Share of primary energy from gas by country

Measured as a percentage of total energy supply.

Countries reporting
77
Highest
87.0%
Trinidad and Tobago
Lowest
1.8%
Sweden
Median
26.4%
Years covered
61
1965–2025
Data points
4,176

What the numbers show

Share of primary energy from gas is currently reported for 77 countries. The highest value is 87.0% in Trinidad and Tobago; the lowest is 1.8% in Sweden.

The median across all reporting countries is 26.4%, and the mean is 30.1%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 47.

Over the past decade 37 countries rose and 40 fell. The largest increase was in Greece (up 109.7%), and the largest decrease in Vietnam (down 70.4%).

Share of primary energy from gas: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Trinidad and Tobago 87.0% 2025 down 1.6% rising
2 Turkmenistan 81.0% 2025 up 5.9% rising
3 Uzbekistan 75.3% 2025 down 11.2% rising
4 Qatar 70.6% 2025 down 3.5% falling
5 Iran 69.5% 2025 up 3.5% volatile
6 Oman 68.4% 2025 down 0.0% rising
7 Algeria 67.9% 2025 up 10.4% rising
8 Azerbaijan 62.1% 2025 down 5.8% rising
9 Egypt 55.8% 2025 up 15.0% volatile
10 Russia 55.4% 2025 up 4.9% rising
11 Venezuela 55.2% 2025 up 25.5% rising
12 Belarus 50.7% 2025 down 24.5% rising
13 Argentina 49.8% 2025 down 1.6% rising
14 Kuwait 49.0% 2025 up 13.0% rising
15 Bangladesh 48.6% 2025 down 28.0% rising
16 United Arab Emirates 48.4% 2025 down 17.0% falling
17 Israel 47.3% 2025 up 61.6% volatile
18 Mexico 45.8% 2025 up 24.0% rising
19 Saudi Arabia 40.0% 2025 up 23.3% rising
20 Canada 39.5% 2025 up 20.6% rising
21 Pakistan 39.2% 2025 down 16.9% rising
22 Italy 39.1% 2025 up 4.6% rising
23 United States 35.0% 2025 up 19.8% rising
24 United Kingdom 35.0% 2025 up 7.7% rising
25 USSR 34.7% 1984 up 45.1% rising
26 Malaysia 34.3% 2025 down 20.2% rising
27 Ukraine 34.0% 2025 up 9.7% falling
28 Thailand 34.0% 2025 down 7.6% rising
29 Hungary 33.9% 2025 down 0.3% rising
30 Peru 32.3% 2025 up 1.5% volatile
31 Ireland 30.8% 2025 up 13.5% rising
32 Romania 30.2% 2025 down 0.2% falling
33 Netherlands 29.7% 2025 down 11.1% rising
34 Croatia 29.1% 2025 down 5.5% flat
35 Germany 28.1% 2025 up 31.2% rising
36 Turkey 27.8% 2025 down 10.6% volatile
37 Lithuania 26.6% 2025 down 31.6% rising
38 Taiwan 26.4% 2025 up 75.2% volatile
39 Iraq 26.4% 2025 up 72.2% rising
40 Kazakhstan 26.2% 2025 up 17.8% rising
41 Australia 25.2% 2025 down 0.0% rising
42 Slovakia 25.0% 2025 up 0.8% rising
43 Greece 24.9% 2025 up 109.7% volatile
44 Latvia 24.7% 2025 down 25.3% rising
45 Austria 24.2% 2025 down 1.7% rising
46 Colombia 23.7% 2025 down 9.5% rising
47 Belgium 22.0% 2025 down 9.2% rising
48 Spain 21.7% 2025 up 9.7% volatile
49 Poland 20.3% 2025 up 28.2% rising
50 Japan 19.7% 2025 down 13.4% volatile
51 Hong Kong 19.1% 2025 up 105.2% rising
52 Portugal 18.8% 2025 down 0.9% rising
53 Chile 18.6% 2025 up 41.3% rising
54 Luxembourg 17.8% 2025 down 15.2% volatile
55 South Korea 17.5% 2025 up 29.4% rising
56 Czechia 17.0% 2025 up 6.9% volatile
57 Indonesia 15.1% 2025 down 37.3% rising
58 Bulgaria 13.9% 2025 up 0.6% rising
59 Slovenia 13.2% 2025 up 19.6% falling
60 Singapore 13.0% 2025 up 5.0% rising
61 Switzerland 12.6% 2025 up 6.2% volatile
62 France 12.2% 2025 down 13.9% rising
63 Denmark 11.1% 2025 down 41.4% rising
64 Norway 10.9% 2025 down 25.4% rising
65 Brazil 10.7% 2025 down 28.2% volatile
66 New Zealand 10.5% 2025 down 42.1% rising
67 North Macedonia 10.5% 2025 up 109.6% volatile
68 China 9.8% 2025 up 65.7% volatile
69 Estonia 6.2% 2025 down 9.0% falling
70 India 6.1% 2025 down 2.4% volatile
71 Philippines 5.6% 2025 down 14.2% volatile
72 Vietnam 4.4% 2025 down 70.4% volatile
73 Finland 3.8% 2025 down 49.2% rising
74 Morocco 3.4% 2025 down 37.5% volatile
75 South Africa 3.3% 2025 up 9.4% volatile
76 Ecuador 2.4% 2025 down 52.4% rising
77 Sweden 1.8% 2025 down 3.3% rising

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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About this data

Indicator
Share of primary energy from gas
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
79 places, 4,176 data points, 1965–2025
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Measured as a percentage of total energy supply.