Which country in Asia has the most renewable energy?

Bhutan has the most renewable energy in Asia: 82.5% renewable (2022). Next come Nepal (73.7% renewable) and Myanmar (62.9% renewable).

Which country in Asia has the least renewable energy?

Qatar, with 0.0% renewable (2021).

What is the typical renewable energy of a country in Asia?

The median of the 47 countries in Asia is 9.1% renewable: half are above it, half below. The median, not the average, because a few countries at the top would drag an average far above almost everyone.

Where do the figures come from?

The share of all the energy people and businesses use — electricity, heat, fuel — that comes from renewable sources, firewood included. Source: World Bank, mostly 2021. Only independent states are ranked; territories are listed separately. A country’s continent follows Natural Earth; the handful of island states it files under the open ocean are placed by their UN subregion.

Countries in Asia by renewable energy

The share of all the energy people and businesses use — electricity, heat, fuel — that comes from renewable sources, firewood included. 47 countries in Asia, highest first. World Bank, mostly 2021

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Highest

82.5%

Bhutan

Median country

9.1%

half above, half below

Lowest

0.0%

Qatar

Countries in Asia by renewable energy, World Bank, mostly 2021
#	Country	% of energy use	Year	Region
1	Bhutan	82.5%	2022	Southern Asia
2	Nepal	73.7%	2021	Southern Asia
3	Myanmar	62.9%	2021	South-Eastern Asia
4	Cambodia	52.4%	2021	South-Eastern Asia
5	Laos	49.2%	2022	South-Eastern Asia
6	Sri Lanka	48.8%	2021	Southern Asia
7	Pakistan	41.6%	2021	Southern Asia
=8	India	34.9%	2021	Southern Asia
=8	Tajikistan	34.9%	2021	Central Asia
10	Philippines	28.0%	2021	South-Eastern Asia
11	Kyrgyzstan	27.6%	2021	Central Asia
12	Georgia	25.2%	2021	Western Asia
13	Bangladesh	25.0%	2021	Southern Asia
14	Vietnam	24.2%	2021	South-Eastern Asia
15	Indonesia	20.2%	2021	South-Eastern Asia
16	Afghanistan	20.0%	2022	Southern Asia
17	Thailand	19.0%	2021	South-Eastern Asia
18	Cyprus	15.6%	2021	Western Asia
19	China	15.2%	2021	Eastern Asia
20	North Korea	14.7%	2021	Eastern Asia
21	Turkey	12.0%	2021	Western Asia
22	Jordan	11.5%	2021	Western Asia
23	Timor-Leste	11.4%	2022	South-Eastern Asia
24	Armenia	9.1%	2021	Western Asia
25	Japan	8.8%	2021	Eastern Asia
26	Malaysia	7.5%	2021	South-Eastern Asia
27	Lebanon	6.8%	2021	Western Asia
28	Israel	6.2%	2021	Western Asia
29	Yemen	3.7%	2021	Western Asia
30	South Korea	3.6%	2021	Eastern Asia
31	Mongolia	3.0%	2021	Eastern Asia
32	Kazakhstan	2.0%	2021	Central Asia
33	Azerbaijan	1.3%	2021	Western Asia
34	Maldives	1.2%	2022	Southern Asia
=35	Iraq	1.1%	2021	Western Asia
=35	Singapore	1.1%	2021	South-Eastern Asia
=35	Syria	1.1%	2021	Western Asia
=38	United Arab Emirates	1.0%	2021	Western Asia
=38	Uzbekistan	1.0%	2021	Central Asia
40	Iran	0.9%	2021	Southern Asia
=41	Kuwait	0.1%	2021	Western Asia
=41	Oman	0.1%	2021	Western Asia
=41	Saudi Arabia	0.1%	2021	Western Asia
=41	Turkmenistan	0.1%	2021	Central Asia
=45	Bahrain	0.0%	2021	Western Asia
=45	Brunei	0.0%	2021	South-Eastern Asia
=45	Qatar	0.0%	2021	Western Asia

No World Bank figure for Taiwan.

Territories and other places

Not ranked: dependencies of the states above, places whose status is disputed. Highest first.

Place	% of energy use	Status
Palestine	15.4%	Status disputed
Macao	11.0%	Territory of China
Hong Kong	0.4%	Territory of China

Questions

Which country in Asia has the most renewable energy?: Bhutan has the most renewable energy in Asia: 82.5% renewable (2022). Next come Nepal (73.7% renewable) and Myanmar (62.9% renewable).
Which country in Asia has the least renewable energy?: Qatar, with 0.0% renewable (2021).
What is the typical renewable energy of a country in Asia?: The median of the 47 countries in Asia is 9.1% renewable: half are above it, half below. The median, not the average, because a few countries at the top would drag an average far above almost everyone.
Where do the figures come from?: The share of all the energy people and businesses use — electricity, heat, fuel — that comes from renewable sources, firewood included. Source: World Bank, mostly 2021. Only independent states are ranked; territories are listed separately. A country’s continent follows Natural Earth; the handful of island states it files under the open ocean are placed by their UN subregion.

Source: World Bank (CC BY 4.0). Figures more than 5 years older than the newest are left out rather than shown beside current ones. Countries sharing a value share a rank. All sources.