Data for 2001

Gas Share of Electricity Generation, 2001

Name: Gas Share of Electricity Generation, 2001
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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, 2001 covers 169 countries on 3 measures. 3 countries share the highest reading, 100.000; 97 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 0.000. Against 2000, 68 values changed (43 up, 25 down), the same countries are covered.

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Gas Share of Electricity Generation · Data for 2001

Highest3 countries share it

100.000

Lowest97 countries share it

0.000

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

169countries
3measures per country
2001the year it describes
71distinct values3 decimals, as published
Oct 2, 2026read from the publisher
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Gas Share of Electricity Generation, 2001: every country, as published by Ember.

Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	100.000	100.000	14.62
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	100.000	100.000	9.95
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	100.000	100.000	10.61
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	99.468	99.468	5.64
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	99.225	100.000	2.58
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	96.844	99.737	26.62
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	94.057	99.880	25.07
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	93.333	93.846	5.85
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	89.543	99.385	11.38
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	87.629	94.361	17.38
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	82.341	100.000	9.74
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	77.011	80.460	0.87
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	76.918	90.909	47.96
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	66.667	83.333	0.06
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	63.320	63.525	4.88
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	61.732	61.732	15.47
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	59.441	93.196	18.96
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	58.357	92.088	92.14
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	50.107	61.456	4.67
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	48.606	48.606	5.74
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	47.822	97.913	33.06
Bolivia`BOL`South America	44.192	45.455	3.96
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	41.324	87.135	26.74
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	40.666	80.088	122.24
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	38.319	80.011	271.90
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	38.226	100.000	32.36
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	37.210	95.771	24.59
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	34.461	70.989	72.11
Chile`CHL`South America	31.522	45.959	42.32
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	30.957	36.354	39.28
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	30.700	100.000	34.30
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	30.445	33.724	4.27
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	24.694	84.417	37.54
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	24.327	60.489	36.42
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	22.143	37.143	1.40
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	22.036	100.000	16.11
Venezuela`VEN`South America	21.840	32.926	90.11
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	21.642	65.672	2.68
Colombia`COL`South America	20.144	25.846	43.14
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	20.069	39.680	78.63
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	19.186	20.203	6.88
United States`USA`Northern America	17.146	71.861	3,727.57
Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	17.078	99.417	22.31
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	16.248	98.078	32.25
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	15.702	40.484	74.45
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	15.653	65.827	46.06
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	15.070	61.961	53.55
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	14.353	43.686	12.75
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	14.349	30.731	60.98
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	13.092	18.593	14.36
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	11.667	94.404	52.54
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	11.344	16.880	14.81
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	10.212	99.469	7.54
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	10.023	51.512	233.07
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	8.485	30.295	31.82
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	8.235	93.464	15.30
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	7.067	99.764	8.49
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	4.397	51.197	43.44
Peru`PER`South America	4.189	14.444	20.77
France`FRA`Western Europe	2.792	8.373	542.60
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	2.410	100.000	0.83
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	2.129	76.664	74.22
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	2.072	36.948	14.48
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	1.807	62.721	47.05
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	1.535	69.635	32.57
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	1.251	1.251	14.39
Suriname`SUR`South America	0.962	29.808	1.04
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.946	98.066	143.72
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.333	79.862	1,480.80
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.248	3.818	161.60
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.198	0.478	121.32
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.023	99.954	43.95
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.000	27.536	0.69
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.000	4.607	3.69
American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.000	100.000	0.17
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.000	37.805	1.64
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.000	100.000	0.17
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	0.000	100.000	0.81
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.000	100.000	1.77
Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.000	30.769	0.13
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.000	100.000	0.06
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.000	0.000	1.92
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.000	100.000	1.13
British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0.000	100.000	0.12
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.000	86.111	0.36
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.000	0.11
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.000	94.118	0.17
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.000	1.994	3.51
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.000	100.000	0.47
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.000	27.273	0.11
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.000	100.000	0.10
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.000	100.000	0.03
Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	0.000	100.000	0.03
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.000	1.449	6.90
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.000	100.000	3.55
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.000	100.000	0.19
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.000	62.500	0.08
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.000	93.302	12.84
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.000	0.169	5.92
Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.000	36.248	10.98
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.000	100.000	0.23
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.000	1.429	0.70
Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	0.000	66.667	0.24
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.000	25.316	0.79
French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	0.000	76.190	0.42
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.000	100.000	0.15
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.000	16.133	7.81
Greenland`GRL`Northern America	0.000	42.857	0.28
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.000	100.000	0.14
Guam`GUM`Micronesia	0.000	100.000	1.95
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.000	56.315	6.73
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.000	42.708	0.96
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.000	100.000	0.02
Guyana`GUY`South America	0.000	98.913	0.92
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.000	52.542	0.59
Honduras`HND`Central America	0.000	50.384	3.91
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.000	0.000	7.96
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.000	96.613	6.79
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.000	40.541	4.81
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.000	100.000	0.02
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.000	10.082	3.67
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.000	96.683	9.95
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.000	0.000	0.28
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.000	100.000	0.20
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	0.000	96.178	1.57
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.000	38.636	0.88
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.000	9.016	1.22
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.000	100.000	0.16
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.000	73.832	1.07
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.000	100.000	1.94
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.000	93.617	0.47
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.000	71.354	1.92
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.000	100.000	2.97
Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	0.000	100.000	0.01
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.340	11.76
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.000	0.000	1.21
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.000	100.000	0.03
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.000	1.081	1.85
New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	0.000	78.488	1.72
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.000	80.162	2.47
Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.000	100.000	0.18
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.000	90.110	6.37
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.000	100.000	0.04
Panama`PAN`Central America	0.000	50.781	5.12
Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.000	0.000	45.32
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.000	0.000	0.33
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.000	40.000	0.15
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.000	100.000	0.16
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.000	100.000	0.29
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.000	80.000	0.10
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.000	50.000	0.10
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.000	100.000	0.02
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.000	96.648	1.79
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.000	100.000	0.20
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.000	92.308	0.13
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.000	100.000	0.06
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.000	100.000	0.26
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.000	49.254	2.68
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.000	5.300	2.83
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.000	61.538	0.13
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.000	100.000	0.04
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.000	100.000	0.08
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.629	1.59
United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	0.000	100.000	1.03
Uruguay`URY`South America	0.000	0.216	9.25
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.000	100.000	0.05
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.000	100.000	3.64
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.630	7.94
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.000	62.532	7.90

02In 2001

At either end

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

Highest

Bahrainshared100.000
Qatarshared100.000
Turkmenistanshared100.000
Trinidad and Tobago99.468
Brunei99.225

Lowest

Zimbabweshared0.000
Zambiashared0.000
Yemenshared0.000
Samoashared0.000
Vanuatushared0.000

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.000. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Fossil fuels (% of generation)
Highest47 share it
Lowest7 share it
Middle country: 80.000
Total generation (TWh)
HighestUnited States3,727.57
LowestMontserrat0.01
Middle country: 3.67

032000 → 2001

Since 2000

+0 / −0countries joined / left
68values changed, of 169 in both
43 · 25rose · fell
101unchanged

Rose most

Azerbaijan19.861 → 59.441+39.580
Singapore18.503 → 47.822+29.319
Luxembourg52.500 → 77.011+24.511
Puerto Rico7.918 → 17.078+9.160
New Zealand24.287 → 30.957+6.670

Fell most

Bolivia47.680 → 44.192−3.488
Iraq18.777 → 16.248−2.529
Romania17.455 → 15.070−2.385
Slovakia10.851 → 8.485−2.366
Kuwait32.942 → 30.700−2.242

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do.

04Caveats

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Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 97 countries share 0.000. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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Ember (2001). Gas Share of Electricity Generation, 2001 [data set], describing 2001. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gas-electricity/2001

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