Data for 2007

Gas Share of Electricity Generation, 2007

Name: Gas Share of Electricity Generation, 2007
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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, 2007 covers 171 countries on 3 measures. 2 countries share the highest reading, 100.000; 91 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 0.000. Against 2006, 78 values changed (47 up, 31 down), the same countries are covered.

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Gas Share of Electricity Generation · Data for 2007

Highest2 countries share it

100.000

Lowest91 countries share it

0.000

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

171countries
3measures per country
2007the year it describes
79distinct values3 decimals, as published
Oct 2, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

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Every country and every column of Gas Share of Electricity Generation, 2007, 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, 2007: every country, as published by Ember.

Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	100.000	100.00	19.46
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	100.000	100.00	14.88
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	99.479	99.74	7.68
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	99.115	100.00	3.39
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	99.026	99.84	31.83
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	98.849	100.00	21.72
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	98.236	100.00	14.17
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	97.284	99.41	37.19
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	94.037	94.04	5.87
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	90.596	91.85	3.19
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	89.868	97.55	30.99
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	88.719	99.35	13.74
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	84.615	92.31	0.13
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	82.463	99.45	12.83
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	82.211	90.47	49.02
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	78.702	97.59	41.13
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	72.858	72.86	22.99
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	70.990	89.28	21.82
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	65.836	66.19	5.62
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	58.845	88.63	103.68
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	56.629	89.99	28.36
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	56.410	84.41	306.17
Bolivia`BOL`South America	55.882	56.80	5.44
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	49.619	80.96	191.52
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	43.995	100.00	26.23
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	40.336	40.76	4.76
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	38.929	82.73	33.24
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	38.113	58.56	39.96
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	34.238	66.44	96.15
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	31.897	100.00	48.75
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	31.516	68.40	59.62
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	31.405	62.43	301.86
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	31.213	90.92	38.67
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	29.531	43.44	6.40
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	28.407	40.42	86.81
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	28.088	65.30	46.71
Peru`PER`South America	27.464	33.28	29.93
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	27.225	34.51	43.38
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	26.887	39.15	4.24
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	26.363	100.00	38.88
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	26.279	26.28	5.67
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	24.482	62.20	12.54
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	22.692	92.64	62.40
United States`USA`Northern America	21.643	72.14	4,142.57
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	19.882	20.59	8.50
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	19.653	53.76	1.73
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	19.650	99.96	53.79
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	18.778	61.47	61.56
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	17.987	73.68	39.14
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	17.831	22.66	13.46
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	17.500	17.50	0.40
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	15.992	87.23	14.57
Venezuela`VEN`South America	15.769	27.27	114.21
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	15.757	31.29	62.83
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	15.522	62.69	3.35
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	14.140	96.99	17.61
Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	13.979	99.35	24.68
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	13.010	41.19	81.17
Colombia`COL`South America	11.991	18.62	54.79
Ecuador`ECU`South America	11.652	48.00	17.25
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	9.213	25.34	5.21
Chile`CHL`South America	7.944	56.06	58.28
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	5.817	27.25	27.85
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	5.465	59.09	42.82
France`FRA`Western Europe	3.914	10.29	561.84
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	2.992	39.63	15.04
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	2.826	96.58	158.52
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	2.791	98.85	12.18
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	2.585	14.22	14.70
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	2.173	2.17	17.49
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	1.905	100.00	1.05
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	1.786	92.14	2.80
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	1.561	66.29	87.77
Suriname`SUR`South America	1.333	42.67	1.50
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	1.195	73.70	35.97
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	1.033	82.85	3,281.55
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	1.022	1.15	7.83
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.558	0.86	136.11
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.558	2.97	148.82
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.063	0.06	15.91
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.000	25.74	1.01
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.000	2.47	2.83
American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.000	100.00	0.19
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.000	23.15	3.24
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.000	100.00	0.29
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	0.000	100.00	0.94
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.000	100.00	2.25
Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.000	18.18	0.22
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.000	100.00	0.22
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.000	0.00	6.49
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.000	100.00	0.83
British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0.000	100.00	0.18
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.000	81.97	0.61
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.00	0.12
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.000	96.30	0.27
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.000	100.00	0.60
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.000	12.50	0.16
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.000	100.00	0.12
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.000	100.00	0.05
Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	0.000	100.00	0.03
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.000	8.02	8.98
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.000	100.00	4.87
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.000	100.00	0.32
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.000	83.33	0.12
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.000	100.00	0.29
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.000	2.82	0.71
Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	0.000	55.56	0.27
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.000	31.46	0.89
French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	0.000	60.00	0.55
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.000	100.00	0.23
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.000	46.84	6.96
Greenland`GRL`Northern America	0.000	44.44	0.36
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.000	100.00	0.18
Guam`GUM`Micronesia	0.000	100.00	1.88
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.000	49.08	8.72
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.000	32.05	0.78
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.000	100.00	0.03
Guyana`GUY`South America	0.000	98.57	0.70
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.000	67.39	0.46
Honduras`HND`Central America	0.000	62.48	6.29
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.000	0.00	11.89
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.000	95.05	6.06
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.000	25.94	6.67
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.000	100.00	0.03
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.000	0.00	3.37
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.000	94.51	10.57
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.000	0.00	0.55
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.000	100.00	0.25
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	0.000	88.82	1.52
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.000	35.71	1.12
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.000	9.49	1.58
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.000	100.00	0.35
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.000	67.09	1.58
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.000	100.00	2.30
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.000	92.19	0.64
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.000	77.64	2.46
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.000	100.00	3.71
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.000	40.19	2.14
Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	0.000	100.00	0.01
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.000	1.91	1.57
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.000	100.00	0.02
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.000	0.36	2.77
New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	0.000	77.72	1.93
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.000	71.25	3.20
Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.000	100.00	0.22
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.000	38.52	21.39
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.000	84.46	6.50
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.000	100.00	0.42
Panama`PAN`Central America	0.000	42.26	6.46
Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.000	0.00	53.71
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.000	52.00	0.25
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.000	100.00	0.21
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.000	100.00	0.35
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.000	85.71	0.14
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.000	58.33	0.12
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.000	80.00	0.05
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.000	100.00	0.34
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.000	66.67	0.06
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.000	100.00	0.08
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.000	100.00	0.31
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.000	69.19	5.16
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.000	47.37	0.19
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.000	100.00	0.05
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.000	100.00	0.18
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.000	27.00	2.00
United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	0.000	100.00	0.98
Uruguay`URY`South America	0.000	13.01	9.38
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.000	100.00	0.05
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.000	100.00	6.03
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.10	9.64
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.000	28.42	7.60

02In 2007

At either end

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

Highest

Qatarshared100.000
Turkmenistanshared100.000
Trinidad and Tobago99.479
Brunei99.115
Belarus99.026

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)
Highest46 share it
Lowest6 share it
Middle country: 77.64
Total generation (TWh)
HighestUnited States4,142.57
LowestMontserrat0.01
Middle country: 5.21

032006 → 2007

Since 2006

+0 / −0countries joined / left
78values changed, of 171 in both
47 · 31rose · fell
93unchanged

Rose most

Oman84.951 → 98.236+13.285
Jordan70.234 → 82.463+12.229
Peru17.654 → 27.464+9.810
Cameroon0.000 → 9.213+9.213
Croatia15.957 → 24.482+8.525

Fell most

Chile20.785 → 7.944−12.841
Tanzania37.037 → 26.887−10.150
Georgia28.782 → 19.882−8.900
Syria38.314 → 31.213−7.101
Côte d’Ivoire71.277 → 65.836−5.441

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. 91 countries share 0.000. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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Ember (2007). Gas Share of Electricity Generation, 2007 [data set], describing 2007. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gas-electricity/2007

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