Renewable energy
Iceland leads at 88.8% while economic giants like the US, Japan and South Korea languish in the bottom ten.
Summary
Top 5 Renewable Energy Leaders
Bottom 5 Renewable Energy Leaders
Gap
1.8x
Iceland leads by massive 1.8x margin
Outlier
7.76%
US lags at 41st place with 7.76%
Cluster
40%+
Five countries exceed 40% renewables
Data
47 results
| 1 | Iceland | 88.8 % |
| 2 | Costa Rica | 48.4 % |
| 3 | Norway | 46.5 % |
| 4 | Brazil | 45.8 % |
| 5 | Latvia | 40.6 % |
| 6 | Sweden | 40.3 % |
| 7 | New Zealand | 40.0 % |
| 8 | Denmark | 35.5 % |
| 9 | Finland | 34.9 % |
| 10 | Austria | 30.1 % |
Map
Renewable energy
Insights
Generated automatically using AIGap
1.8x
Iceland's 88.8% renewable share is 1.8x higher than second-place Costa Rica
Outlier
7.76%
US ranks 41st with just 7.76% renewable energy despite economic strength
Cluster
40%+
Five Nordic and small nations achieve 40%+ renewable energy shares
Gap
44.6x
Iceland's renewable share is 44.6x higher than bottom-ranked South Korea
Trailing
3 of 3
All three major Asian economies rank in bottom 10 for renewable energy
Methodology
This dataset is sourced from the OECD through its official SDMX data service.
Rankdat does not alter or model the underlying values — we only clean formats, standardize country names, and reshape the data for visualization.
OECD compiles these indicators from a mix of sources including national statistical offices, international household surveys (such as Gallup World Poll, EU-SILC, ISSP), and harmonised administrative datasets.
Each indicator follows the definitions and structure specified in the OECD’s Data Structure Definition (DSD) for this dataflow.
Because indicators originate from different countries and surveys, collection years, sampling methods, and questionnaire wording may vary. OECD applies harmonisation rules to improve comparability, but differences in national methodology may still affect cross-country comparisons.
Full definitions, data collection notes, and quality documentation are available through the OECD metadata portal linked in the Sources section.