Namibia vs Sweden: Share of electricity generation from low-carbon sources

Namibia
97.6%
in 2024
Sweden
98.8%
in 2025
Namibia rank
15th
Sweden rank
12th

Share of electricity generation from low-carbon sources over time

  • Namibia
  • Sweden
020406080100198520052025

How they compare

Sweden currently reports 98.8% against 97.6% in Namibia, a difference of 1.2%.

The two have swapped places 11 times across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Namibia ahead.

Namibia ranks 15th and Sweden ranks 12th of 213 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Share of electricity generation from low-carbon sources
Unit
%
Source
Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
215 places, 6,483 data points, 1920–2025
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Measured as a percentage of total electricity produced in the country or region. Low-carbon sources correspond to renewables and nuclear power, that produce significantly less greenhouse-gas emissions than fossil fuels. Renewables include solar, wind, hydropower, bioenergy, geothermal, wave, and tidal.