Electricity from Fossil Fuels 2008
Electricity from fossil fuels measures energy generation trends. Compare countries, explore rankings, and analyze historical data with interactive maps.
212 data points••Global Coverage•Share of electricity generation from fossil fuels | Ember and other sources via Our World in Data•
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Highest
American Samoa100 % of electricity generation
Lowest
Paraguay0 % of electricity generation
Median country
78.89 % of electricity generation
Countries with data
212
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Rank | Actions | ||
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1 | American Samoa | 100 % of electricity generation | |
2 |  Antigua and Barbuda | 100 % of electricity generation | |
3 |  Aruba | 100 % of electricity generation | |
4 |  Bahamas | 100 % of electricity generation | |
5 |  Bahrain | 100 % of electricity generation | |
6 |  Barbados | 100 % of electricity generation | |
7 |  Benin | 100 % of electricity generation | |
8 |  Botswana | 100 % of electricity generation | |
9 |  British Virgin Islands | 100 % of electricity generation | |
10 |  Brunei Darussalam | 100 % of electricity generation | |
11 |  Cayman Islands | 100 % of electricity generation | |
12 |  Chad | 100 % of electricity generation | |
13 |  Comoros | 100 % of electricity generation | |
14 |  Cook Islands | 100 % of electricity generation | |
15 |  Djibouti | 100 % of electricity generation | |
16 |  Timor-Leste | 100 % of electricity generation | |
17 |  Eritrea | 100 % of electricity generation | |
18 |  Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 100 % of electricity generation | |
19 |  Gambia | 100 % of electricity generation | |
20 |  Gibraltar | 100 % of electricity generation | |
21 |  Grenada | 100 % of electricity generation | |
22 |  Guam | 100 % of electricity generation | |
23 |  Guinea-Bissau | 100 % of electricity generation | |
24 |  China, Hong Kong SAR | 100 % of electricity generation | |
25 |  Kiribati | 100 % of electricity generation | |
26 |  Kuwait | 100 % of electricity generation | |
27 |  Liberia | 100 % of electricity generation | |
28 |  Libya | 100 % of electricity generation | |
29 |  Maldives | 100 % of electricity generation | |
30 |  Malta | 100 % of electricity generation | |
31 |  Montserrat | 100 % of electricity generation | |
32 |  Nauru | 100 % of electricity generation | |
33 |  Niger | 100 % of electricity generation | |
34 |  Oman | 100 % of electricity generation | |
35 |  State of Palestine | 100 % of electricity generation | |
36 |  Qatar | 100 % of electricity generation | |
37 |  Saint Helena | 100 % of electricity generation | |
38 |  Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100 % of electricity generation | |
39 |  Saint Lucia | 100 % of electricity generation | |
40 |  Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 100 % of electricity generation | |
41 |  Saudi Arabia | 100 % of electricity generation | |
42 |  Seychelles | 100 % of electricity generation | |
43 |  Solomon Islands | 100 % of electricity generation | |
44 |  Somalia | 100 % of electricity generation | |
45 |  Tonga | 100 % of electricity generation | |
46 |  Turkmenistan | 100 % of electricity generation | |
47 |  Turks and Caicos Islands | 100 % of electricity generation | |
48 |  United Arab Emirates | 100 % of electricity generation | |
49 |  United States Virgin Islands | 100 % of electricity generation | |
50 |  Vanuatu | 100 % of electricity generation | |
51 |  Western Sahara | 100 % of electricity generation | |
52 |  Yemen | 100 % of electricity generation | |
53 |  Israel | 99.93 % of electricity generation | |
54 |  Cyprus | 99.803 % of electricity generation | |
55 |  Belarus | 99.8 % of electricity generation | |
56 |  Mongolia | 99.75 % of electricity generation | |
57 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 99.741 % of electricity generation | |
58 |  Tunisia | 99.513 % of electricity generation | |
59 |  Jordan | 99.505 % of electricity generation | |
60 |  Puerto Rico | 99.312 % of electricity generation | |
61 |  Algeria | 99.304 % of electricity generation | |
62 |  Bermuda | 98.611 % of electricity generation | |
63 |  Guyana | 98.592 % of electricity generation | |
64 |  Estonia | 98.11 % of electricity generation | |
65 |  Martinique | 98.039 % of electricity generation | |
66 |  Singapore | 97.504 % of electricity generation | |
67 |  Bangladesh | 97.195 % of electricity generation | |
68 |  Lebanon | 97.028 % of electricity generation | |
69 |  Cambodia | 96.622 % of electricity generation | |
70 |  Cabo Verde | 96.552 % of electricity generation | |
71 |  Iran | 96.37 % of electricity generation | |
72 |  Cuba | 96.041 % of electricity generation | |
73 |  Poland | 95.722 % of electricity generation | |
74 |  South Africa | 94.285 % of electricity generation | |
75 |  Jamaica | 93.853 % of electricity generation | |
76 |  Thailand | 93.722 % of electricity generation | |
77 |  Republic of Moldova | 93.677 % of electricity generation | |
78 |  Syrian Arab Republic | 92.937 % of electricity generation | |
79 |  Malaysia | 92.436 % of electricity generation | |
80 |  Australia | 92.208 % of electricity generation | |
81 |  Morocco | 91.794 % of electricity generation | |
82 |  Mauritania | 91.667 % of electricity generation | |
83 |  Uzbekistan | 91.059 % of electricity generation | |
84 |  Senegal | 90.878 % of electricity generation | |
85 |  Greece | 90.753 % of electricity generation | |
86 |  Kazakhstan | 90.716 % of electricity generation | |
87 |  Iraq | 90.564 % of electricity generation | |
88 |  Azerbaijan | 89.778 % of electricity generation | |
89 |  Luxembourg | 89.706 % of electricity generation | |
90 |  Dominican Republic | 89.459 % of electricity generation | |
91 |  Ireland | 87.838 % of electricity generation | |
92 |  Egypt | 87.554 % of electricity generation | |
93 |  Netherlands | 87.101 % of electricity generation | |
94 |  North Macedonia | 86.688 % of electricity generation | |
95 |  Guadeloupe | 86.335 % of electricity generation | |
96 |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 85.714 % of electricity generation | |
97 |  China, Macao SAR | 85.124 % of electricity generation | |
98 |  Dominica | 84.615 % of electricity generation | |
99 |  Indonesia | 83.105 % of electricity generation | |
100 |  Turkey | 82.649 % of electricity generation | |
101 |  India | 81.393 % of electricity generation | |
102 |  Italy | 81.333 % of electricity generation | |
103 |  United Kingdom | 80.864 % of electricity generation | |
104 |  Taiwan | 80.047 % of electricity generation | |
105 |  Sao Tome and Principe | 80 % of electricity generation | |
106 |  China | 79.018 % of electricity generation | |
107 |  Mexico | 78.763 % of electricity generation | |
108 |  Burkina Faso | 78.689 % of electricity generation | |
109 |  Mauritius | 76.563 % of electricity generation | |
110 |  Equatorial Guinea | 75 % of electricity generation | |
111 |  New Caledonia | 74.194 % of electricity generation | |
112 |  Serbia | 74.036 % of electricity generation | |
113 |  Nigeria | 72.869 % of electricity generation | |
114 |  Denmark | 72.314 % of electricity generation | |
115 |  Sudan | 71.631 % of electricity generation | |
116 |  United States | 71.191 % of electricity generation | |
117 |  Japan | 70.117 % of electricity generation | |
118 |  Russia | 68.427 % of electricity generation | |
119 |  Portugal | 67.711 % of electricity generation | |
120 |  Argentina | 67.32 % of electricity generation | |
121 |  Pakistan | 66.885 % of electricity generation | |
122 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 66.803 % of electricity generation | |
123 |  Sierra Leone | 66.667 % of electricity generation | |
124 |  Philippines | 66.097 % of electricity generation | |
125 |  Mali | 65.746 % of electricity generation | |
126 |  Côte d'Ivoire | 65.458 % of electricity generation | |
127 |  South Korea | 64.89 % of electricity generation | |
128 |  Nicaragua | 64.583 % of electricity generation | |
129 |  Réunion | 64.173 % of electricity generation | |
130 |  Czech Republic | 63.653 % of electricity generation | |
131 |  Papua New Guinea | 63.343 % of electricity generation | |
132 |  Vietnam | 63.312 % of electricity generation | |
133 |  Haiti | 63.265 % of electricity generation | |
134 |  French Polynesia | 63.158 % of electricity generation | |
135 |  Faroe Islands | 62.963 % of electricity generation | |
136 |  Honduras | 61.883 % of electricity generation | |
137 |  Germany | 61.59 % of electricity generation | |
138 |  Spain | 60.903 % of electricity generation | |
139 |  Bolivia | 60.304 % of electricity generation | |
140 |  Sri Lanka | 58.065 % of electricity generation | |
141 |  Bulgaria | 57.968 % of electricity generation | |
142 |  Hungary | 57.096 % of electricity generation | |
143 |  Romania | 56.136 % of electricity generation | |
144 |  Samoa | 54.545 % of electricity generation | |
145 |  Chile | 54.474 % of electricity generation | |
146 |  Croatia | 54.304 % of electricity generation | |
147 |  Gabon | 50.829 % of electricity generation | |
148 |  Ukraine | 47.212 % of electricity generation | |
149 |  Greenland | 45.946 % of electricity generation | |
150 |  Montenegro | 45.583 % of electricity generation | |
151 |  Guatemala | 45.046 % of electricity generation | |
152 |  Rwanda | 44.828 % of electricity generation | |
153 |  Suriname | 43.046 % of electricity generation | |
154 |  Madagascar | 40.678 % of electricity generation | |
155 |  Peru | 39.87 % of electricity generation | |
156 |  Belgium | 39.815 % of electricity generation | |
157 |  North Korea | 39.592 % of electricity generation | |
158 |  Ecuador | 39.427 % of electricity generation | |
159 |  Tanzania | 39.101 % of electricity generation | |
160 |  Latvia | 39.089 % of electricity generation | |
161 |  Uruguay | 38.769 % of electricity generation | |
162 |  Myanmar | 38.52 % of electricity generation | |
163 |  Panama | 37.947 % of electricity generation | |
164 |  El Salvador | 36.721 % of electricity generation | |
165 |  Guinea | 35.802 % of electricity generation | |
166 |  New Zealand | 35.769 % of electricity generation | |
167 |  Slovenia | 35.527 % of electricity generation | |
168 |  Finland | 34.415 % of electricity generation | |
169 |  French Guiana | 33.333 % of electricity generation | |
170 |  Fiji | 32.143 % of electricity generation | |
171 |  Armenia | 31.356 % of electricity generation | |
172 |  Austria | 30.833 % of electricity generation | |
173 |  Afghanistan | 30.769 % of electricity generation | |
174 |  Togo | 30.769 % of electricity generation | |
175 |  Kenya | 27.317 % of electricity generation | |
176 |  Venezuela | 27.209 % of electricity generation | |
177 |  Ghana | 26.082 % of electricity generation | |
178 |  Slovakia | 25.889 % of electricity generation | |
179 |  Uganda | 25.751 % of electricity generation | |
180 |  Cameroon | 24.291 % of electricity generation | |
181 |  Zimbabwe | 24.115 % of electricity generation | |
182 |  Canada | 23.69 % of electricity generation | |
183 |  Angola | 22.222 % of electricity generation | |
184 |  Lithuania | 21.305 % of electricity generation | |
185 |  Congo | 19.565 % of electricity generation | |
186 |  Colombia | 16.114 % of electricity generation | |
187 |  Georgia | 15.394 % of electricity generation | |
188 |  Kyrgyzstan | 14.286 % of electricity generation | |
189 |  Brazil | 12.669 % of electricity generation | |
190 |  Central African Republic | 12.5 % of electricity generation | |
191 |  Namibia | 11.465 % of electricity generation | |
192 |  France | 9.736 % of electricity generation | |
193 |  Costa Rica | 7.234 % of electricity generation | |
194 |  Malawi | 7.059 % of electricity generation | |
195 |  Belize | 4.762 % of electricity generation | |
196 |  Sweden | 3.069 % of electricity generation | |
197 |  Switzerland | 2.998 % of electricity generation | |
198 |  Eswatini | 2.899 % of electricity generation | |
199 |  Tajikistan | 2.167 % of electricity generation | |
200 |  Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 1.332 % of electricity generation | |
201 |  Norway | 0.595 % of electricity generation | |
202 |  Nepal | 0.358 % of electricity generation | |
203 |  Ethiopia | 0.3 % of electricity generation | |
204 |  Zambia | 0.105 % of electricity generation | |
205 |  Mozambique | 0.067 % of electricity generation | |
206 |  Albania | 0 % of electricity generation | |
207 |  Bhutan | 0 % of electricity generation | |
208 |  Burundi | 0 % of electricity generation | |
209 |  Iceland | 0 % of electricity generation | |
210 |  Laos | 0 % of electricity generation | |
211 |  Lesotho | 0 % of electricity generation | |
212 | Paraguay | 0 % of electricity generation |
- #1American Samoa
- #2Antigua and Barbuda
- #3Aruba
- #4Bahamas
- #5Bahrain
- #6Barbados
- #7Benin
- #8Botswana
- #9British Virgin Islands
- #10Brunei Darussalam
Analysis: These countries represent the highest values in this dataset, showcasing significant scale and impact on global statistics.
- #212Paraguay
- #211Lesotho
- #210Laos
- #209Iceland
- #208Burundi
- #207Bhutan
- #206Albania
- #205Mozambique
- #204Zambia
- #203Ethiopia
Context: These countries or territories have the lowest values, often due to geographic size, administrative status, or specific characteristics.
Data Source
Share of electricity generation from fossil fuels | Ember and other sources via Our World in Data
Data produced by Ember and other sources, compiled and published by Our World in Data as "Share of electricity generation from fossil fuels".
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