Every Country in the World and Their Top Source of Electricity

Around the world, which sources of electricity are the most popular? Some countries rely on traditional sources of energy like oil, gas or coal, while other countries are shifting their focus to renewable sources of energy, such as wind power, solar power and hydropower.

From Dewesoft comes this great visualization of every country in the world and what their most common electricity source is.

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Across the world, solar power has become increasingly popular in terms of primary electricity sources for countries, especially in those where sunny days are much more common than on other parts of the globe. For electricity, Puerto Rico utilizes more solar power than any other country in the world with 825.09 kWh per capita. It’s the only country in the world to use more than 731 kWh per capita.

Here are the ten countries around the world that use the most solar power for their electricity.

1. Puerto Rico: 825.09 (kWh per capita)
2. Australia: 730.94 (kWh per capita)
3. Japan: 667.72 (kWh per capita)
4. Germany: 608.71 (kWh per capita)
5. Cook Islands: 596.06 (kWh per capita)
6. Netherlands: 461.83 (kWh per capita)
7. Switzerland: 459.12 (kWh per capita)
8. Spain: 443.92 (kWh per capita)
9. Italy: 440.02 (kWh per capita)
10. Malta: 429.35 (kWh per capita)

Wind power and hydropower have also become increasingly popular as well. With hydropower, Iceland leads the world by quite a big margin, utilizing 39,305.04 kWh of hydropower per capita. This is close to double that of second-ranked Norway, which uses 24,326.10 kWh per capita. Other countries that use the highest amount of hydropower include Canada with 10,130.67 kWh per capita, Bhutan with 8,660.99 kWh per capita and Sweden with 7,342.48 per capita.

Iceland also tops the list of countries that are using the most other renewable resources, by an even bigger margin (17,495.58 kWh per capita). Finland uses the second most at just 1,938.06 kWh per capita. In this area, other renewable resources that Iceland is taking advantage of can includes things like geothermal energy and biomass, which are becoming more popular because they help to avoid carbon dioxide emissions.