Share of primary energy from fossil fuels by country

Measured as a percentage of total energy supply.

Countries reporting
76
Highest
100.0%
Turkmenistan
Lowest
36.9%
Sweden
Median
86.3%
Years covered
61
1965–2025
Data points
3,914

What the numbers show

Share of primary energy from fossil fuels is currently reported for 76 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Turkmenistan; the lowest is 36.9% in Sweden.

The median across all reporting countries is 86.3%, and the mean is 83.6%.

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

Over the past decade 5 countries rose and 71 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 USSR 95.6% 1984 down 2.6% flat
19 South Africa 95.3% 2025 down 1.6% flat
20 Malaysia 95.3% 2025 down 2.9% flat
21 Israel 94.6% 2025 down 4.9% flat
22 India 93.0% 2025 down 2.5% flat
23 Mexico 92.9% 2025 down 0.1% flat
24 Thailand 92.2% 2025 down 3.2% falling
25 Australia 92.1% 2025 down 5.1% flat
26 Poland 91.7% 2025 down 3.9% falling
27 United Arab Emirates 90.5% 2025 down 9.5% falling
28 Luxembourg 90.4% 2025 down 6.0% falling
29 Russia 89.8% 2025 down 0.3% falling
30 Greece 89.6% 2025 down 4.7% falling
31 Indonesia 88.3% 2025 down 5.7% falling
32 Vietnam 88.2% 2025 down 3.9% falling
33 Argentina 88.0% 2025 down 4.3% falling
34 Netherlands 88.0% 2025 down 8.4% falling
35 China 87.5% 2025 down 6.8% falling
36 North Macedonia 87.0% 2025 down 5.5% falling
37 Venezuela 87.0% 2025 down 4.5% falling
38 Estonia 86.5% 2025 down 8.9% falling
39 Ireland 86.0% 2025 down 8.1% falling
40 Turkey 85.9% 2025 down 6.6% falling
41 Japan 85.7% 2025 down 10.0% falling
42 Croatia 85.6% 2025 down 4.2% falling
43 Germany 84.8% 2025 up 2.1% falling
44 Ecuador 84.8% 2025 down 7.0% falling
45 Peru 84.8% 2025 down 2.3% falling
46 Italy 84.5% 2025 down 3.2% falling
47 United States 83.2% 2025 down 2.4% falling
48 Belarus 82.8% 2025 down 17.0% falling
49 Pakistan 82.4% 2025 down 12.2% falling
50 Lithuania 81.7% 2025 down 13.6% rising
51 Chile 81.6% 2025 down 7.3% falling
52 Colombia 81.4% 2025 down 5.8% falling
53 South Korea 81.3% 2025 down 3.5% flat
54 Belgium 81.0% 2025 down 3.0% falling
55 Philippines 80.9% 2025 up 7.4% rising
56 Romania 80.1% 2025 down 1.3% falling
57 Latvia 80.1% 2025 down 9.0% falling
58 United Kingdom 78.9% 2025 down 5.5% falling
59 Canada 78.1% 2025 up 1.2% falling
60 Portugal 75.4% 2025 down 12.0% falling
61 Austria 75.3% 2025 down 6.6% falling
62 Spain 74.4% 2025 down 6.3% falling
63 Ukraine 72.2% 2025 down 1.7% falling
64 Hungary 72.1% 2025 down 6.9% falling
65 Czechia 70.2% 2025 down 10.1% falling
66 Bulgaria 66.5% 2025 down 9.5% falling
67 Denmark 66.1% 2025 down 20.3% falling
68 Slovenia 63.2% 2025 down 7.3% falling
69 Brazil 62.3% 2025 down 13.9% falling
70 Slovakia 62.0% 2025 down 9.7% falling
71 Switzerland 56.6% 2025 down 3.6% falling
72 New Zealand 49.5% 2025 down 16.0% falling
73 Norway 46.9% 2025 down 13.2% falling
74 France 44.6% 2025 down 9.1% falling
75 Finland 41.5% 2025 down 28.4% falling
76 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.

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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
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Measured as a percentage of total energy supply.