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	99.94 % of electricity generation
8	Zambia	99.899 % of electricity generation
9	Nepal	99.675 % of electricity generation
10	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	98.848 % of electricity generation
11	Tajikistan	98.635 % of electricity generation
12	Ethiopia	96.409 % of electricity generation
13	Norway	95.655 % of electricity generation
14	Namibia	94 % of electricity generation
15	Kyrgyzstan	92.077 % of electricity generation
16	Malawi	89.222 % of electricity generation
17	Georgia	88.115 % of electricity generation
18	Afghanistan	87.64 % of electricity generation
19	Central African Republic	87.5 % of electricity generation
20	Brazil	83.873 % of electricity generation
21	Belize	79.167 % of electricity generation
22	Costa Rica	77.381 % of electricity generation
23	Ghana	76.175 % of electricity generation
24	Myanmar	75.466 % of electricity generation
25	Montenegro	75 % of electricity generation
26	Zimbabwe	74.897 % of electricity generation
27	Togo	73.333 % of electricity generation
28	Iceland	72.771 % of electricity generation
29	Venezuela	71.891 % of electricity generation
30	Colombia	71.612 % of electricity generation
31	Cameroon	69.338 % of electricity generation
32	Angola	66.599 % of electricity generation
33	Guinea	65 % of electricity generation
34	Greenland	63.415 % of electricity generation
35	Latvia	62.118 % of electricity generation
36	Austria	61.773 % of electricity generation
37	Madagascar	61.345 % of electricity generation
38	Congo	61.111 % of electricity generation
39	Canada	60.06 % of electricity generation
40	Peru	59.204 % of electricity generation
41	Uruguay	58.362 % of electricity generation
42	Uganda	57.851 % of electricity generation
43	Panama	56.44 % of electricity generation
44	Suriname	56.209 % of electricity generation
45	New Zealand	55.832 % of electricity generation
46	Croatia	55.506 % of electricity generation
47	Fiji	55.422 % of electricity generation
48	Tanzania	55 % of electricity generation
49	Switzerland	53.577 % of electricity generation
50	North Korea	52.951 % of electricity generation
51	Rwanda	51.613 % of electricity generation
52	Gabon	51.366 % of electricity generation
53	Ecuador	50.275 % of electricity generation
54	Sudan	48.412 % of electricity generation
55	Sweden	48.206 % of electricity generation
56	French Guiana	44.872 % of electricity generation
57	Mali	42.949 % of electricity generation
58	Chile	41.478 % of electricity generation
59	Honduras	40.379 % of electricity generation
60	Bosnia and Herzegovina	40.31 % of electricity generation
61	Sri Lanka	39.333 % of electricity generation
62	Samoa	38.462 % of electricity generation
63	Vietnam	37.178 % of electricity generation
64	Armenia	36.765 % of electricity generation
65	Bolivia	36.554 % of electricity generation
66	French Polynesia	36.207 % of electricity generation
67	Côte d'Ivoire	36.068 % of electricity generation
68	Faroe Islands	33.333 % of electricity generation
69	Sierra Leone	33.333 % of electricity generation
70	Kenya	32.824 % of electricity generation
71	Guatemala	32.66 % of electricity generation
72	Eswatini	30.303 % of electricity generation
73	Pakistan	29.227 % of electricity generation
74	Slovenia	28.737 % of electricity generation
75	Argentina	28.303 % of electricity generation
76	Haiti	28.169 % of electricity generation
77	Serbia	27.95 % of electricity generation
78	Romania	26.966 % of electricity generation
79	El Salvador	26.838 % of electricity generation
80	Papua New Guinea	25.223 % of electricity generation
81	Nigeria	22.89 % of electricity generation
82	Equatorial Guinea	22.727 % of electricity generation
83	New Caledonia	20.619 % of electricity generation
84	Réunion	20.229 % of electricity generation
85	North Macedonia	18.622 % of electricity generation
86	Burkina Faso	18.571 % of electricity generation
87	Turkey	18.459 % of electricity generation
88	Finland	17.61 % of electricity generation
89	Russia	17.541 % of electricity generation
90	Italy	17.16 % of electricity generation
91	Slovakia	16.853 % of electricity generation
92	Portugal	16.768 % of electricity generation
93	Sao Tome and Principe	16.667 % of electricity generation
94	China	16.573 % of electricity generation
95	Philippines	15.811 % of electricity generation
96	Dominica	15.385 % of electricity generation
97	Mauritania	14.286 % of electricity generation
98	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	14.286 % of electricity generation
99	Morocco	14.095 % of electricity generation
100	Uzbekistan	12.934 % of electricity generation
101	Azerbaijan	12.149 % of electricity generation
102	India	12.103 % of electricity generation
103	Dominican Republic	10.618 % of electricity generation
104	France	10.492 % of electricity generation
105	Egypt	10.255 % of electricity generation
106	Mexico	9.979 % of electricity generation
107	Spain	9.084 % of electricity generation
108	Greece	8.866 % of electricity generation
109	Kazakhstan	8.739 % of electricity generation
110	Iraq	8.534 % of electricity generation
111	Nicaragua	8.406 % of electricity generation
112	Bulgaria	8.107 % of electricity generation
113	Senegal	7.869 % of electricity generation
114	Indonesia	6.987 % of electricity generation
115	Ukraine	6.877 % of electricity generation
116	United States	6.823 % of electricity generation
117	Japan	6.326 % of electricity generation
118	Malaysia	5.934 % of electricity generation
119	Republic of Moldova	5.654 % of electricity generation
120	Australia	5.058 % of electricity generation
121	Thailand	4.777 % of electricity generation
122	Lebanon	4.777 % of electricity generation
123	Mauritius	4.669 % of electricity generation
124	Syrian Arab Republic	4.315 % of electricity generation
125	Cambodia	4.032 % of electricity generation
126	Luxembourg	3.492 % of electricity generation
127	Germany	3.237 % of electricity generation
128	Ireland	3.217 % of electricity generation
129	Jamaica	3.182 % of electricity generation
130	Iran	3.03 % of electricity generation
131	Czech Republic	2.976 % of electricity generation
132	Lithuania	2.869 % of electricity generation
133	Taiwan	1.63 % of electricity generation
134	Poland	1.578 % of electricity generation
135	United Kingdom	1.388 % of electricity generation
136	Guadeloupe	1.227 % of electricity generation
137	Bangladesh	1.182 % of electricity generation
138	Cuba	0.846 % of electricity generation
139	Algeria	0.779 % of electricity generation
140	Puerto Rico	0.738 % of electricity generation
141	Hungary	0.64 % of electricity generation
142	South Korea	0.621 % of electricity generation
143	South Africa	0.581 % of electricity generation
144	Tunisia	0.524 % of electricity generation
145	Mongolia	0.495 % of electricity generation
146	Jordan	0.42 % of electricity generation
147	Belgium	0.368 % of electricity generation
148	Estonia	0.342 % of electricity generation
149	Belarus	0.132 % of electricity generation
150	Netherlands	0.089 % of electricity generation
151	Denmark	0.055 % of electricity generation
152	Israel	0.037 % of electricity generation
153	American Samoa	0 % of electricity generation
154	Antigua and Barbuda	0 % of electricity generation
155	Aruba	0 % of electricity generation
156	Bahamas	0 % of electricity generation
157	Bahrain	0 % of electricity generation
158	Barbados	0 % of electricity generation
159	Benin	0 % of electricity generation
160	Bermuda	0 % of electricity generation
161	Botswana	0 % of electricity generation
162	British Virgin Islands	0 % of electricity generation
163	Brunei Darussalam	0 % of electricity generation
164	Cabo Verde	0 % of electricity generation
165	Cayman Islands	0 % of electricity generation
166	Chad	0 % of electricity generation
167	Comoros	0 % of electricity generation
168	Cook Islands	0 % of electricity generation
169	Cyprus	0 % of electricity generation
170	Djibouti	0 % of electricity generation
171	Timor-Leste	0 % of electricity generation
172	Eritrea	0 % of electricity generation
173	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	0 % of electricity generation
174	Gambia	0 % of electricity generation
175	Gibraltar	0 % of electricity generation
176	Grenada	0 % of electricity generation
177	Guam	0 % of electricity generation
178	Guinea-Bissau	0 % of electricity generation
179	Guyana	0 % of electricity generation
180	China, Hong Kong SAR	0 % of electricity generation
181	Kiribati	0 % of electricity generation
182	Kuwait	0 % of electricity generation
183	Liberia	0 % of electricity generation
184	Libya	0 % of electricity generation
185	China, Macao SAR	0 % of electricity generation
186	Maldives	0 % of electricity generation
187	Malta	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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