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Gas Share of Electricity Generation, 2012

Name: Gas Share of Electricity Generation, 2012
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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, 2012 covers 172 countries on 3 measures. 2 countries share the highest reading, 100.00; 86 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 0.05. Against 2011, 86 values changed (41 up, 45 down), 1 country joined.

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Gas Share of Electricity Generation · Data for 2012

Highest2 countries share it

100.00

Lowest86 countries share it

0.00

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

172countries
3measures per country
2012the 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, 2012, 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, 2012: every country, as published by Ember.

Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	100.00	100.00	24.77
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	100.00	100.00	17.75
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	99.97	99.97	34.80
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	99.78	100.00	9.12
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	98.98	100.00	3.93
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	98.26	98.26	17.84
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	97.56	100.00	25.02
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	97.07	98.92	57.40
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	96.69	99.32	30.81
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	95.01	95.35	5.81
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	89.90	92.16	22.97
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	86.59	88.77	2.76
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	84.30	97.29	46.94
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	83.88	98.13	48.62
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	83.33	85.19	0.54
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	82.64	87.45	53.00
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	80.20	80.20	28.74
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	67.57	73.71	7.00
Bolivia`BOL`South America	66.53	67.48	7.41
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	64.00	73.78	4.50
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	60.46	99.97	34.29
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	57.05	90.73	32.27
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	55.31	83.98	102.27
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	52.56	67.55	5.67
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	52.06	80.41	27.16
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	51.23	100.00	61.12
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	43.98	57.87	2.16
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	43.74	68.77	295.25
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	43.63	72.77	239.49
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	43.48	43.48	7.82
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	41.28	41.28	1.72
Peru`PER`South America	39.16	44.75	39.96
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	33.39	33.39	6.17
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	33.17	99.90	38.53
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	31.40	100.00	7.07
United States`USA`Northern America	30.34	68.78	4,040.67
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	28.92	37.68	81.51
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	27.65	62.92	98.10
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	27.15	46.77	34.62
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	26.95	71.55	72.89
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	25.68	25.68	9.62
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	25.00	71.88	0.32
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	24.94	49.50	293.95
Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	24.22	99.46	22.30
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	23.75	50.24	10.57
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	23.48	57.37	45.44
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	22.50	83.09	59.91
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	22.34	90.46	46.02
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	21.33	28.67	11.16
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	21.07	87.87	16.90
Venezuela`VEN`South America	20.75	36.05	128.31
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	20.14	28.27	43.75
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	18.57	99.58	16.59
Chile`CHL`South America	18.47	63.72	69.57
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	16.79	34.07	12.15
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	16.78	99.22	63.01
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	14.90	54.90	58.54
Colombia`COL`South America	14.26	22.11	63.06
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	14.14	25.23	68.65
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	13.71	51.46	30.57
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	13.41	63.27	3.73
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	11.34	96.26	18.43
Ecuador`ECU`South America	10.30	46.59	22.73
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	10.07	25.94	28.30
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	9.56	26.79	70.41
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	5.34	21.36	5.43
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	5.08	54.74	46.46
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	4.79	83.39	6.26
France`FRA`Western Europe	4.01	10.03	567.59
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	3.88	89.55	161.48
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	3.87	90.61	3.62
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	3.41	36.59	15.55
Belize`BLZ`Central America	2.63	7.90	0.38
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	2.56	53.85	0.39
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	2.22	78.09	4,978.24
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	1.77	100.00	1.13
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	1.72	55.66	86.58
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	1.53	1.77	146.18
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	1.33	74.30	36.19
Suriname`SUR`South America	1.20	50.90	1.67
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1.09	87.71	11.96
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.74	0.74	14.97
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.55	2.46	166.44
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.53	6.59	15.03
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.41	0.41	16.97
Uruguay`URY`South America	0.09	35.38	10.60
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.00	15.91	0.88
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.00	0.00	4.72
American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.00	100.00	0.16
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.00	29.02	7.72
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.00	100.00	0.33
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	0.00	84.78	0.92
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.00	100.00	1.90
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.00	100.00	0.05
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.00	0.00	6.74
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.00	100.00	0.35
British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0.00	100.00	0.20
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.00	82.81	0.64
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.00	0.15
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.00	81.58	0.38
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.00	100.00	0.61
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.00	16.67	0.18
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.00	95.83	0.24
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.00	100.00	0.06
Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	0.00	100.00	0.03
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.00	8.21	10.11
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.00	94.49	4.72
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.00	100.00	0.39
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.00	80.00	0.15
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.00	0.13	7.52
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.00	100.00	0.32
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.00	7.69	0.52
Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	0.00	62.07	0.29
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.00	33.72	0.86
French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	0.00	70.83	0.72
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.00	100.00	0.25
Greenland`GRL`Northern America	0.00	24.44	0.45
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.00	100.00	0.20
Guam`GUM`Micronesia	0.00	100.00	1.78
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.00	33.33	9.36
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.00	32.88	0.73
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.00	100.00	0.03
Guyana`GUY`South America	0.00	95.83	0.96
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.00	80.00	1.10
Honduras`HND`Central America	0.00	53.57	7.84
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.00	0.00	17.29
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.00	89.79	4.31
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.00	22.52	8.17
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.00	100.00	0.02
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.00	0.00	12.93
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.00	93.93	16.46
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.00	0.00	0.49
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.00	100.00	0.30
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	0.00	58.93	0.56
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.00	50.64	1.56
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.00	6.34	2.05
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.00	100.00	0.40
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.00	42.86	2.31
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.00	98.70	2.30
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.00	85.42	0.96
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.00	79.57	2.79
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.00	98.75	4.81
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.00	48.07	2.85
Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	0.00	100.00	0.01
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.00	2.99	1.67
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.00	100.00	0.02
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.00	0.57	3.53
New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	0.00	79.91	2.29
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.00	57.32	4.03
Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.00	100.00	0.39
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.00	37.45	21.36
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.00	100.00	0.46
Panama`PAN`Central America	0.00	37.05	8.61
Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.00	0.00	60.23
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.00	95.46	0.22
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.00	100.00	0.38
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.00	80.00	0.15
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.00	63.64	0.11
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.00	87.50	0.08
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.00	100.00	0.41
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.00	33.33	0.18
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.00	100.00	0.08
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.00	100.00	0.34
South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.00	100.00	0.44
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.00	29.68	9.50
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.00	100.00	0.05
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.00	100.00	0.21
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.00	10.00	2.90
United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	0.00	100.00	0.87
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.00	100.00	0.06
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.16	12.37
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.00	39.78	9.15

02In 2012

At either end

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

Highest

Bahrainshared100.00
Turkmenistanshared100.00
Qatar99.97
Trinidad and Tobago99.78
Brunei98.98

Lowest

Zimbabweshared0.00
Zambiashared0.00
Samoashared0.00
Vanuatushared0.00
United States Virgin Islandsshared0.00

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.05. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Fossil fuels (% of generation)
Highest39 share it
Lowest7 share it
Middle country: 76.19
Total generation (TWh)
HighestChina4,978.24
LowestMontserrat0.01
Middle country: 5.99

032011 → 2012

Since 2011

+1 / −0countries joined / left
86values changed, of 171 in both
41 · 45rose · fell
85unchanged

Rose most

Kuwait39.16 → 51.23+12.07
Togo14.29 → 25.00+10.71
Armenia33.15 → 43.48+10.33
Yemen21.58 → 31.40+9.82
Puerto Rico15.27 → 24.22+8.94

Fell most

Macau40.45 → 0.00−40.45
Israel33.14 → 16.78−16.36
Latvia49.43 → 33.39−16.04
Iraq33.40 → 22.34−11.06
Ghana25.55 → 16.79−8.76

+ South Sudan

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

04Caveats

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86 distinct values among 172
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 86 countries share 0.00. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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Every one of the 172 countries has every column.

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Ember (2012). Gas Share of Electricity Generation, 2012 [data set], describing 2012. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gas-electricity/2012

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