Data for 2018

Gas Share of Electricity Generation, 2018

Name: Gas Share of Electricity Generation, 2018
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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, 2018 covers 172 countries on 3 measures. Turkmenistan is highest, at 100.000; 81 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 0.710. Against 2017, 88 values changed (48 up, 40 down), the same countries are covered.

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Gas Share of Electricity Generation · Data for 2018

HighestTurkmenistan

100.000

Lowest81 countries share it

0.000

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

172countries
3measures per country
2018the year it describes
92distinct 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, 2018, 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, 2018: every country, as published by Ember.

Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	100.000	100.000	25.36
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	99.966	99.966	29.55
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	99.688	99.688	48.06
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	99.567	99.892	9.23
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	98.837	100.000	4.30
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	98.371	98.932	76.75
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	97.179	97.923	38.99
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	96.875	99.868	37.76
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	95.793	97.371	20.92
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	95.280	97.187	52.97
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	93.866	94.052	5.38
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	92.041	92.240	25.13
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	88.832	89.848	1.97
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	86.192	90.641	63.15
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	83.211	89.396	20.37
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	78.834	78.834	36.71
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	75.389	98.231	79.15
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	70.020	70.120	10.04
Bolivia`BOL`South America	67.629	70.418	10.04
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	66.705	97.276	69.02
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	66.667	67.407	1.35
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	66.621	68.263	7.31
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	65.565	99.971	34.18
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	60.714	64.935	3.08
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	54.314	98.090	98.41
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	53.204	99.879	74.13
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	51.611	66.688	31.04
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	50.955	80.203	113.10
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	47.917	48.065	6.72
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	47.043	96.505	22.32
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	44.942	60.005	286.06
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	44.532	44.532	7.59
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	44.520	67.121	129.02
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	40.000	72.308	0.65
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	38.849	52.878	2.78
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	38.666	99.590	36.57
Peru`PER`South America	37.862	38.869	54.62
Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	35.161	97.343	17.69
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	35.000	65.000	0.60
United States`USA`Northern America	34.966	63.341	4,201.55
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	34.339	59.289	14.91
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	34.335	41.821	21.64
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	32.476	38.053	73.87
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	31.579	100.000	0.19
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	30.015	67.743	300.15
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	26.932	41.101	8.54
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	26.782	69.321	52.61
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	26.752	49.597	58.35
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	25.610	58.537	0.82
Venezuela`VEN`South America	25.023	41.631	99.71
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	24.184	86.224	19.60
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	22.715	39.158	32.05
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	21.386	76.629	99.74
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	21.371	41.179	271.40
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	20.833	29.167	0.96
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	20.183	77.064	4.36
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	17.442	17.525	12.04
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	16.744	18.203	17.14
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	16.642	27.663	13.52
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	16.420	41.361	64.07
Chile`CHL`South America	15.998	54.134	81.76
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	15.339	22.592	64.67
Colombia`COL`South America	14.857	23.667	78.21
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	13.369	65.062	5.61
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	12.943	16.602	43.73
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	12.692	96.538	20.80
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	11.869	85.354	3.96
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	11.301	24.658	2.92
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	9.169	86.246	3.49
Niger`NER`Western Africa	7.547	98.113	0.53
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	7.454	87.240	169.43
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	6.977	22.543	26.66
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	6.852	31.314	30.21
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	5.980	21.786	70.23
Panama`PAN`Central America	5.536	22.232	11.20
France`FRA`Western Europe	5.302	8.581	576.24
Ecuador`ECU`South America	5.234	28.088	29.23
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	4.343	45.152	46.51
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	4.341	54.687	86.84
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	3.021	70.532	7,133.23
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	2.978	31.762	16.12
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	2.885	97.115	1.04
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	1.636	70.275	36.67
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	1.494	1.980	145.94
Suriname`SUR`South America	1.053	46.842	1.90
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.810	85.830	4.94
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.609	20.548	13.14
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.518	8.166	15.43
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.485	83.913	12.37
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.233	2.240	163.36
Uruguay`URY`South America	0.068	2.464	14.61
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.000	17.094	1.17
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.000	0.000	8.55
American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.000	100.000	0.16
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.000	97.222	0.36
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	0.000	83.505	0.97
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.000	100.000	2.00
Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.000	7.317	0.41
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.000	0.000	6.89
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.000	99.678	3.11
British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0.000	100.000	0.16
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.000	85.561	1.87
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.000	28.571	0.35
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.000	79.070	0.43
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.000	98.507	0.67
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.000	0.000	0.15
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.000	94.118	0.34
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.000	100.000	0.10
Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	0.000	60.000	0.05
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.000	1.399	11.44
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.000	90.514	5.06
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.000	100.000	0.05
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.000	81.818	0.11
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.000	0.096	10.46
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.000	87.179	0.39
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.000	4.082	0.49
Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	0.000	51.429	0.35
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.000	40.909	1.10
French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	0.000	70.588	0.68
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.000	100.000	0.39
Greenland`GRL`Northern America	0.000	19.231	0.52
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.000	100.000	0.23
Guam`GUM`Micronesia	0.000	95.954	1.73
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.000	33.887	13.25
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.000	37.629	1.94
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.000	100.000	0.08
Guyana`GUY`South America	0.000	97.368	1.14
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.000	81.731	1.04
Honduras`HND`Central America	0.000	37.178	9.71
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.000	0.000	19.69
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.000	13.717	11.30
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.000	100.000	0.03
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.000	34.922	34.42
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.000	97.791	21.28
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.000	0.000	0.52
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.000	68.293	0.41
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.000	56.723	2.38
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.000	18.232	1.81
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.000	96.203	0.79
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.000	59.834	3.61
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.000	69.863	1.46
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.000	79.487	3.12
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.000	93.303	6.57
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.000	40.789	3.80
Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	0.000	100.000	0.01
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.000	1.418	1.41
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.000	100.000	0.04
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.000	0.000	4.84
New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	0.000	88.000	3.50
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.000	41.290	4.65
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.000	48.731	24.83
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.000	85.714	0.42
Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.000	0.000	59.34
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.000	95.652	0.23
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.000	97.561	0.41
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.000	86.667	0.15
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.000	60.000	0.15
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.000	100.000	0.10
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.000	98.077	0.52
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.000	33.333	0.27
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.000	100.000	0.10
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.000	94.595	0.37
South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.000	100.000	0.54
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.000	40.244	16.40
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.000	6.839	19.74
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.000	85.714	0.07
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.000	100.000	0.26
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.000	7.209	4.30
United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	0.000	98.387	0.62
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.000	75.000	0.08
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.000	15.356	16.28
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.000	44.327	9.43

02In 2018

At either end

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

Highest

Turkmenistan100.000
Bahrain99.966
Qatar99.688
Trinidad and Tobago99.567
Brunei98.837

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

Each measure’s ends

Fossil fuels (% of generation)
Highest18 share it
Lowest7 share it
Middle country: 69.592
Total generation (TWh)
HighestChina7,133.23
LowestMontserrat0.01
Middle country: 6.81

032017 → 2018

Since 2017

+0 / −0countries joined / left
88values changed, of 172 in both
48 · 40rose · fell
84unchanged

Rose most

Latvia27.490 → 47.917+20.427
Togo16.049 → 35.000+18.951
Iraq36.065 → 54.314+18.249
Malta78.182 → 88.832+10.650
Rwanda16.923 → 25.610+8.687

Fell most

Yemen23.457 → 9.169−14.288
Benin43.750 → 31.579−12.171
Gabon49.554 → 38.849−10.705
Syria57.267 → 47.043−10.224
Croatia26.253 → 16.642−9.611

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

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Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 81 countries share 0.000. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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Ember (2018). Gas Share of Electricity Generation, 2018 [data set], describing 2018. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gas-electricity/2018

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