* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

Fossil fuels electricity capacity, million kilowatts, 2022:

The average for 2022 based on 190 countries was 24.05 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 2022. 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 - 2022
USA 724.22 2 1980 - 2022
India 313.37 3 1980 - 2022
Russia 215.16 4 1992 - 2022
Japan 195.46 5 1980 - 2022
Germany 99.24 6 1991 - 2022
South Korea 90.11 7 1980 - 2022
Saudi Arabia 79.67 8 1980 - 2022
Mexico 71.08 9 1980 - 2022
Iran 66.74 10 1980 - 2022
Italy 59.5 11 1980 - 2022
Indonesia 57.22 12 1980 - 2022
Australia 53.22 13 1980 - 2022
Egypt 52.97 14 1980 - 2022
UK 50.62 15 1980 - 2022
South Africa 48.38 16 1980 - 2022
Turkey 47.82 17 1980 - 2022
Thailand 44.46 18 1980 - 2022
Brazil 43.15 19 1980 - 2022
Taiwan 42.32 20 1980 - 2022
Spain 39.78 21 1980 - 2022
Vietnam 39.71 22 1980 - 2022
Canada 39.4 23 1980 - 2022
Poland 36.05 24 1980 - 2022
UA Emirates 32.85 25 1980 - 2022
Iraq 29.5 26 1980 - 2022
Argentina 29.13 27 1980 - 2022
Ukraine 28.66 28 1992 - 2022
Malaysia 27.26 29 1980 - 2022
Pakistan 26.27 30 1980 - 2022
Netherlands 23.87 31 1980 - 2022
Bangladesh 21.67 32 1980 - 2022
Algeria 20.97 33 1980 - 2022
France 20.44 34 1980 - 2022
Kuwait 20.14 35 1980 - 2022
Kazakhstan 20.08 36 1992 - 2022
Philippines 19.71 37 1980 - 2022
Venezuela 17.84 38 1980 - 2022
Chile 17.75 39 1980 - 2022
Israel 17.44 40 1980 - 2022
Uzbekistan 14.62 41 1992 - 2022
Hong Kong 13.24 42 1980 - 2022
Czechia 11.87 43 1993 - 2022
Singapore 11.69 44 1980 - 2022
Qatar 10.59 45 1980 - 2022
Libya 10.51 46 1980 - 2022
Morocco 10.05 47 1980 - 2022
Belarus 9.8 48 1992 - 2022
Nigeria 9.54 49 1980 - 2022
Peru 9.07 50 1980 - 2022
Syria 8.57 51 1980 - 2022
Oman 8.44 52 1980 - 2022
Greece 8.37 53 1980 - 2022
Finland 8.3 54 1980 - 2022
Belgium 7.99 55 1980 - 2022
Denmark 7.77 56 1980 - 2022
Sweden 7.73 57 1980 - 2022
Portugal 6.99 58 1980 - 2022
Bahrain 6.97 59 1980 - 2022
Austria 6.44 60 1980 - 2022
Azerbaijan 6.37 61 1992 - 2022
Cuba 6.37 62 1980 - 2022
Romania 6.32 63 1980 - 2022
Hungary 6.16 64 1980 - 2022
Ireland 6.14 65 1980 - 2022
Tunisia 5.82 66 1980 - 2022
Puerto Rico 5.76 67 1980 - 2022
Colombia 5.46 68 1980 - 2022
Turkmenistan 5.2 69 1992 - 2022
Serbia 4.41 70 2006 - 2022
Jordan 4.25 71 1980 - 2022
Bulgaria 3.81 72 1980 - 2022
Ghana 3.75 73 1980 - 2022
Domin. Rep. 3.74 74 1980 - 2022
Burma 3.53 75 1980 - 2022
Angola 3.51 76 1980 - 2022
Lebanon 3.41 77 1980 - 2022
North Korea 3.36 78 1980 - 2022
Ecuador 2.98 79 1980 - 2022
Bolivia 2.81 80 1980 - 2022
Laos 2.6 81 1980 - 2022
Tr.&Tobago 2.51 82 1980 - 2022
Slovakia 2.4 83 1993 - 2022
New Zealand 2.35 84 1980 - 2022
Guatemala 2.33 85 1980 - 2022
Sri Lanka 2.18 86 1980 - 2022
Bosnia & Herz. 2.14 87 1992 - 2022
Sudan 1.94 88 1980 - 2022
Lithuania 1.88 89 1992 - 2022
Armenia 1.83 90 1992 - 2022
Panama 1.82 91 1980 - 2022
Estonia 1.69 92 1992 - 2022
Uruguay 1.61 93 1980 - 2022
Slovenia 1.58 94 1992 - 2022
Croatia 1.54 95 1992 - 2022
Yemen 1.52 96 1980 - 2022
Cyprus 1.51 97 1980 - 2022
Ivory Coast 1.39 98 1980 - 2022
Cambodia 1.36 99 1980 - 2022
Honduras 1.32 100 1980 - 2022
North Macedonia 1.32 101 1992 - 2022
Latvia 1.27 102 1992 - 2022
Zimbabwe 1.27 103 1980 - 2022
Brunei 1.26 104 1980 - 2022
Mongolia 1.23 105 1980 - 2022
Senegal 1.14 106 1980 - 2022
Nicaragua 1.11 107 1980 - 2022
Kenya 1.09 108 1980 - 2022
El Salvador 1.06 109 1980 - 2022
Georgia 1 110 1992 - 2022
Tanzania 1 111 1980 - 2022
Jamaica 0.97 112 1980 - 2022
Switzerland 0.97 113 1980 - 2022
Papua N.G. 0.93 114 1980 - 2022
Cameroon 0.92 115 1980 - 2022
Norway 0.89 116 1980 - 2022
N. Caledonia 0.88 117 1980 - 2022
Botswana 0.73 118 1980 - 2022
Kyrgyzstan 0.73 119 1992 - 2022
Tajikistan 0.72 120 1992 - 2022
Mauritius 0.68 121 1980 - 2022
R. of Congo 0.62 122 1980 - 2022
Malta 0.59 123 1980 - 2022
Bahamas 0.58 124 1980 - 2022
Mali 0.56 125 1980 - 2022
Zambia 0.56 126 1980 - 2022
Maldives 0.53 127 1980 - 2022
Mauritania 0.5 128 1980 - 2022
Madagascar 0.47 129 1980 - 2022
Gabon 0.45 130 1980 - 2022
Mozambique 0.45 131 1980 - 2022
Benin 0.44 132 1980 - 2022
Macao 0.44 133 1980 - 2022
Moldova 0.43 134 1992 - 2022
Haiti 0.39 135 1980 - 2022
Guinea 0.38 136 1980 - 2022
Burkina Faso 0.35 137 1980 - 2022
Suriname 0.34 138 1980 - 2022
Guyana 0.33 139 1980 - 2022
Niger 0.3 140 1980 - 2022
Barbados 0.27 141 1980 - 2022
Aruba 0.26 142 1986 - 2022
Montenegro 0.23 143 2006 - 2022
Eq. Guinea 0.22 144 1980 - 2022
Eritrea 0.21 145 1994 - 2022
Malawi 0.21 146 1980 - 2022
Uganda 0.21 147 1980 - 2022
Fiji 0.19 148 1980 - 2022
Togo 0.19 149 1980 - 2022
Bermuda 0.17 150 1980 - 2022
Cape Verde 0.17 151 1980 - 2022
DR Congo 0.16 152 1980 - 2022
Afghanistan 0.14 153 1980 - 2022
Ethiopia 0.14 154 1980 - 2022
Gambia 0.14 155 1980 - 2022
Djibouti 0.13 156 1980 - 2022
Iceland 0.13 157 1980 - 2022
Luxembourg 0.13 158 1980 - 2022
Seychelles 0.13 159 1980 - 2022
Belize 0.12 160 1980 - 2022
Rwanda 0.12 161 1980 - 2022
Faroe Isl. 0.11 162 1980 - 2022
Namibia 0.11 163 1990 - 2022
Swaziland 0.11 164 1980 - 2022
Albania 0.1 165 1980 - 2022
Liberia 0.1 166 1980 - 2022
Chad 0.09 167 1980 - 2022
Saint Lucia 0.09 168 1980 - 2022
Ant.& Barb. 0.08 169 1980 - 2022
Somalia 0.08 170 1980 - 2022
Grenada 0.05 171 1980 - 2022
Nepal 0.05 172 1980 - 2022
Gibraltar 0.04 173 1980 - 2022
St. Vincent & ... 0.04 174 1980 - 2022
Burundi 0.03 175 1980 - 2022
Comoros 0.03 176 1980 - 2022
Dominica 0.03 177 1980 - 2022
G.-Bissau 0.03 178 1980 - 2022
S.T.&Principe 0.03 179 1980 - 2022
Sierra Leone 0.03 180 1980 - 2022
Solomon Isl. 0.03 181 1980 - 2022
Vanuatu 0.03 182 1980 - 2022
C.A. Republic 0.02 183 1980 - 2022
Samoa 0.02 184 1980 - 2022
Tonga 0.02 185 1980 - 2022
Bhutan 0.01 186 1980 - 2022
Kiribati 0.01 187 1980 - 2022
Montserrat 0.01 188 1980 - 2022
Lesotho 0 189 1980 - 2022
Paraguay 0 190 1980 - 2022



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

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313.37
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195.46
99.24
90.11
79.67
71.08
66.74
59.50
57.22
53.22
52.97
50.62
48.38
47.82
44.46
43.15
42.32
39.78
39.71
39.40
36.05
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29.50
29.13
28.66
27.26
26.27
23.87
21.67
20.97
20.44
20.14
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17.84
17.75
17.44
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13.24
11.87
11.69
10.59
10.51
10.05
9.80
9.54
9.07
8.57
8.44
8.37
8.30
7.99
7.77
7.73
6.99
6.97
6.44
6.37
6.37
6.32
6.16
6.14
5.82
5.76
5.46
5.20
4.41
4.25
3.81
3.75
3.74
3.53
3.51
3.41
3.36
2.98
2.81
2.60
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2.35
2.33
2.18
2.14
1.94
1.88
1.83
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1.69
1.61
1.58
1.54
1.52
1.51
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1.36
1.32
1.32
1.27
1.27
1.26
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0.88
0.73
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