Data for 2003

Gas Share of Electricity Generation, 2003

Name: Gas Share of Electricity Generation, 2003
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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, 2003 covers 170 countries on 3 measures. 3 countries share the highest reading, 100.00; 94 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 0.00. Against 2002, 72 values changed (45 up, 27 down), 1 country joined.

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Gas Share of Electricity Generation · Data for 2003

Highest3 countries share it

100.00

Lowest94 countries share it

0.00

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

170countries
3measures per country
2003the year it describes
75distinct values3 decimals, as published
Oct 2, 2026read from the publisher
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Gas Share of Electricity Generation, 2003: every country, as published by Ember.

Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	100.00	100.000	15.70
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	100.00	100.000	12.01
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	100.00	100.000	10.80
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	99.69	99.845	6.44
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	99.06	100.000	3.20
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	97.43	98.316	11.28
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	96.79	99.121	29.57
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	95.79	99.887	26.63
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	93.91	94.982	2.79
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	93.41	93.761	5.77
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	87.79	94.420	20.07
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	81.98	100.000	10.71
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	71.43	85.714	0.07
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	70.58	83.238	48.74
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	64.17	64.370	5.08
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	63.07	63.069	20.20
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	60.73	97.197	35.32
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	57.63	91.641	95.47
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	52.78	88.523	21.26
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	52.52	95.369	24.83
Bolivia`BOL`South America	51.96	53.349	4.33
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	50.23	90.822	30.40
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	49.45	61.624	5.42
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	47.77	63.511	82.08
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	45.54	74.516	139.54
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	40.98	83.631	286.27
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	38.54	41.058	3.97
Chile`CHL`South America	35.56	50.075	46.63
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	34.81	66.774	34.13
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	28.68	28.679	5.30
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	25.86	41.869	83.57
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	24.82	66.585	52.94
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	24.62	100.000	39.80
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	24.05	33.911	40.37
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	22.88	41.176	1.53
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	21.59	100.000	35.43
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	21.23	82.445	45.97
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	20.37	100.000	18.95
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	19.25	39.210	57.97
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	17.69	66.867	54.84
Venezuela`VEN`South America	17.59	34.171	91.95
United States`USA`Northern America	16.80	71.235	3,868.94
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	16.77	69.876	3.22
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	16.69	61.845	46.39
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	16.43	50.415	84.28
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	15.65	58.511	13.16
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	15.30	54.283	257.30
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	15.00	15.000	0.40
Colombia`COL`South America	14.78	21.385	46.20
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	14.00	89.717	57.28
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	13.39	15.994	18.82
Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	13.17	99.582	23.92
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	10.45	98.482	28.33
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	10.18	94.624	15.81
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	9.52	13.342	15.44
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	9.34	99.377	8.03
Ecuador`ECU`South America	8.19	38.066	11.48
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	7.89	9.014	7.10
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	7.75	30.794	30.98
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	6.42	90.409	14.18
Peru`PER`South America	5.76	18.317	22.93
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	4.92	99.508	10.16
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	4.16	52.058	42.28
France`FRA`Western Europe	3.46	10.121	559.13
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	2.68	40.058	13.83
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	2.15	83.691	2.33
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	1.91	66.494	82.79
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1.61	98.500	150.01
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	1.58	74.489	34.26
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	1.15	100.000	0.87
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	1.03	1.030	16.51
Suriname`SUR`South America	0.77	42.308	1.30
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.54	6.825	135.39
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.28	0.600	106.67
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.27	82.695	1,910.57
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.06	99.915	47.04
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.00	30.769	0.91
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.00	2.103	5.23
American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.00	100.000	0.19
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.00	37.688	1.99
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	0.21
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	0.84
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	2.00
Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.00	62.500	0.16
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.00	100.000	0.08
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.00	0.000	2.50
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.00	100.000	1.04
British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	0.14
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.00	77.778	0.45
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.000	0.10
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.00	100.000	0.19
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.00	4.384	3.65
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	0.51
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.00	27.273	0.11
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.00	100.000	0.11
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.00	100.000	0.04
Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	0.00	100.000	0.03
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.00	2.192	7.30
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.00	100.000	4.05
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.00	100.000	0.20
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.00	62.500	0.08
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.00	0.164	6.11
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.00	100.000	0.28
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.00	4.688	0.64
Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	0.00	66.667	0.24
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.00	45.977	0.87
French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	0.00	68.085	0.47
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.00	100.000	0.17
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.00	34.354	5.88
Greenland`GRL`Northern America	0.00	41.935	0.31
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	0.16
Guam`GUM`Micronesia	0.00	100.000	1.78
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.00	51.230	6.91
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.00	53.488	0.86
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.00	100.000	0.02
Guyana`GUY`South America	0.00	98.780	0.82
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.00	52.830	0.53
Honduras`HND`Central America	0.00	58.974	4.68
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.00	0.118	8.44
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.00	97.493	7.18
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.00	18.066	5.48
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.00	100.000	0.02
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.00	10.159	3.15
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.00	89.559	12.93
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.00	0.000	0.32
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.00	100.000	0.20
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	0.00	91.667	1.80
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.00	36.458	0.96
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.00	7.634	1.31
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.00	100.000	0.22
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.00	74.775	1.11
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.00	100.000	2.24
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.00	92.000	0.50
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.00	72.727	2.09
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.00	100.000	3.11
Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	0.01
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.278	10.79
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.00	0.699	1.43
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.00	100.000	0.03
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.00	0.000	2.26
New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	0.00	81.714	1.75
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.00	72.593	2.70
Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.00	100.000	0.20
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.00	44.444	20.88
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.00	79.643	6.73
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.00	100.000	0.34
Panama`PAN`Central America	0.00	49.013	5.57
Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.00	0.000	51.77
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.00	33.333	0.18
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	0.18
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	0.30
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.00	81.818	0.11
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.00	50.000	0.10
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.00	75.000	0.04
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.00	100.000	0.23
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.00	86.667	0.15
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.00	100.000	0.06
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.00	100.000	0.28
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.00	63.112	3.47
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.00	4.059	2.71
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.00	33.333	0.18
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.00	100.000	0.04
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	0.11
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.556	1.80
United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	1.04
Uruguay`URY`South America	0.00	0.117	8.58
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.00	100.000	0.05
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.00	100.000	4.10
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.721	8.32
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.00	39.249	8.79

02In 2003

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 Tobago99.69
Brunei99.06

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
Lowest5 share it
Middle country: 74.888
Total generation (TWh)
HighestUnited States3,868.94
LowestMontserrat0.01
Middle country: 4.07

032002 → 2003

Since 2002

+1 / −0countries joined / left
72values changed, of 169 in both
45 · 27rose · fell
97unchanged

Rose most

Republic of the Congo0.00 → 15.00+15.00
Pakistan35.65 → 47.77+12.12
Ireland43.67 → 52.52+8.85
Tunisia89.11 → 97.43+8.32
Singapore53.87 → 60.73+6.86

Fell most

Hong Kong35.61 → 21.59−14.02
Azerbaijan58.30 → 52.78−5.52
Croatia19.94 → 15.65−4.28
Kyrgyzstan13.33 → 9.52−3.81
Uzbekistan74.31 → 70.58−3.73

+ North Korea

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

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75 distinct values among 170
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 94 countries share 0.00. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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Ember (2003). Gas Share of Electricity Generation, 2003 [data set], describing 2003. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gas-electricity/2003

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