SGI 2024 | Sustainable Policymaking | Economic Sustainability | Decarbonized Energy System

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Values among 30 countries

Indicator metadata and score calculation

Definition:	Renewable energy share in total final energy consumption.
Year:	2021
Unit:	Percent
Direction:	High values translate into high scores
Source 1:	SDG
Data for:
Annotation:	Sustainable Development Goals Indicators Database Indicator 7.2.1, Series: Renewable energy share in the total final energy consumption (%)[EG_FEC_RNEW] URL: https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/… extracted 2024/08/27.

Calculation:	Long-term data series were used to set appropriate minimum and maximum values.
Maximum:	52.145
Minimum:	0
/	Above/Below IQR boundary value. See FAQ for further information.
Distance:	Distance=(value for calculation-minimum)/(maximum-minimum)
Score:	Score=1+relative distance*9

Top group

Score

Share of Energy from Renewable Sources

Norway

10.0

61.36

Sweden

10.0

57.90

Finland

9.7

50.22

Upper middle group

Latvia

8.6

43.99

Denmark

7.8

39.52

Estonia

7.6

37.98

Austria

7.2

36.00

Lithuania

6.7

33.22

Portugal

6.6

32.33

New Zealand

6.0

28.85

Lower middle group

Switzerland

5.8

27.69

Canada

5.1

23.84

Slovenia

5.0

23.39

Greece

4.7

21.47

Spain

4.3

18.96

Slovakia

4.1

17.90

Germany

4.0

17.61

Italy

4.0

17.54

Czechia

4.0

17.16

France

3.8

16.25

Hungary

3.6

15.30

Poland

3.6

15.20

Ireland

3.2

12.69

Australia

3.1

12.32

Netherlands

3.1

12.22

3.1

12.15

Belgium

3.0

11.68

Bottom group

USA

2.9

10.90

Japan

2.5

8.84

Israel

2.1

6.20

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