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

• 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

  100% of total installed capacity (2018 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.)