 % of electricity generation
101	Egypt	11.724 % of electricity generation
102	France	10.963 % of electricity generation
103	Azerbaijan	10.222 % of electricity generation
104	Dominican Republic	9.446 % of electricity generation
105	Iraq	9.436 % of electricity generation
106	Kazakhstan	9.284 % of electricity generation
107	Uzbekistan	8.941 % of electricity generation
108	Mauritania	8.333 % of electricity generation
109	Senegal	7.77 % of electricity generation
110	Spain	7.541 % of electricity generation
111	Indonesia	7.396 % of electricity generation
112	Syrian Arab Republic	6.99 % of electricity generation
113	Malaysia	6.861 % of electricity generation
114	Morocco	6.732 % of electricity generation
115	Japan	6.35 % of electricity generation
116	Republic of Moldova	6.323 % of electricity generation
117	Bulgaria	6.271 % of electricity generation
118	United States	6.051 % of electricity generation
119	Ukraine	5.977 % of electricity generation
120	Greece	5.323 % of electricity generation
121	Australia	4.817 % of electricity generation
122	Luxembourg	4.779 % of electricity generation
123	Thailand	4.779 % of electricity generation
124	Mauritius	4.297 % of electricity generation
125	Jamaica	3.783 % of electricity generation
126	Iran	3.535 % of electricity generation
127	Cambodia	3.378 % of electricity generation
128	Ireland	3.241 % of electricity generation
129	Germany	3.233 % of electricity generation
130	Lithuania	3.001 % of electricity generation
131	Lebanon	2.972 % of electricity generation
132	Bangladesh	2.746 % of electricity generation
133	Czech Republic	2.426 % of electricity generation
134	Taiwan	1.809 % of electricity generation
135	Poland	1.392 % of electricity generation
136	United Kingdom	1.321 % of electricity generation
137	Guadeloupe	1.242 % of electricity generation
138	Cuba	0.792 % of electricity generation
139	Algeria	0.696 % of electricity generation
140	South Korea	0.694 % of electricity generation
141	Puerto Rico	0.688 % of electricity generation
142	Hungary	0.525 % of electricity generation
143	Belgium	0.494 % of electricity generation
144	South Africa	0.488 % of electricity generation
145	Jordan	0.424 % of electricity generation
146	Estonia	0.284 % of electricity generation
147	Tunisia	0.209 % of electricity generation
148	Belarus	0.114 % of electricity generation
149	Netherlands	0.094 % of electricity generation
150	Denmark	0.082 % of electricity generation
151	Israel	0.035 % 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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