Fossil fuel electricity generation, percent - Country rankings

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Fossil fuels electricity generation, percent, 2023:

The average for 2023 based on 185 countries was 58.62 percent. The highest value was in Bermuda: 100 percent and the lowest value was in Albania: 0 percent. The indicator is available from 1980 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 generation, percent, 2023 Global rank Available data
Bermuda 100 1 1980 - 2023
Comoros 100 2 1980 - 2023
Gibraltar 100 3 1980 - 2023
Macao 100 4 1980 - 2023
Qatar 99.98 5 1980 - 2023
Turkmenistan 99.98 6 1992 - 2023
Libya 99.97 7 1980 - 2023
Tr.&Tobago 99.94 8 1980 - 2023
Brunei 99.91 9 1980 - 2023
Botswana 99.77 10 1980 - 2023
Bahrain 99.74 11 1980 - 2023
Hong Kong 99.46 12 1980 - 2023
Saudi Arabia 99.33 13 1980 - 2023
Bahamas 99.07 14 1980 - 2023
Algeria 99.05 15 1980 - 2023
Gambia 99.03 16 1980 - 2023
Iraq 98.83 17 1980 - 2023
Bangladesh 98.38 18 1980 - 2023
Grenada 98.25 19 1980 - 2023
Guyana 98.23 20 1980 - 2023
Saint Lucia 97.98 21 1980 - 2023
Singapore 97.88 22 1980 - 2023
Cuba 97.33 23 1980 - 2023
Niger 97.01 24 1980 - 2023
Chad 96.85 25 1980 - 2023
Benin 96.7 26 1980 - 2023
G.-Bissau 96.5 27 1980 - 2023
Tunisia 96.06 28 1980 - 2023
Oman 95.97 29 1980 - 2023
Syria 95.73 30 1980 - 2023
Puerto Rico 94.7 31 1980 - 2023
Azerbaijan 93.81 32 1992 - 2023
Ant.& Barb. 93.63 33 1980 - 2023
Solomon Isl. 93.46 34 1980 - 2023
Maldives 93.21 35 1980 - 2023
S.T.&Principe 93.18 36 1980 - 2023
Barbados 92.12 37 1980 - 2023
Mauritius 91.43 38 1980 - 2023
Thailand 91.17 39 1980 - 2023
Uzbekistan 90.75 40 1992 - 2023
Mongolia 90.38 41 1980 - 2023
Israel 89.64 42 1980 - 2023
Eritrea 89.1 43 1994 - 2023
Tonga 89.04 44 1980 - 2023
Jamaica 88.18 45 1980 - 2023
Moldova 88.16 46 1992 - 2023
Egypt 88.02 47 1980 - 2023
Indonesia 88.02 48 1980 - 2023
Montserrat 87.76 49 1980 - 2023
Kazakhstan 87.72 50 1992 - 2023
Burkina Faso 87.3 51 1980 - 2023
South Africa 86.91 52 1980 - 2023
Malta 86.74 53 1980 - 2023
Seychelles 86.36 54 1980 - 2023
St. Vincent & ... 86.11 55 1980 - 2023
Taiwan 85.14 56 1980 - 2023
Dominica 84.26 57 1980 - 2023
Aruba 83.65 58 1986 - 2023
Domin. Rep. 83.46 59 1980 - 2023
Yemen 83.04 60 1980 - 2023
Somalia 82.48 61 1980 - 2023
Malaysia 82.42 62 1980 - 2023
Kiribati 81.47 63 1980 - 2023
Haiti 81.34 64 1980 - 2023
Mexico 80.4 65 1980 - 2023
Cyprus 79.92 66 1980 - 2023
R. of Congo 79.53 67 1980 - 2023
Togo 79.37 68 1980 - 2023
Senegal 79.34 69 1980 - 2023
Philippines 78.8 70 1980 - 2023
Morocco 78.37 71 1980 - 2023
Nigeria 77.23 72 1980 - 2023
India 76.93 73 1980 - 2023
Jordan 76.89 74 1980 - 2023
Papua N.G. 76.61 75 1980 - 2023
Poland 76.16 76 1980 - 2023
UA Emirates 75.26 77 1980 - 2023
Vanuatu 74.98 78 1980 - 2023
Tanzania 74.96 79 1980 - 2023
N. Caledonia 73.82 80 1980 - 2023
Mauritania 72.41 81 1980 - 2023
Estonia 71.76 82 1992 - 2023
Cape Verde 71.15 83 1980 - 2023
Belarus 70.86 84 1992 - 2023
Japan 69.97 85 1980 - 2023
Ivory Coast 69.47 86 1980 - 2023
North Macedonia 68.83 87 1992 - 2023
Eq. Guinea 68.58 88 1980 - 2023
Bolivia 67.32 89 1980 - 2023
Liberia 66.26 90 1980 - 2023
Australia 65.62 91 1980 - 2023
Madagascar 65.41 92 1980 - 2023
China 65.33 93 1980 - 2023
Djibouti 65.3 94 1980 - 2023
Serbia 65.08 95 2006 - 2023
Bosnia & Herz. 65.01 96 1992 - 2023
Samoa 63.7 97 1980 - 2023
South Korea 62.54 98 1980 - 2023
Burma 62.47 99 1980 - 2023
Argentina 62.41 100 1980 - 2023
Russia 62 101 1992 - 2023
Ghana 61.52 102 1980 - 2023
Pakistan 61.1 103 1980 - 2023
USA 59.66 104 1984 - 2023
Italy 59.55 105 1980 - 2023
Turkey 58.61 106 1980 - 2023
Mali 58.25 107 1980 - 2023
Ireland 57.45 108 1980 - 2023
Suriname 57.29 109 1980 - 2023
Cambodia 55.53 110 1980 - 2023
Faroe Isl. 54.28 111 1980 - 2023
Germany 53.83 112 1991 - 2023
Gabon 52.11 113 1980 - 2023
Vietnam 51.2 114 1980 - 2023
Netherlands 50.91 115 1980 - 2023
Sri Lanka 49.71 116 1980 - 2023
Greece 49.12 117 1980 - 2023
Czechia 48.27 118 1993 - 2023
Peru 45.2 119 1980 - 2023
Nicaragua 44.63 120 1980 - 2023
Rwanda 43.64 121 1980 - 2023
Honduras 43.03 122 1980 - 2023
Armenia 42.97 123 1992 - 2023
UK 41.33 124 1980 - 2023
Fiji 40.33 125 1980 - 2023
Montenegro 39.1 126 2006 - 2023
Panama 38.37 127 1980 - 2023
Chile 37.85 128 1980 - 2023
North Korea 36.91 129 1980 - 2023
Bulgaria 36.63 130 1980 - 2023
Cameroon 36.3 131 1980 - 2023
Colombia 34.91 132 1980 - 2023
Guatemala 34.24 133 1980 - 2023
Ukraine 33.11 134 1992 - 2023
Zimbabwe 32.98 135 1980 - 2023
Croatia 32.35 136 1992 - 2023
Romania 32.24 137 1980 - 2023
Burundi 31.74 138 1980 - 2023
Hungary 30.41 139 1980 - 2023
Sudan 30.05 140 1980 - 2023
Spain 28.43 141 1980 - 2023
Portugal 27.29 142 1980 - 2023
Belgium 25.54 143 1980 - 2023
Guinea 25.27 144 1980 - 2023
Latvia 24.98 145 1992 - 2023
Slovenia 24.89 146 1992 - 2023
Georgia 23.94 147 1992 - 2023
Angola 23.64 148 1980 - 2023
Ecuador 23.48 149 1980 - 2023
Venezuela 21.62 150 1980 - 2023
Canada 19.13 151 1980 - 2023
Lithuania 18.1 152 1992 - 2023
Belize 17.84 153 1980 - 2023
Mozambique 16.41 154 1980 - 2023
Austria 15.78 155 1980 - 2023
Slovakia 15.28 156 1993 - 2023
Denmark 14.31 157 1980 - 2023
Afghanistan 13.3 158 1980 - 2023
New Zealand 12.54 159 1980 - 2023
Zambia 11.02 160 1980 - 2023
El Salvador 10.84 161 1980 - 2023
Uruguay 10.5 162 1980 - 2023
Kenya 10.37 163 1980 - 2023
Brazil 9.73 164 1980 - 2023
Luxembourg 9.13 165 1980 - 2023
France 8.09 166 1980 - 2023
Tajikistan 7.41 167 1992 - 2023
Finland 6.45 168 1980 - 2023
Swaziland 4.97 169 1980 - 2023
Malawi 4.3 170 1980 - 2023
Sierra Leone 3.48 171 1980 - 2023
Uganda 2.86 172 1980 - 2023
Namibia 1.9 173 1995 - 2023
Norway 1.23 174 1980 - 2023
C.A. Republic 0.78 175 1980 - 2023
Switzerland 0.61 176 1980 - 2023
Sweden 0.55 177 1980 - 2023
Lesotho 0.13 178 1999 - 2023
DR Congo 0.03 179 1980 - 2023
Iceland 0.02 180 1980 - 2023
Ethiopia 0.01 181 1980 - 2023
Albania 0 182 1980 - 2023
Bhutan 0 183 1980 - 2023
Nepal 0 184 1980 - 2023
Paraguay 0 185 1980 - 2023


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

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1. Bermuda
2. Comoros
3. Gibraltar
4. Macao
5. Qatar
6. Turkmenistan
7. Libya
8. Tr.&Tobago
9. Brunei
10. Botswana
11. Bahrain
12. Hong Kong
13. Saudi Arabia
14. Bahamas
15. Algeria
16. Gambia
17. Iraq
18. Bangladesh
19. Grenada
20. Guyana
21. Saint Lucia
22. Singapore
23. Cuba
24. Niger
25. Chad
26. Benin
27. G.-Bissau
28. Tunisia
29. Oman
30. Syria
31. Puerto Rico
32. Azerbaijan
33. Ant.& Barb.
34. Solomon Isl.
35. Maldives
36. S.T.&Principe
37. Barbados
38. Mauritius
39. Thailand
40. Uzbekistan
41. Mongolia
42. Israel
43. Eritrea
44. Tonga
45. Jamaica
46. Moldova
47. Egypt
48. Indonesia
49. Montserrat
50. Kazakhstan
51. Burkina Faso
52. South Africa
53. Malta
54. Seychelles
55. St. Vincent & ...
56. Taiwan
57. Dominica
58. Aruba
59. Domin. Rep.
60. Yemen
61. Somalia
62. Malaysia
63. Kiribati
64. Haiti
65. Mexico
66. Cyprus
67. R. of Congo
68. Togo
69. Senegal
70. Philippines
71. Morocco
72. Nigeria
73. India
74. Jordan
75. Papua N.G.
76. Poland
77. UA Emirates
78. Vanuatu
79. Tanzania
80. N. Caledonia
81. Mauritania
82. Estonia
83. Cape Verde
84. Belarus
85. Japan
86. Ivory Coast
87. North Macedonia
88. Eq. Guinea
89. Bolivia
90. Liberia
91. Australia
92. Madagascar
93. China
94. Djibouti
95. Serbia
96. Bosnia & Herz.
97. Samoa
98. South Korea
99. Burma
100. Argentina
101. Russia
102. Ghana
103. Pakistan
104. USA
105. Italy
106. Turkey
107. Mali
108. Ireland
109. Suriname
110. Cambodia
111. Faroe Isl.
112. Germany
113. Gabon
114. Vietnam
115. Netherlands
116. Sri Lanka
117. Greece
118. Czechia
119. Peru
120. Nicaragua
121. Rwanda
122. Honduras
123. Armenia
124. UK
125. Fiji
126. Montenegro
127. Panama
128. Chile
129. North Korea
130. Bulgaria
131. Cameroon
132. Colombia
133. Guatemala
134. Ukraine
135. Zimbabwe
136. Croatia
137. Romania
138. Burundi
139. Hungary
140. Sudan
141. Spain
142. Portugal
143. Belgium
144. Guinea
145. Latvia
146. Slovenia
147. Georgia
148. Angola
149. Ecuador
150. Venezuela
151. Canada
152. Lithuania
153. Belize
154. Mozambique
155. Austria
156. Slovakia
157. Denmark
158. Afghanistan
159. New Zealand
160. Zambia
161. El Salvador
162. Uruguay
163. Kenya
164. Brazil
165. Luxembourg
166. France
167. Tajikistan
168. Finland
169. Swaziland
170. Malawi
171. Sierra Leone
172. Uganda
173. Namibia
174. Norway
175. C.A. Republic
176. Switzerland
177. Sweden
178. Lesotho
179. DR Congo
180. Iceland
181. Ethiopia
182. Albania
183. Bhutan
184. Nepal
185. Paraguay
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
99.98
99.98
99.97
99.94
99.91
99.77
99.74
99.46
99.33
99.07
99.05
99.03
98.83
98.38
98.25
98.23
97.98
97.88
97.33
97.01
96.85
96.70
96.50
96.06
95.97
95.73
94.70
93.81
93.63
93.46
93.21
93.18
92.12
91.43
91.17
90.75
90.38
89.64
89.10
89.04
88.18
88.16
88.02
88.02
87.76
87.72
87.30
86.91
86.74
86.36
86.11
85.14
84.26
83.65
83.46
83.04
82.48
82.42
81.47
81.34
80.40
79.92
79.53
79.37
79.34
78.80
78.37
77.23
76.93
76.89
76.61
76.16
75.26
74.98
74.96
73.82
72.41
71.76
71.15
70.86
69.97
69.47
68.83
68.58
67.32
66.26
65.62
65.41
65.33
65.30
65.08
65.01
63.70
62.54
62.47
62.41
62.00
61.52
61.10
59.66
59.55
58.61
58.25
57.45
57.29
55.53
54.28
53.83
52.11
51.20
50.91
49.71
49.12
48.27
45.20
44.63
43.64
43.03
42.97
41.33
40.33
39.10
38.37
37.85
36.91
36.63
36.30
34.91
34.24
33.11
32.98
32.35
32.24
31.74
30.41
30.05
28.43
27.29
25.54
25.27
24.98
24.89
23.94
23.64
23.48
21.62
19.13
18.10
17.84
16.41
15.78
15.28
14.31
13.30
12.54
11.02
10.84
10.50
10.37
9.73
9.13
8.09
7.41
6.45
4.97
4.30
3.48
2.86
1.90
1.23
0.78
0.61
0.55
0.13
0.03
0.02
0.01
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
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