Electricity production from oil, gas and coal sources (% of total) by country
The share of electricity production from oil, gas and coal sources of total electricity production. Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Oil refers to crude oil and petroleum products. Gas refers to natural gas but excludes natural gas liquids. Coal refers to all coal and brown...
Countries reporting
208
Highest
100.0%
Comoros
Lowest
0.0%
Nepal
Median
65.1%
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
7,764
What the numbers show
Electricity production from oil, gas and coal sources (% of total) is currently reported for 208 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Comoros; the lowest is 0.0% in Nepal.
The median across all reporting countries is 65.1%, and the mean is 59.2%.
Over the past decade 37 countries rose and 166 fell. The largest increase was in Zambia (up 7,583.4%), and the largest decrease in Albania (down 100.0%).
Electricity production from oil, gas and coal sources: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Comoros | 100.0% | 2021 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 1 | Gibraltar | 100.0% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 100.0% | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 4 | Turkmenistan | 100.0% | 2022 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 5 | Libya | 100.0% | 2022 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 6 | Trinidad and Tobago | 99.9% | 2022 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 7 | Brunei | 99.9% | 2022 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 8 | Bahrain | 99.9% | 2022 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 9 | Kuwait | 99.8% | 2022 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 10 | Botswana | 99.8% | 2022 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 11 | East Timor | 99.6% | 2021 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 12 | Bahamas | 99.5% | 2021 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 13 | Saudi Arabia | 99.4% | 2022 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 14 | Algeria | 99.2% | 2023 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 15 | Saint Martin (French part) | 99.2% | 2021 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 16 | Hong Kong | 99.1% | 2022 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 17 | Qatar | 98.9% | 2022 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 18 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 98.5% | 2021 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 19 | Gambia | 98.4% | 2021 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 20 | Bangladesh | 98.4% | 2022 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 21 | Chad | 98.1% | 2022 | — | flat |
| 22 | Grenada | 98.0% | 2021 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 23 | Iraq | 98.0% | 2022 | up 8.3% | flat |
| 24 | British Virgin Islands | 97.7% | 2021 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 25 | Marshall Islands | 97.6% | 2021 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 26 | United States Virgin Islands | 97.5% | 2021 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 27 | Oman | 97.5% | 2022 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 28 | Saint Lucia | 97.5% | 2021 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 29 | Eritrea | 97.2% | 2022 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 30 | Cayman Islands | 97.1% | 2021 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 31 | Niger | 96.8% | 2022 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 32 | Benin | 96.6% | 2022 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 33 | American Samoa | 96.1% | 2021 | down 3.7% | flat |
| 34 | Tunisia | 95.9% | 2022 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 35 | Cuba | 95.9% | 2022 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 36 | Syria | 95.7% | 2022 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 37 | Seychelles | 95.5% | 2021 | down 4.5% | flat |
| 38 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 95.5% | 2021 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 39 | Puerto Rico | 95.4% | 2021 | down 3.9% | flat |
| 40 | Palau | 95.4% | 2021 | down 3.8% | flat |
| 41 | Guam | 95.2% | 2021 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 42 | Micronesia (country) | 95.1% | 2021 | down 3.7% | flat |
| 43 | Singapore | 95.0% | 2023 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 44 | Antigua and Barbuda | 94.3% | 2021 | down 5.5% | flat |
| 45 | Maldives | 94.2% | 2021 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 46 | Sao Tome and Principe | 93.9% | 2021 | up 952.6% | volatile |
| 47 | Iran | 93.9% | 2022 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 49 | Solomon Islands | 93.4% | 2021 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 50 | South Sudan | 93.3% | 2022 | down 6.3% | flat |
| 51 | Guinea-Bissau | 92.9% | 2021 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 52 | Guyana | 92.9% | 2021 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 53 | Azerbaijan | 92.8% | 2023 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 54 | Barbados | 92.7% | 2021 | down 7.1% | flat |
| 55 | Uzbekistan | 90.7% | 2022 | up 3.7% | flat |
| 56 | Mongolia | 90.2% | 2022 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 57 | Nauru | 90.2% | 2021 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 58 | Moldova | 89.4% | 2023 | down 3.9% | flat |
| 59 | Somalia | 88.8% | 2021 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 60 | Israel | 88.3% | 2023 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 61 | Jamaica | 87.9% | 2022 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 62 | Kazakhstan | 87.3% | 2023 | down 5.7% | flat |
| 63 | Egypt | 87.2% | 2023 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 64 | Malta | 86.4% | 2023 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 65 | Senegal | 86.0% | 2023 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 66 | Burkina Faso | 86.0% | 2022 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 67 | Tonga | 85.8% | 2021 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 68 | Aruba | 85.2% | 2021 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 69 | South Africa | 85.1% | 2023 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 70 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 85.0% | 2021 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 71 | Dominican Republic | 84.4% | 2022 | down 4.4% | flat |
| 72 | Tuvalu | 84.2% | 2021 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 73 | Indonesia | 84.0% | 2023 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 74 | Kiribati | 83.6% | 2021 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 75 | Mauritius | 82.4% | 2023 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 76 | United Arab Emirates | 81.8% | 2022 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 77 | Cape Verde | 81.7% | 2021 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 78 | Malaysia | 81.6% | 2022 | down 11.9% | flat |
| 79 | Haiti | 81.4% | 2022 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 80 | Mauritania | 80.6% | 2021 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 81 | Thailand | 80.4% | 2023 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 82 | Yemen | 80.3% | 2022 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 83 | Dominica | 79.7% | 2021 | up 25.1% | rising |
| 84 | Cyprus | 79.5% | 2023 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 85 | Belarus | 79.3% | 2022 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 86 | Togo | 79.1% | 2022 | up 68.7% | rising |
| 87 | Philippines | 77.9% | 2022 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 88 | India | 77.6% | 2023 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 89 | New Caledonia | 77.5% | 2021 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 90 | Congo | 77.5% | 2022 | up 84.2% | volatile |
| 91 | Mexico | 76.9% | 2023 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 92 | Jordan | 76.9% | 2022 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 93 | French Polynesia | 76.3% | 2021 | up 5.2% | falling |
| 94 | Morocco | 76.0% | 2023 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 95 | Cote d'Ivoire | 75.9% | 2022 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 96 | Palestine | 75.5% | 2021 | down 24.5% | falling |
| 97 | Nigeria | 75.5% | 2022 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 98 | Curacao | 75.1% | 2022 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 99 | Vanuatu | 74.8% | 2021 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 100 | Poland | 71.2% | 2023 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 101 | Tanzania | 69.6% | 2022 | up 2.9% | volatile |
| 102 | Equatorial Guinea | 68.7% | 2022 | down 24.3% | falling |
| 103 | North Macedonia | 68.0% | 2023 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 104 | Australia | 66.1% | 2023 | down 23.9% | falling |
| 105 | Madagascar | 65.5% | 2022 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 106 | Djibouti | 64.6% | 2021 | down 35.4% | falling |
| 107 | China | 64.4% | 2023 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 108 | Japan | 64.3% | 2023 | down 24.8% | rising |
| 109 | Ghana | 63.9% | 2022 | up 92.3% | volatile |
| 110 | Serbia | 63.9% | 2023 | down 12.2% | flat |
| 111 | Bolivia | 63.4% | 2022 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 112 | Russia | 62.2% | 2022 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 113 | Faroe Islands | 61.9% | 2021 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 114 | South Korea | 61.2% | 2023 | down 14.6% | rising |
| 115 | Papua New Guinea | 60.0% | 2021 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 116 | Pakistan | 59.7% | 2022 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 117 | United States | 59.3% | 2023 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 118 | Turkey | 57.3% | 2023 | down 19.4% | flat |
| 119 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 56.9% | 2023 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 120 | Myanmar | 55.9% | 2022 | up 91.5% | falling |
| 121 | Lebanon | 54.8% | 2022 | down 41.0% | rising |
| 122 | Italy | 54.2% | 2023 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 123 | Ireland | 53.2% | 2023 | down 30.5% | falling |
| 124 | Argentina | 52.8% | 2023 | down 17.4% | rising |
| 125 | Gabon | 51.9% | 2022 | down 9.6% | rising |
| 126 | Vietnam | 50.9% | 2022 | down 7.4% | rising |
| 127 | Samoa | 50.9% | 2021 | down 29.1% | rising |
| 128 | Greece | 50.6% | 2023 | down 32.2% | falling |
| 129 | Sri Lanka | 49.7% | 2022 | down 29.7% | rising |
| 130 | Estonia | 49.6% | 2023 | down 45.1% | falling |
| 131 | Netherlands | 48.0% | 2023 | down 42.5% | falling |
| 132 | Honduras | 47.9% | 2023 | down 16.7% | rising |
| 133 | Rwanda | 47.8% | 2022 | down 10.6% | rising |
| 134 | Peru | 44.6% | 2022 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 135 | Czechia | 44.3% | 2023 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 136 | Germany | 43.2% | 2023 | down 26.4% | falling |
| 137 | Liberia | 42.6% | 2021 | down 45.7% | falling |
| 138 | Armenia | 42.2% | 2022 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 139 | Fiji | 39.9% | 2021 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 140 | Montenegro | 39.1% | 2023 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 141 | Burundi | 38.7% | 2021 | up 369.4% | volatile |
| 142 | Suriname | 38.3% | 2023 | down 34.0% | rising |
| 143 | Mali | 37.7% | 2021 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 144 | United Kingdom | 37.1% | 2023 | down 42.2% | falling |
| 145 | North Korea | 37.0% | 2022 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 146 | Chile | 36.4% | 2023 | down 43.2% | rising |
| 147 | Nicaragua | 35.5% | 2022 | down 37.9% | falling |
| 148 | Cambodia | 35.2% | 2022 | down 43.6% | falling |
| 149 | Bulgaria | 34.7% | 2023 | down 30.8% | falling |
| 150 | Ukraine | 32.7% | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 151 | Zimbabwe | 31.0% | 2022 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 152 | Romania | 30.9% | 2023 | down 32.0% | falling |
| 153 | Colombia | 30.3% | 2023 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 154 | Croatia | 29.8% | 2023 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 155 | Sudan | 28.6% | 2022 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 156 | Cameroon | 28.6% | 2022 | up 34.7% | volatile |
| 157 | Hungary | 27.7% | 2023 | down 30.1% | falling |
| 158 | Spain | 27.3% | 2023 | down 30.8% | falling |
| 159 | Angola | 27.1% | 2022 | down 13.7% | rising |
| 160 | Sierra Leone | 24.7% | 2021 | up 91.6% | volatile |
| 161 | Belgium | 24.3% | 2023 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 162 | Georgia | 23.9% | 2023 | up 34.7% | falling |
| 163 | Ecuador | 23.9% | 2022 | down 47.1% | rising |
| 164 | Laos | 23.9% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 165 | Portugal | 23.8% | 2023 | down 40.9% | falling |
| 166 | Guatemala | 23.6% | 2022 | down 29.7% | flat |
| 167 | Slovenia | 23.0% | 2023 | down 31.3% | falling |
| 168 | Greenland | 23.0% | 2021 | down 32.9% | falling |
| 169 | Panama | 22.8% | 2022 | down 38.6% | rising |
| 170 | Latvia | 22.3% | 2023 | down 48.3% | rising |
| 171 | El Salvador | 22.1% | 2022 | down 44.5% | falling |
| 172 | Afghanistan | 21.8% | 2021 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 173 | Venezuela | 21.6% | 2022 | down 33.6% | rising |
| 174 | Malawi | 19.9% | 2021 | up 1,442.8% | volatile |
| 175 | Canada | 19.7% | 2023 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 176 | Mozambique | 16.3% | 2022 | up 2,159.1% | volatile |
| 177 | Slovakia | 14.6% | 2023 | down 33.6% | falling |
| 178 | Kyrgyzstan | 14.1% | 2022 | up 115.7% | volatile |
| 179 | Austria | 13.7% | 2023 | down 30.5% | falling |
| 180 | Lithuania | 13.3% | 2023 | down 73.8% | volatile |
| 181 | New Zealand | 12.3% | 2023 | down 51.2% | falling |
| 182 | Guinea | 11.9% | 2021 | down 50.7% | falling |
| 183 | Denmark | 11.2% | 2023 | down 78.5% | falling |
| 184 | Zambia | 11.1% | 2022 | up 7,583.4% | volatile |
| 185 | Kenya | 10.3% | 2023 | down 58.9% | volatile |
| 186 | Uruguay | 8.9% | 2022 | down 74.8% | volatile |
| 187 | Brazil | 8.7% | 2023 | down 57.3% | rising |
| 188 | France | 7.4% | 2023 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 189 | Tajikistan | 7.3% | 2022 | up 898.1% | volatile |
| 190 | Belize | 7.1% | 2021 | down 21.4% | volatile |
| 191 | Andorra | 6.7% | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 192 | Finland | 5.2% | 2023 | down 82.6% | falling |
| 193 | Costa Rica | 5.1% | 2023 | down 56.7% | volatile |
| 194 | Central African Republic | 3.5% | 2021 | up 1,906.0% | volatile |
| 195 | Luxembourg | 3.4% | 2023 | down 93.2% | volatile |
| 196 | Eswatini | 2.7% | 2022 | down 38.5% | volatile |
| 197 | Uganda | 2.6% | 2022 | down 76.1% | volatile |
| 198 | Namibia | 1.5% | 2022 | down 30.8% | volatile |
| 199 | Norway | 1.1% | 2023 | down 44.5% | volatile |
| 200 | Sweden | 0.6% | 2023 | down 65.4% | volatile |
| 201 | Switzerland | 0.4% | 2023 | down 64.0% | falling |
| 202 | Lesotho | 0.2% | 2021 | up 176.2% | rising |
| 203 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.0% | 2022 | down 74.5% | volatile |
| 204 | Iceland | 0.0% | 2023 | down 28.4% | volatile |
| 205 | Ethiopia | 0.0% | 2022 | down 92.7% | volatile |
| 206 | Paraguay | 0.0% | 2023 | down 62.1% | volatile |
| 207 | Albania | 0.0% | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 207 | Bhutan | 0.0% | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 207 | Nepal | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Kosovo 93.6%
- South Asia 72.9%
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 72.9%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 61.4%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 61.3%
- East Asia & Pacific 60.1%
- Lower middle income 59.2%
- Pacific island small states 57.4%
- Middle income 56.4%
- Low & middle income 56.0%
- Upper middle income 55.8%
- IBRD only 54.5%
About this data
The share of electricity production from oil, gas and coal sources of total electricity production. Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Oil refers to crude oil and petroleum products. Gas refers to natural gas but excludes natural gas liquids. Coal refers to all coal and brown coal, both primary (including hard coal and lignite-brown coal) and derived fuels (including patent fuel, coke oven coke, gas coke, coke oven gas, and blast furnace gas). Peat is also included in this category.