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Fossil fuels electricity capacity, million kilowatts, 2022:

The average for 2022 based on 27 countries was 14.05 million kilowatts. The highest value was in Germany: 99.24 million kilowatts and the lowest value was in Luxembourg: 0.13 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
Germany 99.24 1 1991 - 2022
Italy 59.5 2 1980 - 2022
Spain 39.78 3 1980 - 2022
Poland 36.05 4 1980 - 2022
Netherlands 23.87 5 1980 - 2022
France 20.44 6 1980 - 2022
Czechia 11.87 7 1993 - 2022
Greece 8.37 8 1980 - 2022
Finland 8.3 9 1980 - 2022
Belgium 7.99 10 1980 - 2022
Denmark 7.77 11 1980 - 2022
Sweden 7.73 12 1980 - 2022
Portugal 6.99 13 1980 - 2022
Austria 6.44 14 1980 - 2022
Romania 6.32 15 1980 - 2022
Hungary 6.16 16 1980 - 2022
Ireland 6.14 17 1980 - 2022
Bulgaria 3.81 18 1980 - 2022
Slovakia 2.4 19 1993 - 2022
Lithuania 1.88 20 1992 - 2022
Estonia 1.69 21 1992 - 2022
Slovenia 1.58 22 1992 - 2022
Croatia 1.54 23 1992 - 2022
Cyprus 1.51 24 1980 - 2022
Latvia 1.27 25 1992 - 2022
Malta 0.59 26 1980 - 2022
Luxembourg 0.13 27 1980 - 2022



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

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