Fossil fuels electricity capacity - Country rankings
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Fossil fuels electricity capacity, million kilowatts, 2018 - Country rankings:
The average for 2018 based on 190 countries was 22.15 million kilowatts.The highest value was in China: 1144 million kilowatts and the lowest value was in Lesotho: 0 million kilowatts. The indicator is available from 1980 to 2019. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.Measure: million kilowatts; Source: The U.S. Energy Information Administration
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747.78
282.35
192.64
190.20
91.42
86.36
85.46
64.83
57.35
57.13
52.65
51.73
51.22
46.09
45.58
44.80
42.60
39.11
35.94
34.63
33.27
30.63
30.50
29.75
26.99
26.80
25.73
24.53
24.30
22.80
20.48
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18.79
17.73
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14.76
13.36
12.52
12.28
11.02
10.96
10.58
10.52
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10.14
9.88
8.97
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7.39
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6.94
6.79
6.61
6.46
6.34
5.97
5.56
5.49
5.41
5.20
5.16
4.56
4.39
4.24
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3.92
3.48
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2.96
2.94
2.84
2.63
2.39
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2.19
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1.92
1.86
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1.77
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1.52
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1.27
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0.87
0.85
0.83
0.77
0.75
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0.73
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0.60
0.58
0.56
0.50
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0.49
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0.31
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Definition: Installed capacity to produce electricity from fossil fuels including oil, coal, and natural gas.
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