Data for 2016

Gas Share of Electricity Generation, 2016

Name: Gas Share of Electricity Generation, 2016
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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, 2016 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 2015, 84 values changed (46 up, 38 down), the same countries are covered.

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Gas Share of Electricity Generation · Data for 2016

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
2016the 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, 2016, 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, 2016: every country, as published by Ember.

Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	100.000	100.000	22.53
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	99.965	99.965	28.52
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	99.694	99.694	42.44
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	99.575	99.894	9.42
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	98.829	100.000	4.27
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	98.100	99.521	71.04
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	97.254	100.000	34.23
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	96.902	98.719	33.57
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	96.587	96.791	19.63
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	95.556	95.897	5.85
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	95.193	97.092	51.59
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	84.670	88.315	58.71
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	84.596	95.628	19.67
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	82.893	83.578	10.23
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	81.167	91.590	24.85
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	80.243	98.205	69.09
Bolivia`BOL`South America	78.172	79.247	9.30
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	77.531	77.531	36.54
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	72.565	99.968	31.42
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	65.714	66.429	1.40
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	60.916	97.463	67.01
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	60.117	63.783	6.82
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	58.888	94.717	18.17
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	58.103	99.971	70.10
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	55.219	61.279	2.97
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	52.511	62.100	2.19
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	50.594	74.884	30.30
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	46.095	83.556	113.96
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	45.794	45.794	6.42
Peru`PER`South America	45.632	49.603	51.63
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	44.426	44.812	18.12
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	44.123	62.228	285.95
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	36.338	36.338	7.10
Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	33.721	98.110	20.64
United States`USA`Northern America	33.720	65.001	4,087.56
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	33.710	66.404	122.90
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	32.911	41.772	0.79
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	32.848	96.674	4.81
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	32.791	99.633	38.12
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	32.518	67.114	274.40
Venezuela`VEN`South America	30.742	46.075	116.94
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	30.372	57.783	13.17
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	27.805	72.344	53.84
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	27.273	42.149	3.63
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	26.177	31.479	84.31
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	25.497	95.813	81.93
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	22.363	38.397	7.11
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	21.864	75.790	90.79
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	21.304	45.301	59.05
Colombia`COL`South America	20.874	34.384	76.17
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	20.341	88.924	18.78
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	20.326	39.460	31.88
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	19.516	39.690	270.70
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	19.321	19.495	11.49
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	17.400	70.231	4.77
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	15.625	50.000	0.64
Chile`CHL`South America	15.032	57.110	78.83
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	15.026	40.424	64.22
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	15.005	17.285	18.86
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	14.209	95.572	20.55
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	13.233	15.666	43.15
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	13.088	21.258	64.87
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	12.619	33.651	12.60
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	10.124	63.233	5.63
Ecuador`ECU`South America	7.437	40.022	27.16
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	7.434	39.507	30.40
France`FRA`Western Europe	6.258	10.135	558.84
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	5.672	20.149	26.80
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	5.440	22.022	68.75
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	4.717	86.259	166.00
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	4.604	48.754	44.53
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	4.549	59.159	82.00
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	3.704	100.000	0.27
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	3.191	78.723	0.94
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	3.085	71.799	6,102.38
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	2.588	33.580	16.23
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	1.905	98.095	1.05
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	1.674	91.004	4.78
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	1.493	1.946	148.03
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	1.445	13.460	13.15
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	1.114	87.751	4.49
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.984	71.873	38.61
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.575	86.935	12.17
Suriname`SUR`South America	0.549	56.044	1.82
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.436	2.348	155.89
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.000	12.397	1.21
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.000	0.000	7.78
American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.000	100.000	0.17
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.000	41.439	10.98
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.000	100.000	0.34
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	0.000	85.106	0.94
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.000	100.000	1.97
Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.000	5.263	0.38
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.000	0.000	7.88
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.000	100.000	2.69
British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0.000	100.000	0.22
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.000	83.838	0.99
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.000	11.111	0.18
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.000	80.000	0.45
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.000	100.000	0.67
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.000	0.000	0.17
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.000	93.548	0.31
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	1.750	10.86
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.000	91.207	4.89
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.000	100.000	0.09
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.000	75.000	0.16
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.000	0.111	9.02
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.000	100.000	0.27
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.000	8.333	0.36
Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	0.000	51.613	0.31
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.000	45.263	0.95
French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	0.000	69.118	0.68
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.000	100.000	0.30
Greenland`GRL`Northern America	0.000	16.667	0.48
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.000	100.000	0.22
Guam`GUM`Micronesia	0.000	95.977	1.74
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.000	38.196	11.86
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.000	31.677	1.61
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.000	100.000	0.08
Guyana`GUY`South America	0.000	96.364	1.10
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.000	93.519	1.08
Honduras`HND`Central America	0.000	51.935	9.30
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.000	0.000	18.17
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.000	10.744	9.68
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.000	100.000	0.03
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.000	31.228	25.49
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.000	97.785	19.41
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.000	0.000	0.52
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.000	100.000	0.30
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	0.000	79.798	0.99
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.000	51.579	1.90
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.000	6.047	2.15
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.000	98.507	0.67
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.000	48.013	3.02
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.000	83.721	0.86
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.000	75.000	1.16
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.000	78.033	3.05
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.000	95.591	5.67
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.000	41.401	3.14
Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	0.000	100.000	0.01
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.000	4.054	1.48
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.000	100.000	0.03
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.000	0.000	4.18
New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	0.000	90.764	3.14
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.000	47.712	4.59
Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.000	98.571	0.70
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.000	46.619	23.81
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.000	92.453	0.53
Panama`PAN`Central America	0.000	33.364	10.88
Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.000	0.000	63.94
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.000	95.652	0.23
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.000	100.000	0.39
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.000	87.500	0.16
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.000	66.667	0.15
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.000	90.909	0.11
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.000	98.000	0.50
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.000	38.095	0.21
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.000	100.000	0.10
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.000	97.222	0.36
South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.000	100.000	0.52
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.000	43.789	14.57
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.000	3.538	17.24
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.000	100.000	0.06
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.000	100.000	0.25
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.000	1.857	3.77
United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	0.000	98.701	0.77
Uruguay`URY`South America	0.000	3.172	13.87
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.000	85.714	0.07
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.000	5.692	11.77
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.000	55.091	7.17

02In 2016

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
Qatar99.694
Trinidad and Tobago99.575
Brunei98.829

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: 73.614
Total generation (TWh)
HighestChina6,102.38
LowestMontserrat0.01
Middle country: 6.62

032015 → 2016

Since 2015

+0 / −0countries joined / left
84values changed, of 172 in both
46 · 38rose · fell
88unchanged

Rose most

Jordan48.321 → 84.596+36.275
Libya54.012 → 72.565+18.553
Tanzania43.798 → 60.117+16.319
Rwanda3.922 → 15.625+11.703
Greece17.806 → 27.805+9.999

Fell most

Togo40.909 → 3.191−37.718
Benin34.375 → 3.704−30.671
Luxembourg62.687 → 32.911−29.776
Lithuania46.809 → 27.273−19.536
Ghana41.753 → 30.372−11.381

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. 87 countries share 0.000. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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Ember (2016). Gas Share of Electricity Generation, 2016 [data set], describing 2016. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gas-electricity/2016

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