Which country in North America has the most renewable energy?

Haiti has the most renewable energy in North America: 76.7% renewable (2021). Next come Guatemala (62.1% renewable) and Nicaragua (50.4% renewable).

Which country in North America has the least renewable energy?

Trinidad and Tobago, with 0.5% renewable (2021).

What is the typical renewable energy of a country in North America?

The median of the 23 countries in North America is 13.0% 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 North America by renewable energy

The share of all the energy people and businesses use — electricity, heat, fuel — that comes from renewable sources, firewood included. 23 countries in North America, highest first. World Bank, mostly 2021

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Highest

76.7%

Haiti

Median country

13.0%

half above, half below

Lowest

0.5%

Trinidad and Tobago

Countries in North America by renewable energy, World Bank, mostly 2021
#	Country	% of energy use	Year	Region
1	Haiti	76.7%	2021	Caribbean
2	Guatemala	62.1%	2021	Central America
3	Nicaragua	50.4%	2021	Central America
4	Honduras	45.9%	2021	Central America
5	Costa Rica	34.2%	2021	Central America
6	Belize	30.8%	2022	Central America
7	Panama	28.0%	2021	Central America
8	Canada	23.8%	2021	Northern America
9	El Salvador	21.9%	2021	Central America
10	Cuba	20.9%	2021	Caribbean
11	Dominican Republic	14.8%	2021	Caribbean
12	Mexico	13.0%	2021	Central America
13	United States	10.9%	2021	Northern America
14	Jamaica	10.5%	2021	Caribbean
15	Grenada	10.0%	2022	Caribbean
16	Saint Lucia	9.7%	2022	Caribbean
17	Dominica	8.9%	2022	Caribbean
18	Barbados	5.5%	2022	Caribbean
19	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	5.1%	2022	Caribbean
20	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1.5%	2022	Caribbean
21	Bahamas	1.1%	2022	Caribbean
22	Antigua and Barbuda	0.9%	2022	Caribbean
23	Trinidad and Tobago	0.5%	2021	Caribbean

Territories and other places

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

Place	% of energy use	Status
Greenland	11.7%	Territory of Denmark
Aruba	8.8%	Territory of Netherlands
US Virgin Islands	5.9%	Territory of United States of America
Curaçao	2.8%	Territory of Netherlands
Puerto Rico	2.5%	Territory of United States of America
British Virgin Islands	1.3%	Territory of United Kingdom
Bermuda	0.9%	Territory of United Kingdom
Turks and Caicos Islands	0.8%	Territory of United Kingdom
Cayman Islands	0.0%	Territory of United Kingdom
Sint Maarten	0.0%	Territory of Netherlands

Questions

Which country in North America has the most renewable energy?: Haiti has the most renewable energy in North America: 76.7% renewable (2021). Next come Guatemala (62.1% renewable) and Nicaragua (50.4% renewable).
Which country in North America has the least renewable energy?: Trinidad and Tobago, with 0.5% renewable (2021).
What is the typical renewable energy of a country in North America?: The median of the 23 countries in North America is 13.0% 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.