A breakdown of use of fossil fuels and renewable energy sources.
Energy Sources
| COLOR CODING | |
|---|---|
| Green | Ranked first for statistic |
| Red | Ranked last for statistic |
| % of Primary Energy | Renewable Energy | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Fossil Share | Renewables | Clean energy investment per capita | Per capita electricity generation from renewables | Greendex 2014 Score | Total Energy Consumption per capita | |
| Australia | 85.02 | 14.98 | 409 | 3,751 | 50.4 | 228.5 |
| Canada | 65.01 | 29.26 | 62 | 10,827 | 47.2 | 367.8 |
| Denmark | 57.27 | 42.73 | 571 | 4,984 | – | 115.9 |
| France | 48.03 | 16.94 | 79 | 2,087 | 49.0 | 129.8 |
| Germany | 75.04 | 24.39 | 130 | 3,176 | 51.3 | 147.5 |
| Italy | 80.72 | 19.28 | 45 | 1,950 | – | 104.1 |
| Japan | 83.42 | 12.58 | 215 | 1,959 | 48.4 | 143.9 |
| Netherlands | 81.17 | 17.79 | 328 | 3,316 | – | 201.6 |
| Norway | 27.91 | 72.09 | 376 | 27,647 | – | 348.9 |
| Sweden | 25.09 | 53.89 | 552 | 10,841 | 50.9 | 215.7 |
| United Kingdom | 74.22 | 20.52 | 158 | 1,994 | 49.5 | 108.4 |
| United States | 80.58 | 11.66 | 197 | 2,833 | 44.6 | 283.5 |
SOURCES
Percent of Primary Energy Supply, Column 1: Our World in Data
Revised January 2024. Fossil fuel energy consumption as a percent of total energy consumption. Updated 7/20/2024.
Renewable Energy, Column 2: Our World in Data
Revised January 2024. “…data on renewable energy technologies across the world; what share of energy they account for today, and how quickly this is changing.” Updated 7/29/2024
Clean energy investment per capita: Bloomberg 2018
Clean energy investment per capita estimated from clean energy investment in billions by using country population data from the CIA World Factbook.
Per capita electricity generation from renewables, 2023
Measured in kilowatt-hours per person. Renewable electricity is the sum of electricity from hydropower, solar, wind, geothermal, biomass, wave and tidal sources. Our World in Data, updated 8/1/2024.
Greendex 2014 Score: National Geographic
*Greendex reports do not include values for Denmark, Italy, Netherlands, and Norway.
Total Energy Consumption: The Energy Institute
2023 Statistical Review of World Energy. Total primary energy consumption per capita in gigajoules. Here primary energy includes commercially-traded fuels, including modern renewables. All values for 2022.
NOTES
“Global Banks Invested $1.9 Trillion in Fossil Fuels Since Paris Climate Pact” Sharon Kelly
March 22, 2019.
The top four banks that have invested the most heavily into fossil fuels are US based followed by banks based in Canada, Japan and Europe.
“Germany to close all 84 of its coal-fired power plants, will rely primarily on renewable energy”
Erik Kirschbaum
January 26, 2019.
Coal plants used to account for 40% of Germany’s electricity. Germany now plans to shut down all 84 of their coal plants over the next 19 years in an effort to meet international commitments in the fight against climate change.
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