Data for 2015

Gas Share of Electricity Generation, 2015

Name: Gas Share of Electricity Generation, 2015
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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, 2015 covers 172 countries on 3 measures. Turkmenistan is highest, at 100.000; 87 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 0.000. Against 2014, 85 values changed (44 up, 41 down), the same countries are covered.

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Gas Share of Electricity Generation · Data for 2015

HighestTurkmenistan

100.000

Lowest87 countries share it

0.000

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

172countries
3measures per country
2015the 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, 2015, 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, 2015: every country, as published by Ember.

Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	100.000	100.000	22.53
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	99.965	99.965	28.49
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	99.688	99.688	41.63
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	99.687	99.896	9.57
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	99.048	100.000	4.20
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	98.300	99.680	68.84
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	97.829	99.003	34.09
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	97.374	100.000	32.75
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	95.364	95.530	6.04
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	95.247	97.096	50.28
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	92.351	97.023	19.48
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	86.488	93.040	24.57
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	84.480	88.121	57.41
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	80.654	98.651	59.29
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	80.494	80.494	33.17
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	78.161	83.448	8.70
Bolivia`BOL`South America	69.556	70.556	9.00
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	68.129	97.557	18.01
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	63.077	63.846	1.30
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	62.687	67.910	1.34
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	55.300	99.985	68.30
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	54.012	99.973	37.51
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	51.611	98.101	64.23
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	51.254	59.857	2.79
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	49.819	49.819	5.54
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	48.321	98.793	19.06
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	46.809	60.284	4.23
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	46.226	56.604	2.12
Peru`PER`South America	45.018	47.276	48.27
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	43.943	71.687	28.15
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	43.798	66.462	6.53
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	42.031	83.696	108.99
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	41.753	50.086	11.64
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	40.909	86.364	0.44
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	39.642	61.069	279.70
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	39.236	97.917	5.76
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	38.457	40.494	16.20
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	37.904	68.044	261.77
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	37.086	37.086	7.55
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	34.375	100.000	0.32
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	33.465	99.815	37.86
United States`USA`Northern America	32.651	66.854	4,083.99
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	32.179	40.757	68.43
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	31.031	62.514	112.79
Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	30.478	98.182	20.90
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	29.827	96.305	70.64
Venezuela`VEN`South America	25.612	41.186	127.52
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	23.778	92.111	18.00
Colombia`COL`South America	23.022	36.655	77.97
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	22.913	74.587	82.40
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	22.140	22.140	10.75
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	20.649	52.366	51.14
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	18.941	44.337	277.17
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	18.719	45.101	7.96
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	17.806	70.911	51.05
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	16.848	37.191	30.33
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	15.607	19.922	43.57
Chile`CHL`South America	15.165	56.801	74.91
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	15.011	68.653	4.53
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	14.468	95.586	20.39
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	14.301	42.385	65.66
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	12.399	22.969	61.78
Ecuador`ECU`South America	10.879	48.897	25.83
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	10.676	33.096	11.24
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	7.579	21.615	68.61
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	6.910	7.018	18.38
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	6.324	34.225	28.78
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	6.011	20.361	26.62
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	3.922	43.137	0.51
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	3.889	86.190	164.30
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	3.819	50.462	48.71
France`FRA`Western Europe	3.682	7.817	574.15
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	3.186	64.071	5.65
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	2.878	73.271	5,798.82
Belize`BLZ`Central America	2.778	8.333	0.36
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	2.764	56.055	82.49
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	2.703	32.432	14.80
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	1.923	99.038	1.04
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	1.802	90.991	4.44
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	1.538	2.049	143.00
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	1.316	14.938	12.92
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.591	84.631	10.15
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.585	73.105	37.59
Suriname`SUR`South America	0.538	73.656	1.86
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.278	1.944	162.00
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.000	12.712	1.18
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.000	0.000	5.89
American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.000	100.000	0.16
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.000	45.399	9.78
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.000	97.143	0.35
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	0.000	81.443	0.97
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.000	100.000	2.00
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.000	0.000	7.73
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.000	100.000	2.97
British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0.000	100.000	0.21
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.000	90.099	1.01
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.000	16.667	0.18
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.000	79.070	0.43
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.000	100.000	0.64
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.000	0.000	0.17
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.000	96.667	0.30
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.000	100.000	0.05
Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	0.000	100.000	0.03
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.000	1.021	10.77
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.000	91.189	4.54
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.000	100.000	0.18
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.000	86.667	0.15
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.000	0.113	8.84
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.000	100.000	0.26
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.000	5.263	0.38
Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	0.000	40.625	0.32
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.000	51.613	0.93
French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	0.000	70.588	0.68
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.000	100.000	0.28
Greenland`GRL`Northern America	0.000	17.647	0.51
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.000	100.000	0.21
Guam`GUM`Micronesia	0.000	98.246	1.71
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.000	38.854	11.17
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.000	21.053	1.14
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.000	100.000	0.06
Guyana`GUY`South America	0.000	96.040	1.01
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.000	92.233	1.03
Honduras`HND`Central America	0.000	55.938	9.01
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.000	0.000	18.55
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.000	89.720	4.28
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.000	10.194	9.81
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.000	100.000	0.03
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.000	13.985	16.16
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.000	97.318	18.64
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.000	0.000	0.53
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.000	100.000	0.31
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	0.000	78.947	0.95
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.000	45.810	1.79
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.000	5.991	2.17
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.000	98.387	0.62
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.000	51.793	2.51
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.000	92.308	1.30
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.000	72.414	1.16
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.000	77.258	2.99
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.000	96.007	5.51
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.000	50.333	3.00
Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	0.000	100.000	0.01
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.000	2.532	1.58
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.000	100.000	0.03
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.000	0.000	3.46
New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	0.000	85.862	2.90
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.000	49.891	4.59
Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.000	98.148	0.54
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.000	47.544	18.93
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.000	98.077	0.52
Panama`PAN`Central America	0.000	34.660	10.30
Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.000	0.000	55.89
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.000	95.455	0.22
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.000	100.000	0.38
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.000	86.667	0.15
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.000	69.231	0.13
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.000	90.000	0.10
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.000	97.826	0.46
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.000	25.000	0.16
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.000	100.000	0.09
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.000	100.000	0.35
South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.000	100.000	0.58
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.000	35.371	13.09
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.000	0.932	17.16
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.000	100.000	0.05
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.000	100.000	0.23
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.000	2.254	3.55
United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	0.000	98.718	0.78
Uruguay`URY`South America	0.000	6.841	13.74
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.000	83.333	0.06
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.000	2.961	13.51
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.000	47.445	9.59

02In 2015

At either end

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

Highest

Turkmenistan100.000
Bahrain99.965
Qatar99.688
Trinidad and Tobago99.687
Brunei99.048

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

Each measure’s ends

Fossil fuels (% of generation)
Highest26 share it
Lowest7 share it
Middle country: 72.760
Total generation (TWh)
HighestChina5,798.82
LowestMontserrat0.01
Middle country: 5.97

032014 → 2015

Since 2014

+0 / −0countries joined / left
85values changed, of 172 in both
44 · 41rose · fell
87unchanged

Rose most

Jordan7.115 → 48.321+41.206
Togo14.286 → 40.909+26.623
Ghana21.330 → 41.753+20.423
Hong Kong22.924 → 33.465+10.541
Côte d’Ivoire70.133 → 78.161+8.028

Fell most

Macau39.062 → 0.000−39.062
Luxembourg75.916 → 62.687−13.229
Türkiye47.859 → 37.904−9.955
Netherlands50.460 → 42.031−8.429
Azerbaijan94.235 → 86.488−7.747

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. 87 countries share 0.000. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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Ember (2015). Gas Share of Electricity Generation, 2015 [data set], describing 2015. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gas-electricity/2015

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