Data for 2011

Gas Share of Electricity Generation, 2011

Name: Gas Share of Electricity Generation, 2011
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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, 2011 covers 171 countries on 3 measures. 3 countries share the highest reading, 100.000; 84 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 0.663. Against 2010, 86 values changed (41 up, 45 down), the same countries are covered.

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Gas Share of Electricity Generation · Data for 2011

Highest3 countries share it

100.000

Lowest84 countries share it

0.000

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

171countries
3measures per country
2011the year it describes
86distinct 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, 2011, 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, 2011: every country, as published by Ember.

Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	100.000	100.000	24.34
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	100.000	100.000	30.73
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	100.000	100.000	17.22
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	99.772	100.000	8.76
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	98.957	99.018	16.30
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	98.928	100.000	3.73
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	98.291	99.565	32.19
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	97.668	100.000	21.87
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	96.935	99.024	51.22
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	93.599	93.945	5.78
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	88.636	90.909	2.64
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	86.667	90.000	0.30
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	86.431	97.784	44.22
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	85.200	86.926	20.27
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	84.091	89.205	52.80
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	78.217	78.217	27.04
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	78.000	97.391	46.00
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	69.572	70.066	6.08
Bolivia`BOL`South America	65.303	66.008	7.09
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	62.824	73.882	4.25
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	61.674	85.387	112.64
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	59.785	99.962	26.01
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	56.728	79.779	27.20
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	53.681	92.758	41.84
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	50.484	59.961	5.17
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	49.425	49.425	6.09
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	48.463	72.199	298.37
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	47.291	58.621	2.03
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	45.359	74.676	229.39
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	40.449	76.404	0.89
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	39.158	100.000	57.46
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	37.405	38.168	1.31
Peru`PER`South America	35.661	43.232	39.23
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	33.395	93.692	53.90
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	33.148	33.148	7.21
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	33.138	99.497	59.60
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	29.817	48.917	36.02
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	29.776	71.338	69.15
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	29.330	50.178	291.54
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	29.157	64.653	94.83
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	28.814	53.438	51.78
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	28.495	36.615	89.28
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	28.304	99.897	38.97
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	27.049	99.590	14.64
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	25.553	33.599	11.31
United States`USA`Northern America	24.791	68.208	4,088.87
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	24.072	86.056	58.45
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	23.330	52.983	11.23
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	21.956	22.056	10.02
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	21.954	89.213	15.76
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	21.578	100.000	6.21
Chile`CHL`South America	20.899	60.472	65.65
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	20.326	27.900	10.43
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	20.000	34.228	62.20
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	19.038	24.008	43.86
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	16.633	59.641	35.11
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	16.253	62.534	3.63
Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	15.274	99.326	22.26
Venezuela`VEN`South America	14.310	29.069	117.96
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	14.286	52.381	0.21
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	13.528	54.579	61.80
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	12.857	35.551	73.50
Colombia`COL`South America	12.382	18.250	61.70
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	11.549	96.789	17.75
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	11.139	27.829	28.28
Ecuador`ECU`South America	9.496	46.011	20.43
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	6.293	25.000	5.88
France`FRA`Western Europe	5.195	10.438	567.66
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	4.163	59.568	49.96
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	3.573	91.938	162.87
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	3.078	36.558	15.92
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	2.946	3.192	125.93
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	2.857	57.143	0.35
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	2.313	81.449	4,702.12
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1.939	90.846	12.89
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	1.824	89.970	3.29
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	1.627	59.003	86.64
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	1.331	78.846	6.76
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	1.315	77.196	38.02
Suriname`SUR`South America	1.307	32.680	1.53
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	1.051	3.806	150.28
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	1.023	1.151	7.82
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.999	6.729	15.01
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.962	100.000	1.04
Uruguay`URY`South America	0.870	25.338	10.34
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.663	0.663	16.59
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.246	0.246	16.24
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.000	22.078	0.77
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.000	1.432	4.19
American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.000	100.000	0.16
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.000	28.975	5.66
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.000	100.000	0.33
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	0.000	88.172	0.93
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.000	100.000	2.05
Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.000	6.061	0.33
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.000	100.000	0.10
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.000	0.000	6.97
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.000	100.000	0.48
British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0.000	100.000	0.19
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.000	83.333	0.54
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.000	6.667	0.15
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.000	91.892	0.37
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.000	100.000	0.63
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.000	16.667	0.18
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.000	100.000	0.20
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.000	100.000	0.06
Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	0.000	100.000	0.03
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.000	8.821	9.75
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.000	96.545	4.92
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.000	100.000	0.39
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.000	73.333	0.15
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.000	100.000	0.32
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.000	3.448	0.58
Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	0.000	62.963	0.27
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.000	42.353	0.85
French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	0.000	68.919	0.74
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.000	100.000	0.25
Greenland`GRL`Northern America	0.000	24.444	0.45
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.000	100.000	0.20
Guam`GUM`Micronesia	0.000	100.000	1.84
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.000	37.329	8.76
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.000	25.455	0.55
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.000	100.000	0.03
Guyana`GUY`South America	0.000	94.737	0.95
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.000	87.879	0.99
Honduras`HND`Central America	0.000	53.949	7.47
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.000	0.000	16.85
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.000	91.284	4.36
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.000	30.779	7.83
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.000	100.000	0.02
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.000	0.000	12.84
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.000	95.092	16.30
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.000	0.000	0.49
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.000	100.000	0.30
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.000	52.381	1.47
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.000	6.091	1.97
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.000	100.000	0.38
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.000	43.519	2.16
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.000	100.000	2.17
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.000	85.057	0.87
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.000	80.220	2.73
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.000	98.678	4.54
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.000	54.717	2.65
Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	0.000	100.000	0.01
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.000	2.759	1.45
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.000	100.000	0.02
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.000	0.000	3.46
New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	0.000	81.416	2.26
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.000	66.142	3.81
Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.000	100.000	0.34
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.000	37.374	20.87
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.000	100.000	0.57
Panama`PAN`Central America	0.000	47.315	7.82
Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.000	0.000	57.62
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.000	100.000	0.22
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.000	100.000	0.39
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.000	78.571	0.14
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.000	61.538	0.13
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.000	85.714	0.07
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.000	100.000	0.40
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.000	11.765	0.17
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.000	100.000	0.08
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.000	100.000	0.33
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.000	23.384	8.51
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.000	100.000	0.05
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.000	100.000	0.21
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.000	38.722	2.66
United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	0.000	100.000	0.95
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.000	100.000	0.06
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.087	11.49
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.000	42.312	9.17

02In 2011

At either end

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

Highest

Bahrainshared100.000
Qatarshared100.000
Turkmenistanshared100.000
Trinidad and Tobago99.772
Tunisia98.957

Lowest

Zimbabweshared0.000
Zambiashared0.000
Samoashared0.000
Vanuatushared0.000
United States Virgin Islandsshared0.000

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.663. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Fossil fuels (% of generation)
Highest42 share it
Lowest6 share it
Middle country: 76.404
Total generation (TWh)
HighestChina4,702.12
LowestMontserrat0.01
Middle country: 5.88

032010 → 2011

Since 2010

+0 / −0countries joined / left
86values changed, of 171 in both
41 · 45rose · fell
85unchanged

Rose most

Georgia6.533 → 21.956+15.423
Togo0.000 → 14.286+14.286
Ghana12.846 → 25.553+12.707
Libya47.113 → 59.785+12.672
Armenia22.967 → 33.148+10.181

Fell most

Jordan71.177 → 27.049−44.128
Macau64.815 → 40.449−24.366
Hong Kong37.379 → 28.304−9.075
Ireland64.311 → 56.728−7.583
Colombia19.874 → 12.382−7.492

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

04Caveats

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86 distinct values among 171
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 84 countries share 0.000. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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Ember (2011). Gas Share of Electricity Generation, 2011 [data set], describing 2011. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gas-electricity/2011

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