List of countries by renewable electricity production
This is a list of countries and dependencies by electricity generation from renewable sources.
Renewables accounted for 30% of electric generation in 2023. Renewables consist of hydro, wind, solar, biomass and geothermal. China produced 32% of global renewable electricity, followed by the United States, Brazil, Canada and India.
Renewable investment reached almost $500 billion globally in 2022, amounting to 83% of new electric capacity that year. The renewable energy industry employs almost 14 million people.
Renewable production (TWh)
Data in this table are from Ember and are for 2023 unless otherwise specified. Includes some dependent territories. All figures are in terawatt-hours.Links for each location go to the relevant electricity market page, when available.
| Location | Hydro | Wind | Solar | Year | |||||||||||||
| 8,971 | 4,240 | 2,310 | 1,644 | 689 | 88 | 2023 | |||||||||||
 uspef|pref=Electricity sector in|ChinaRenewable production (percent)Data in this table are from Ember and are for 2023 unless otherwise specified. Includes some dependent territories. The 'renewables' column indicates the percent of that country's electric generation that was renewable.Links for each location go to the relevant electricity market page, when available.
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