Data for 2005

Gas Share of Electricity Generation, 2005

Name: Gas Share of Electricity Generation, 2005
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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, 2005 covers 171 countries on 3 measures. 3 countries share the highest reading, 100.00; 93 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 0.00. Against 2004, 74 values changed (41 up, 33 down), 1 country joined.

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Gas Share of Electricity Generation · Data for 2005

Highest3 countries share it

100.00

Lowest93 countries share it

0.00

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

171countries
3measures per country
2005the year it describes
77distinct values3 decimals, as published
Oct 2, 2026read from the publisher
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Gas Share of Electricity Generation, 2005: every country, as published by Ember.

Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	100.00	100.00	19.37
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	100.00	100.00	14.40
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	100.00	100.00	12.82
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	99.57	99.72	7.05
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	99.08	100.00	3.26
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	96.92	98.58	12.66
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	96.84	99.87	30.96
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	96.26	98.38	33.91
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	93.80	93.97	5.97
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	92.84	93.73	3.35
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	88.98	95.25	26.96
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	84.19	100.00	12.65
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	80.00	90.00	0.10
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	74.39	97.49	38.22
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	72.84	73.02	5.67
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	70.55	81.27	47.67
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	66.96	66.96	23.55
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	61.25	86.95	22.84
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	58.46	88.37	98.53
Bolivia`BOL`South America	57.87	59.10	4.89
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	54.92	99.38	9.65
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	50.68	83.56	294.63
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	45.46	75.41	161.63
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	45.20	92.62	25.60
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	43.67	63.76	94.56
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	39.87	50.17	6.02
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	39.02	87.94	36.08
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	34.63	56.08	35.75
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	32.90	80.26	30.40
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	31.42	50.00	3.66
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	30.29	30.49	4.92
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	30.10	30.10	6.08
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	29.80	67.63	56.57
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	29.58	82.07	46.01
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	29.18	100.00	38.38
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	27.30	65.52	289.46
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	26.79	100.00	22.32
Chile`CHL`South America	26.04	46.34	52.22
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	25.48	41.09	84.38
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	25.09	100.00	43.73
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	24.34	72.84	36.08
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	21.80	35.59	42.48
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	21.02	48.41	1.57
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	20.94	25.10	14.42
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	20.24	36.49	64.37
United States`USA`Northern America	18.86	71.87	4,034.99
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	18.61	18.61	0.43
Peru`PER`South America	17.84	27.73	25.50
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	16.20	56.57	59.33
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	15.92	33.77	70.56
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	15.47	67.40	3.62
Colombia`COL`South America	14.82	19.98	49.94
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	13.95	45.90	13.05
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	13.91	89.09	58.73
Venezuela`VEN`South America	13.61	26.72	105.39
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	12.64	96.81	15.35
Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	12.50	99.44	24.96
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	12.08	14.31	7.20
Ecuador`ECU`South America	11.71	45.97	12.64
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	11.58	99.92	48.61
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	8.32	84.56	13.34
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	6.96	28.49	31.34
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	5.29	98.92	10.20
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	4.39	14.52	14.81
France`FRA`Western Europe	4.05	11.00	569.14
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	3.94	47.71	43.89
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	3.32	97.52	155.29
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	2.26	88.30	2.65
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	2.25	37.46	15.11
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	1.79	66.00	81.93
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	1.01	100.00	0.99
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.89	68.18	35.86
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.70	0.70	17.09
Suriname`SUR`South America	0.59	51.48	1.69
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.49	81.70	2,500.26
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.38	3.01	158.36
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.28	0.53	137.25
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.08	0.15	13.15
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.00	28.05	0.82
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.00	1.30	5.39
American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.00	100.00	0.19
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.00	15.59	2.63
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.00	100.00	0.24
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	0.00	100.00	0.91
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.00	100.00	2.09
Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.00	56.25	0.16
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.00	100.00	0.11
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.00	0.00	2.62
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.00	100.00	1.06
British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0.00	100.00	0.16
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.00	80.77	0.52
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.00	0.09
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.00	95.83	0.24
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.00	5.81	3.96
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.00	100.00	0.48
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.00	18.75	0.16
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.00	100.00	0.12
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.00	100.00	0.05
Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	0.00	100.00	0.03
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.00	3.30	8.19
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.00	100.00	4.38
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.00	100.00	0.30
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.00	75.00	0.12
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.00	0.14	7.33
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.00	100.00	0.29
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.00	3.23	0.62
Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	0.00	56.00	0.25
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.00	47.19	0.89
French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	0.00	64.71	0.51
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.00	100.00	0.20
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.00	17.21	6.74
Greenland`GRL`Northern America	0.00	41.18	0.34
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.00	100.00	0.15
Guam`GUM`Micronesia	0.00	100.00	1.90
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.00	43.89	6.95
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.00	37.98	0.79
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.00	100.00	0.03
Guyana`GUY`South America	0.00	98.46	0.65
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.00	52.73	0.55
Honduras`HND`Central America	0.00	66.91	5.53
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.00	0.00	8.61
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.00	96.39	7.47
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.00	33.28	6.70
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.00	100.00	0.02
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.00	0.00	3.51
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.00	91.13	11.73
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.00	0.00	0.46
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.00	100.00	0.20
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	0.00	92.12	2.03
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.00	38.68	1.06
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.00	10.46	1.53
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.00	100.00	0.27
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.00	66.44	1.49
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.00	100.00	2.24
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.00	90.57	0.53
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.00	75.22	2.26
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.00	100.00	3.40
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.00	34.84	2.87
Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	0.00	100.00	0.01
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.00	1.78	1.69
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.00	100.00	0.03
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.00	0.80	2.51
New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	0.00	80.85	1.88
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.00	64.34	2.86
Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.00	100.00	0.23
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.00	42.91	22.77
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.00	78.53	6.94
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.00	100.00	0.50
Panama`PAN`Central America	0.00	35.74	5.82
Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.00	0.00	51.17
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.00	47.37	0.19
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.00	100.00	0.19
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.00	100.00	0.32
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.00	78.57	0.14
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.00	54.55	0.11
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.00	100.00	0.04
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.00	100.00	0.30
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.00	75.00	0.08
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.00	100.00	0.07
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.00	100.00	0.29
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.00	64.90	3.96
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.00	63.16	0.19
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.00	100.00	0.05
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.00	100.00	0.13
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.00	3.57	1.96
United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	0.00	100.00	0.97
Uruguay`URY`South America	0.00	12.50	7.68
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.00	100.00	0.05
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.00	100.00	4.77
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.67	8.94
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.00	47.54	9.36

02In 2005

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 Tobago99.57
Brunei99.08

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
Lowest6 share it
Middle country: 75.22
Total generation (TWh)
HighestUnited States4,034.99
LowestMontserrat0.01
Middle country: 4.77

032004 → 2005

Since 2004

+1 / −0countries joined / left
74values changed, of 170 in both
41 · 33rose · fell
96unchanged

Rose most

Iraq5.88 → 32.90+27.01
Tanzania15.71 → 31.42+15.71
Peru9.61 → 17.84+8.24
Libya18.96 → 26.79+7.83
Philippines22.13 → 29.80+7.67

Fell most

Myanmar49.20 → 39.87−9.33
Pakistan50.57 → 43.67−6.91
Chile32.63 → 26.04−6.58
Ireland51.19 → 45.20−5.99
Kyrgyzstan9.96 → 4.39−5.57

+ Montenegro

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

04Caveats

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77 distinct values among 171
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 93 countries share 0.00. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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Ember (2005). Gas Share of Electricity Generation, 2005 [data set], describing 2005. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gas-electricity/2005

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