Fossil fuels electricity generation - Country rankings
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Fossil fuels electricity generation, billion kilowatthours, 2022:
The average for 2022 based on 189 countries was 91.99 billion kilowatthours. The highest value was in China: 5580.29 billion kilowatthours and the lowest value was in Albania: 0 billion kilowatthours. The indicator is available from 1980 to 2023. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.Measure: billion kilowatthours; Source: The U.S. Energy Information Administration
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Countries | Fossil fuels electricity generation, 2022 | Global rank | Available data |
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China | 5580.29 | 1 | 1980 - 2023 |
USA | 2553.23 | 2 | 1980 - 2023 |
India | 1338.82 | 3 | 1980 - 2023 |
Japan | 710.97 | 4 | 1980 - 2023 |
Russia | 703.19 | 5 | 1992 - 2023 |
Saudi Arabia | 416.31 | 6 | 1980 - 2023 |
South Korea | 383.73 | 7 | 1980 - 2023 |
Iran | 345.41 | 8 | 1980 - 2023 |
Indonesia | 308.28 | 9 | 1980 - 2023 |
Germany | 278.74 | 10 | 1991 - 2023 |
Mexico | 262.99 | 11 | 1980 - 2023 |
Taiwan | 237.49 | 12 | 1980 - 2023 |
South Africa | 201.52 | 13 | 1980 - 2023 |
Egypt | 183.39 | 14 | 1980 - 2023 |
Turkey | 178.27 | 15 | 1980 - 2023 |
Italy | 178.03 | 16 | 1980 - 2023 |
Australia | 174.8 | 17 | 1980 - 2023 |
Malaysia | 152.86 | 18 | 1980 - 2023 |
Thailand | 152.38 | 19 | 1980 - 2023 |
Vietnam | 140.7 | 20 | 1980 - 2023 |
Poland | 140.21 | 21 | 1980 - 2023 |
UK | 133.49 | 22 | 1980 - 2023 |
Iraq | 130.84 | 23 | 1980 - 2023 |
UA Emirates | 127.1 | 24 | 1980 - 2023 |
Canada | 116.22 | 25 | 1980 - 2023 |
Pakistan | 103.13 | 26 | 1980 - 2023 |
Spain | 102.35 | 27 | 1980 - 2023 |
Bangladesh | 100.67 | 28 | 1980 - 2023 |
Kazakhstan | 100.13 | 29 | 1992 - 2023 |
Argentina | 93.72 | 30 | 1980 - 2023 |
Algeria | 90.61 | 31 | 1980 - 2023 |
Philippines | 86.83 | 32 | 1980 - 2023 |
Kuwait | 83.38 | 33 | 1980 - 2023 |
Israel | 68.58 | 34 | 1980 - 2023 |
Uzbekistan | 68.15 | 35 | 1992 - 2023 |
Netherlands | 66.85 | 36 | 1980 - 2023 |
Brazil | 66.45 | 37 | 1980 - 2023 |
France | 58.9 | 38 | 1980 - 2023 |
Singapore | 54.6 | 39 | 1980 - 2023 |
Qatar | 54.03 | 40 | 1980 - 2023 |
Oman | 42.45 | 41 | 1980 - 2023 |
Chile | 40.66 | 42 | 1980 - 2023 |
Czechia | 39.13 | 43 | 1993 - 2023 |
Hong Kong | 35.77 | 44 | 1980 - 2023 |
Bahrain | 35.6 | 45 | 1980 - 2023 |
Libya | 35.1 | 46 | 1980 - 2023 |
Morocco | 33.87 | 47 | 1980 - 2023 |
Ukraine | 33.68 | 48 | 1992 - 2023 |
Turkmenistan | 32.59 | 49 | 1992 - 2023 |
Belarus | 31.24 | 50 | 1992 - 2023 |
Greece | 29.37 | 51 | 1980 - 2023 |
Nigeria | 28.61 | 52 | 1980 - 2023 |
Azerbaijan | 27.09 | 53 | 1992 - 2023 |
Peru | 26.81 | 54 | 1980 - 2023 |
Belgium | 26.37 | 55 | 1980 - 2023 |
Serbia | 25 | 56 | 2006 - 2023 |
Bulgaria | 24.37 | 57 | 1980 - 2023 |
Colombia | 21.25 | 58 | 1980 - 2023 |
Romania | 20.97 | 59 | 1980 - 2023 |
Tunisia | 20.77 | 60 | 1980 - 2023 |
Portugal | 19.21 | 61 | 1980 - 2023 |
Syria | 19.21 | 62 | 1980 - 2023 |
Puerto Rico | 18.83 | 63 | 1980 - 2023 |
Ireland | 18.74 | 64 | 1980 - 2023 |
Domin. Rep. | 18.09 | 65 | 1980 - 2023 |
Venezuela | 17.82 | 66 | 1980 - 2023 |
Jordan | 17.34 | 67 | 1980 - 2023 |
Cuba | 14.98 | 68 | 1980 - 2023 |
Ghana | 14.85 | 69 | 1980 - 2023 |
Burma | 13.74 | 70 | 1980 - 2023 |
Austria | 13.53 | 71 | 1980 - 2023 |
Hungary | 11.83 | 72 | 1980 - 2023 |
Bosnia & Herz. | 11.22 | 73 | 1992 - 2023 |
North Korea | 9.8 | 74 | 1980 - 2023 |
Tr.&Tobago | 9.49 | 75 | 1980 - 2023 |
Ivory Coast | 9.16 | 76 | 1980 - 2023 |
Sri Lanka | 8.21 | 77 | 1980 - 2023 |
Ecuador | 7.93 | 78 | 1980 - 2023 |
Bolivia | 7.5 | 79 | 1980 - 2023 |
Finland | 6.99 | 80 | 1980 - 2023 |
Mongolia | 6.99 | 81 | 1980 - 2023 |
Tanzania | 6.7 | 82 | 1980 - 2023 |
New Zealand | 6.19 | 83 | 1980 - 2023 |
Estonia | 6.03 | 84 | 1992 - 2023 |
Senegal | 5.75 | 85 | 1980 - 2023 |
Brunei | 5.6 | 86 | 1980 - 2023 |
Denmark | 5.48 | 87 | 1980 - 2023 |
Croatia | 5.19 | 88 | 1992 - 2023 |
Moldova | 4.82 | 89 | 1992 - 2023 |
Slovakia | 4.75 | 90 | 1993 - 2023 |
Sudan | 4.74 | 91 | 1980 - 2023 |
Honduras | 4.57 | 92 | 1980 - 2023 |
Cyprus | 4.38 | 93 | 1980 - 2023 |
Angola | 4.23 | 94 | 1980 - 2023 |
North Macedonia | 4.2 | 95 | 1992 - 2023 |
Jamaica | 3.9 | 96 | 1980 - 2023 |
Armenia | 3.88 | 97 | 1992 - 2023 |
R. of Congo | 3.87 | 98 | 1980 - 2023 |
Cambodia | 3.75 | 99 | 1980 - 2023 |
Slovenia | 3.67 | 100 | 1992 - 2023 |
Papua N.G. | 3.62 | 101 | 1980 - 2023 |
Georgia | 3.39 | 102 | 1992 - 2023 |
Mozambique | 3.19 | 103 | 1980 - 2023 |
Zimbabwe | 2.92 | 104 | 1980 - 2023 |
Cameroon | 2.85 | 105 | 1980 - 2023 |
Panama | 2.79 | 106 | 1980 - 2023 |
Botswana | 2.55 | 107 | 1980 - 2023 |
Yemen | 2.52 | 108 | 1980 - 2023 |
Mauritius | 2.51 | 109 | 1980 - 2023 |
Mali | 2.48 | 110 | 1980 - 2023 |
Lebanon | 2.38 | 111 | 1980 - 2023 |
N. Caledonia | 2.28 | 112 | 1980 - 2023 |
Zambia | 2.17 | 113 | 1980 - 2023 |
Guatemala | 2.07 | 114 | 1980 - 2023 |
Bahamas | 2.03 | 115 | 1980 - 2023 |
Malta | 2 | 116 | 1980 - 2023 |
Kyrgyzstan | 1.92 | 117 | 1992 - 2023 |
Madagascar | 1.71 | 118 | 1980 - 2023 |
Gabon | 1.66 | 119 | 1980 - 2023 |
Kenya | 1.58 | 120 | 1980 - 2023 |
Montenegro | 1.57 | 121 | 2006 - 2023 |
Tajikistan | 1.57 | 122 | 1992 - 2023 |
Nicaragua | 1.55 | 123 | 1980 - 2023 |
Norway | 1.48 | 124 | 1980 - 2023 |
Burkina Faso | 1.44 | 125 | 1980 - 2023 |
Uruguay | 1.38 | 126 | 1980 - 2023 |
Guyana | 1.24 | 127 | 1980 - 2023 |
Latvia | 1.21 | 128 | 1992 - 2023 |
Mauritania | 1.19 | 129 | 1980 - 2023 |
Suriname | 1.18 | 130 | 1980 - 2023 |
Sweden | 1.17 | 131 | 1980 - 2023 |
Eq. Guinea | 1.04 | 132 | 1980 - 2023 |
Guinea | 1.02 | 133 | 1980 - 2023 |
Barbados | 1 | 134 | 1980 - 2023 |
Benin | 0.97 | 135 | 1980 - 2023 |
Lithuania | 0.85 | 136 | 1992 - 2023 |
Aruba | 0.83 | 137 | 1986 - 2023 |
Haiti | 0.82 | 138 | 1980 - 2023 |
Maldives | 0.79 | 139 | 1980 - 2023 |
Niger | 0.76 | 140 | 1980 - 2023 |
Togo | 0.72 | 141 | 1980 - 2023 |
Bermuda | 0.62 | 142 | 1980 - 2023 |
El Salvador | 0.61 | 143 | 1980 - 2023 |
Seychelles | 0.53 | 144 | 1980 - 2023 |
Gambia | 0.51 | 145 | 1980 - 2023 |
Rwanda | 0.44 | 146 | 1980 - 2023 |
Fiji | 0.42 | 147 | 1980 - 2023 |
Switzerland | 0.42 | 148 | 1980 - 2023 |
Eritrea | 0.39 | 149 | 1994 - 2023 |
Saint Lucia | 0.39 | 150 | 1980 - 2023 |
Chad | 0.37 | 151 | 1980 - 2023 |
Cape Verde | 0.36 | 152 | 1980 - 2023 |
Ant.& Barb. | 0.34 | 153 | 1980 - 2023 |
Somalia | 0.34 | 154 | 1980 - 2023 |
Macao | 0.29 | 155 | 1980 - 2023 |
Faroe Isl. | 0.26 | 156 | 1980 - 2023 |
Liberia | 0.26 | 157 | 1980 - 2023 |
Grenada | 0.24 | 158 | 1980 - 2023 |
Gibraltar | 0.21 | 159 | 1980 - 2023 |
Uganda | 0.15 | 160 | 1980 - 2023 |
Comoros | 0.14 | 161 | 1980 - 2023 |
Afghanistan | 0.13 | 162 | 1980 - 2023 |
Djibouti | 0.13 | 163 | 1980 - 2023 |
Dominica | 0.13 | 164 | 1980 - 2023 |
St. Vincent & ... | 0.13 | 165 | 1980 - 2023 |
Burundi | 0.12 | 166 | 1980 - 2023 |
Luxembourg | 0.1 | 167 | 1980 - 2023 |
Samoa | 0.1 | 168 | 1980 - 2023 |
Solomon Isl. | 0.1 | 169 | 1980 - 2023 |
G.-Bissau | 0.08 | 170 | 1980 - 2023 |
Malawi | 0.08 | 171 | 1980 - 2023 |
S.T.&Principe | 0.08 | 172 | 1980 - 2023 |
Tonga | 0.07 | 173 | 1980 - 2023 |
Belize | 0.06 | 174 | 1980 - 2023 |
Vanuatu | 0.06 | 175 | 1980 - 2023 |
Kiribati | 0.03 | 176 | 1980 - 2023 |
Namibia | 0.02 | 177 | 1990 - 2023 |
Swaziland | 0.02 | 178 | 1980 - 2023 |
Montserrat | 0.01 | 179 | 1980 - 2023 |
Sierra Leone | 0.01 | 180 | 1980 - 2023 |
Albania | 0 | 181 | 1980 - 2023 |
Bhutan | 0 | 182 | 1980 - 2023 |
C.A. Republic | 0 | 183 | 1980 - 2023 |
DR Congo | 0 | 184 | 1980 - 2023 |
Ethiopia | 0 | 185 | 1980 - 2023 |
Iceland | 0 | 186 | 1980 - 2023 |
Lesotho | 0 | 187 | 1980 - 2023 |
Nepal | 0 | 188 | 1980 - 2023 |
Paraguay | 0 | 189 | 1980 - 2023 |
Definition: Billion kilowatthours of electricity generated from fossil fuels including oil, coal, and natural gas.
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1338.82
710.97
703.19
416.31
383.73
345.41
308.28
278.74
262.99
237.49
201.52
183.39
178.27
178.03
174.80
152.86
152.38
140.70
140.21
133.49
130.84
127.10
116.22
103.13
102.35
100.67
100.13
93.72
90.61
86.83
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68.58
68.15
66.85
66.45
58.90
54.60
54.03
42.45
40.66
39.13
35.77
35.60
35.10
33.87
33.68
32.59
31.24
29.37
28.61
27.09
26.81
26.37
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24.37
21.25
20.97
20.77
19.21
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18.83
18.74
18.09
17.82
17.34
14.98
14.85
13.74
13.53
11.83
11.22
9.80
9.49
9.16
8.21
7.93
7.50
6.99
6.99
6.70
6.19
6.03
5.75
5.60
5.48
5.19
4.82
4.75
4.74
4.57
4.38
4.23
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3.90
3.88
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3.75
3.67
3.62
3.39
3.19
2.92
2.85
2.79
2.55
2.52
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2.38
2.28
2.17
2.07
2.03
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1.71
1.66
1.58
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0.97
0.85
0.83
0.82
0.79
0.76
0.72
0.62
0.61
0.53
0.51
0.44
0.42
0.42
0.39
0.39
0.37
0.36
0.34
0.34
0.29
0.26
0.26
0.24
0.21
0.15
0.14
0.13
0.13
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0.10
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0.08
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