Data for 2014

Gas Share of Electricity Generation, 2014

Name: Gas Share of Electricity Generation, 2014
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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, 2014 covers 172 countries on 3 measures. Turkmenistan is highest, at 100.00; 85 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 0.19. Against 2013, 86 values changed (37 up, 49 down), the same countries are covered.

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Gas Share of Electricity Generation · Data for 2014

HighestTurkmenistan

100.00

Lowest85 countries share it

0.00

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

172countries
3measures per country
2014the year it describes
88distinct 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, 2014, 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, 2014: every country, as published by Ember.

Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	100.00	100.00	20.40
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	99.96	99.96	27.26
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	99.79	100.00	9.41
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	99.72	99.72	38.80
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	99.11	100.00	4.50
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	98.57	99.61	64.27
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	97.99	99.17	34.74
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	97.39	100.00	29.13
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	95.40	97.20	49.30
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	95.05	96.89	18.97
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	94.24	94.44	24.63
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	93.67	93.86	5.37
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	84.63	89.11	55.75
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	83.30	83.30	32.28
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	82.00	98.61	56.05
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	75.92	79.06	1.91
Bolivia`BOL`South America	70.36	71.33	8.30
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	70.13	76.30	8.27
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	65.79	88.85	21.25
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	64.22	65.14	1.09
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	53.70	99.97	37.73
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	51.85	99.99	65.15
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	50.46	84.58	102.10
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	48.88	74.98	25.86
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	48.41	98.42	60.86
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	47.86	79.12	251.95
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	47.43	59.08	3.69
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	47.24	59.80	1.99
Peru`PER`South America	45.68	47.63	45.73
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	45.53	45.53	5.14
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	44.89	44.89	1.76
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	43.69	43.69	7.53
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	42.01	57.35	6.26
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	39.06	59.38	0.64
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	38.51	99.87	7.66
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	34.61	37.04	14.39
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	33.87	56.36	276.53
Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	32.72	98.34	21.06
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	29.41	100.00	0.34
Venezuela`VEN`South America	28.59	44.13	115.23
United States`USA`Northern America	27.51	67.19	4,096.01
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	27.16	35.52	71.20
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	26.27	62.92	107.91
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	24.77	89.87	17.28
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	24.20	74.39	77.23
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	22.92	99.90	39.74
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	21.95	95.67	69.03
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	21.33	36.39	13.08
Colombia`COL`South America	20.21	30.91	70.46
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	19.83	19.83	10.29
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	19.45	35.99	6.89
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	17.22	38.94	274.44
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	16.31	20.90	42.92
Chile`CHL`South America	14.55	57.16	70.17
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	14.49	66.59	4.28
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	14.43	36.00	29.39
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	14.36	95.63	19.43
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	14.29	65.71	0.35
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	13.68	75.45	49.62
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	13.19	39.05	51.80
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	12.48	40.23	64.92
Ecuador`ECU`South America	12.03	52.46	24.19
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	8.64	18.44	61.55
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	8.11	26.78	68.10
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	7.45	25.99	13.43
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	7.12	99.62	18.27
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	6.55	43.85	32.04
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	5.97	19.87	27.13
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	4.88	51.22	0.41
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	4.56	50.43	46.92
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	3.72	76.02	5.38
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	3.37	87.46	158.35
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	3.11	90.91	4.18
Belize`BLZ`Central America	2.78	8.33	0.36
France`FRA`Western Europe	2.32	6.32	566.31
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	2.31	75.62	5,781.27
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	2.16	24.37	17.15
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	2.14	53.52	84.98
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	1.94	99.03	1.03
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	1.58	2.09	140.88
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	1.28	1.34	16.40
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.83	8.80	14.43
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.69	67.02	33.44
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.56	88.84	12.45
Suriname`SUR`South America	0.55	69.78	1.82
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.27	1.91	153.56
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.11	0.11	8.74
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.00	13.79	1.16
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.00	0.00	4.72
American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.00	100.00	0.15
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.00	47.18	9.56
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.00	100.00	0.34
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	0.00	82.98	0.94
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.00	100.00	1.92
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.00	0.00	7.15
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.00	100.00	2.31
British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0.00	100.00	0.20
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.00	88.64	0.88
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.00	16.67	0.18
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.00	79.07	0.43
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.00	100.00	0.62
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.00	0.00	0.17
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.00	96.67	0.30
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	10.23	10.17
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.00	92.86	4.34
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.00	100.00	0.10
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.00	80.00	0.15
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.00	100.00	0.27
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.00	4.17	0.48
Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	0.00	48.39	0.31
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.00	51.65	0.91
French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	0.00	70.59	0.68
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.00	100.00	0.25
Greenland`GRL`Northern America	0.00	18.75	0.48
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.00	100.00	0.20
Guam`GUM`Micronesia	0.00	100.00	1.70
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.00	31.58	10.64
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.00	40.85	0.71
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.00	100.00	0.03
Guyana`GUY`South America	0.00	96.00	1.00
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.00	91.26	1.03
Honduras`HND`Central America	0.00	59.40	8.30
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.00	0.00	17.80
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.00	90.14	4.26
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.00	23.59	9.20
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.00	100.00	0.03
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.00	0.00	15.12
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.00	98.83	17.97
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.00	0.00	0.52
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.00	100.00	0.30
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.00	47.09	1.72
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.00	5.53	2.17
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.00	98.15	0.54
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.00	41.83	2.51
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.00	96.44	2.25
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.00	78.64	1.03
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.00	79.59	2.94
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.00	96.10	5.38
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.00	44.80	3.17
Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	0.00	100.00	0.01
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.00	0.65	1.53
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.00	100.00	0.03
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.00	0.00	3.80
New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	0.00	88.37	3.01
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.00	46.19	4.46
Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.00	97.78	0.45
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.00	40.04	21.48
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.00	100.00	0.34
Panama`PAN`Central America	0.00	44.19	9.30
Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.00	0.02	55.43
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	92.86	0.14
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.00	76.92	0.13
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.00	87.50	0.08
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.00	97.78	0.45
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.00	20.00	0.15
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.00	100.00	0.09
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.00	100.00	0.35
South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.00	100.00	0.48
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.00	21.56	11.41
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.00	0.99	16.16
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.00	100.00	0.05
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.00	100.00	0.23
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.00	2.79	3.23
United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	0.00	98.72	0.78
Uruguay`URY`South America	0.00	5.24	12.98
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.00	85.71	0.07
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.00	2.82	14.52
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.00	44.83	9.86

02In 2014

At either end

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

Highest

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 0.19. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Fossil fuels (% of generation)
Highest30 share it
Lowest7 share it
Middle country: 75.54
Total generation (TWh)
HighestChina5,781.27
LowestMontserrat0.01
Middle country: 5.82

032013 → 2014

Since 2013

+0 / −0countries joined / left
86values changed, of 172 in both
37 · 49rose · fell
86unchanged

Rose most

Macau0.00 → 39.06+39.06
Myanmar22.39 → 34.61+12.22
Ghana11.39 → 21.33+9.94
Kuwait44.71 → 51.85+7.14
Gabon40.19 → 47.24+7.04

Fell most

Jordan25.15 → 7.12−18.03
Togo21.88 → 14.29−7.59
Croatia14.49 → 7.45−7.05
Tanzania48.58 → 42.01−6.57
Greece19.30 → 13.68−5.62

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. 85 countries share 0.00. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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