Goal 7 · Prosperity
Affordable and clean energy
Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all.
- Canada’s rating
- Challenges remain
- Moderately improving
- Canada’s goal score
- 81.6/ 100
- +0.9 points since 2015; best in the G7
- G7 countries improving
- 7 of 7
- None decreasing
- G7 achieved or with challenges remaining
- 3 of 7
- 4 significant, 0 major challenges
How the G7 compare
Goal 7 score, 2005–2025
Score out of 100 on the globally comparable indicators. Canada is the thick line. Dashed: OECD and all-country averages.
Indicator by indicator
The goal colour is driven by each country’s two worst indicators, so read the whole row before judging a country.
Goal 7 indicators for the G7
Latest value, with the rating colour and trend arrow. Hover a cell for the year of the data. ◆ marks indicators about effects on other countries (spillovers); † marks OECD dashboard indicators that are not in the SDG Index score.
| Indicator | Green threshold | Canada | France | Germany | Italy | Japan | United Kingdom | United States |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population with access to electricity (%) | 98 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| Population with access to clean fuels and technology for cooking (%) | 85 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| CO₂ emissions from fuel combustion per total electricity output (MtCO₂/TWh) | 1 | 0.872 | 0.492 | 1.17 | 1.17 | 1.06 | 1.17 | 1.12 |
| Renewable energy share in total final energy consumption (%) | 32 | 24.2 | 17 | 19.6 | 16.3 | 9.3 | 13.6 | 11.3 |
Explore one indicator over time
Renewable energy share in total final energy consumption (%)
The share of renewable energy in the total final energy consumption. Renewable energy includes hydro, solid biofuels, liquid biofuels, biogases, modern biomass, wind, solar, geothermal, tide/wave/oceans and renewable municipal waste. It does not include traditional biomass — local solid biomass resources (e.g. wood, charcoal, dung, agricultural residues) used in low-income households that do not have access to modern cooking fuels or technologies.
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The rest of the world
Goal 7 score around the world, 2025
Goal score out of 100 (globally comparable indicators). G7 countries are outlined.
G7 countries are outlined; Canada has the thickest outline.
Workshop questions
Which G7 country has the highest Goal 7 score, and which has the lowest? Do their dashboard colours tell the same story as their scores?
Show a hint
Colours come from each country’s two worst indicators, while the score is the average of all indicators in the index.
Compare renewable energy shares across the G7. Which countries are moving fastest, and from what starting point?
Canada has a low-carbon grid and the highest renewable share in the G7, yet it is still below the green threshold. Explain the difference between renewable electricity and renewables in total final energy consumption.
For Canada, find the oldest data point among this goal’s indicators. How might an old value change the colour or arrow you see?
Pick one indicator where Canada is stagnating. Use the Trend lab to calculate the annual change needed to reach the green threshold by 2030, and compare it with Canada’s pace since 2015.