Fossil fuels electricity generation - Country rankings

(measure: billion kilowatthours; Source: The U.S. Energy Information Administration)

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Fossil fuels electricity generation - Country rankings:

The average for 2016 was 82.08 billion kilowatthours.The highest value was in China: 4157.28 billion kilowatthours and the lowest value was in Bhutan: 0 billion kilowatthours. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Fossil fuels electricity generation, billion kilowatthours, 2016
(billion kilowatthours, Source: The U.S. Energy Information Administration, TheGlobalEconomy.com)

1. China

2. USA

3. India

4. Japan

5. Russia

6. South Korea

7. Germany

8. Saudi Arabia

9. Iran

10. Mexico

11. South Africa

12. Australia

13. Indonesia

14. Taiwan

15. Turkey

16. Egypt

17. Italy

18. UK

19. Thailand

20. Poland

21. Malaysia

22. Canada

23. UA Emirates

24. Spain

25. Vietnam

26. Argentina

27. Brazil

28. Kazakhstan

29. Netherlands

30. Iraq

31. Ukraine

32. Pakistan

33. Algeria

34. Kuwait

35. Philippines

36. Israel

37. Bangladesh

38. Singapore

39. Czech Rep.

40. France

41. Uzbekistan

42. Chile

43. Venezuela

44. Qatar

45. Greece

46. Hong Kong

47. Libya

48. Oman

49. Belarus

50. Bahrain

51. Serbia

52. Portugal

53. Romania

54. Colombia

55. Peru

56. Morocco

57. Nigeria

58. Belgium

59. Azerbaijan

60. Ireland

61. Turkmenistan

62. Puerto Rico

63. Bulgaria

64. Cuba

65. Tunisia

66. Jordan

67. Lebanon

68. Syria

69. Domin. Rep.

70. Finland

71. Austria

72. Laos

73. Hungary

74. Bosnia & Herz.

75. Denmark

76. Ecuador

77. Tr.&Tobago

78. Estonia

79. Sri Lanka

80. Ivory Coast

81. Burma

82. Ghana

83. Bolivia

84. New Zealand

85. Sudan

86. Moldova

87. Mongolia

88. Slovenia

89. Slovakia

90. Guatemala

91. Tanzania

92. Angola

93. Cyprus

94. Honduras

95. Yemen

96. Brunei

97. Croatia

98. North Korea

99. Senegal

100. Zimbabwe

101. Cameroon

102. Jamaica

103. Panama

104. Macedonia

105. Mozambique

106. Latvia

107. N. Caledonia

108. Norway

109. Papua N.G.

110. Cambodia

111. Botswana

112. Armenia

113. El Salvador

114. Mauritius

115. Georgia

116. Nicaragua

117. Sweden

118. Kenya

119. Bahamas

120. Kyrgyzstan

121. Mali

122. Gabon

123. Montenegro

124. Lithuania

125. Guyana

126. Barbados

127. Haiti

128. Macao

129. Switzerland

130. Burkina Faso

131. Mauritania

132. Suriname

133. Aruba

134. Madagascar

135. R. of Congo

136. Malta

137. Bermuda

138. Zambia

139. Tajikistan

140. Niger

141. Uruguay

142. Djibouti

143. Fiji

144. Maldives

145. Eritrea

146. Eq. Guinea

147. Saint Lucia

148. Seychelles

149. Ant.& Barb.

150. Somalia

151. Cape Verde

152. Benin

153. Gambia

154. Liberia

155. Swaziland

156. Gibraltar

157. Luxembourg

158. Chad

159. Uganda

160. Grenada

161. Guinea

162. Rwanda

163. Afghanistan

164. Faroe Isl.

165. St. Vincent & ...

166. Solomon Isl.

167. Samoa

168. Dominica

169. Sierra Leone

170. Namibia

171. S.T.&Principe

172. Tonga

173. Vanuatu

174. Comoros

175. G.-Bissau

176. Burundi

177. Kiribati

178. Malawi

179. Montserrat

180. Togo

181. Belize

182. DR Congo

183. Bhutan

184. C.A. Republic

185. Ethiopia

186. Iceland

187. Paraguay

Definition: Billion kilowatthours of electricity generated from fossil fuels including oil, coal, and natural gas.

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