Data for 2008

Gas Share of Electricity Generation, 2008

Name: Gas Share of Electricity Generation, 2008
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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, 2008 covers 171 countries on 3 measures. 3 countries share the highest reading, 100.00; 89 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 0.00. Against 2007, 80 values changed (40 up, 40 down), the same countries are covered.

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Gas Share of Electricity Generation · Data for 2008

Highest3 countries share it

100.00

Lowest89 countries share it

0.00

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

171countries
3measures per country
2008the year it describes
81distinct values3 decimals, as published
Oct 2, 2026read from the publisher
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Every country and every column of Gas Share of Electricity Generation, 2008, 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, 2008: every country, as published by Ember.

Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	100.00	100.000	22.82
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	100.00	100.000	21.62
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	100.00	100.000	15.04
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	99.48	99.741	7.73
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	99.12	100.000	3.42
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	97.82	100.000	16.05
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	97.34	99.304	40.23
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	96.89	99.800	35.05
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	94.50	99.513	14.37
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	93.51	93.677	6.01
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	89.78	97.195	34.23
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	88.24	89.706	2.72
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	84.03	91.059	50.22
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	83.82	99.505	14.15
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	81.82	89.778	21.62
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	80.30	97.504	41.67
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	72.87	72.869	21.12
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	70.00	75.000	0.20
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	65.29	65.458	5.79
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	59.66	87.101	106.21
Bolivia`BOL`South America	59.63	60.304	5.92
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	55.86	87.838	29.93
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	55.45	81.333	311.57
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	49.75	82.649	198.37
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	49.49	90.564	36.88
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	40.98	100.000	28.67
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	39.09	39.089	5.27
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	38.99	60.903	309.79
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	37.93	57.096	40.02
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	35.67	100.000	51.75
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	33.52	67.711	45.34
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	33.06	85.124	1.21
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	32.19	66.097	60.82
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	31.91	66.885	93.01
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	31.40	100.000	37.93
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	31.36	31.356	5.90
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	31.30	92.937	41.06
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	31.24	39.101	4.45
Peru`PER`South America	31.18	39.870	32.43
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	29.03	39.815	83.06
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	28.70	38.520	6.62
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	27.62	50.829	1.81
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	27.08	99.930	56.79
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	24.34	35.769	43.39
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	22.19	90.753	62.18
United States`USA`Northern America	21.50	71.191	4,107.53
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	19.57	19.565	0.46
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	19.41	72.314	36.48
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	19.25	54.304	12.78
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	17.37	30.833	64.38
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	16.77	89.459	14.61
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	16.72	63.343	3.41
Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	16.04	99.312	23.25
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	15.29	56.136	64.86
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	15.27	15.394	8.38
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	15.23	21.305	13.33
Venezuela`VEN`South America	14.67	27.209	119.30
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	14.37	96.041	17.68
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	14.26	34.415	77.35
Colombia`COL`South America	10.38	16.114	55.48
Ecuador`ECU`South America	9.30	39.427	18.49
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	8.87	24.291	5.64
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	5.61	25.889	28.70
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	5.31	57.968	44.49
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	3.97	98.110	10.58
France`FRA`Western Europe	3.86	9.736	566.98
Chile`CHL`South America	3.68	54.474	59.46
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	3.03	95.722	154.50
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	2.93	35.527	16.41
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	2.17	2.167	16.15
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	1.88	14.286	11.69
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	1.69	90.878	2.96
Suriname`SUR`South America	1.33	43.046	1.51
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	1.23	63.653	83.28
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	1.11	74.036	36.82
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	1.07	1.332	7.51
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.99	79.018	3,495.76
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.95	100.000	1.05
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.41	3.069	149.90
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.31	0.595	141.19
Uruguay`URY`South America	0.11	38.769	8.77
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.07	0.067	14.97
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.00	30.769	0.78
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.00	0.000	3.76
American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.00	100.000	0.19
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.00	22.222	4.05
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	0.30
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	0.91
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	2.25
Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.00	4.762	0.21
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.00	100.000	0.23
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.00	0.000	6.89
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.00	100.000	0.70
British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	0.18
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.00	78.689	0.61
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.000	0.11
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.00	96.552	0.29
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	0.62
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.00	12.500	0.16
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.00	100.000	0.14
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	7.234	9.40
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.00	99.803	5.07
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.00	100.000	0.34
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.00	84.615	0.13
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.00	100.000	0.28
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.00	2.899	0.69
Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	0.00	62.963	0.27
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.00	32.143	0.84
French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	0.00	63.158	0.57
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.00	100.000	0.24
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.00	26.082	8.32
Greenland`GRL`Northern America	0.00	45.946	0.37
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	0.19
Guam`GUM`Micronesia	0.00	100.000	1.88
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.00	45.046	8.68
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.00	35.802	0.81
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.00	100.000	0.03
Guyana`GUY`South America	0.00	98.592	0.71
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.00	63.265	0.49
Honduras`HND`Central America	0.00	61.883	6.48
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.00	0.000	16.34
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.00	93.853	4.23
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.00	27.317	6.15
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.00	100.000	0.02
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.00	0.000	3.72
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.00	97.028	12.45
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.00	0.000	0.58
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.00	100.000	0.25
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.00	40.678	1.18
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.00	7.059	1.70
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.00	100.000	0.41
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.00	65.746	1.81
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.00	100.000	2.31
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.00	91.667	0.72
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.00	76.562	2.56
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.00	99.750	4.00
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.00	45.583	2.83
Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	0.01
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.00	11.465	1.57
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.00	100.000	0.02
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.00	0.358	2.79
New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	0.00	74.194	1.86
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.00	64.583	3.36
Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.00	100.000	0.22
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.00	39.592	23.06
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.00	86.688	6.31
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.00	100.000	0.43
Panama`PAN`Central America	0.00	37.947	6.43
Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.00	0.000	55.46
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.00	44.828	0.29
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	0.20
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	0.35
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.00	85.714	0.14
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.00	54.545	0.11
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.00	80.000	0.05
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.00	100.000	0.34
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.00	66.667	0.06
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.00	100.000	0.08
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.00	100.000	0.32
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.00	71.631	5.64
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.00	30.769	0.13
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.00	100.000	0.05
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	0.19
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.00	25.751	2.33
United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	0.97
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.00	100.000	0.06
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.00	100.000	6.55
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.105	9.53
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.00	24.115	7.63

02In 2008

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 Tobago99.48
Brunei99.12

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)
Highest44 share it
Lowest7 share it
Middle country: 74.194
Total generation (TWh)
HighestUnited States4,107.53
LowestMontserrat0.01
Middle country: 5.64

032007 → 2008

Since 2007

+0 / −0countries joined / left
80values changed, of 171 in both
40 · 40rose · fell
91unchanged

Rose most

Macau0.00 → 33.06+33.06
Azerbaijan70.99 → 81.82+10.83
Iraq38.93 → 49.49+10.56
Gabon19.65 → 27.62+7.97
Spain31.41 → 38.99+7.59

Fell most

Equatorial Guinea84.62 → 70.00−14.61
Croatia24.48 → 19.25−5.23
Georgia19.88 → 15.27−4.61
Chile7.94 → 3.68−4.26
Romania18.78 → 15.29−3.48

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

04Caveats

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81 distinct values among 171
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 89 countries share 0.00. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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Ember (2008). Gas Share of Electricity Generation, 2008 [data set], describing 2008. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gas-electricity/2008

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