Share of electricity generation from fossil fuels by country
Electricity generation from coal, oil, and gas, measured as a percentage of total electricity produced in the country or region.
Countries reporting
208
Highest
100.0%
Comoros
Lowest
0.0%
Paraguay
Median
64.8%
Years covered
106
1920–2025
Data points
6,213
What the numbers show
Share of electricity generation from fossil fuels is currently reported for 208 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Comoros; the lowest is 0.0% in Paraguay.
The median across all reporting countries is 64.8%, and the mean is 58.2%.
Over the past decade 34 countries rose and 154 fell. The largest increase was in Mozambique (up 1,135.5%), and the largest decrease in Democratic Republic of Congo (down 100.0%).
Share of electricity generation from fossil fuels: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Comoros | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Gibraltar | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Gambia | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Guinea-Bissau | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Grenada | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | East Timor | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | British Virgin Islands | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Western Sahara | 100.0% | 2009 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Montserrat | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Falkland Islands | 100.0% | 2023 | up 100.0% | falling |
| 1 | Saint Helena | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 13 | Libya | 100.0% | 2024 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 14 | Turkmenistan | 100.0% | 2024 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 15 | Trinidad and Tobago | 99.9% | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 16 | Brunei | 99.8% | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 17 | Bahrain | 99.7% | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 18 | Botswana | 99.7% | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 19 | Bahamas | 99.1% | 2024 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 20 | Hong Kong | 99.0% | 2024 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 21 | Algeria | 98.9% | 2024 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 22 | Iraq | 98.4% | 2024 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 23 | Bermuda | 98.4% | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 24 | South Sudan | 98.2% | 2024 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 25 | Bangladesh | 97.9% | 2025 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 26 | Saudi Arabia | 97.8% | 2024 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 27 | Kuwait | 97.8% | 2025 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 28 | Saint Lucia | 97.5% | 2024 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 29 | Guyana | 97.1% | 2024 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 30 | United States Virgin Islands | 97.1% | 2023 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 31 | Niger | 96.8% | 2024 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 32 | Syria | 96.5% | 2024 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 33 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 96.3% | 2024 | down 3.7% | flat |
| 34 | Benin | 96.0% | 2024 | down 4.0% | flat |
| 35 | Cuba | 96.0% | 2024 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 36 | Tunisia | 96.0% | 2025 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 37 | Qatar | 95.9% | 2025 | down 3.8% | flat |
| 38 | Cayman Islands | 95.8% | 2024 | down 4.2% | flat |
| 39 | Oman | 95.5% | 2025 | down 4.5% | flat |
| 40 | Chad | 94.6% | 2024 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 41 | Singapore | 94.5% | 2025 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 42 | American Samoa | 94.4% | 2024 | down 5.6% | flat |
| 43 | Iran | 94.3% | 2025 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 44 | Puerto Rico | 93.6% | 2025 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 45 | Maldives | 92.9% | 2024 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 46 | Antigua and Barbuda | 91.9% | 2024 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 47 | Mongolia | 91.6% | 2025 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 48 | Guam | 91.4% | 2024 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 49 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 91.3% | 2024 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 50 | Barbados | 91.0% | 2024 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 51 | Solomon Islands | 90.9% | 2024 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 52 | Eritrea | 88.9% | 2024 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 53 | Sao Tome and Principe | 88.9% | 2023 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 54 | Moldova | 88.8% | 2025 | down 7.0% | flat |
| 55 | Yemen | 88.8% | 2024 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 56 | Azerbaijan | 87.9% | 2025 | down 5.6% | flat |
| 57 | Jamaica | 87.4% | 2024 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 58 | Egypt | 87.0% | 2025 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 59 | Dominica | 86.7% | 2023 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 59 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 86.7% | 2024 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 61 | Taiwan | 86.6% | 2025 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 62 | Tonga | 85.7% | 2024 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 63 | Kazakhstan | 85.1% | 2025 | down 5.1% | flat |
| 64 | Seychelles | 84.1% | 2024 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 66 | Thailand | 83.4% | 2025 | down 9.6% | flat |
| 67 | Israel | 83.1% | 2025 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 68 | Aruba | 83.0% | 2024 | up 0.0% | falling |
| 69 | Burkina Faso | 82.8% | 2024 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 70 | South Africa | 82.2% | 2025 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 71 | Mauritius | 82.1% | 2024 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 72 | Indonesia | 81.9% | 2024 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 73 | Haiti | 81.4% | 2024 | down 10.8% | rising |
| 74 | Uzbekistan | 80.6% | 2025 | down 8.5% | flat |
| 75 | Mali | 80.5% | 2024 | up 92.5% | falling |
| 76 | Senegal | 80.2% | 2024 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 77 | Nauru | 80.0% | 2024 | down 20.0% | flat |
| 78 | Malaysia | 79.3% | 2025 | down 11.9% | flat |
| 79 | Congo | 79.1% | 2024 | up 76.3% | volatile |
| 80 | Somalia | 79.1% | 2024 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 81 | Mauritania | 77.3% | 2024 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 82 | Philippines | 76.7% | 2025 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 83 | Papua New Guinea | 76.3% | 2024 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 84 | Dominican Republic | 76.2% | 2025 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 85 | Morocco | 76.0% | 2025 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 86 | Jordan | 75.9% | 2024 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 87 | Kiribati | 75.0% | 2024 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 87 | Vanuatu | 75.0% | 2023 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 90 | Mexico | 74.1% | 2025 | down 8.3% | rising |
| 91 | India | 73.3% | 2025 | down 11.0% | flat |
| 92 | Equatorial Guinea | 73.2% | 2024 | up 12.3% | falling |
| 93 | New Caledonia | 73.1% | 2024 | down 17.3% | flat |
| 94 | Cyprus | 72.3% | 2025 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 95 | Serbia | 72.2% | 2025 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 96 | Cote d'Ivoire | 71.1% | 2024 | down 6.8% | rising |
| 97 | Togo | 70.4% | 2024 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 98 | Cape Verde | 69.2% | 2024 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 98 | Macao | 69.2% | 2024 | up 16.6% | falling |
| 100 | Nigeria | 68.7% | 2025 | down 14.7% | rising |
| 101 | Poland | 68.5% | 2025 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 102 | United Arab Emirates | 68.3% | 2024 | down 31.6% | falling |
| 103 | Japan | 67.3% | 2025 | down 20.5% | rising |
| 104 | Tanzania | 67.1% | 2024 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 105 | French Polynesia | 65.3% | 2024 | down 7.5% | flat |
| 106 | Djibouti | 65.0% | 2024 | down 35.0% | falling |
| 108 | Gabon | 64.6% | 2024 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 109 | Russia | 64.3% | 2025 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 110 | Bolivia | 63.9% | 2025 | down 9.4% | rising |
| 111 | Ghana | 63.8% | 2024 | up 75.3% | rising |
| 112 | Australia | 61.4% | 2025 | down 28.5% | falling |
| 113 | Palestine | 60.6% | 2024 | down 39.4% | falling |
| 114 | South Korea | 60.0% | 2025 | down 10.6% | rising |
| 115 | Cambodia | 59.1% | 2025 | up 15.9% | falling |
| 116 | Belarus | 58.6% | 2025 | down 40.8% | falling |
| 117 | Argentina | 58.4% | 2025 | down 18.3% | rising |
| 118 | China | 58.3% | 2025 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 119 | Madagascar | 57.6% | 2024 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 120 | United States | 57.0% | 2025 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 121 | Turkey | 56.7% | 2025 | down 16.6% | rising |
| 122 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 56.4% | 2025 | down 14.8% | rising |
| 123 | Samoa | 56.2% | 2024 | down 26.9% | rising |
| 124 | Lebanon | 56.2% | 2024 | down 43.2% | falling |
| 125 | Vietnam | 54.6% | 2025 | down 16.3% | rising |
| 126 | Faroe Islands | 53.1% | 2023 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 127 | North Macedonia | 52.8% | 2025 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 128 | Myanmar | 52.1% | 2024 | up 40.8% | falling |
| 130 | Italy | 51.2% | 2025 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 131 | Rwanda | 50.4% | 2024 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 132 | Greece | 50.3% | 2025 | down 29.1% | falling |
| 133 | Cook Islands | 50.0% | 2024 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 134 | Suriname | 47.1% | 2024 | down 32.5% | rising |
| 135 | Netherlands | 45.8% | 2025 | down 45.2% | falling |
| 136 | Liberia | 45.6% | 2024 | down 54.4% | falling |
| 137 | Pakistan | 45.1% | 2025 | down 27.9% | falling |
| 138 | Honduras | 44.6% | 2024 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 139 | Reunion | 43.3% | 2023 | down 30.2% | rising |
| 140 | Zimbabwe | 42.9% | 2024 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 141 | Germany | 40.9% | 2025 | down 27.2% | falling |
| 142 | Czechia | 40.8% | 2025 | down 27.1% | falling |
| 143 | Estonia | 40.4% | 2025 | down 52.2% | falling |
| 144 | Sri Lanka | 38.4% | 2025 | down 25.1% | falling |
| 145 | Nicaragua | 37.6% | 2024 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 146 | North Korea | 36.6% | 2024 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 147 | Fiji | 36.5% | 2024 | down 29.3% | rising |
| 148 | Peru | 36.4% | 2025 | down 23.1% | rising |
| 149 | United Kingdom | 35.6% | 2025 | down 34.9% | falling |
| 150 | French Guiana | 34.7% | 2023 | down 11.8% | rising |
| 151 | Armenia | 34.1% | 2025 | down 8.2% | rising |
| 152 | Chile | 33.6% | 2025 | down 40.8% | falling |
| 153 | Romania | 32.5% | 2025 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 154 | Panama | 32.0% | 2024 | down 27.6% | falling |
| 155 | Guatemala | 31.7% | 2024 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 156 | Bulgaria | 28.1% | 2025 | down 44.3% | falling |
| 157 | Belgium | 28.0% | 2025 | down 31.3% | falling |
| 158 | Ukraine | 27.8% | 2022 | down 43.2% | falling |
| 159 | Latvia | 27.0% | 2025 | down 45.9% | rising |
| 160 | Cameroon | 26.9% | 2024 | down 25.4% | volatile |
| 161 | Angola | 26.3% | 2024 | down 44.3% | falling |
| 162 | Spain | 25.4% | 2025 | down 42.8% | falling |
| 163 | Guinea | 24.8% | 2024 | down 39.2% | falling |
| 164 | Hungary | 24.7% | 2025 | down 33.6% | falling |
| 165 | Burundi | 24.5% | 2024 | up 46.9% | volatile |
| 166 | Montenegro | 24.4% | 2025 | down 51.5% | flat |
| 167 | Croatia | 23.7% | 2025 | down 28.3% | falling |
| 168 | Laos | 23.3% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 169 | Canada | 23.0% | 2025 | up 10.3% | falling |
| 170 | Colombia | 23.0% | 2025 | down 37.3% | rising |
| 171 | Lithuania | 22.4% | 2025 | down 62.9% | volatile |
| 172 | Slovenia | 21.1% | 2025 | down 35.0% | falling |
| 173 | Ecuador | 20.6% | 2025 | down 57.9% | falling |
| 174 | Georgia | 20.4% | 2025 | down 8.0% | rising |
| 175 | Sudan | 20.3% | 2024 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 176 | Portugal | 19.0% | 2025 | down 63.6% | falling |
| 177 | Greenland | 16.7% | 2024 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 178 | Mozambique | 16.6% | 2024 | up 1,135.5% | volatile |
| 179 | Austria | 16.4% | 2025 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 180 | Kyrgyzstan | 15.3% | 2025 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 181 | Slovakia | 14.8% | 2025 | down 27.1% | falling |
| 182 | El Salvador | 13.5% | 2025 | down 67.7% | falling |
| 183 | Afghanistan | 13.1% | 2024 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 184 | Belize | 12.8% | 2024 | up 53.2% | volatile |
| 185 | Zambia | 12.5% | 2024 | up 343.6% | volatile |
| 186 | New Zealand | 11.5% | 2025 | down 42.4% | falling |
| 187 | Brazil | 11.3% | 2025 | down 51.5% | rising |
| 188 | Kenya | 10.0% | 2025 | down 2.2% | volatile |
| 189 | Venezuela | 8.9% | 2024 | down 79.9% | falling |
| 190 | Denmark | 8.8% | 2025 | down 74.2% | falling |
| 192 | Tajikistan | 5.6% | 2025 | up 504.3% | volatile |
| 193 | France | 5.1% | 2025 | down 34.1% | falling |
| 194 | Sierra Leone | 4.8% | 2024 | down 76.2% | volatile |
| 195 | Malawi | 4.4% | 2024 | down 20.9% | volatile |
| 196 | Finland | 3.7% | 2025 | down 83.1% | falling |
| 197 | Eswatini | 3.3% | 2024 | down 21.3% | rising |
| 198 | Uganda | 2.9% | 2024 | up 5.0% | volatile |
| 199 | Namibia | 2.4% | 2024 | up 273.2% | volatile |
| 200 | Switzerland | 2.3% | 2025 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 201 | Uruguay | 2.2% | 2025 | down 68.2% | volatile |
| 202 | Sweden | 1.2% | 2025 | down 37.3% | falling |
| 203 | Norway | 1.0% | 2025 | down 51.1% | volatile |
| 204 | Albania | 0.0% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 204 | Bhutan | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 204 | Central African Republic | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 204 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.0% | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 204 | Costa Rica | 0.0% | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 204 | Ethiopia | 0.0% | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 204 | Iceland | 0.0% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 204 | Lesotho | 0.0% | 2022 | — | flat |
| 204 | Nepal | 0.0% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 204 | Paraguay | 0.0% | 2025 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
About this data
Electricity generation from coal, oil, and gas, measured as a percentage of total electricity produced in the country or region.