Data for 2017

Gas Share of Electricity Generation, 2017

Name: Gas Share of Electricity Generation, 2017
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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, 2017 covers 172 countries on 3 measures. Turkmenistan is highest, at 100.00; 83 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 0.41. Against 2016, 87 values changed (46 up, 41 down), the same countries are covered.

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Gas Share of Electricity Generation · Data for 2017

HighestTurkmenistan

100.00

Lowest83 countries share it

0.00

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

172countries
3measures per country
2017the year it describes
90distinct 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, 2017, 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, 2017: every country, as published by Ember.

Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	100.00	100.000	23.89
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	99.97	99.966	29.23
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	99.69	99.694	45.70
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	99.57	99.893	9.32
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	98.80	100.000	4.16
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	98.67	99.159	76.07
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	97.10	97.740	34.51
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	97.07	99.945	36.15
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	95.77	97.085	20.58
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	95.10	97.112	52.28
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	93.35	93.750	4.96
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	86.79	92.238	24.22
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	83.25	86.949	60.84
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	79.69	93.263	20.78
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	78.69	98.244	73.45
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	78.18	89.697	1.65
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	77.96	78.755	10.12
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	75.81	75.806	32.24
Bolivia`BOL`South America	73.93	74.870	9.59
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	68.60	99.970	33.28
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	66.42	67.164	1.34
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	63.46	97.494	67.44
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	61.10	65.205	7.07
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	57.27	95.770	18.44
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	55.37	59.060	2.98
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	52.85	99.942	68.89
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	50.93	70.737	30.79
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	49.75	82.049	116.04
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	49.55	58.036	2.24
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	48.05	64.432	292.09
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	45.58	85.714	1.47
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	43.75	100.000	0.32
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	39.64	46.673	21.04
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	38.11	38.114	7.53
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	37.74	68.740	130.36
Peru`PER`South America	37.70	41.396	52.71
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	37.17	70.655	297.29
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	36.07	97.606	93.58
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	33.68	99.594	36.94
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	32.80	60.792	57.59
Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	32.23	97.741	16.38
United States`USA`Northern America	31.99	62.684	4,052.31
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	31.26	74.818	54.80
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	30.00	57.368	13.30
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	28.65	84.167	19.20
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	27.49	27.490	7.53
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	26.97	32.001	85.34
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	26.25	39.507	11.77
Venezuela`VEN`South America	25.01	41.609	103.80
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	24.44	33.333	0.90
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	23.91	40.522	32.92
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	23.51	46.409	272.38
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	23.46	95.309	4.05
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	21.99	36.646	8.05
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	21.78	75.445	94.36
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	20.00	72.184	4.35
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	19.32	19.493	11.44
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	18.72	88.356	4.38
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	16.92	53.846	0.65
Chile`CHL`South America	16.91	56.455	78.93
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	16.85	28.933	3.56
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	16.78	43.658	63.54
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	16.26	23.908	67.09
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	16.05	74.074	0.81
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	15.99	18.781	43.66
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	15.82	19.501	17.64
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	14.82	76.964	5.60
Colombia`COL`South America	14.03	20.900	78.47
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	13.61	96.111	20.57
France`FRA`Western Europe	7.29	11.781	555.74
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	6.54	29.450	30.90
Ecuador`ECU`South America	6.22	26.482	27.83
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	6.09	21.152	27.42
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	5.90	85.798	169.91
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	4.89	20.098	67.52
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	4.31	55.725	85.76
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	4.30	51.650	44.84
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	3.09	71.201	6,571.65
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	2.99	33.146	16.05
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	2.89	97.115	1.04
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	1.51	74.506	36.44
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	1.39	1.882	148.27
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	1.27	88.771	4.72
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.78	8.523	15.37
Suriname`SUR`South America	0.55	48.066	1.81
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.46	85.866	13.16
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.37	28.585	10.81
Uruguay`URY`South America	0.21	1.533	14.35
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.20	2.113	164.23
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.00	13.492	1.26
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.00	0.000	4.53
American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.00	100.000	0.16
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.00	97.143	0.35
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	0.00	85.567	0.97
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	1.99
Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.00	5.000	0.40
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.00	0.000	7.65
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.00	100.000	3.02
British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	0.17
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.00	85.714	1.12
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.00	25.000	0.28
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.00	81.395	0.43
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.00	98.529	0.68
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.00	0.000	0.15
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.00	93.750	0.32
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.00	100.000	0.09
Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	0.00	75.000	0.04
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.00	0.355	11.28
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.00	91.400	5.00
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.00	100.000	0.06
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.00	76.923	0.13
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.00	0.106	9.42
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.00	97.059	0.34
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.00	4.651	0.43
Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	0.00	48.485	0.33
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.00	50.000	1.02
French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	0.00	68.116	0.69
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.00	100.000	0.31
Greenland`GRL`Northern America	0.00	24.000	0.50
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	0.23
Guam`GUM`Micronesia	0.00	96.610	1.77
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.00	31.361	12.34
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.00	30.508	1.77
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.00	100.000	0.08
Guyana`GUY`South America	0.00	96.429	1.12
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.00	87.736	1.06
Honduras`HND`Central America	0.00	42.644	9.38
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.00	0.000	19.07
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.00	19.114	10.83
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.00	100.000	0.03
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.00	35.179	31.07
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.00	97.741	21.25
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.00	0.000	0.54
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.00	100.000	0.35
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.00	58.081	1.98
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.000	1.91
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.00	97.260	0.73
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.00	54.360	3.44
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.00	75.556	1.35
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.00	80.064	3.11
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.00	95.854	6.03
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.00	54.839	2.48
Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	0.01
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.00	3.955	1.77
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.00	100.000	0.03
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.00	0.000	4.58
New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	0.00	86.378	3.23
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.00	44.027	4.52
Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.00	98.214	0.56
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.00	49.509	23.43
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.00	90.909	0.55
Panama`PAN`Central America	0.00	28.170	11.04
Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.00	0.000	59.82
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	0.22
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	0.40
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.00	86.667	0.15
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.00	68.750	0.16
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.00	100.000	0.10
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.00	98.039	0.51
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.00	39.130	0.23
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.00	100.000	0.10
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.00	94.595	0.37
South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.00	100.000	0.54
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.00	39.490	15.70
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.00	5.411	18.11
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.00	85.714	0.07
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.00	100.000	0.29
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.00	1.852	3.78
United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	0.00	98.333	0.60
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.00	100.000	0.06
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.00	13.668	14.56
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.00	45.298	7.55

02In 2017

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

Each measure’s ends

Fossil fuels (% of generation)
Highest23 share it
Lowest8 share it
Middle country: 74.662
Total generation (TWh)
HighestChina6,571.65
LowestMontserrat0.01
Middle country: 6.55

032016 → 2017

Since 2016

+0 / −0countries joined / left
87values changed, of 172 in both
46 · 41rose · fell
85unchanged

Rose most

Malta0.00 → 78.18+78.18
Macau0.00 → 45.58+45.58
Benin3.70 → 43.75+40.05
Jamaica1.11 → 18.72+17.61
Croatia12.62 → 26.25+13.63

Fell most

Latvia45.79 → 27.49−18.30
Lithuania27.27 → 16.85−10.42
Yemen32.85 → 23.46−9.39
Luxembourg32.91 → 24.44−8.47
Peru45.63 → 37.70−7.93

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

04Caveats

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90 distinct values among 172
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 83 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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