Kuwait vs Upper middle income: Electricity production from oil, gas and coal sources
Electricity production from oil, gas and coal sources over time
- Kuwait
- Upper middle income
How they compare
Kuwait currently reports 99.8% against 55.8% in Upper middle income, a difference of 44.0%.
That makes Kuwait's figure about 1.8 times Upper middle income's.
Across all 33 years both countries report, Kuwait has been ahead every year.
Kuwait ranks 9th and Upper middle income ranks 10th of 210 countries.
Kuwait has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kuwait | Upper middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 100.0% | 68.4% | 31.6% | Kuwait |
| 2000s | 100.0% | 72.8% | 27.2% | Kuwait |
| 2010s | 100.0% | 71.3% | 28.6% | Kuwait |
| 2020s | 99.8% | 65.0% | 34.7% | Kuwait |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher electricity production from oil, gas and coal sources, Kuwait or Upper middle income?
- Kuwait, at 99.8% against 55.8% in Upper middle income as of 2022.
- What is the difference in electricity production from oil, gas and coal sources between Kuwait and Upper middle income?
- 44.0%, with Kuwait ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kuwait and Upper middle income?
- 33 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2022.
- How do Kuwait and Upper middle income rank globally for electricity production from oil, gas and coal sources?
- Kuwait ranks 9th and Upper middle income ranks 10th of 210 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA), published as Electricity production from oil, gas and coal sources (% of total). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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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.