Share of primary energy from fossil fuels by country

Measured as a percentage of total energy supply.

Countries reporting
73
Highest
100.0%
Turkmenistan
Lowest
36.9%
Sweden
Median
85.9%
Years covered
61
1965–2025
Data points
3,914

What the numbers show

Share of primary energy from fossil fuels is currently reported for 73 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Turkmenistan; the lowest is 36.9% in Sweden.

The median across all reporting countries is 85.9%, and the mean is 83.3%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.

Over the past decade 5 countries rose and 68 fell. The largest increase was in Philippines (up 7.4%), and the largest decrease in Finland (down 28.4%).

Share of primary energy from fossil fuels: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Turkmenistan 100.0% 1996 down 0.0% flat
2 Kuwait 100.0% 2025 down 0.0% flat
3 Algeria 99.9% 2025 down 0.1% flat
4 Trinidad and Tobago 99.9% 2025 down 0.1% flat
5 Singapore 99.6% 2025 down 0.1% flat
6 Bangladesh 99.5% 2025 down 0.1% flat
7 Saudi Arabia 99.4% 2025 down 0.6% flat
8 Qatar 99.4% 2025 down 0.6% flat
9 Iran 99.1% 2025 up 0.0% flat
10 Oman 98.9% 2025 down 1.1% flat
11 Hong Kong 98.8% 2025 down 1.0% flat
12 Kazakhstan 98.1% 2025 down 0.4% flat
13 Azerbaijan 98.0% 2025 down 0.9% flat
14 Uzbekistan 97.2% 2025 down 1.6% flat
15 Egypt 96.9% 2025 down 1.5% flat
16 Morocco 95.8% 2025 down 2.2% flat
17 Taiwan 95.7% 2025 up 5.5% flat
18 South Africa 95.3% 2025 down 1.6% flat
19 Malaysia 95.3% 2025 down 2.9% flat
20 Israel 94.6% 2025 down 4.9% flat
21 India 93.0% 2025 down 2.5% flat
22 Mexico 92.9% 2025 down 0.1% flat
23 Thailand 92.2% 2025 down 3.2% falling
24 Australia 92.1% 2025 down 5.1% flat
25 Poland 91.7% 2025 down 3.9% falling
26 United Arab Emirates 90.5% 2025 down 9.5% falling
28 Russia 89.8% 2025 down 0.3% falling
29 Greece 89.6% 2025 down 4.7% falling
30 Indonesia 88.3% 2025 down 5.7% falling
31 Vietnam 88.2% 2025 down 3.9% falling
32 Argentina 88.0% 2025 down 4.3% falling
33 Netherlands 88.0% 2025 down 8.4% falling
34 China 87.5% 2025 down 6.8% falling
35 North Macedonia 87.0% 2025 down 5.5% falling
36 Venezuela 87.0% 2025 down 4.5% falling
37 Estonia 86.5% 2025 down 8.9% falling
39 Turkey 85.9% 2025 down 6.6% falling
40 Japan 85.7% 2025 down 10.0% falling
41 Croatia 85.6% 2025 down 4.2% falling
42 Germany 84.8% 2025 up 2.1% falling
43 Ecuador 84.8% 2025 down 7.0% falling
44 Peru 84.8% 2025 down 2.3% falling
45 Italy 84.5% 2025 down 3.2% falling
46 United States 83.2% 2025 down 2.4% falling
47 Belarus 82.8% 2025 down 17.0% falling
48 Pakistan 82.4% 2025 down 12.2% falling
49 Lithuania 81.7% 2025 down 13.6% rising
50 Chile 81.6% 2025 down 7.3% falling
51 Colombia 81.4% 2025 down 5.8% falling
52 South Korea 81.3% 2025 down 3.5% flat
53 Belgium 81.0% 2025 down 3.0% falling
54 Philippines 80.9% 2025 up 7.4% rising
55 Romania 80.1% 2025 down 1.3% falling
56 Latvia 80.1% 2025 down 9.0% falling
57 United Kingdom 78.9% 2025 down 5.5% falling
58 Canada 78.1% 2025 up 1.2% falling
59 Portugal 75.4% 2025 down 12.0% falling
60 Austria 75.3% 2025 down 6.6% falling
61 Spain 74.4% 2025 down 6.3% falling
62 Ukraine 72.2% 2025 down 1.7% falling
63 Hungary 72.1% 2025 down 6.9% falling
64 Czechia 70.2% 2025 down 10.1% falling
65 Bulgaria 66.5% 2025 down 9.5% falling
66 Denmark 66.1% 2025 down 20.3% falling
67 Slovenia 63.2% 2025 down 7.3% falling
68 Brazil 62.3% 2025 down 13.9% falling
69 Slovakia 62.0% 2025 down 9.7% falling
70 Switzerland 56.6% 2025 down 3.6% falling
71 New Zealand 49.5% 2025 down 16.0% falling
72 Norway 46.9% 2025 down 13.2% falling
73 France 44.6% 2025 down 9.1% falling
74 Finland 41.5% 2025 down 28.4% falling
75 Sweden 36.9% 2025 down 2.2% falling

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Share of primary energy from fossil fuels
Unit
%
Source
Energy Institute - Statistical Review of World Energy (2026); Smil (2017); U.S. Energy Information Administration (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
78 places, 3,914 data points, 1965–2025
Last refreshed

Measured as a percentage of total energy supply.