QAZAQ GREEN.  According to Our World in Data, the average share of electricity generated by renewable energy sources in the world in 2023 was 30.2%. In Asia, this figure was 24.7%, in the CIS countries – 17.7%. As noted byranking.kz,in this rating, analysts took into account hydropower as a whole, and not just small hydroelectric power plants.

In Uzbekistan, the share of electricity generated from renewable energy sources was 9.38%. This is one of the relatively low values ​​among the CIS countries. For comparison: in Tajikistan this figure reaches 89.37%, in Kyrgyzstan – 85.92%, in Armenia – 26.57%, in Ukraine* – 19.74%, in Russia – 17.57%, in Kazakhstan – 12.76%, in Moldova – 9.68%, in Azerbaijan – 6.86%, in Belarus – 2.71%, in Turkmenistan – only 0.03%.

In the global ranking by the share of electricity generated by renewable energy sources, Uzbekistan took 154th place out of 195. The leaders of the ranking with a 100% indicator were Albania, Bhutan, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lesotho, Nepal and Paraguay. The last place went to Turkmenistan.

* Ukraine has a controversial status in the CIS for a number of reasons.

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