SDG #12 is to “Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns”
Within SDG #12 are 11 targets, of which we here focus on Target 12.a:
Support developing countries to strengthen their scientific and technological capacity to move towards more sustainable patterns of consumption and production
Target 12.a has one indicator:
Indicator 12.a.1: Installed renewable energy-generating capacity in developing and developed countries (in watts per capita)
Bhutan is the developing country with the largest renewable energy capacity per capita. Following Bhutan are Paraguay, Uruguay and Laos, each with between 1,000-3,000 watts of renewable capacity per capita. Many developing countries still languish with less than 10 watts of renewables capacity per capita.
Sub-Saharan Africa is the region with the lowest capacity, with 37 watts per capita. The region's renewables capacity is on par with all least developed countries. This contrasts with the worldwide renewable's capacity of 268 watts per capita.
