Data for 2002

Gas Share of Electricity Generation, 2002

Name: Gas Share of Electricity Generation, 2002
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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, 2002 covers 169 countries on 3 measures. 3 countries share the highest reading, 100.00; 95 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 0.00. Against 2001, 70 values changed (35 up, 35 down), the same countries are covered.

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Gas Share of Electricity Generation · Data for 2002

Highest3 countries share it

100.00

Lowest95 countries share it

0.00

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

169countries
3measures per country
2002the year it describes
72distinct values3 decimals, as published
Oct 2, 2026read from the publisher
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Gas Share of Electricity Generation, 2002: every country, as published by Ember.

Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	100.00	100.00	15.26
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	100.00	100.00	10.94
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	100.00	100.00	10.70
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	99.47	99.47	5.64
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	98.89	100.00	2.71
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	97.61	99.78	27.65
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	94.75	99.89	26.46
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	93.57	94.64	2.80
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	93.44	93.79	5.64
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	89.11	99.24	11.84
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	87.81	94.46	18.95
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	81.99	100.00	10.33
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	74.31	87.81	49.40
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	71.43	85.71	0.07
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	67.49	67.68	5.29
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	61.76	61.76	21.55
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	58.41	91.66	94.64
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	58.30	89.29	18.68
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	53.87	97.78	34.66
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	45.49	91.17	28.07
Bolivia`BOL`South America	45.19	46.39	4.16
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	45.17	58.38	5.07
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	43.67	94.44	24.80
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	40.89	73.56	128.46
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	35.82	82.59	277.53
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	35.65	68.13	75.77
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	35.61	100.00	34.23
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	33.00	37.53	3.97
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	29.76	29.76	5.31
Chile`CHL`South America	29.74	44.77	43.44
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	29.71	60.78	36.15
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	25.24	30.37	40.21
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	24.53	82.63	39.10
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	22.45	37.42	1.47
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	22.08	40.08	80.94
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	22.00	100.00	36.37
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	21.11	100.00	17.53
Venezuela`VEN`South America	20.65	35.19	91.85
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	20.21	67.94	2.87
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	19.94	53.90	12.69
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	19.85	78.64	45.55
Colombia`COL`South America	18.30	23.66	44.71
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	18.10	64.36	48.46
United States`USA`Northern America	17.98	70.96	3,844.23
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	16.48	60.38	54.42
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	15.52	43.77	74.92
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	15.36	30.89	60.63
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	13.50	59.91	239.91
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	13.33	17.72	12.98
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	13.23	93.29	53.36
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	13.23	98.46	33.86
Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	13.04	99.53	23.16
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	12.20	16.19	17.29
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	8.37	99.38	8.12
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	7.80	27.38	32.18
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	7.78	93.37	15.69
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	6.21	99.65	8.53
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	5.70	6.82	7.19
Peru`PER`South America	5.00	17.10	21.99
Ecuador`ECU`South America	4.06	36.92	11.81
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	3.66	46.91	42.08
France`FRA`Western Europe	3.33	9.40	551.24
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	2.12	71.41	76.00
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	1.99	38.77	14.60
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1.54	98.06	142.49
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	1.50	70.13	33.24
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	1.16	100.00	0.86
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.92	0.92	15.30
Suriname`SUR`South America	0.81	39.84	1.23
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.48	87.50	2.08
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.38	5.07	146.70
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.25	80.86	1,654.00
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.15	0.42	130.24
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.07	99.93	45.50
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.00	21.13	0.71
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.00	6.20	3.71
American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.00	100.00	0.18
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.00	35.23	1.76
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.00	100.00	0.19
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	0.00	100.00	0.82
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.00	100.00	1.89
Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.00	35.71	0.14
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.00	100.00	0.06
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.00	0.00	2.18
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.00	100.00	1.15
British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0.00	100.00	0.14
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.00	83.33	0.36
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.00	0.13
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.00	94.74	0.19
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.00	3.67	3.27
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.00	100.00	0.48
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.00	27.27	0.11
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.00	100.00	0.10
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.00	100.00	0.03
Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	0.00	100.00	0.03
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.00	1.62	7.42
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.00	100.00	3.79
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.00	100.00	0.20
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.00	57.14	0.07
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.00	92.52	13.90
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.00	0.17	6.06
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.00	100.00	0.26
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.00	4.17	0.72
Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	0.00	58.33	0.24
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.00	30.12	0.83
French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	0.00	71.74	0.46
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.00	100.00	0.15
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.00	31.22	7.27
Greenland`GRL`Northern America	0.00	41.94	0.31
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.00	100.00	0.15
Guam`GUM`Micronesia	0.00	100.00	1.72
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.00	60.36	6.66
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.00	41.58	1.01
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.00	100.00	0.02
Guyana`GUY`South America	0.00	98.91	0.92
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.00	52.73	0.55
Honduras`HND`Central America	0.00	59.28	4.15
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.00	0.12	8.35
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.00	97.85	6.96
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.00	23.30	5.15
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.00	100.00	0.02
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.00	10.08	3.57
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.00	94.20	11.55
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.00	0.00	0.31
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.00	100.00	0.20
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	0.00	95.88	1.70
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.00	36.05	0.86
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.00	9.38	1.28
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.00	100.00	0.19
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.00	73.87	1.11
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.00	100.00	2.05
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.00	94.34	0.53
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.00	72.45	1.96
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.00	100.00	3.09
Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	0.00	100.00	0.01
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.24	12.58
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.00	0.70	1.43
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.00	100.00	0.03
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.00	0.00	2.10
New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	0.00	81.14	1.75
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.00	74.90	2.55
Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.00	100.00	0.19
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.00	87.52	6.09
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.00	100.00	0.15
Panama`PAN`Central America	0.00	35.35	5.29
Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.00	0.00	48.21
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.00	0.00	0.39
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.00	41.18	0.17
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.00	100.00	0.18
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.00	100.00	0.29
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.00	80.00	0.10
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.00	45.46	0.11
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.00	75.00	0.04
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.00	100.00	0.23
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.00	87.50	0.16
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.00	100.00	0.06
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.00	100.00	0.27
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.00	53.67	3.00
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.00	4.50	2.89
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.00	43.75	0.16
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.00	100.00	0.04
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.00	100.00	0.10
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.58	1.72
United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	0.00	100.00	1.04
Uruguay`URY`South America	0.00	0.31	9.60
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.00	100.00	0.05
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.00	100.00	3.77
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.74	8.16
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.00	55.59	8.58

02In 2002

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 Tobago99.47
Brunei98.89

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)
Highest46 share it
Lowest6 share it
Middle country: 78.64
Total generation (TWh)
HighestUnited States3,844.23
LowestMontserrat0.01
Middle country: 3.77

032001 → 2002

Since 2001

+0 / −0countries joined / left
70values changed, of 169 in both
35 · 35rose · fell
99unchanged

Rose most

Luxembourg77.01 → 93.57+16.56
Philippines1.81 → 18.10+16.29
Ireland37.21 → 43.67+6.46
Singapore47.82 → 53.87+6.04
Croatia14.35 → 19.94+5.58

Fell most

Armenia48.61 → 29.76−18.85
Georgia19.19 → 5.70−13.48
Kuwait30.70 → 22.00−8.70
New Zealand30.96 → 25.24−5.72
Myanmar50.11 → 45.17−4.94

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

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72 distinct values among 169
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 95 countries share 0.00. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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Ember (2002). Gas Share of Electricity Generation, 2002 [data set], describing 2002. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gas-electricity/2002

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