Fossil fuels electricity capacity - Country rankings

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Fossil fuels electricity capacity, million kilowatts, 2017 - Country rankings:

The average for 2017 based on 190 countries was 21.83 million kilowatts.The highest value was in China: 1110 million kilowatts and the lowest value was in Lesotho: 0 million kilowatts. The indicator is available from 1980 to 2018. 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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1. China

2. USA

3. India

4. Japan

5. Russia

6. Saudi Arabia

7. Germany

8. South Korea

9. Iran

10. Italy

11. Indonesia

12. Mexico

13. Egypt

14. UK

15. Turkey

16. Spain

17. Australia

18. South Africa

19. Ukraine

20. Taiwan

21. Canada

22. Thailand

23. Poland

24. UA Emirates

25. Iraq

26. Brazil

27. Malaysia

28. Argentina

29. Netherlands

30. Vietnam

31. Pakistan

32. France

33. Kazakhstan

34. Algeria

35. Kuwait

36. Venezuela

37. Israel

38. Chile

39. Philippines

40. Singapore

41. Bangladesh

42. Czech Rep.

43. Hong Kong

44. Romania

45. Uzbekistan

46. Greece

47. Nigeria

48. Libya

49. Belarus

50. Peru

51. Qatar

52. Oman

53. Syria

54. Belgium

55. Portugal

56. Finland

57. Azerbaijan

58. Ireland

59. Cuba

60. Puerto Rico

61. Denmark

62. Hungary

63. Morocco

64. Tunisia

65. Colombia

66. Austria

67. North Korea

68. Serbia

69. Jordan

70. Turkmenistan

71. Bahrain

72. Bulgaria

73. Domin. Rep.

74. Ghana

75. Ecuador

76. Armenia

77. Slovakia

78. Burma

79. Sri Lanka

80. New Zealand

81. Croatia

82. Bosnia & Herz.

83. Tr.&Tobago

84. Lebanon

85. Laos

86. Sweden

87. Guatemala

88. Estonia

89. Bolivia

90. Lithuania

91. Sudan

92. Cyprus

93. Yemen

94. Ivory Coast

95. Angola

96. Mongolia

97. Slovenia

98. Zimbabwe

99. Panama

100. Cameroon

101. Latvia

102. Macedonia

103. El Salvador

104. Honduras

105. Kyrgyzstan

106. Norway

107. Georgia

108. N. Caledonia

109. Jamaica

110. Senegal

111. Uruguay

112. Brunei

113. Nicaragua

114. Tanzania

115. Kenya

116. Cambodia

117. Mauritius

118. Botswana

119. Bahamas

120. Papua N.G.

121. Macao

122. Madagascar

123. Malta

124. Switzerland

125. Moldova

126. Mozambique

127. Mali

128. Mauritania

129. R. of Congo

130. Gabon

131. Tajikistan

132. Benin

133. Suriname

134. Burkina Faso

135. Guyana

136. Afghanistan

137. Haiti

138. Maldives

139. Aruba

140. Barbados

141. Montenegro

142. Eq. Guinea

143. Uganda

144. Guinea

145. Niger

146. Bermuda

147. Eritrea

148. Togo

149. Cape Verde

150. Namibia

151. Zambia

152. Djibouti

153. Ant.& Barb.

154. Fiji

155. Gambia

156. Iceland

157. Liberia

158. Swaziland

159. Albania

160. Belize

161. Ethiopia

162. Chad

163. Saint Lucia

164. Luxembourg

165. Rwanda

166. Seychelles

167. Somalia

168. Faroe Isl.

169. Grenada

170. Nepal

171. St. Vincent & ...

172. DR Congo

173. Gibraltar

174. Solomon Isl.

175. Comoros

176. G.-Bissau

177. Samoa

178. Sierra Leone

179. Vanuatu

180. C.A. Republic

181. Dominica

182. S.T.&Principe

183. Tonga

184. Bhutan

185. Burundi

186. Kiribati

187. Montserrat

188. Lesotho

189. Malawi

190. Paraguay

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

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