* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

Fossil fuels electricity capacity, million kilowatts, 2022:

The average for 2022 based on 189 countries was 24.38 million kilowatts. The highest value was in China: 1332.39 million kilowatts and the lowest value was in Lesotho: 0 million kilowatts. The indicator is available from 1980 to 2023. 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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Countries Fossil fuels electricity capacity, 2022 Global rank Available data
China 1332.39 1 1980 - 2023
USA 724.22 2 1980 - 2023
India 305.45 3 1980 - 2023
Russia 217.06 4 1992 - 2023
Japan 195.46 5 1980 - 2023
Saudi Arabia 116.63 6 1980 - 2023
Germany 99.24 7 1991 - 2023
South Korea 90.11 8 1980 - 2023
Iran 71.45 9 1980 - 2023
Mexico 71.08 10 1980 - 2023
Italy 59.5 11 1980 - 2023
Indonesia 57.49 12 1980 - 2023
Australia 53.22 13 1980 - 2023
Egypt 52.97 14 1980 - 2023
South Africa 50.78 15 1980 - 2023
UK 50.62 16 1980 - 2023
Turkey 47.82 17 1980 - 2023
Brazil 44.28 18 1980 - 2023
Thailand 42.86 19 1980 - 2023
Taiwan 42.32 20 1980 - 2023
Spain 39.78 21 1980 - 2023
Vietnam 39.71 22 1980 - 2023
Canada 39.4 23 1980 - 2023
Poland 36.05 24 1980 - 2023
UA Emirates 33.11 25 1980 - 2023
Ukraine 30.74 26 1992 - 2023
Iraq 29.5 27 1980 - 2023
Argentina 29.14 28 1980 - 2023
Malaysia 28.17 29 1980 - 2023
Pakistan 26.09 30 1980 - 2023
Netherlands 23.87 31 1980 - 2023
Kazakhstan 21.96 32 1992 - 2023
Algeria 21.86 33 1980 - 2023
Bangladesh 21.67 34 1980 - 2023
Philippines 20.61 35 1980 - 2023
France 20.44 36 1980 - 2023
Kuwait 20.18 37 1980 - 2023
Chile 17.75 38 1980 - 2023
Israel 17.44 39 1980 - 2023
Venezuela 16.47 40 1980 - 2023
Uzbekistan 15.23 41 1992 - 2023
Hong Kong 13.27 42 1980 - 2023
Singapore 11.99 43 1980 - 2023
Czechia 11.87 44 1993 - 2023
Oman 10.87 45 1980 - 2023
Qatar 10.58 46 1980 - 2023
Libya 10.51 47 1980 - 2023
Morocco 10.05 48 1980 - 2023
Belarus 9.8 49 1992 - 2023
Peru 9.42 50 1980 - 2023
Greece 8.37 51 1980 - 2023
Finland 8.3 52 1980 - 2023
Syria 8.08 53 1980 - 2023
Belgium 7.99 54 1980 - 2023
Denmark 7.77 55 1980 - 2023
Sweden 7.73 56 1980 - 2023
Portugal 6.99 57 1980 - 2023
Bahrain 6.97 58 1980 - 2023
Colombia 6.75 59 1980 - 2023
Azerbaijan 6.69 60 1992 - 2023
Turkmenistan 6.51 61 1992 - 2023
Cuba 6.46 62 1980 - 2023
Austria 6.44 63 1980 - 2023
Romania 6.32 64 1980 - 2023
Hungary 6.16 65 1980 - 2023
Ireland 6.14 66 1980 - 2023
Tunisia 5.82 67 1980 - 2023
Puerto Rico 5.74 68 1980 - 2023
Serbia 4.41 69 2006 - 2023
Domin. Rep. 4.38 70 1980 - 2023
Jordan 4.27 71 1980 - 2023
Bulgaria 3.85 72 1980 - 2023
Burma 3.85 73 1980 - 2023
Ghana 3.76 74 1980 - 2023
Angola 3.51 75 1980 - 2023
North Korea 3.36 76 1980 - 2023
Bolivia 3.08 77 1980 - 2023
Ecuador 2.99 78 1980 - 2023
Laos 2.8 79 1980 - 2023
Slovakia 2.4 80 1993 - 2023
New Zealand 2.35 81 1980 - 2023
Guatemala 2.28 82 1980 - 2023
Sri Lanka 2.21 83 1980 - 2023
Bosnia & Herz. 2.15 84 1992 - 2023
Tr.&Tobago 2.13 85 1980 - 2023
Armenia 2.09 86 1992 - 2023
Sudan 1.94 87 1980 - 2023
Lithuania 1.88 88 1992 - 2023
Estonia 1.69 89 1992 - 2023
Uruguay 1.59 90 1980 - 2023
Slovenia 1.58 91 1992 - 2023
Croatia 1.54 92 1992 - 2023
Cyprus 1.51 93 1980 - 2023
Yemen 1.5 94 1980 - 2023
Panama 1.4 95 1980 - 2023
Honduras 1.39 96 1980 - 2023
Ivory Coast 1.39 97 1980 - 2023
Cambodia 1.32 98 1980 - 2023
Zimbabwe 1.27 99 1980 - 2023
Senegal 1.24 100 1980 - 2023
Latvia 1.23 101 1992 - 2023
Mongolia 1.23 102 1980 - 2023
Tanzania 1.13 103 1980 - 2023
Nigeria 1.11 104 1980 - 2023
North Macedonia 1.11 105 1992 - 2023
Nicaragua 1.1 106 1980 - 2023
Kenya 1.09 107 1980 - 2023
El Salvador 1.06 108 1980 - 2023
Georgia 1 109 1992 - 2023
Jamaica 0.97 110 1980 - 2023
Switzerland 0.97 111 1980 - 2023
Cameroon 0.92 112 1980 - 2023
Brunei 0.9 113 1980 - 2023
Norway 0.89 114 1980 - 2023
N. Caledonia 0.85 115 1980 - 2023
Botswana 0.75 116 1980 - 2023
Papua N.G. 0.75 117 1980 - 2023
Kyrgyzstan 0.73 118 1992 - 2023
Tajikistan 0.72 119 1992 - 2023
Mauritius 0.68 120 1980 - 2023
Zambia 0.64 121 1980 - 2023
Mali 0.63 122 1980 - 2023
R. of Congo 0.62 123 1980 - 2023
Bahamas 0.59 124 1980 - 2023
Malta 0.59 125 1980 - 2023
Burkina Faso 0.53 126 1980 - 2023
Madagascar 0.52 127 1980 - 2023
Mauritania 0.5 128 1980 - 2023
Mozambique 0.49 129 1980 - 2023
Moldova 0.47 130 1992 - 2023
Gabon 0.45 131 1980 - 2023
Benin 0.44 132 1980 - 2023
Macao 0.4 133 1980 - 2023
Haiti 0.39 134 1980 - 2023
Maldives 0.39 135 1980 - 2023
Guyana 0.34 136 1980 - 2023
Suriname 0.34 137 1980 - 2023
Niger 0.3 138 1980 - 2023
Aruba 0.26 139 1986 - 2023
Barbados 0.25 140 1980 - 2023
Guinea 0.23 141 1980 - 2023
Montenegro 0.23 142 2006 - 2023
Uganda 0.23 143 1980 - 2023
Eq. Guinea 0.22 144 1980 - 2023
Eritrea 0.22 145 1994 - 2023
Malawi 0.21 146 1980 - 2023
Fiji 0.2 147 1980 - 2023
Togo 0.19 148 1980 - 2023
Bermuda 0.17 149 1980 - 2023
Chad 0.16 150 1980 - 2023
Gambia 0.16 151 1980 - 2023
Cape Verde 0.15 152 1980 - 2023
Ethiopia 0.15 153 1980 - 2023
Afghanistan 0.14 154 1980 - 2023
Rwanda 0.14 155 1980 - 2023
Ant.& Barb. 0.13 156 1980 - 2023
Djibouti 0.13 157 1980 - 2023
Iceland 0.13 158 1980 - 2023
Luxembourg 0.13 159 1980 - 2023
Seychelles 0.13 160 1980 - 2023
Albania 0.12 161 1980 - 2023
Belize 0.12 162 1980 - 2023
Faroe Isl. 0.12 163 1980 - 2023
Namibia 0.12 164 1990 - 2023
Somalia 0.11 165 1980 - 2023
Swaziland 0.11 166 1980 - 2023
Liberia 0.1 167 1980 - 2023
Saint Lucia 0.09 168 1980 - 2023
Grenada 0.06 169 1980 - 2023
Burundi 0.05 170 1980 - 2023
Gibraltar 0.05 171 1980 - 2023
Nepal 0.05 172 1980 - 2023
St. Vincent & ... 0.04 173 1980 - 2023
Comoros 0.03 174 1980 - 2023
DR Congo 0.03 175 1980 - 2023
Dominica 0.03 176 1980 - 2023
G.-Bissau 0.03 177 1980 - 2023
S.T.&Principe 0.03 178 1980 - 2023
Sierra Leone 0.03 179 1980 - 2023
Solomon Isl. 0.03 180 1980 - 2023
Vanuatu 0.03 181 1980 - 2023
C.A. Republic 0.02 182 1980 - 2023
Samoa 0.02 183 1980 - 2023
Tonga 0.02 184 1980 - 2023
Bhutan 0.01 185 1980 - 2023
Kiribati 0.01 186 1980 - 2023
Lesotho 0 187 1980 - 2023
Montserrat 0 188 1980 - 2023
Paraguay 0 189 1980 - 2023


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Definition: Installed capacity to produce electricity from fossil fuels including oil, coal, and natural gas.

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