Data for 2000

Gas Share of Electricity Generation, 2000

Name: Gas Share of Electricity Generation, 2000
Creator: Ember
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This is the share of a country’s electricity generation that came from natural gas. It is the fuel behind most of the power in the Gulf, North Africa, Central Asia and much of the Americas.

Gas Share of Electricity Generation, 2000 covers 169 countries on 3 measures. 3 countries share the highest reading, 100.00; 98 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 0.00.

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Gas Share of Electricity Generation · Data for 2000

Highest3 countries share it

100.00

Lowest98 countries share it

0.00

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end.

169countries
3measures per country
2000the year it describes
70distinct values3 decimals, as published
Oct 2, 2026read from the publisher
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01Values only

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Every country and every column of Gas Share of Electricity Generation, 2000, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Gas Share of Electricity Generation, 2000: every country, as published by Ember.

Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	100.00	100.000	13.86
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	100.00	100.000	9.13
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	100.00	100.000	9.85
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	99.63	99.634	5.46
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	99.21	100.000	2.54
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	96.77	99.803	25.40
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	93.33	99.885	26.10
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	92.29	92.844	5.45
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	87.70	94.103	15.94
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	87.63	99.245	10.59
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	82.88	100.000	9.11
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	78.34	92.467	46.86
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	63.33	63.542	4.80
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	61.74	61.737	14.74
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	60.00	80.000	0.05
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	58.51	92.164	88.06
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	52.50	60.000	0.40
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	49.80	63.333	5.10
Bolivia`BOL`South America	47.68	48.454	3.88
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	46.54	46.540	5.78
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	39.19	94.964	23.63
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	39.16	100.000	31.26
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	37.55	81.155	269.94
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	37.42	74.948	124.38
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	37.07	87.089	25.25
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	32.94	100.000	32.33
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	32.76	73.575	66.49
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	27.30	31.884	4.14
Chile`CHL`South America	25.41	50.170	41.12
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	24.46	84.463	35.85
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	24.29	28.245	38.91
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	23.04	57.604	2.17
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	21.94	100.000	15.50
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	19.86	91.863	18.68
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	19.30	40.560	82.79
Colombia`COL`South America	19.27	24.644	42.81
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	18.78	98.088	31.90
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	18.76	59.022	35.19
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	18.50	98.453	31.67
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	18.34	21.196	7.36
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	17.56	38.168	1.31
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	17.46	60.745	51.56
Venezuela`VEN`South America	16.98	26.246	85.27
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	16.52	70.215	43.21
United States`USA`Northern America	16.18	70.942	3,802.10
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	14.56	21.294	11.13
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	14.48	34.458	69.97
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	14.01	42.462	11.21
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	13.16	27.163	59.64
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	11.18	92.180	52.94
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	10.85	31.449	30.78
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	10.04	99.457	7.37
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	9.27	14.511	15.85
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	9.14	56.228	220.92
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	8.72	93.147	15.03
Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	7.92	99.314	21.85
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	7.05	99.882	8.51
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	4.71	48.731	40.59
Peru`PER`South America	3.97	18.022	19.92
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	3.80	100.000	0.79
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	2.32	78.230	72.90
France`FRA`Western Europe	2.16	9.308	532.56
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	2.13	36.370	13.61
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	1.55	1.545	14.24
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	1.22	69.264	31.95
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.65	98.373	143.18
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.43	82.126	1,355.60
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.33	3.284	145.23
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.15	0.288	142.52
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.04	57.108	45.30
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.02	99.930	42.66
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.00	35.417	0.48
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.00	3.805	4.73
American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.00	100.000	0.17
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.00	36.806	1.44
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	0.15
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	0.78
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	1.70
Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.00	30.769	0.13
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.00	100.000	0.08
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.00	0.000	1.79
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.00	100.000	1.14
British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	0.11
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.00	74.359	0.39
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.000	0.10
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.00	93.333	0.15
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.00	1.159	3.45
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	0.44
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.00	20.000	0.10
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.00	100.000	0.09
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.00	100.000	0.03
Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	0.00	100.000	0.03
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.00	0.875	6.86
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.00	100.000	3.37
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.00	100.000	0.18
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.00	62.500	0.08
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.00	93.005	13.01
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.00	0.000	5.94
Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.00	28.490	10.53
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.00	100.000	0.21
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.00	1.515	0.66
Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	0.00	63.636	0.22
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.00	28.000	0.75
French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	0.00	70.732	0.41
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.00	100.000	0.13
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.00	8.647	7.17
Greenland`GRL`Northern America	0.00	41.379	0.29
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	0.13
Guam`GUM`Micronesia	0.00	100.000	1.94
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.00	49.845	6.46
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.00	49.383	0.81
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.00	100.000	0.03
Guyana`GUY`South America	0.00	98.889	0.90
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.00	48.148	0.54
Honduras`HND`Central America	0.00	38.187	3.64
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.00	0.000	7.61
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.00	95.421	6.77
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.00	59.629	4.31
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.00	100.000	0.01
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.00	10.137	3.65
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.00	95.578	9.95
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.00	0.000	0.29
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.00	100.000	0.20
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	0.00	100.000	1.57
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.00	36.047	0.86
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.00	9.917	1.21
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.00	100.000	0.15
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.00	73.585	1.06
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.00	100.000	1.92
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.00	92.857	0.42
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.00	70.621	1.77
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.00	100.000	2.90
Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	0.01
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.104	9.57
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.00	2.778	1.44
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.00	100.000	0.03
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.00	1.818	1.65
New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	0.00	72.561	1.64
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.00	78.509	2.28
Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.00	100.000	0.21
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.00	82.819	6.81
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.00	100.000	0.03
Panama`PAN`Central America	0.00	29.652	4.89
Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.00	0.000	53.49
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.00	0.000	0.29
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.00	37.500	0.16
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	0.15
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	0.28
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.00	70.000	0.10
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.00	50.000	0.08
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.00	66.667	0.03
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.00	96.644	1.49
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.00	100.000	0.20
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.00	88.889	0.09
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.00	100.000	0.06
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.00	100.000	0.25
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.00	50.000	2.54
Suriname`SUR`South America	0.00	26.042	0.96
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.00	13.600	2.50
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.00	44.444	0.18
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.00	100.000	0.04
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	0.08
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.629	1.59
United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	1.03
Uruguay`URY`South America	0.00	6.588	7.59
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.00	100.000	0.05
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.00	100.000	3.41
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.519	7.71
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.00	54.363	6.99

02In 2000

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

Bahrainshared100.00
Qatarshared100.00
Turkmenistanshared100.00
Trinidad and Tobago99.63
Brunei99.21

Lowest

Zimbabweshared0.00
Zambiashared0.00
Yemenshared0.00
Samoashared0.00
Vanuatushared0.00

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.00. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Fossil fuels (% of generation)
Highest47 share it
Lowest7 share it
Middle country: 73.585
Total generation (TWh)
HighestUnited States3,802.10
Lowest2 share it
Middle country: 3.64

03Caveats

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70 distinct values among 169
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 98 countries share 0.00. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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Ember (2000). Gas Share of Electricity Generation, 2000 [data set], describing 2000. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gas-electricity/2000

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