Fossil fuel electricity capacity, percent - Country rankings

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Fossil fuels electricity generation, percent, 2023:

The average for 2023 based on 189 countries was 58.37 percent. The highest value was in Bermuda: 100 percent and the lowest value was in Paraguay: 0.01 percent. The indicator is available from 2000 to 2023. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: percent; Source: The Global Economy, U.S. EIA
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Countries Fossil fuel electricity capacity, percent, 2023 Global rank Available data
Bermuda 100 1 2000 - 2023
Gibraltar 100 2 2000 - 2023
Macao 100 3 2000 - 2023
Turkmenistan 99.97 4 2000 - 2023
Libya 99.92 5 2000 - 2023
Tr.&Tobago 99.79 6 2000 - 2023
Brunei 99.45 7 2000 - 2023
Kuwait 99.44 8 2000 - 2023
Botswana 99.17 9 2000 - 2023
Bahrain 99.15 10 2000 - 2023
Hong Kong 98.55 11 2000 - 2023
Chad 98.12 12 2000 - 2023
Bahamas 97.69 13 2000 - 2023
Gambia 97.52 14 2000 - 2023
Saudi Arabia 97.5 15 2000 - 2023
Algeria 96.77 16 2000 - 2023
Bangladesh 95.67 17 2000 - 2023
Saint Lucia 95.67 18 2000 - 2023
Iraq 94.86 19 2000 - 2023
Cuba 94.68 20 2000 - 2023
Oman 93.77 21 2000 - 2023
Grenada 93.21 22 2000 - 2023
G.-Bissau 93.01 23 2000 - 2023
Singapore 93.01 24 2000 - 2023
Qatar 92.93 25 2000 - 2023
S.T.&Principe 92.04 26 2000 - 2023
Guyana 91.94 27 2000 - 2023
Maldives 91.12 28 2000 - 2023
Eritrea 89.36 29 2000 - 2023
Egypt 88.95 30 2000 - 2023
Solomon Isl. 88.13 31 2000 - 2023
Tunisia 87.69 32 2000 - 2023
Benin 86.93 33 2000 - 2023
Ant.& Barb. 86.46 34 2000 - 2023
Seychelles 85.3 35 2000 - 2023
Indonesia 85.24 36 2000 - 2023
Aruba 85.14 37 2000 - 2023
Uzbekistan 85.09 38 2000 - 2023
Thailand 84.54 39 2000 - 2023
Comoros 84.13 40 2000 - 2023
Iran 84.05 41 2000 - 2023
Syria 83.9 42 2000 - 2023
Yemen 83.8 43 2000 - 2023
Puerto Rico 83.29 44 2000 - 2023
Haiti 82.64 45 2000 - 2023
Dominica 82.42 46 2000 - 2023
Montserrat 81.82 47 2000 - 2023
Mongolia 81.46 48 2000 - 2023
South Africa 80.61 49 2000 - 2023
St. Vincent & ... 80.57 50 2000 - 2023
Azerbaijan 80.22 51 2000 - 2023
Jamaica 80 52 2000 - 2023
Kazakhstan 79.54 53 2000 - 2023
Mauritius 79.17 54 2000 - 2023
Niger 78.8 55 2000 - 2023
Belarus 78.33 56 2000 - 2023
Israel 78.24 57 2000 - 2023
Barbados 78.09 58 2000 - 2023
Malaysia 77.56 59 2000 - 2023
Kiribati 75.46 60 2000 - 2023
Bolivia 74.68 61 2000 - 2023
UA Emirates 74.51 62 2000 - 2023
R. of Congo 74.12 63 2000 - 2023
Philippines 74.06 64 2000 - 2023
Cape Verde 73.13 65 2000 - 2023
Russia 72.55 66 2000 - 2023
N. Caledonia 72.4 67 2000 - 2023
Malta 72.01 68 2000 - 2023
Vanuatu 71.72 69 2000 - 2023
Burkina Faso 71.39 70 2000 - 2023
Senegal 71.25 71 2000 - 2023
Morocco 71.03 72 2000 - 2023
Taiwan 68.77 73 2000 - 2023
Ghana 68.19 74 2000 - 2023
Somalia 68.15 75 2000 - 2023
Mexico 67.89 76 2000 - 2023
Madagascar 67.84 77 2000 - 2023
Nicaragua 67.58 78 2000 - 2023
Domin. Rep. 67.41 79 2000 - 2023
Cyprus 66.43 80 2000 - 2023
Papua N.G. 66.26 81 2000 - 2023
Belize 65.28 82 2000 - 2023
Faroe Isl. 64.8 83 2000 - 2023
India 64.5 84 2000 - 2023
Tanzania 64.44 85 2000 - 2023
Suriname 64.14 86 2000 - 2023
Eq. Guinea 63.63 87 2000 - 2023
Argentina 62.96 88 2000 - 2023
South Korea 62.82 89 2000 - 2023
Jordan 62.08 90 2000 - 2023
Mauritania 62.07 91 2000 - 2023
Djibouti 61.8 92 2000 - 2023
Moldova 61.73 93 2000 - 2023
USA 60.64 94 2000 - 2023
Pakistan 60.57 95 2000 - 2023
Czechia 60.08 96 2000 - 2023
Ivory Coast 60.04 97 2000 - 2023
Japan 59.53 98 2000 - 2023
Swaziland 59.24 99 2000 - 2023
Togo 59.21 100 2000 - 2023
Peru 59.02 101 2000 - 2023
Serbia 58.38 102 2006 - 2023
Poland 58.36 103 2000 - 2023
Estonia 57.76 104 2000 - 2023
Gabon 57.57 105 2000 - 2023
Fiji 55.78 106 2000 - 2023
Guatemala 55.38 107 2000 - 2023
Sudan 53.76 108 2000 - 2023
Mali 53.27 109 2000 - 2023
Zimbabwe 52.91 110 2000 - 2023
Ukraine 52.86 111 2000 - 2023
Burma 52.28 112 2000 - 2023
Tonga 52.03 113 2000 - 2023
Liberia 51.76 114 2000 - 2023
Ireland 51.5 115 2000 - 2023
Cameroon 51.29 116 2000 - 2023
Australia 50.76 117 2000 - 2023
Bosnia & Herz. 50.48 118 2000 - 2023
Italy 50.38 119 2000 - 2023
Venezuela 49.25 120 2000 - 2023
Armenia 48.91 121 2000 - 2023
Rwanda 48.76 122 2000 - 2023
China 48.5 123 2000 - 2023
UK 48.48 124 2000 - 2023
Vietnam 46.55 125 2000 - 2023
Angola 46.49 126 2000 - 2023
Samoa 46.13 127 2000 - 2023
Turkey 45.86 128 2000 - 2023
Chile 45.85 129 2000 - 2023
North Macedonia 45.33 130 2000 - 2023
Honduras 44.78 131 2000 - 2023
Hungary 43.06 132 2000 - 2023
Burundi 42.98 133 2000 - 2023
El Salvador 42.32 134 2000 - 2023
Lithuania 42.26 135 2000 - 2023
Sri Lanka 41.75 136 2000 - 2023
Denmark 41.35 137 2000 - 2023
Netherlands 40.43 138 2000 - 2023
North Korea 40.21 139 2000 - 2023
Germany 38.29 140 2000 - 2023
Latvia 37.45 141 2000 - 2023
Cambodia 36.82 142 2000 - 2023
Ecuador 36.1 143 2000 - 2023
Greece 35.85 144 2001 - 2023
Slovenia 35.31 145 2000 - 2023
Finland 34.97 146 2000 - 2023
Slovakia 34.48 147 2000 - 2023
Portugal 33.27 148 2000 - 2023
Panama 33.13 149 2000 - 2023
Romania 32.91 150 2000 - 2023
Colombia 32.63 151 2000 - 2023
Spain 32.43 152 2000 - 2023
Uruguay 32.23 153 2000 - 2023
Bulgaria 32.05 154 2000 - 2023
Belgium 30.63 155 2000 - 2023
Croatia 30.28 156 2000 - 2023
C.A. Republic 30.16 157 2000 - 2023
Malawi 29.62 158 2000 - 2023
Sierra Leone 29.57 159 2000 - 2023
Kenya 29.21 160 2000 - 2023
Nigeria 27.26 161 2000 - 2023
Canada 24.76 162 2000 - 2023
Austria 24.42 163 2000 - 2023
New Zealand 22.35 164 2000 - 2023
Laos 22.2 165 2000 - 2023
Georgia 22.12 166 2000 - 2023
Guinea 21.71 167 2000 - 2023
Afghanistan 21.52 168 2000 - 2023
Montenegro 20.79 169 2006 - 2023
Brazil 19.89 170 2000 - 2023
Kyrgyzstan 18.61 171 2000 - 2023
Namibia 18.57 172 2000 - 2023
Mozambique 17.58 173 2000 - 2023
Uganda 16.81 174 2000 - 2023
Zambia 16.35 175 2000 - 2023
Luxembourg 16.32 176 2000 - 2023
Sweden 15.23 177 2000 - 2023
France 14.4 178 2000 - 2023
Tajikistan 11.08 179 2000 - 2023
Switzerland 6.89 180 2000 - 2023
Albania 4.31 181 2000 - 2023
Iceland 4.19 182 2000 - 2023
Ethiopia 2.7 183 2000 - 2023
Norway 2.25 184 2000 - 2023
Nepal 1.88 185 2000 - 2023
DR Congo 0.99 186 2000 - 2023
Lesotho 0.48 187 2000 - 2023
Bhutan 0.35 188 2000 - 2023
Paraguay 0.01 189 2000 - 2023


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Definition: Installed capacity to produce electricity from fossil fuels including oil, coal, and natural gas as percent of the total electricity generation capacity.

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1. Bermuda
2. Gibraltar
3. Macao
4. Turkmenistan
5. Libya
6. Tr.&Tobago
7. Brunei
8. Kuwait
9. Botswana
10. Bahrain
11. Hong Kong
12. Chad
13. Bahamas
14. Gambia
15. Saudi Arabia
16. Algeria
17. Bangladesh
18. Saint Lucia
19. Iraq
20. Cuba
21. Oman
22. Grenada
23. G.-Bissau
24. Singapore
25. Qatar
26. S.T.&Principe
27. Guyana
28. Maldives
29. Eritrea
30. Egypt
31. Solomon Isl.
32. Tunisia
33. Benin
34. Ant.& Barb.
35. Seychelles
36. Indonesia
37. Aruba
38. Uzbekistan
39. Thailand
40. Comoros
41. Iran
42. Syria
43. Yemen
44. Puerto Rico
45. Haiti
46. Dominica
47. Montserrat
48. Mongolia
49. South Africa
50. St. Vincent & ...
51. Azerbaijan
52. Jamaica
53. Kazakhstan
54. Mauritius
55. Niger
56. Belarus
57. Israel
58. Barbados
59. Malaysia
60. Kiribati
61. Bolivia
62. UA Emirates
63. R. of Congo
64. Philippines
65. Cape Verde
66. Russia
67. N. Caledonia
68. Malta
69. Vanuatu
70. Burkina Faso
71. Senegal
72. Morocco
73. Taiwan
74. Ghana
75. Somalia
76. Mexico
77. Madagascar
78. Nicaragua
79. Domin. Rep.
80. Cyprus
81. Papua N.G.
82. Belize
83. Faroe Isl.
84. India
85. Tanzania
86. Suriname
87. Eq. Guinea
88. Argentina
89. South Korea
90. Jordan
91. Mauritania
92. Djibouti
93. Moldova
94. USA
95. Pakistan
96. Czechia
97. Ivory Coast
98. Japan
99. Swaziland
100. Togo
101. Peru
102. Serbia
103. Poland
104. Estonia
105. Gabon
106. Fiji
107. Guatemala
108. Sudan
109. Mali
110. Zimbabwe
111. Ukraine
112. Burma
113. Tonga
114. Liberia
115. Ireland
116. Cameroon
117. Australia
118. Bosnia & Herz.
119. Italy
120. Venezuela
121. Armenia
122. Rwanda
123. China
124. UK
125. Vietnam
126. Angola
127. Samoa
128. Turkey
129. Chile
130. North Macedonia
131. Honduras
132. Hungary
133. Burundi
134. El Salvador
135. Lithuania
136. Sri Lanka
137. Denmark
138. Netherlands
139. North Korea
140. Germany
141. Latvia
142. Cambodia
143. Ecuador
144. Greece
145. Slovenia
146. Finland
147. Slovakia
148. Portugal
149. Panama
150. Romania
151. Colombia
152. Spain
153. Uruguay
154. Bulgaria
155. Belgium
156. Croatia
157. C.A. Republic
158. Malawi
159. Sierra Leone
160. Kenya
161. Nigeria
162. Canada
163. Austria
164. New Zealand
165. Laos
166. Georgia
167. Guinea
168. Afghanistan
169. Montenegro
170. Brazil
171. Kyrgyzstan
172. Namibia
173. Mozambique
174. Uganda
175. Zambia
176. Luxembourg
177. Sweden
178. France
179. Tajikistan
180. Switzerland
181. Albania
182. Iceland
183. Ethiopia
184. Norway
185. Nepal
186. DR Congo
187. Lesotho
188. Bhutan
189. Paraguay
100.00
100.00
100.00
99.97
99.92
99.79
99.45
99.44
99.17
99.15
98.55
98.12
97.69
97.52
97.50
96.77
95.67
95.67
94.86
94.68
93.77
93.21
93.01
93.01
92.93
92.04
91.94
91.12
89.36
88.95
88.13
87.69
86.93
86.46
85.30
85.24
85.14
85.09
84.54
84.13
84.05
83.90
83.80
83.29
82.64
82.42
81.82
81.46
80.61
80.57
80.22
80.00
79.54
79.17
78.80
78.33
78.24
78.09
77.56
75.46
74.68
74.51
74.12
74.06
73.13
72.55
72.40
72.01
71.72
71.39
71.25
71.03
68.77
68.19
68.15
67.89
67.84
67.58
67.41
66.43
66.26
65.28
64.80
64.50
64.44
64.14
63.63
62.96
62.82
62.08
62.07
61.80
61.73
60.64
60.57
60.08
60.04
59.53
59.24
59.21
59.02
58.38
58.36
57.76
57.57
55.78
55.38
53.76
53.27
52.91
52.86
52.28
52.03
51.76
51.50
51.29
50.76
50.48
50.38
49.25
48.91
48.76
48.50
48.48
46.55
46.49
46.13
45.86
45.85
45.33
44.78
43.06
42.98
42.32
42.26
41.75
41.35
40.43
40.21
38.29
37.45
36.82
36.10
35.85
35.31
34.97
34.48
33.27
33.13
32.91
32.63
32.43
32.23
32.05
30.63
30.28
30.16
29.62
29.57
29.21
27.26
24.76
24.42
22.35
22.20
22.12
21.71
21.52
20.79
19.89
18.61
18.57
17.58
16.81
16.35
16.32
15.23
14.40
11.08
6.89
4.31
4.19
2.70
2.25
1.88
0.99
0.48
0.35
0.01
0
25
50
75
100


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