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Field Listing :: Electricity - from fossil fuels
This entry measures the capacity of plants that generate electricity by burning fossil fuels (such as coal, petroleum products, and natural gas), expressed as a share of the country's total generating capacity.

Country Comparison Ranking

By Country Listing of the values for the Electricity - from fossil fuels field
Country Electricity - from fossil fuels
Afghanistan
45% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Albania
5% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Algeria
96% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
American Samoa
98% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Andorra
61% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
Angola
34% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda
97% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Argentina
69% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Armenia
58% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Aruba
87% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Australia
72% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Austria
25% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Azerbaijan
84% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Bahamas, The
100% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Bahrain
100% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Bangladesh
97% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Barbados
93% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Belarus
96% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Belgium
35% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Belize
51% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Benin
88% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Bermuda
100% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Bhutan
1% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Bolivia
76% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
49% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Botswana
100% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Brazil
17% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
British Virgin Islands
97% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Brunei
100% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Bulgaria
39% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Burkina Faso
80% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Burma
39% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Burundi
14% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Cabo Verde
79% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Cambodia
35% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Cameroon
52% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Canada
23% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Cayman Islands
100% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Central African Republic
50% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Chad
98% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Chile
59% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
China
62% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Colombia
29% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Comoros
96% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
2% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Congo, Republic of the
64% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Cook Islands
79% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Costa Rica
18% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire
60% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Croatia
45% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Cuba
91% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Cyprus
85% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Czechia
60% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Denmark
46% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Djibouti
100% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Dominica
72% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Dominican Republic
77% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Ecuador
43% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Egypt
91% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
El Salvador
49% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Equatorial Guinea
61% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Eritrea
99% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Estonia
72% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Eswatini
39% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Ethiopia
3% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
European Union
44% of total installed capacity (2015 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
74% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Faroe Islands
54% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Fiji
34% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Finland
41% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
France
17% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
French Polynesia
70% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Gabon
51% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Gambia, The
97% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Georgia
35% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Germany
41% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Ghana
58% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Gibraltar
100% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Greece
57% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Greenland
51% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Grenada
96% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Guam
94% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Guatemala
41% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Guinea
33% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Guinea-Bissau
99% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Guyana
89% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Haiti
82% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Honduras
40% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Hong Kong
100% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Hungary
64% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Iceland
4% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
India
71% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Indonesia
85% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Iran
84% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Iraq
91% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Ireland
65% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Israel
95% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Italy
54% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Jamaica
83% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Japan
71% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Jordan
87% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Kazakhstan
86% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Kenya
33% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Kiribati
73% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Korea, North
45% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Korea, South
70% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Kosovo
97% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Kuwait
100% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Kyrgyzstan
24% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Laos
28% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Latvia
39% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Lebanon
88% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Lesotho
0% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Liberia
57% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Libya
100% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Lithuania
73% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Luxembourg
25% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Macau
100% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Madagascar
74% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Malawi
1% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Malaysia
78% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Maldives
96% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Mali
68% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Malta
81% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Marshall Islands
81% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Mauritania
65% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Mauritius
79% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Mexico
71% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of
96% of total installed capacity (2015 est.)
Moldova
86% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Mongolia
87% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Montenegro
23% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Montserrat
100% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Morocco
68% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Mozambique
16% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Namibia
28% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Nauru
86% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Nepal
5% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Netherlands
75% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
New Caledonia
87% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
New Zealand
23% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Nicaragua
56% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Niger
95% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Nigeria
80% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Niue
87% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
North Macedonia
60% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Norway
3% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Oman
100% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Pakistan
62% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Panama
36% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Papua New Guinea
63% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Paraguay
0% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Peru
61% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Philippines
67% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Poland
79% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Portugal
41% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Puerto Rico
94% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Qatar
100% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Romania
47% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Russia
68% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Rwanda
42% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha
100% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis
94% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Saint Lucia
99% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
96% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
85% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Samoa
48% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Sao Tome and Principe
88% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Saudi Arabia
100% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Senegal
82% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Serbia
65% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Seychelles
91% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Sierra Leone
23% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Singapore
98% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Slovakia
36% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Slovenia
37% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Solomon Islands
92% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Somalia
93% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
South Africa
85% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
South Sudan
100% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Spain
47% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Sri Lanka
52% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Sudan
44% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Suriname
61% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Sweden
5% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Switzerland
3% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Syria
83% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Taiwan
79% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Tajikistan
6% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Tanzania
55% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Thailand
76% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Timor-Leste
0% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Togo
70% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Tonga
74% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago
100% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Tunisia
94% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Turkey
53% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Turkmenistan
100% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands
100% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Tuvalu
96% of total installed capacity (2015 est.)
Uganda
19% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Ukraine
65% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
United Arab Emirates
99% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
United Kingdom
50% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
United States
70% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Uruguay
29% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Uzbekistan
86% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Vanuatu
71% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Venezuela
51% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Vietnam
56% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Virgin Islands
98% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
West Bank
78% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
World
63% of total installed capacity (2015 est.)
Yemen
79% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Zambia
5% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)
Zimbabwe
58% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)